Archives from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Archive of over 100 vintage color photographs and over 80 vintage color contact sheets from the 1966-1967 ABC television series. Nearly all of the photographs include a small label affixed to the top right corner with a production number in ink, and many of the contact sheets bear annotations in manuscript pencil. Unseen since the series'… Read more about this item

Accra, Ghana: N.p., 1960. A small archive of 43 batik fabric samples, housed in a "School and College Jotter," compiled by a student in Accra, Ghana, circa 1960s, with ink annotations of "Samples / Batik" and the name "Albert Turkson" on the front wrapper and an Accra address on the rear wrapper. The jotter was manufactured by the Presbyterian… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1995. Collection of vintage theatre materials relating to F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, 1926-1995. The archive includes: Two programs for Owen Davis' 1926 stage adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby," One from the premiere run at the Ambassador Theatre in New York for the week beginning Monday, April 19, 1926, and one… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: N.p., 1998. A small archive of materials relating to LGBTQ theatre in Los Angeles, 1988-1998. Included in the archive are eight flyers (1992-1998), a bi-fold announcement for "Jew Meat" (1992), a four-page bi-fold program for "The Gays of Our Lives" (1992), and a three-page February 1988 "Gay and Lesbian Theatre Alliance / Galta News" newsletter. … Read more about this item

Buckinghamshire: London Film Productions, 1980. Small archive of material relating to Denham Film Studios (also known as London Films), circa 1980. A number of notable films were shot at Denham Studios through the 1940s and 1950s, including "Great Expectations" (1946), "Hamlet" (1948), and "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940), before closing in 1952. The studios would be rented… Read more about this item

New York: The Royale Theatre, 1958. Archive of six vintage photographs, a playbill, a program, and a mimeograph summary from the 1958 stage production. Photographs with occasional cropping annotations on the versos. After a smash debut in London in 1957 at the Royal Court and Palace Theatres, the play moved to the Royale Theatre on Broadway in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1992. Archive of material for an unproduced musical, including original character design art, planned production information, a synopsis, and a tape recording of two songs from the musical, "Draggin' Along" and "Have a Happy Christmas." Also included in the archive is a typed letter of introduction from playwright Nance Crawford to her brother, noted child actor John… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Archive of material belonging to Belgian American actress, singer, and socialite Monique van Vooren, composed primarily of annotated sheet music from her lengthy stage career as a nightclub singer. Material dated variously between the 1950s and the 2000s, although the balance is dated from the late 1950s and 1960s. Nearly 2 linear feet of material in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Archive of 99 vintage photographs documenting a mine sealing project in and around Kempton Mine in Kempton, Maryland. Likely taken at the behest of the Kempton Mine Company, the photographs are housed in an album, with captions detailing the nature of the work shown, location, and date. Photographs date between February, 1938, and April, 1940, and… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1948. Archive of material from the 1950 film belonging to songwriter Bert Kalmar. Included in the archive are one Draft script, one Presentation script, a three-page script for a television interview with Kalmar's wife, actress and vaudevillian Jessie Brown Kalmar, a lobby card, a promotional folder for the film, and a newspaper clipping of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Archive of material from the 1967 film belonging to an unknown crew member, including one annotated Final Draft script and a bound set of manuscript breakdown sheets. Screenplay annotations primarily note scene changes, with occasional mentions of transportation in the film. Based on Charles Webb's 1963 novel, a satirical tale of the suffocation of… Read more about this item

Wrigley, TN: N.p., 1990. Archive of over 175 photographs relating to the Wrigley, Tennessee, chapter of the Rare Blood Motorcycle club, a predominantly African American motorcycle club, with at least nine other (largely African American) motorcycle clubs identified in the photographs. 175 photographs are housed in a generic maroon three-ring photograph album, with each photograph affixed to adhesive leaves… Read more about this item

Loudonville, OH: The Flxible Company, 1954. Archive of 22 vintage photographs of the Flxible Land Cruiser motorhome, circa 1954. Of the 22 photographs in the collection, 17 bear stamps on the versos, six bear annotations noting serial number and descriptions, and eleven bear stamps noting the serial number, model, and company. The collection includes one photograph of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Archive of approximately 200 original blueprints of set plans, schematics, and designs, as well as photographs, drawings, notations, and newspaper and magazine clippings, for various Broadway and off-Broadway productions, Metropolitan Opera productions, film and television productions, as well as various ballet companies (including the National Ballet Company), mounted on 62 oversize art boards, 1943-1978. Detailed inventory… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1996. Archive of seven original screenplays for the 1997 film, dated variously between May 15, 1995, and August 14, 1996. Archive includes one script with screenwriter Christ Zois' ownership name on the title page, and four of the script drafts bear Zois' extensive substantive annotations in manuscript ink. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2017. Archive of two Draft scripts for the 2020 film, one undated and with the ownership name of screenwriter Christ Zois on the title page-this being from Zois' archive collection-with Zois' extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout, the other dated June 27, 2017. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. The sixth… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: N.p., 1920. Archive of twelve touched-up photographs of Philadelphia business storefronts, likely for use in real estate advertising, circa 1920. Each with annotations on the versos, noting a catalog number and address. Seven of the photographs depict storefronts in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, three in West Philadelphia, one in North Philadelphia, and one in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1979. Archive of over three dozen documents, including letters, telegrams, mailgrams, notes, forms, and other ephemera to and from director Sam Peckinpah, circa 1970-1979, the majority of which dates from 1978. Most documents regarding the director's then-current film projects, location research in Mexico and Columbia, and the dissolution of Peckinpah's production company Latigo Productions. Included… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Archive of material from the 1965 Western film belonging to actor Johnny Crawford. Archive includes a script supervisor's heavily annotated working script, manuscript notes regarding scenes and blocking for the film, a page of sheet music for the film's theme song, six pages of wardrobe and props lists for individual characters, call sheets, and various documents… Read more about this item

N.p.: Lion Share, 1983. Archive of production material from the 1983 television movie belonging to actor Johnny Crawford. Archive does not include a script, but does include front and rear wrappers for scripts, 29 call sheets, three xerographically duplicated maps of shooting locations, and a gathering of material regarding hotel and travel arrangements. The second film in the… Read more about this item