Paul Jarrico papers, 1914-2014

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Series VI: Separated clippings and correspondence, 1914-1996

These materials were kept together in a single fonds comprising four boxes purchased from Glenn Horowitz. They include clippings and correspondence filed seperately from other materials. This separation may have been enacted by Jarrico, or it may have been imposed on the materials by Horowitz prior to accessioning. These folders comprise a mix of personal, professional, and political correspondence, along with clippings about film and politics. The files retain the original order in which they were received and contain Jarrico's original file names. Correspondence is either filed chronologically or catalogued according to author. This series contains other ephemera, most of which appears to have been received in correspondence. Includes corresponce from and to Jarrico.



Box 84 Folder 1 Homme des lettres, 1984-1985, 1987, 1989-1991, 1993-1995

Jarrico's letters to the editor. Mainly to the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Includes faxes and clippings. Largely regarding politics.


Box 84 Folder 2 Miscellaneous, current, 1990-1992

Personal and professional correspondence. Some letters in the file are grouped together by correspondent. Includes faxes and postcards. Includes other ephemera such as clippings, photographs, and notes. Includes other print documents received with correspondence. Many letters relate to screenings of Jarrico's films.


Box 84 Folder 3 Clippings, mementos, 1967, 1977, 1985-1988

Mainly clippings. Primarily about the Cold War, the labor movement, global politics, antisemitism, cinema. Many clippings are annotated. Includes other ephemera such as notes, brochures, programs, and a signed photograph of a NASA pilot.


Box 84 Folder 4 Miscellaneous, 1987-1989

Comprises clippings (mainly about politics, but also includes obituaries, magazine profiles, and articles about Jarrico and his films), programs, professional notes, correspondence, brochures, photographs, and personal ephemera.


Box 84 Folder 5 Lois Snow, 1986-1987

Letters and postcards. Includes photocopies of writings by Edgar Snow.


Box 84 Folder 6 Youth from Vienna, 1981, 1986-1987

Material (including correspondence) relating to John Collier's script for the film "Youth from Vienna" (also known as "Fountain of Youth"). Also includes a proposal for a TV show called "La La Land," along with other ephemera.


Box 84 Folder 7 BBC, 1986-1987

Correspondence with Rosemary Wilton, a producer at the British Broadcasting Corporation, about a four-part series on the history of RKO. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings on assorted subjects.


Box 84 Folder 8 Miscellaneous, 1984-1985

Professional and personal correspondence. Includes correspondence with Jarrico's agents, Robinson-Weintraub and Associates. Includes annotated clippings about cinema and global politics. Also includes notes, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera sent in correspondence.


Box 84 Folder 9 Current, miscellaneous, 1984-1985

Professional, personal, and political correspondence. Includes material regarding Robert Egan's employment at UCLA. Includes annotated clippings about cinema and politics. Also includes notes, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera sent in correspondence.


Box 84 Folder 10 Current, miscellaneous, 1993-1994

Professional and personal correspondence. Includes annotated clippings about cinema, Jarrico's works, the Clinton administration, and global politics. Also includes notes, postcards, birthday cards, brochures, and other ephemera sent in correspondence.



Box 85 Folder 1 Miscellaneous obituaries and tributes, 1980-1981, 1985-1996

For a variety of political, cinematic, scientific, and artistic figures (including other blacklisted filmmakers). Includes Jarrico's notes and some funeral programs. Some obituaries were penned by Jarrico himself.


Box 85 Folder 2 Personal correspondence, 1984-1985

Letters, postcards, and greeting cards from various friends and colleagues.


Box 85 Folder 3 Personal correspondence, 1984, 1986

Primarily letters sent to Jarrico but also includes copies of Jarrico's own letters. Includes Jarrico's notes. Includes other print materials sent to Jarrico in correspondence.


Box 85 Folder 4 Current, 1987, 1993-1995

Includes clippings (about science, US politics, etc.; also, book reviews and cartoons) Jarrico's notes, correspondence, postcards, print material sent in correspondence.


Box 85 Folder 5 Ring Lardner, Jr., 1955, 1986-1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996

Materials relating to blacklisted filmmaker Ring Lardner, Jr. Includes clippings about Lardner, writings by Lardner, photographs of Lardner and his family, copies of Jarrico's correspondence with Lardner, a copy of Jarrico's tribute to Lardner, and a copy of the finding aid to Lardner's papers at the Academy Foundation.


Box 85 Folder 6 Miscellaneous, 1955, 1991-1993

Postcards, greeting cards, notes, clippings, correspondence (personal and professional), legal documents.



Box 86 Folder 1 Miscellaneous correspondence, etc., 1976, 1981-1985

Personal and professional correspondence. Also includes Jarrico's notes and drafts. Includes other print material (clippings, photocopies, etc.) sent in correspondence.


Box 86 Folder 2 Catalogued correspondence, 1955, 1957-1966, 1968-1970

Personal and professional correspondence, organized by correspondent in roughly alphabetical order. Correspondents include actors, producers, friends, and colleagues.


Box 86 Folder 3 Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1983-1992

Greeting cards, postcards, and correspondence (personal and professional). Includes Jarrico's notes and other print material sent in correspondence.


Box 86 Folder 4 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1982-1985

Greeting cards, postcards, and correspondence (personal and professional). Includes letters from Shirley Strick to various producers. Includes clippings, brochures, and print material sent in correspondence.


Box 86 Folder 5 Letters, 1933-1934, 1937, 1940-1947, 1951-1970, 1972

Personal and professional correspondence arranged by author then by date. Includes some postcards. Includes several photographs, along with some notes by Jarrico.



Box 87 Folder 1-3 Correspondence: Sylvia - Israel, 1931-1937, 3 folders

Correspondence (handwritten love letters) between Sylvia Gussin and Jarrico (Israel Shapiro). Includes other print material sent in correspondence.


Box 87 Folder 4 Correspondence: Yonney and Li'l Es, 1932-1936

Jarrico's handwritten correspondence with Esther Shaeffer and "Yonney." Includes postcards.


Box 87 Folder 5 Correspondence: Andre Marrin, 1933-1935, 1945

Typed and handwritten correspondence.


Box 87 Folder 6 Correspondence: Diana, 1933-1941, 1944, 1954

Typed and handwritten correspondence with Diana Bricks. Early letters have been transcribed on the typewriter by Jarrico. Includes postcards.


Box 87 Folder 7 Correspondence: Sammy, Erwin, Pat, and Dorothy Satt, 1933-1936

Handwritten correspondence and postcards. Arranged by author.


Box 87 Folder 8 Correspondence: Israel and Aaron (and Jennie), 1914-1915, 1918, 1922-1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933-1935, 1938-1939, 1943, 1945

Jarrico's typed and handwritten correspondence with his mother, Jennie Shapiro, and his father, Aaron Shapiro. Includes Jennie Shapiro's certificate of naturalization. Some letters are in Yiddish. Includes postcards, print materials sent in correspondence, and Jarrico's early writings (including a biography of his father).



Box 88 Folder 1 Correspondence: Hal Smith, 1934-1941

Typed and handwritten correspondence.


Box 88 Folder 2 Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1931-1938

Personal and political correspondence. Includes job applications. Includes print material sent in correspondence and postcards.


Box 88 Folder 3 Correspondence: Endfield, 1923, 1927, 1932-1941, 1943-1945

Handwritten and typewritten correspondence to Cyril Endfield. Includes drafts of Jarrico's early writings, print material and photographs sent in correspondence.


Box 88 Folder 4 Personal correspondence: Polonsky, Wilson, Jencks, Aisner, Rapf, Hicks, Mason, Endfield, 1940, 1942-1945, 1947-1951

Handwritten and typewritten correspondence to colleagues Abraham Polonsky, Michael Wilson, Clinton Jencks, Maurice Rapf, Cyril Endfield, Julian Hicks, Mason Roberson, Henri Aisner. Organized by author. Includes postcards.