Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
Delbert Mann Collection (136 ln. feet), covering the period from 1947 to 1992, is primarily concerned with the professional life and career of American film and television director Delbert Mann. It is comprised of the following series: Production Papers, General Correspondence, Script Reports, Writings, Personal and Biographical Material, Events and Activities, Theatre and Opera Collection, Photographs, Videotapes, and Scrapbooks. The collection is partially unprocessed.
Dates
- Creation: 1928 - 1993
Full Extent
From the Collection: 224.14 Linear Feet (140 letter Hollingers, 1 letter half-Hollinger, 29 Paige boxes, 15 oversize boxes, 55 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Fred Coe, 10th Anniverary in Television, Variety, May 23, 1956
April Morning – Set Designs, Sketches
Breaking Up – Set Design
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – Exterior Farm Drawing, Schedule
David Copperfield – Scene and Actor Breakdown
Fitzwilly – Set Designs, Sketches, Schedules
The Gift of Love – Set Designs
A Girl Named Sooner – Set Designs
The Glass Menagerie – Set Designs
Heidi – Set Designs
The Huntress – Set Design
Incident in Baltimore – Schedules
Jane Eyre – Schedules
Kidnapped – Schedule, Sketches
Lover, Come Back – Schedules, Sketches
Love’s Dark Ride – Set Design
The Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln – Set Design
Middle of the Night, 1959 – Set Design
Night Crossing – Schedules, Story Boards (Sketches), Location Information
Our Town – Program, Emmy Awards
The Pink Jungle – Location Photographs
Separate Tables – Sketches
She Waits – Schedules
- God’s Guerillas – set design
Tom and Joann – Set Designs
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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