Summary Information

Title: Hillard Elkins Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1956-1979

Creator:

• Elkins, Hillard, 1929-

Call Number: U.S. Mss 137AN; Tape 1125A

Quantity: 33.2 c.f. (19 record center cartons, 34 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes) and 12 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

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Abstract:

Personal and professional papers of a theatrical and motion picture producer active in the United States, Canada, and England. The collection documents both Elkins' career and personal life, and to a lesser extent, the career and personal life of actress Claire Bloom, Elkins' wife from 1969 to 1976. Included are a general subject file of correspondence, agreements, clippings, and financial records relating to Elkins' work as an actors' representative and producer; personal papers of Elkins and Bloom; and fragmentary corporate records of Elkins' many production companies. Among the productions with the greatest documentation are the films Alice's Restaurant, A Doll's House, and Oh! Calcutta!; and stage plays Best Laid Plans, A Doll's House, Golden Boy, Oh! Calcutta!, The Rothschilds, the South African plays Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island, A Streetcar Named Desire, and This Winter's Hobby. Among papers in the general subject file are materials pertaining to Robert Culp, Alex Haley, John Ireland, Van Johnson, James Komack, John V. Lindsay, and Steve MacQueen.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0137an

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