Manuscripts

The Cast-Old Friend

Description: The collection consists of 317 radio scripts and 60 television scripts from 1953 to 1975, for the long-running series Gunsmoke. The material includes preliminary drafts, working notes, and finished scripts. Scriptwriters include, among others: Jim Byrnes, Marian Clark, John Dunkel, Les Crutchfield, Kathleen Hite, Norman Macdonnell, John Meston, Vic Perrin, and Paul Savage.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1953 December 12-1954 March 20
Call number: mssGunsmoke
Provenance: Gift of Norman H. Macdonnell and John A. Dunkel, June 1974.; Gift of Walter Newman, December 1975.; Gift of Paul Savage, July 1978.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The Tumbleweed-Old Faces

Manuscripts

The collection consists of 317 radio scripts and 60 television scripts from 1953 to 1975, for the long-running series Gunsmoke. The material includes preliminary drafts, working notes, and finished scripts. Scriptwriters include, among others: Jim Byrnes, Marian Clark, John Dunkel, Les Crutchfield, Kathleen Hite, Norman Macdonnell, John Meston, Vic Perrin, and Paul Savage.

mssGunsmoke

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