FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Phyllis Merrill papers
- Title
- Phyllis Merrill papers, 1933-1956.
- Format
- Archival mix
- Author
Collection information
Finding aid
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Items in the library and off-site
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| Status | Container | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 1 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 2 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 3 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 4 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 5 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 6 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 7 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 8 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 9 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 10 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 11 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 12 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 13 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 14 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 15 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 16 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 17 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 18 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 19 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 20 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1998-004 | Item locationOffsite |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 17 lf. (47 boxes)
- Summary
- The Phyllis Merrill papers span 1933-1956 and consist of correspondence, memos, notes, commercial writings from the J. Walter Thompson agency, and scripts for radio and television. The radio and television scripts are from programs sponsored by clients of the J. Walter Thompson agency, and most were not written by Phyllis Merrill. The most heavily documented of these series are the NBC UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR (radio) and KRAFT TELEVISION THEATRE. Two 1953 teleplays for the KRAFT series, BLUES FOR JOEY MENOTTI and A LONG TIME TILL DAWN, were written by Rod Serling. The advertising material is largely related to Thompson client RCA.
- Subject
- Merrill, Phyllis, 1908-
- Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993.
- Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978.
- Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987.
- Allen, Fred, 1894-1956.
- Serling, Rod, 1924-1975.
- J. Walter Thompson Company.
- Radio Corporation of America.
- Advertising -- United States.
- Copy writers -- United States.
- Radio comedies -- United States.
- Radio plays, American.
- Television plays, American.
- Television adaptations.
- Genre/Form
- Radio scripts.
- Television scripts.
- Scripts.
- Correspondence.
- Call number
- *T-Mss 1998-004
- Language
- English
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Roberta M. Carr
- Biography (note)
- Phyllis Merrill (1908-1972) was born in Franklin, New Hampshire, graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1930, and earned an M.A. from Radcliffe in 1932. In 1942, after several years as a teacher, she took a job with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency as a copy writer. Ms. Merrill became a radio scriptwriter, adapting plays for the Helen Hayes Theater series, writing comedy sketches for Edgar Bergen, Fred Allen, and Jackie Gleason, and writing speeches for various actors, comedians, and politicians. After a series of heart attacks, Phyllis Merrill returned to New Hampshire in 1957 and resumed work as a copy writer for a small agency in Concord. She also edited the New Hampshire Education Association magazine. She died in Concord on January 23, 1972.
- Processing action (note)
- Processed
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