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Papers
of Tom Trusky relating to Nell Shipman
in
Boise State University, Albertsons Library
Special
Collections Department
Boise,
Idaho
MSS 99
This collection consists of correspondence, research notes, clippings, and other papers collected and written by Professor Tom Trusky of Boise State
University during his research on silent filmmaker Nell Shipman (1892-1970).
Some of the material in the collection is contemporaneous with Shipman's life
(for example, clippings from newspapers), but most of the material is dated
after 1984, when Trusky began his research. Altogether, the papers fill 17
boxes; the photos, 13 more. The
papers include letters back and forth with Shipman’s son, Barry
Shipman (1912-1994); letters to and from people who knew Nell Shipman;
correspondence with librarians, archivists, and film historians; files
documenting Trusky’s discovery and acquisition of several of Shipman’s
“lost” films; records of the Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival (1987);
clippings, programs, and other papers from festivals featuring Shipman’s
films; photocopies of newspaper clippings documenting Shipman’s career, from
her own time and afterward; and other papers.
The collection was donated to the Special Collections Department by
Professor Trusky in several installments, beginning in 1990.
Additions to the collection are expected.
Boise State University also holds Nell Shipman's own papers, cataloged as MSS
81.
The papers of Tom Trusky relating to Nell Shipman are divided into eighteen
series, outlined below:
Series 1: Correspondence with Barry Shipman
Series 2: Research correspondence
Series 3: Documentaries, motion pictures, and plays about Nell Shipman
Series 4: Writings by Tom Trusky about Nell Shipman
Series 5: Publication of Shipman’s autobiography
Series 6: Discovery
and acquisition of Shipman’s films
Series 7: Other Shipman-related projects
Series 8: Grants
Series 9: Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival
Series 10: Film
Festivals and Other Showings
Series 11: Press clippings (mainly
contemporary with Shipman’s career)
Series 12: Collected
articles and references to Nell
Shipman
Series 13: Subject files
Series 14: Papers from the Public
Archives of Canada
Series 15: Magazines and
newspapers
Series 16:
Tape recordings
Series 17: Photos and photo
research
Series 18: Nell Shipman Film
Festival exhibit photos
Listing: Oversize
items in Map Drawers
Tom Trusky’s association with Barry Shipman began with a letter and a
telephone call in June 1984. From
then on, until Barry’s death ten years later, their collaboration was a close
one. A screenwriter himself for
more than half a century, Barry Shipman aided Trusky’s research and encouraged
the promotion of his mother’s films.
Barry Shipman often enclosed copies of his correspondence with others
with his letters to Tom Trusky. This
series consists of letters between Tom Trusky and Barry Shipman, together
with many of Barry’s enclosures, particularly when they are referenced in the
letters. The first folder in the
series is an essay written by Barry Shipman chronicling the first two years of
their collaboration. Barry
Shipman’s own papers are preserved as MSS 90 in the Special Collections
Department of Albertsons Library.
Box 1: Correspondence with Barry Shipman
Folder 1:
“The Professor Done Right by our Nell,” by Barry Shipman (ca. 1987)
Folder 2:
Miscellaneous papers
Folder 3:
Correspondence: 1984-1985
Folder 4:
Correspondence: 1986 (January-June)
Folder 5:
Correspondence: 1986 (July-September)
Folder 6:
Correspondence: 1986 (October-December)
Folder 7:
Correspondence: 1987 (January-March)
Folder 8:
Correspondence: 1987 (April-July)
Folder 9:
Correspondence: 1987 (August-December)
Folder 10: Correspondence:
1988 (January-April)
Folder 11: Correspondence:
1988 (May-August)
Folder 12: Correspondence:
1988 (September-December)
Box 2: Correspondence with Barry Shipman
Folder 1:
Correspondence: 1989 (January-June)
Folder 2:
Correspondence: 1989 (July-December)
Folder 3:
Correspondence: 1990 (January-June)
Folder 4:
Correspondence: 1990 (July-December)
Folder 5:
Correspondence: 1991 (January-April)
Folder 6:
Correspondence: 1991 (May-August)
Folder 7:
Correspondence: 1991 (September-December)
Folder 8:
Correspondence: 1992 (January-August)
Folder 9:
Correspondence: 1992 (September-December)
Folder 10: Correspondence:
1993 (January-June)
Folder 11: Correspondence:
1993 (July-December)
Folder 12: Correspondence:
1994
Folder 13: Correspondence
with Beulah Shipman: 1994-2005
Folder 14: Correspondence with Nina Shipman Bremer
During the course of his research, Tom Trusky corresponded with film
scholars, libraries, archives, and family, friends, and associates of Nell
Shipman. The files in this series
contain Trusky’s general research correspondence.
Letters back and forth about particular projects (e.g., specific film
festivals, or photo research) are filed in the appropriate series elsewhere in
the collection.
Among the correspondents listed below are Shipman’s daughter Daphne
Ayers Feldman. The remarkable story
of the discovery of a 1919 letter from James Oliver Curwood to Nell Shipman is
contained in the Mildred Stobie file. Also
included in the Miscellaneous files are “fan letters” from people who
appreciated his work and promotion of Nell Shipman’s films.
Box 3: Research
Correspondence
Folder
1: Acker, Ally:
1988-1991
Folder
2: Alexander, Nate:
1985-1986
Folder
3: Armatage, Kay:
1991-2003
Folder
4: Beardmore, Vivian:
1984-1987
Folder
5: Bowser, Eileen
(Museum of Modern Art): 1987
Folder
6: Branyon, Harold:
1986-1987
Folder
7: Brownlow, Kevin:
1986-1987
Folder
8: Buroker, Fred: 1987
Folder
9: Cork, Marylyn:
1985-1995
Folder
10: Covert, Nancy Wolff: 1987-1990
Folder
11: Cunningham, John: 1986-1988
Folder
12: Cowley, Amanda: 1993
Folder
13: Eldridge, Judy: 1987-1993
Folder
14: Feldman, Daphne Ayers: 1992,
1998
Folder
15: Forster, Annette: 1993-2003
Folder
16: Fulbright, Tom: 1986-1988
Folder
17: Gibson, Frank: 1987-1992
Folder
18: Gillis, Madlyn: 1984-1988
Folder
19: Holbrook, Paul: 1987-1993
Folder 20:
Japenga, Ann: 1990-1991
Folder 21:
Kael, Pauline: 1986-1991
Folder 22:
Kaye, Janice: 1994
Folder 23:
Keller, Alfred S.: 1986-1987
Folder 24:
Lacher, Gary, 1986-1988
Folder 25:
Lasky, Betty: 1987
Folder 26:
Mattison, David: 1986-1989
Folder 27:
Morisset, Luc: 1986-1987
Folder 28:
Morris, Peter: 1984-1986
Folder
29: Overmyer, Dorothy Winslow:
1984-1990
Folder
30: Parsons, Jim, Jr.: 1990
Folder
31: Renk, Nancy F.: 1986-1990
Folder
32: Shipman, Noel and Michael: 1986,
2002, and n.d.
Folder
33: Simpson, Claude: 1984-1987
Folder
34: Stobie, Mildred: 1989
Folder
35: Turner, D. John: 1985-1992
Folder
36: Walker, Juanita: 1987
Folder
37: Walker, Marjorie: 1987-1988
Folder
38: Wertheimer, R.: 1989-1990
Folder
39: Will, Mary: 1986-1987
Folder
40: Miscellaneous: A-H
Folder
41: Miscellaneous: I-P
Folder
42: Miscellaneous: Q-Z
Box 4:
Research Correspondence
Folder
1: Boise State
University (Miscellaneous): 1986-1991
Folder
2: Hollywood Regional
Library (Calif.): 1988
Folder
3: Idaho Dept. of Parks
and Recreation: Rick Just: 1986-1988
Folder
4: Library of Congress:
1985-1988
Folder
5: National Library of
Australia: 1986-1987
Folder
6: Priest Lake State
Park (Idaho): Larry Townsend: 1987-1992
Folder
7: Spokane Public
Library (Wash.): 1986-1988
Folder
8: UCLA Film,
Television, and Radio Archives: 1986-1987
Folder
9: USC Warner Brothers
Archives: 1987
Folder
10: This folder not used
Folder
11: Book, film, and memorabilia
dealers: 1986-1987
Folder
12: Various American libraries and
archives: 1985-1986
Folder
13: Various foreign libraries and
archives: 1986-1988
about Nell Shipman
This series consists chiefly of correspondence and proposals for proposed
motion pictures and documentaries about Nell Shipman.
Additionally, it contains programs and clippings about two plays about
Shipman, both entitled “Between Pictures.”
Box 4: Documentaries,
etc. about Nell Shipman
Folder 14: Between
Pictures (Nina Shipman) (Play): 1990
Folder 15: Between
Pictures (Jenny Sternling) (Play): 1993
Folder 16: Boise
State University (David E. Donnelly): 1988
Folder 17: Butterfield,
David: 1989
Folder 18: Chenault,
Robert
Folder 19: Great
North Productions: 2001
Folder 20: Grob
and Keogh : 1995
Folder 21: Naked
Eye Productions (DiFeliciantonio and Wagner): 1990-1993
Folder 22: Naked
Eye Productions: Clippings: 1992
Folder 23: Naked
Eye Productions: Grant proposal: 1990 (Closed file)
Folder 24: Vallejo,
Joan: 1988-1991
Folder 25: Vogelsang,
Judith: 1995
Box 4: Writings by Tom Trusky
Folder 26: Biographical
material on Tom Trusky
Folder 27: Animal
and Other Drives of an Amateur Film Historian (1994)
Folder 28: Cinema
Sleuth (1987)
Folder 29: Nell
Shipman (1988)
Folder 30: Nell
Shipman: A Brief Biography (1988): Typescript
Folder 31: Nell
Shipman: A Brief Biography (1988): Italian translation
Folder 32: Nell
Shipman: A Brief Biography (1988): German translation
Folder 33: Nell
Shipman at Musee d’Orsay (1988)
Folder 34: Nell
Shipman, the Girl From God’s Country (1988)
Folder 35: Class
assignments (1986)
Folder 36: Film
summaries (1988)
Folder 37: Film
summaries, Miscellaneous
Folder 38: A
Little Hand for the Villains: Same Gender Touching in the Feature
Films of Nell Shipman (2001)
Folder 39: Nell
Shipman (for Women Pioneers encyclopedia project) (2006)
Folder 40: Lady of Lionhead
(2008)
Series
5: The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart
The papers in this series relate to the posthumous publication of Nell
Shipman’s autobiography, The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart.
Shipman wrote the autobiography in 1968 in Cabazon, California. Tom
Trusky began seeking a publisher for it in 1985; failing that, he arranged its
publication under the imprint of the Hemingway Western Studies Center at Boise
State University. It was published
in 1987 and released in conjunction with the Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival
in Boise. A second edition was
issued in 1991, and a third in 2001.
Box 5: The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart
Folder 1:
Correspondence with publishers: 1985-1986
Folder 2:
Copy, front matter and index
Folder 3:
Maps: Lionhead Lodge and others
Folder 4:
Endnotes
Folder 5:
Afterword, by Barry Shipman (Typescript)
Folder 6:
“The Taming of the Few,” by Peter Morris (Typescript)
Folder 7:
Book design
Folder 8: Design
and captions for photo section
Folder 9: Book
production (Bookcrafters, Inc.)
Folder 10: Review
copy distribution and publicity lists
Folder 11: Acknowledgements
of review copies
Folder 12: Reviews
Folder 13: Second
edition: Notes and copy
Folder 14: Miscellaneous
Folder 15: Third
edition
Box 18: The
Silent Screen and My Talking Heart
Typescript (Beulah Shipman’s retype) of The Silent Screen and My
Talking Heart, with Tom Trusky’s editorial marks for the printer.
One of the goals of Tom
Trusky’s research on Nell Shipman was to locate copies of her films and
acquire copies for the Idaho Film Collection at Boise State University.
He found two of the films, Back to God’s Country and The Grub
Stake, in the National Film Archives of Canada and Great Britain,
respectively. Private collectors
(Gary Lacher and John Cunningham) held copies of A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog
and two episodes of Little Dramas of the Big Places.
Trusky
located Something New in an uncataloged film collection at the
University of California, Los Angeles. In
each case, he was able to obtain copies of the films for the Idaho Film
Collection. Boise State University
has issued commercially-available video cassettes of all of them except The
Grub Stake. In subsequent years, other researchers discovered two more
films: a third episode of the Little Dramas and Shipman's last film, the
never-released The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947).
Tom Trusky wrote the story of his discovery of the Shipman films in
“Cinema Sleuth” (Box 4, Folder 28). Additional
correspondence about the acquisition of A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog is found
in the file of correspondence with Gary Lacher (Box 3, Folder 24);
correspondence about the Little Dramas of the Big Places is located in
the correspondence file for John Cunningham (Box 3, Folder 11). Further
correspondence regarding his attempt to purchase a publicity poster for
Shipman’s film, Girl From God’s Country, is located in the
correspondence file for Frank Gibson (Box 3, Folder 17).
The papers in this series consists principally of correspondence and
other papers relating to his search for the films, their acquisition, and the
production and distribution of video cassettes, and, in some cases, later
publicity about the films.
There is also a file about Trusky's appearance in 1992 on the television
program Entertainment Tonight discussing Nell Shipman and the release of
the video of Something New.
Box 5: Discovery and acquisition of
Shipman’s films
Folder 16: Back
to God’s Country
Folder 17: Back
to God’s Country: Music (1919)
Folder 18: Back to God's Country: Video production:
1996
Folder 19: Back to God's Country: Cooper, Lindsay
(Correspondence): 1995-1998
Folder 20: A
Bear, a Boy, and a Dog
Folder 21: Girl From God's County: Poster
Folder 22: The
Grub Stake
Folder 23: Little
Dramas of the Big Places
Folder 24: Something
New: Video production
Folder 25: Something
New: Video release
Folder 26: Something
New: Tinting record
Folder 27: Something
New: Correspondence with Joan Benny: 1991-1992
Folder 28: Something
New: Entertainment Tonight appearance: 1992-1993
Folder 29: Something
New: Maxwell ads: 1920s
Folder 30: Something
New: German screening (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) 1991-92
Folder 31: Something
New: Miscellaneous
Folder 32: The Story of Mr. Hobbs
This series contains records of Trusky’s work on other Nell
Shipman-related projects.
Box 5: Other
projects
Folder 33: Idaho
Film and Video Association: Nell Shipman awards: 1993
Folder 34: Idaho
Film and Video Association: Biographical script, 1993
Folder 35: Idaho
Film and Video Association: Nell Shipman awards: 1994-1995
Folder 36: Idaho
State Lottery commercial: 1989
Folder 37: Nell
Shipman website (Boise State University): 2001
Folder 38: Silver
Screen postcards: 1992
Folder 39: "Unlatchable Nell," by Enver
Sulejman (poem and artwork): 1992
Series 8: Grants
This small series documents two grants Tom Trusky received for his work
related to Nell Shipman. His
research and travel in 1986 was funded in part by a faculty research grant from
Boise State University. The 1987
Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival, which he organized, was in part funded by a
grant from the Idaho Humanities Council.
Box 6: Grants
Folder 1: American
Film Institute: Film preservation program: 1985
Folder 2: Assocation
for the Humanities in Idaho: Draft proposal, 1985
Folder 3: Idaho
Humanities Council: Application and award, 1986-l987
Folder 4: Idaho
Humanities Council: Draft application, 1986
Folder 5: Idaho
Humanities Council: Grant evaluations, 1987
Folder 6: Boise
State University: Faculty Research Grant application, 1986
Folder 7: Boise
State University: Faculty Research Grant finanacial papers, 1986
Series 9: Nell
Shipman Silent Film Festival
In February 1987, Boise State University hosted a silent film festival
named in Nell Shipman’s honor. Featured
events included the “re-premiere” of Shipman’s film Back to God’s
Country, the screening of other silent films, a keynote address on “Women
in Film,” a symposium on animal training, and an exhibition prepared by Tom
Trusky on Shipman’s life and work. The
festival was organized by Tom Trusky with the support of other departments of
the university and the Idaho Humanities Council.
During the festival, the university issued two publications, Nell
Shipman’s autobiography (The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart) and a
booklet entitled Canada’s Recovery & Restoration of Back
to God’s Country, by D.J. Turner, as well as a video of Shipman’s short
film, A Bear, a Boy, and A Dog. During
January and March, the university broadcast a twelve-part series on early
filmmakers entitled Cinema Antique on its cable television station.
This series documents Tom Trusky’s work organizing the festival. Additional information about the Idaho Humanities Council
grant is located in the Grants series also in Box 4.
Correspondence regarding the broadcasting of Cinema Antique is
located in the file of correspondence with its producer, Gary Lacher (Box 3,
Folder 24). A tape recording of speakers at the conference is located in
Series 16.
Box 6: Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival
Folder 8: Organizational
matter
Folder 9:
Invitations, etc.
Folder 10: Travel
and honoraria
Folder 11: Mollie
Gregory, keynoter
Folder 12: Programs
Folder 13: Newsclippings
and publicity
Folder 14: Boise
State University Canadian Studies Program
Folder 15: Boise
State University Student Programs Board
Folder 16: Workshop,
Animal training
Folder 17: Back
to God’s Country showing
Folder 18: Research,
The Freshman
Folder 19: Research,
The Lodger
Folder 20: Research,
Phantom of the Opera
Folder 21: Research,
The Scarlet Letter
Folder 22: Research,
The Ten Commandments
Folder 23: Catalog,
Films Incorporated
Folder 24: Other
film catalogs
Folder 25: Exhibition
Folder 26: Miscellaneous
Series 10: Film
Festivals and Other screenings
Tom Trusky’s promotion of the films of Nell Shipman led to many
invitations to screen the films. Within
this series are papers relating to various screenings of Nell Shipman films at
film festivals and other venues, in both Europe and North America.
In almost all cases, Trusky accompanied the films and offered commentary. See
also Box 11 for program books
from several festivals.
Box 6: Film festivals and other screenings
Folder 27: Miscellaneous,
1988-1992
Folder 28: Miscellaneous,
1993-2005
Folder 29: Miscelleneous, 2006-
Box 7: Film festivals and other screenings
Folder 1:
Schedules
Folder 2:
1987: North Idaho-Washington: Itineraries
Folder 3:
1987: North Idaho-Washington: Sandpoint, Idaho
Folder 4:
1987: North Idaho-Washington: Spokane, Wash.
Folder 5:
1987: North Idaho-Washington: Other showings
Folder 6:
1987: North Idaho-Washington: News clippings
Folder 7:
1987: Italy: Pordenone Silent Film Festival
Folder 8:
1987: Italy: Pordenone Silent Film Festivals: Reviews
Folder 9:
1987: Boise: Idaho Historic Preservation Council
Folder 10: 1988:
McCall, Idaho: Winter Carnival
Folder 11: 1988:
Sun Valley, Idaho
Folder 12: 1988:
Syracuse, N.Y.: Cinefest
Folder 13: 1988:
Portland, Or.: Northwest Film and Video Center
Folder 14: 1988:
Paris, France: Musee d’Orsay
Folder 15: 1988:
New York: New School of Social Research
Folder 16: 1988:
Italy: Pordenone Silent Film Festival
Folder 17: 1988:
Los Angeles: Round Table West
Folder 18: 1988:
Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, Pacific Film Archive
Folder 19: 1988:
Sun Valley, Idaho
Folder 20: 1989:
Spokane, Wash.: Cathedral and the Arts
Folder 21: 1989:
Creteil, France: Films de Femmes
Folder 22: 1989:
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho: Pacific Northwest Library Association
Folder 23: 1989:
Sandpoint, Idaho: Panida Theater
Folder 24: 1989:
New York: Museum of Modern Art
Folder 25: 1989:
Victoria, B.C.: Royal British Columbia Museum
Folder 26: 1990:
Los Angeles: UCLA Film Archives
Folder 27: 1991:
Boise: Women Filmmakers Festival
Folder 28: 1991:
Seattle: Seattle Art Museum
Folder 29: 1991:
Littleton, Colo.: Friends of the Library
Folder 30: 1991:
Sandpoint, Idaho: Panida Theater
Folder 31: 1991:
Dortmund, Germany: Frauen Film Festival
Folder 32: 1991:
Spokane, Wash.: Metropolitan Performing Arts Festival
Folder 33: 1992:
Cologne, Germany: Feminale
Folder 34: 1992:
Nell Shipman Centennial screenings (October 25, 1992)
Folder 35: 1992:
Amsterdam: Netherlands Filmmuseum
Folder 36: 1992:
Seattle: Women in Film/Seattle
Folder 37: 1993:
Boise State University, Canada Days
Folder 38: 1993:
Portland, Or.: Portland State University
Folder 39: 1994:
North Idaho
Folder 40: 1995:
Switzerland
Folder 41: 1996:
Cape Charles, Va. (The Story of Mr. Hobbes)
Arranged here, by publication, are photocopies of press clippings
relating to Nell Shipman and related themes collected by Tom Trusky during the
course of his research. Most are contemporaneous with Shipman’s film career.
Most are news articles; but some are ads for her movies.
The quality of these copies varies, since many were made from microfilm.
More clippings relating to Shipman’s film Something New are
located in Series 13 (Box 9), with copies of other papers obtained from
Marjorie Walker. Nell Shipman kept
several press books herself, but those predating 1925 were lost.
Her press book with clippings documenting her career after 1925 is
located in the Nell Shipman papers, MSS
81.
Box 8: Press clippings
Folder 1:
Notes from research trip, 1986
Folder 2:
Miscellaneous clippings: 1907-1946
Folder 3:
Canadian Moving Picture Digest: 1918-1919
Folder 4:
The Film Daily: 1920-1923
Folder 5:
Los Angeles newspapers: 1912-1954
Folder 6:
Moving Picture World: Listing
Folder 7:
Moving Picture World: Shipman miscellaneous: 1913-1920
Folder 8:
Moving Picture World: God’s Country and the Woman: 1915-1920
Folder 9:
Moving Picture World: Back to God’s Country: 1919-1920
Folder 10: Moving
Picture World: Girl From God’s Country: 1920-1920
Folder 11: Moving
Picture World: James O. Curwood: 1914-1920
Folder 12: Moving
Picture World: Canadian subjects: 1911-1925
Folder 13: New
York Times: Animals in film: 1921-1927
Folder 14: New
York Times: Filmmaking topics, Miscellaneous: 1913-1927
Folder 15: Priest
River Times (Idaho): 1922-1923
Folder 16: Priest
River Times (Idaho): 1924-1926
Folder 17: Spokane
(Wash.) newspapers: 1922-1924
Folder 18: Spokane
(Wash.) newspapers: 1925-1992
Folder 19: Variety:
1916-1953
Series 12: Collected
articles and references
This series consists of published articles about Nell Shipman and
references to her in books, directories, and encyclopedias.
Most are in photocopy form, though in some cases the full magazine or
journal may also be found in Boxes 12 to 14.
There are also some magazines in Boxes 12 to 14 not represented by
photocopies in this series. The
articles in this series date from the 1960s onward. In some cases, Tom Trusky’s correspondence with the author
is filed in the folder with the article.
This
listing is not a complete Nell Shipman bibliography, nor are the citations below
complete ones. Full bibliographic
citations for these articles are found in Appendix One.
For articles about Nell Shipman that appeared in film festival programs,
or articles that appeared in newspapers in conjunction with film festivals, see
the appropriate files in the Festivals series (Series 10).
Box 8: Published articles and references to Nell Shipman
Folder 20: Bibliographical
notes by Tom Trusky
Folder 21: Entries
in directories and encyclopedias
Folder 22: American
Film Institute catalog
Folder 23: Armatage,
Kay. “Dog and Woman, Together at
Last” (1991)
Folder 24: Armatage,
Kay. “The Silent Screen and My
Talking Heart” (1990)
Folder 25: Arnold,
William. From the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer (1989)
Folder 26: Brauerhoch,
Annette. “Nell Shipman, La Belle
et la Bete” (19xx)
Folder 27: Brownlow,
Kevin. From The Parade’s Gone
By (1969)
Folder 28: Codelli,
Lorenzo. From Sulla via di
Hollywood (1988)
Folder 29: Cook,
Moody Powell. “Queen of the
Dogsleds” (1977)
Folder 30: de
Vries, Tjitte. From Het
Vrije Volk Weekeditie (1988)
Folder 31: Dorn,
Karen. “Nell Shipman in Spokane
Grubstake” (1979)
Folder 32: English,
Susan. From the Spokesman-Review
(Spokane) (1987)
Folder 33: Everson,
William K. From Films in Review
(1989)
Folder 34: Everson,
William K. From The Hollywood
Western (1992)
Folder 35: Oakley,
Glenn. From Focus (Boise
State University) (1989)
Folder 36: Fulbright,
Tom. “Queen of the Dogsleds”
(1969)
Folder 37: Japenga,
Ann. “Nell Shipman: Silent No
More” (1997)
Folder 38: Martineau,
B.H. “Our Presence in History”
(1981)
Folder 39: Morris,
Peter. From Embattled Shadows
(1978)
Folder 40: Morris,
Peter. “Ernest Shipman” from Canadian
Film Reader (1977)
Folder 41: Rainey,
Buck. From Sweethearts of the
Sage (1992)
Folder 42: “Idaho’s
Salute to An Actress” from Scenic Idaho (1977)
Folder 43: Simpson,
Claude. “Nell Shipman Point”
(1978)
Folder 44: From
Sineast (1989)
Folder 45: Smith,
Judith. “Nell Shipman, Girl
Wonder” (1978)
Folder 46: Stackhouse,
Glorian. “Almost a Movie Star”
(1994)
Folder 47: Summers,
Murray. “Fragments from
Letters…”
Folder 48: Walker,
Joseph. From The Light on Her
Face (1984)
Folder 49: From
The World of Yesterday (3 articles)
(1976)
Folder 50: Miscellaneous
Folder 51: Miscellaneous
Series
13: Subject files
Contained in this series are clippings, articles, correspondence, and
other miscellaneous papers collected by Tom Trusky about individuals, places,
and topics with some connection to Nell Shipman.
Included are files about the Doctors’ House, an historic site in
Glendale, California, that was once Nell Shipman’s home, and a file on the
naming and dedication ceremonies for Shipman Point on Priest Lake, Idaho, in
1977. Also included are photocopies
of periodical articles and book excerpts about Women in film. Full citations to the articles and books can be found in
Appendix One.
Box 9: Subject Files
Folder 1:
Actors and associates of Nell Shipman (Miscellaneous)
Folder 2:
Ayers, Charles H. Austin
Folder 3:
Bankson, Russell
Folder 4:
Bankson, Russell: Spokane newpaper clippings, 1925-1976
Folder 5:
Bankson, Russell: University of Oregon collection inventory
Folder 6:
Barham family background
Folder 7:
Copyright catalog entries, Shipman films
Folder 8:
Curwood, James O.: University of Michigan collection inventory
Folder 9:
Curwood, James O.: “Wapi, the Walrus” text
Folder 10: Curwood,
James O.: Miscellaneous
Folder 11: Doctors’
House (Glendale, Calif.)
Folder 12: Doctors’
House (Glendale, Calif.): Terry Richman correspondence, 1994-95, 2008
Folder 13: Lady
Marines
Folder 14: Minnehaha
Park (Spokane, Wash.)
Folder 15: Mormons
in film
Folder 16: Peters,
Lloyd
Folder 17: Priest
Lake, Idaho
Folder 18: Shipman,
Ernest
Folder 19: Shipman,
Nina
Folder 20: Shipman
Point dedication (Priest Lake, Idaho), 1977
Folder 21: Van
Tuyle, Bert
Folder 22: Walker,
Joseph: Biographical information
Folder 23: Walker,
Joseph: Notes (photocopy)
Folder 24: Walker,
Joseph: Something New clippings, 1918-1921
Writings about Women in film
Folder 25: Bertsch,
Marguerite. From How to Write
for Moving Pictures (1917)
Folder 26: Carey,
Gary. From Written on the Silver
Screen: Anita Loos (1970)
Folder 27: Carlisle,
Helen. “They’re Not Afraid to
Fight” (1924)
Folder 28: Corliss,
Richard. “Robert Flaherty…”
(1973)
Folder 29: Henshaw,
Richard. “Women Directors”
(1972)
Folder 30: Lacassin,
Francis. “Out of Oblivion: Alice
Guy Blanche” (1971)
Folder 31: MacMahon,
Henry. “Women Directors of Plays
and Pictures” (1920)
Folder 32: Marion,
Frances. From Off With Their
Heads (1972)
Folder 33: Peary,
Gerald. “Sanka, Pink Ladies,
& Virginia Slims” (1974)
Folder 34: Scott,
Audrey. From I Was a Hollywood
Stunt Girl (1969)
Folder 35:
Slide, Anthony. From Early Women Directors (1977)
Folder 36:
Smith, Sharon. “The Image of Women in Film” (1972)
Folder 37
Smith, Sharon. “Women Who Make Movies” (1973)
Folder 38:
Smith, Sharon. From Women Who Make Movies (1975)
Folder 39:
Spensley, Dorothy. “You are So Pretty—You” (1926)
Folder 40:
Starr, Helen. “Putting It Together” (1918)
Folder 41:
Turnbull, Margaret. From The
Close-Up (1918)
Folder 42:
Walker, Anne. “The Girls Behind the Screen” (1921)
Folder 43:
Miscellaneous
These files consist principally of photocopies of papers relating to Nell
Shipman found in the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa.
Tom Trusky obtained these photocopies during the course of his research.
They include copies of a few letters between Nell Shipman and Canadian
film historian Hy Bossin as well as clippings from newspapers and magazines.
Box 10: Papers
from the Public Archives of Canada
Folder 1:
Hy Bossin file (1963-1964)
Folder 2:
James O. Curwood file
Folder 3:
Ernest Shipman
Folder 4:
Nell Shipman
Folder 5:
Shipman chronology by D. J. Turner
Folder 6:
Back to God’s Country—Canadian Photoplays
Folder 7:
Miscellaneous
Box 11 contains program books and reviews of film festivals featuring
Nell Shipman in France, Italy, and Germany.
Boxes 12, 13, and 14 contain other journals, newspapers, and magazines
with articles about or featuring Nell Shipman.
Box 11: Magazines
and Newspapers
11e Festival International Films de Femmes de Creteil et
du Val-de-Marne (1989) containing “Nell Shipman” (pp. 130-131) [in
French] (See
also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 21)
Films de Femmes / Festival International de Creteil ed
du Val de Marne (1989) (festival packet) [in French]
(See also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 21)
Films in Review
(January 1988) containing “The Pordenone Festival,” by William K. Everson (pp. 33-38) (See also Festivals, Box 7, Folders 7
and 8)
Frauen Film Festival: Femme
Totale 91, Katalog (1991) containing “Something New” (pp. 23-24) [in
German] (See also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 31)
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto
2007 / 26th Pordenone Silent Film Festival [in Italian and English]
O Canada: L’Amour du Cinema
from North to South (Museum of Modern Art, 1989) containing “Rediscovered
Filmmaker” (pp. 39-43) (See
also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 24)
Box 12:
Magazines and Newspapers
Incredible Idaho (Spring
1978) containing “Nell Shipman Point” by Claude Simpson (pp. 33-38)
Oh! Idaho (Spring 1990)
containing “Silent Movie Sleuth” by Nancy Covert (pp. 60-67, 71)
Scenic Idaho (October/November
1977) containing “Idaho’s Salute to an Actress: Nell Shipman—Queen of the
Dogsleds” (pp. 24-26)
Spokane Magazine (November
1979) containing “Nell Shipman in Spokane Grubstake” by Karen Dorn (pp.
44-42)
Maclean’s (September 1,
2003) with photo of Shipman on the cover, containing “The Girl From God’s
Country,” excerpts from Kay Armatage’s book The Girl from God’s
Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent Cinema.
The Beaver
(February-March 2004) containing "A Nameless Heroine: Nell Shipman)
and an excerpt from Letters from God's County (pp. 18-19)
Box 13: Magazines
and Newspapers
Classic Film Collector (Fall 1969) containing
“Nell Shipman, Queen of the Dogsleds” by Tom Fulbright (pp. 30- 31, 39)
Liberation (7 juin 1988)
containing “La Colette des forets” (pp. 36-37) [in French]
(See also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 14)
Priest River Times / Times Weekly
(Priest River Idaho: July 29, 1987) containing article on 1987 showing of Back
to God’s Country (p. 1) (See
also Festivals, Box 7, Folders 5 and 6)
Variety (March 27, 1987)
containing book review of The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart (p.
16)
Box 14: Magazines
and Newspapers
Alaska Airlines Magazine (July 1990) containing
“Claim to Fame” by Jan Halliday (pp. 28-34)
Big Sky Journal
(Fall 2007) containing “Images of the West: God’s Country in Black and White” by
Kim Todd (pp. 64-70)
Cineaction (24/25, 1991) containing “Dog and
Woman, Together at Last: Animals in the Films of Nell Shipman” by Kay Armatage
(pp. 38-44)
Cinema Canada (167, October 1989) containing
“Surfacing: Canadian Women’s Cinema” by Kass Banning (pp. 12-16)
and cover photo of Nell Shipman
Classic Auto Restorer (August 1993) containing
“1920 Maxwell Stars in Movie” (p. 89)
Filmograph (lst quarter
1970) containing “Nell Shipman—Still a Trailblazer” by Murray Summers and
“A Special Message from Nell Shipman” (pp. 2-3)
Films in Review (March 1988) containing
“Rediscovery” by William K. Everson (pp. 170-172)
Frauen und Film (Heft 47, September 1989) containing
“Nell Shipman: La Belle et la bete” by Annette Brauerhoch (pp. 36-45) and
“Nell Shipman: Eine kurze Biographie” by Tom Trusky (pp. 46-55) [in German]
Good Old Days (April 1994) containing “Almost a
Movie Star” by Glorian Terrell Stackhouse (pp. 24-26)
Hollywood Studio Magazine (February 1977) containing
“Queen of the Dog Sleds” by Moody Powell Cook (pp. 30-31) and “Idaho State
Park Honors Silent Film Star” by Thomas Fulbright (p. 31)
Kootenai Ruralite (May
1993) containing “Silent-Screen Star Risked Everything for her Rural Home”
by Amanda Cowley (pp. 4-5)
Palm Springs Life (November 1997) containing “Nell
Shipman, Silent No More” by Ann Japenga (pp. 38-42, 75)
What’s up, dog?: Over Filmdieren (NFM-Themareeks
no. 11, November 1992) containing references to Nell Shipman [in Dutch]
The World of Yesterday (July 1976) containing “New
State Park to Honor Silent Film Star” by Tom Fulbright (p. 5), “Nell Shipman
(1892-1970)” by Lloyd Peters, Jr. (pp. 6-7), and “Nell Shipman—A Resume of
Her Career” by Tom Fulbright and Barry Shipman (pp. 7-11)
Box 15: Tape
recordings
Cassette: Barry
Shipman and William Van Tagen interviewed on KBOI radio, Boise,
16 November 1987 in conjunction with screening of The Grubstake.
(See also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 9)
Cassette: Tom
Trusky’s introductory comments at Pacific Film Archive, University of
California, Berkeley, 18 November 1988
(See also Festivals, Box 7,
Folder 18)
Cassette: Tom
Trusky interviewed by Tom Jensen on KOA radio, Denver, 2 March
1991 (See also Festivals, Box 7, Folder 29)
Cassette: Piano
and Max Smith, vocalist, to accompany screening of Back to God’s
Country at Littleton, Colorado, 2 March 1991 (See also
Festivals, Box 7,
Folder 29)
Cassette: Tom
Trusky reading and translating intertitles for A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog
in French
Cassette:
Background music of the era to accompany exhibition at Nell Shipman
Silent
Film Festival, Boise, 1987 (2
copies) [with list of music]
Reel to reel tape:
Continuous playback tape of Shipman exhibition soundtrack
(3 hours play at 1-7/8 inches per second)
Reel to reel tape:
Master Shipman exhibition soundtrack (7-1/2 inches per second)
Reel to reel tape:
Recordings of speakers at Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival,
Boise, 1987
This series contains the paperwork documenting Tom Trusky’s search for
photos of the life and career of Nell Shipman, including photo orders from
institutions in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and Canada. It also contains a small number of photos (mostly snapshots)
of Tom Trusky and his activities, particularly visits with Barry Shipman and the
Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival in Boise in 1987. Photos of Nell Shipman, her activities, and her associates,
whether they were donated by the Shipman family or obtained by Tom Trusky from
other sources, are filed together in MSS
81, the papers of Nell Shipman.
Box 16: Photo
research (Correspondence and orders)
Folder 1:
British Film Institute (1986)
Folder 2:
Brandt, Eddie (1984)
Folder 3:
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (1986)
Folder 4:
Glenbow Museum (Calgary, Alberta) (1986)
Folder 5:
Idaho State Historical Society (1986)
Folder 6:
Montana Historical Society (1986)
Folder 7:
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia) (1986-1988)
Folder 8:
Nevada Historical Society (1986)
Folder 9:
Oregon Historical Society (1986)
Folder 10: Peterson,
W.R. “Chuck” (1986)
Folder 11: Provincial
Archives of British Columbia (1986)
Folder 12: University
of Alaska (1986)
Folder 13: University
of Idaho (1986)
Folder 14: University
of Washsington (1986)
Folder 15: Letters
of inquiry (1986)
Folder 16: Negative
responses
Box 17: Photos
Envelope 1: Tom
Trusky visiting with Barry Shipman, 1986
Envelope 2: Nell
Shipman Silent Film Festival, Boise, 1987 (Grub Stake screening)
Envelope 3: Nell
Shipman Silent Film Festival, Boise, 1987 (Symposium)
Envelope 4: Barry
Shipman at Round Table West, 1988
Envelope 5: Tom
Trusky visiting with D.J. Turner in Canada, 1992
Envelope 6: Charles
Ayres (son of Nell Shipman) in New York, 1997
Envelope 7: Nina
Shipman, 1986
Envelope 8: Carved
signatures of Nell Shipman and associates on window sill,
Heritage Resort, near Ione, Washington (photos 1987), from Fred
Buroker
Envelope 9: Barry
Shipman, Dorothy Winslow Overmeyer, from Nancy Covert Wolf
This series consists of approximately 150 photos and other graphic
images, with captions, mounted on boards of foam core.
They were displayed at the Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival in Boise in
1987. Most of the images are
8” x 10” prints, though some are considerably larger.
For references purposes, photocopies of the images have been placed in a
notebook for patron use. Many of
the photos were donated to Boise State University by Barry Shipman; others were
obtained by Tom Trusky from repositories and private parties.
Also included in this series are
two plywood stencils of bear paws, used to create bear tracks on the sidewalk, a
publicity device first employed by Ernest Shipman to promote Back to God’s
Country and replicated by Trusky at the film festival in 1987.
Exhibit Box 1:
Photos 1-16
Exhibit Box 2:
Photos 17-32
Exhibit Box 3:
Photos 33-46 (but not 35)
Exhibit Box 4:
Photos 47-63 (but not 48)
Exhibit Box 5:
Photos 64-80
Exhibit Box 6:
Photos 81-98 (but not 82 and 83)
Exhibit Box 7:
Photos 99-113
Exhibit Box 8:
Photos 115-131 (no number 127)
Exhibit Box 9:
Photos 132-140 and small caption boards (but not 135 and 136)
Exhibit Box 10: Oversize
photos 35, 82, 135, 136, 141, and 142
Bear paw
stencils
Exhibit Box 11: Oversize
unnumbered photos
Exhibit Box 12: Oversize
photos 48, 70, 82, 83, and 114
Oversize
items in Map Drawers
Full-size preservation photocopy of “Queen of the
Dogsleds” by Tom Fulbright, from Classic Film Collector, Fall 1969
Map of Priest Lake vicinity, Idaho, 1984
Poster for musical Doraleen, by Barry and Nina Shipman,
presented at University of Hawaii-Hilo, 1986
Hand-drawn map locating the buildings of the Lionhead Lodge
complex in the 1920s. Made by Barry Shipman, 1986. Photocopy in reduced size is located in MSS 99, Box 5, Folder
3.
Poster for Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival, Boise,
1987
Poster for Pordenone film festival, 1987
Poster for Grubstake showing at Egyptian Theater,
Boise, 1987
Unfolded cover stock for The Silent Screen and My
Talking Heart, 1987
Poster-schedule for Films des Femmes Festival (Creteil,
France), 1989
Poster for Nell Shipman film showing at Egyptian Theater,
Boise, 1995
This finding aid last modified on: 17
October
2007
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