TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Kay Ashton-Stevens
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1910-1978
Series 2: Career, 1935-ca. 1970s
Subseries 1: Radio and Television, 1935-1954
Subseries 2: Public Relations, 1951-1966
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous, ca. 1950s-1970s
Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1909-1964
Series 5: Audio Materials, 1942-1953
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Inventory of the Kay Ashton-Stevens Papers, 1905-1978
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, and Shannon Yule, 2007. ©2007. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Stevens, Kay Ashton |
| Title | Kay Ashton-Stevens Papers |
| Dates | 1905-1978 |
| Extent | 53 cubic ft. (36 boxes, 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, personal and career related materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials of Chicago actress, television and radio personality, and wife of critic Ashton Stevens, Kay Ashton-Stevens. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS StevensK |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 55 10-11 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Kay Ashton-Stevens Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Bequest of Kay Ashton-Stevens, 1982.
Processed by
Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, and Shannon Yule, 2007.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Kay Ashton-Stevens Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Kay Ashton-Stevens Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Kay Ashton-Stevens
Chicago actress, radio and television personality, wife of critic Ashton Stevens.
Kay Ashton-Stevens, born Katherine Florence Krug in 1905, was most well known as the second wife of theatre critic Ashton Stevens. She herself had a long and varied career with many of the ups and downs reflective of working women of her time. Her theatre career began with the Goodman Repertory Company where she had four years' training and appeared in many productions. She received generally positive notices while going through a myriad of stage names including Florence Krug, Florence Catlyn, and Katherine Krug, settling finally on Kay Ashton-Stevens after her marriage.
Kay Ashton-Stevens married Ashton Stevens, 33 years her senior, in 1927. During the early years of the marriage she continued to audition for parts in Chicago and New York and appeared in at least one Broadway production. In the late 1930s her husband suffered a series of debilitating health problems and she abandoned the theatre to care for him and assist with his writing. Even with these setbacks, she continued to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, hosting the radio programs Movie Personalities, Chats Across the Table, and Luncheon at the Camellia House; the latter two she also wrote and produced.
Kay Ashton-Stevens was left in poor financial shape after her husband's death in 1951 due to his numerous medical bills, and she struggled to find steady employment. During the 1950s she was involved in several short-lived radio and television programs including "Free For All", "Polks Pictoral", the "Kay Ashton-Stevens Show", and a game show called "Mad-Grams." Unfortunately, the programs failed to catch on and she was forced to look for work elsewhere, eventually landing in public relations at the Zenith Radio Corporation. At Zenith she was part of the push to sell subscription television (also called Phonevision), an early percursor to cable television. After leaving Zenith, she went through a series of freelance public relations jobs and lectured on the theatre. Her last position was in sales at Reuben H. Donnelly selling yellow page advertising.
Kay never remarried and died in 1982.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Documents and audiovisual materials reflecting the life and career of Kay Ashton-Stevens and also of her husband, Ashton Stevens.
Correspondence, between and including Kay Ashton-Stevens, family and friends, and also between Kay Ashton-Stevens and many of her husband's friends, fan mail, and work related correspondence; materials pertaining to her various career incarnations including radio and television scripts, surveys and statistics from Zenith Radio Corporation, drafts and notes of an unfinished biography of Ashton Stevens, speeches, and other writing; personal materials including papers regarding her education, acting career, and household finances, documents concerning a 1953 airplane accident and subesquent lawsuit, and notebooks she kept while caring for her invalid husband during the last years of his life; photographs including professional portraits, photos of friends and family; audio materials including open reel tapes and glass base acetate transcription discs of radio shows.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid. Due to preservation concerns, audio materials are not available for patron use at this time.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1910-1978. Box(es) 1-9
- Series 2: Career, 1935-ca. 1970s
- Subseries 1: Radio and Television, 1935-1954
- Subseries 2: Public Relations, 1951-1966
- Subseries 3: Miscellaneous, ca. 1950s-1970s
- Series 3: Personal, 1905-1977. Box(es) 26-33
- Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1909-1964. Box(es) 34
- Series 5: Audio Materials, 1942-1953
- Subseries 1: Acetate Discs, 1942-1944
- Subseries 2: Audiotapes, 1952-1953
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960
- Green, Abel, 1900-
- Hearst Corporation
- Markey, Gene, 1895-1980
- Stevens, Ashton
- Stevens, Georgia Cooper
- Stevens, Kay Ashton
- Zenith Radio Corporation
Subjects
- Actors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Audiotapes -- 1952-1953
- Correspondence -- 1910-1978
- Fan mail
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Phonograph records -- 1942-1944
- Photographs -- 1905-1964
- Radio -- History
- Radio acting
- Radio actors and actresses -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Radio programs -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Radio scripts -- 1935-1945
- Repertory theater -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Television -- History
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
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Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1910-1978 |
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| Incoming and outgoing letters, many from the 1940s and 1950s when Kay Ashton-Stevens was caring for, and often answering Ashton Stevens mail for him. After his death, she retained close friendships with many of his colleagues including Abel Green, Gene Markey, and Gene Fowler, who offered support to Kay as she struggled to find employment in the entertainment industry. Kay also received fan mail for her several, short-lived radio and television programs. Later correspondence pertains to Kay's various positions in the public relations field. Correspondence can also be found within the personal and career series where it has been kept with other relevant materials. | |||||||||||
| Incoming and outgoing correspondence is interfiled and arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Actors Club of Chicago, 1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Allen, Fred, 1951-1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | American Broadcasting System / ABC, 1953-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | American Osteopathic Association, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Armentrout, Frankie and Lee, 1949-1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Arts Club of Chicago, 1940, 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Atherton, Gertrude, 1928-1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Atlass, H. Leslie, 1941-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | A, 1943-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Ballentine, Lucille, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Bankhead, Tallulah, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Barry, Phillip, 1931 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Bering, Frank and Joan, 1942-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Berlin, Irving and Ellin, 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Bernstein, Dr. Maurice and Hazel, 1937-1968, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Bismark Hotel, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Blumberg, Nate, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Bonara, Ruth, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Borowski, Felix, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Brandenburg, George, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Brisson, Cleo and Carl, 1950-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Buckley, William E. "Bill" (Henry Holt and Company), 1951-1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Buie, Dr. Louis "Gus" and Zelma, 1939-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Byfield, Ernest, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | B, 1929-1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | C[__?__], Eddie B, 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Carr, Samuel O., 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Cassidy, Claudia, 1947-1959, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Castle, Irene, 1942-1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Central Standard Life, 1952-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Chapman, John, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Chicago Drama League, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Chicago Woman's Club, 1953, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Claire, Ina (see also Bill Wallace), 1940-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Cliff Dwellers, 1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Coblentz, E. D. "Cobbie" and Lolita, 1940-1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Collins, Charles, 1937-1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Columbia Broadcasting System / CBS / WBBM, 1942-1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Cominsky, J. R. (Saturday Review), 1955, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Comstock, Fannie, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Comstock, F. Ray, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Connelly, James Hargis, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Connolly, Mike, 1951-1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Cornell, Katherine "Kit," 1949-1956, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Courtney, Marguerite Taylor, 1948-1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Covici, Pascal "Pat," 1937-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Cronyn, Hume, 1952-1955, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Crouse, Russel and Howard Lindsay, 1949, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 49 | Curley, W. A. "Bill" and Mary, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 50 | Cusick, Jack, 1942-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 51 | C, 1936-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 52 | Davis, Marion, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 53 | Day, Dorothy "Dodie" (see also Wilder, Lucy), 1948-1959, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 54 | de Haviland, Olivia, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 55 | De Koven, Seymour, 1930 | |||||||||
| 2 | 56 | Dettmer, Roger C., 1967, 1978, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 57 | Devries, Herman, 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 58 | DeWitt, George Ashton, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 59 | Doll, Bill, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 60 | Dowling, Eddie, 1949-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 61 | Doyle, Mary Agnes, 1951-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 62 | Durante, Jimmy, 1950-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 63 | D, 1943-1953, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 64 | Eaton, Walter Pritchard, 1949, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 65 | Eichel, Leslie, 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| 2 | 66 | Encyclopedia Britannica, 1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 67 | Encyclopedia of American Biography, 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| 2 | 68 | Ernst, Morris L., 1955-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 69 | Executives Club of Chicago, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 70 | E, 1929-1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 71 | Farland, A. A., 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 72 | Fields, William "Bill," 1949-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 73 | Fisher, Beatrice, 1950-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | Fisher, Leo, 1955-1970, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Fisher, Dr. R. C. and Mary F. (includes photograph), 1918-1930 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Fiske, Minnie Maddern (via secretary), 1931, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Flood, Redmond, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Flynn, Joe, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 79 | Ford, Anne, 1950-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 80 | Foster, Betsy and Bob, 1943-1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 81-82 | Fowler, Gene and Agnes, 1948-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 83 | Fowler, Will, 1954, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 84 | Foy, Eddie, 1948, 1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 85 | Franklin, Jean "Frankie," 1953-1955, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 86 | Frey, Charlie and Charlotte, 1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 87 | F, 1930-1965, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 88 | Gabriel, Gilbert "Gil," 1931-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 89 | Ganz, Rudolph, 1951-1956, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 90 | Gertz, Elmer, 1952, 1963 | |||||||||
| 3 | 91 | Gest, Morris, 1937-1941 | |||||||||
| 3 | 92 | Gest, Simeon, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 93 | Gish, Lillian, 1950-1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 94 | Glaser, Joe, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 95 | Golden, John, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 96 | Golenpaul, Dan, 1956 | |||||||||
| 3 | 97 | Goodspeed, Bobsy, 1949, 1959, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 98 | Gordon, Ruth, 1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 99-100 | Green, Able and Grace "Grabel", 1947-1975 | |||||||||
| 3 | 101 | Green, Able and Grace - undated and miscellaneous enclosures, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 102 | Green, Dwight H. (aka Pete, Herbert), 1954-1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 103 | Gross, Nate, 1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 104 | G, 1931-1968 | |||||||||
| 3 | 105 | Habein, Harold and Marge (Mayo Clinic), 1949-1958, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 106 | Hardwicke, Cedric, 1949-1955, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 107 | Harris, Sydney J., 1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 108 | Hartman, Paul and Grace, 1948-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 109 | Hastie, John R., 1942-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 110 | Haydon, Julia, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 111 | Hayes, Helen (see also MacArthur, Charles), 1949-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 112 | Hearst, William Randolph (and wife), 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 113 | Hearst, W. R. Jr., 1951, 1953 | |||||||||
| 4 | 114 | Hearst Newspapers, 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 115 | Hecht, Ben, 1948-1953 | |||||||||
| 4 | 116 | Heimlick, Fred, 1925 | |||||||||
| 4 | 117 | Heston, Charlton, 1952, 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 118 | Hope, Bob, 1963-1977, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 119 | H, 1942-1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 120 | Illinois Bankers Life Insurance, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 121 | Illinois Woman's Press Association, 1963, 1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 122 | Isrig, Erik (see also Zenith materials in Career series), 1958, 1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 123 | Janeway, Eliot, 1952-1960 | |||||||||
| 4 | 124 | Jessel, George, 1951-1958, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 125 | Johnston, Evelyn (Mrs. Alva), 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 126 | Joseph, John, 1948-1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 127 | J, 1932-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 128 | Kane, Whitford (see also Sherman, Hiram "Chub"), 1927-1955, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 129 | Kannaly, Richard L., 1951, 1953 | |||||||||
| 4 | 130 | Kauffman, Louis, 1975 | |||||||||
| 4 | 131 | Kelley, Beverly "Bev" (includes tv script), 1951-1960, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 132 | Kelly, Mark, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 133 | Kendrick, Eleanor "Smitty" and Butch, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 134 | Kennelly, Martin H., 1951, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 135 | Killick, John A., n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 136 | Kogan, Herman (includes letter from Gene Markey re: Panorama feature), 1958, 1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 137 | Krug, Ann (sister-in-law, includes photos), 1938-1957 | |||||||||
| 4 | 138 | Krug, Ashton Stevens (nephew) and Helga (includes photos), 1941-1977, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 139 | Krug, E. J. (nephew, includes photos), 1945-1978 | |||||||||
| 4 | 140 | Krug, Ernest J. (brother), 1926-1941 | |||||||||
| 5 | 141 | Krug, Ernest J., 1942-1963 | |||||||||
| 5 | 142 | Krug, Ernest J. - miscellaneous enclosures and notes), 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
| 5 | 143 | Krug, Ernest J. to Mother, 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| 5 | 144 | Krug, Katherine (mother) and Ernie - to and from Florence (Kay Ashton-Stevens), 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| 5 | 145 | Krug Family - miscellaneous, 1910-1958, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 146 | Krueger, Jess, 1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 147 | Kupcinet, Irving, 1951, 1953 | |||||||||
| 5 | 148 | K, 1949-1967 | |||||||||
| 5 | 149 | Langer, Lawrence, 1932-1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 150 | Lapping, Edward C., 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| 5 | 151 | Laurie, Joe Jr., 1950-1953 | |||||||||
| 5 | 152 | Leitzell, Ted (see also Zenith in Career series), 1956-1958, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 153 | Leonstovich, Eugenie, 1960, 1972, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 154 | Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 155 | Lillie, Beatrice, 1948 | |||||||||
| 5 | 156 | Lonsdale, Frederick "Freddy," 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 157 | Loy, Myrna, 1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 157a | Luce, Clare Boothe, 1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 158 | Lundy, Roy, 1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 159 | Lunt, Alfred and Lynn Fontanne, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 160 | Lyons, Leonard, 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 161 | Lyons, Sylvia, 1949, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 162 | L, 1928-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 163 | MacArthur, Charles and Helen Hayes (see also Hayes, Helen), 1949 | |||||||||
| 5 | 164 | MacArthur, Mary and Alfred, 1948-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 165 | Markey, Gene, 1948-1964, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 166 | Mason, James, 1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 167 | Massey, Dorothy and Ray, 1942-1959, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 168 | Maurada, Mac, 1951-1958, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 169 | Maxwell, Elsa, 1949, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 170 | McAtee, Viola A., 1962-1976, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 171 | McCardell, Roy, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 172 | McCarthy, Clem, 1949-1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 173 | McClintic, Guthrie and Kit, 1932-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 174 | McDonald, Gene (see also Zenith in Career series), 1948-1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 175 | McEvoy, J. P. "Mac," 1951-1957 | |||||||||
| 6 | 176 | Mencken, H. L., 1948-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 177 | Merrell, Lew, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 178 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, 1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 179 | Metzger, Louise (aunt), 1932-1943, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 180 | Miles, Carlton, 1950, 1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 181 | Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, 1957 | |||||||||
| 6 | 182 | Mitchell, Thomas, 1949, 1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 183 | Moats, Leona, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 184 | Montgomery, B. Hamilton, 1948-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 185 | Music Corporation of America, 1943 | |||||||||
| 6 | 186 | M, 1931-1960 | |||||||||
| 6 | 187 | Nail, Bill (see also Zenith in Career series), 1957 | |||||||||
| 6 | 188 | Nathan, George Jean, 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 6 | 189 | Newman, Danny, 1939-1976 | |||||||||
| 6 | 190 | Norworth, Jack, 1948-1958 | |||||||||
| 6 | 191 | N, 1940-1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 192 | Osbourne, Hurbert, 1931-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 193 | Otis-Skinner, Cornelia, 1948-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 194 | Owens, Nellie (maid), 1949-1957 | |||||||||
| 6 | 195 | O, 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 196 | Palmer, Nancy, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 197 | Parsons, Louella, 1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 198 | Passavant Hospital, 1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 199 | Pemberton, Virginia, 1929, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 200 | Peters, Rollo, 1954-1956, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 201 | Power, Tyrone, 1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 202 | Playwrights Company, 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 203 | P, 1928-1954 | |||||||||
| 6 | 204 | Quan, Madeline, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 205 | Quigley, Jack, 1942 | |||||||||
| 6 | 206 | Quigley, Martin, 1951-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 207 | Quinland, Sterling "Red" (see also American Broadcasting Company) (includes playscript "Don't Blame Me"), 1958-1979, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 208 | Rascoe, Burton, 1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 209 | Raven, Seymour, 1959, 1967 | |||||||||
| 6 | 210 | Reader's Digest, 1952-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 211 | Reynolds, Debbie, 1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 212 | Rice, Elmer, 1948 | |||||||||
| 6 | 213 | Robinson, Francis, 1949-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 214 | Rodgers, Hazel G., 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 215 | Rogers, Richard, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 216 | Ruppel, Louis, 1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 217 | Russell, Muriel and George, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 218 | Russell, Jack, 1952-1953, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 219 | R, 1932-1963 | |||||||||
| 7 | 220 | Sachs, Morris B., 1952-1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 221 | Saloman, Kurt J., 1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 222 | Sayler, Oliver, 1948-1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 223 | Scully, Frank and Alice, 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 7 | 224 | Seeley, Blossom, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 7 | 225 | Sheaks, Dorla (maid), 1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 226 | Shainmark, Lou and Edyth, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 7 | 227 | Shea, Joe, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 7 | 228 | Sherman, Hiram "Chub," 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 7 | 229 | Sherman, Joe and Katie, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 7 | 230 | Sherwood, Robert E. (1 to wife Madeline), 1948-1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 231 | Shubert, Milton, 1951-1953, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 232 | Shubert Theatre, 1932, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 233 | Shugart, Barbara, 1949, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 234 | Simpson, Nancy, 1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 235 | Sisk, Robert - Theatre Guild, 1931-1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 236 | Skelton, Red and Georgia, 1951, 1960 | |||||||||
| 7 | 237 | Smith, Frank B. and Phyllis (includes photos), 1951-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 238 | Smith, Paul, 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 239 | Sobel, Bernard, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 7 | 240 | Social Security Administration, 1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 241 | Spivak, Lawrence E., 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 242 | Starrett, Vincent, 1948-1950 | |||||||||
| 7 | 243 | Stevens, George (nephew), 1948-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 244 | Stevens, George Jr., 1948-1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 245 | Stevens, Georgie Cooper (sister-in-law), 1940-1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 246 | Stevens, Hannah Laura (mother-in-law), 1927-1940, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 247 | Stevens, Jack and Evelyn (nephew, includes photos), 1940-1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 248 | Stevens Family - miscellaneous, 1941-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 249 | Stone, Ezra, 1951, 1958 | |||||||||
| 7 | 250 | Sudler, Louise (see also Apartment materials in the Personal series), 1942-1051 | |||||||||
| 7 | 251 | Sullivan, Ed, 1951 | |||||||||
| 7 | 252 | S, 1928-1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 253 | Tarbell, Harlan, 1951, 1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 254 | Tavern Club, 1952, 1954 | |||||||||
| 7 | 255 | Thomas, Danny, 1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 256 | Todd, Michael, 1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 257 | Tucker, Sophie, 1949-1959 | |||||||||
| 7 | 258 | T, 1928-1958 | |||||||||
| 7 | 259 | U-V, 1946-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 260 | Wallace, Bill and Ina Claire (see also Claire, Ina) 1949-1964 | |||||||||
| 8 | 261 | Waters, Ethel, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 8 | 262 | Welles, Orson (includes signed drawing), 1932, 1940, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 263 | White, T. J., 1947-1948 | |||||||||
| 8 | 264 | Wilder, Lucy - The Bookstore of Lucy Wilder (see also Day, Dorothy), 1947-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 265 | Williams, Tennesse, 1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 266 | Winch, Frank, 1948-1955 | |||||||||
| 8 | 267 | Winchell, Walter, 1948-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 268 | Wolf, Milton G., 1949-1953 | |||||||||
| 8 | 269 | Woods, Al, 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 8 | 270 | Woods, Madeline, 1949, 1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 280 | W, 1929-1957 | |||||||||
| 8 | 281 | Young, Roland, 1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 282 | Christmas & other greetings, ca. 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 8 | 283 | Condolence Letters, 1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 284 | Fan Mail re: Chats Across the Table / Camellia House - WBBM, 1942-1944 | |||||||||
| 8 | 285 | Fan Mail re: Free For All / Polks Pictoral / Even Stevens / Kay Ashton-Stevens - WBKB, 1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 286 | Fan Mail re: Kay Ashton Stevens Show / Features Facts, Fancy (Kupcinet fill-in) - WBBM, Aug. 1952-Apr. 1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 287-288 | Fan Mail re: Mad Grams, Aug.-Sep. 1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 289 | Fan Mail re: Movie Personalities - WGN, 1935-1936 | |||||||||
| 9 | 290 | Form Letter (written while Ashton Stevens was ill), 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 9 | 291 | Notes and Fragments, ca. 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 9 | 292 | Opening Night telegrams, 1926-1932 | |||||||||
| 9 | 293 | Unidentified - Incoming, 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 9 | 294 | Unidentified - Outgoing, 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
Series 2: Career, 1935-ca. 1970s |
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| Materials pertaining to Ashton-Stevens' work in radio and television, public relations, and other miscellaneous works. Includes television and radio scripts, surveys and statistics from Zenith Radio Corporation, drafts and notes of an unfinished biography of Ashton Stevens, speeches, and other writing. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following subseries: Radio and Television, 1935-1954 (Boxes 10-17); Public Relations, 1951-1966 (Boxes 18-23); and Miscellaneous, ca. 1950s-1970s (Boxes 24-25). | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Radio and Television, 1935-1954 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 10 | 295 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Nov. 11-19, 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 296 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Nov. 21- 30, 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 297 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Dec. 2-10, 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 298 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Dec. 11-20, 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 299 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Dec. 21-31, 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 300 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Jan. 1-10, 1936 | |||||||||
| 10 | 301 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Jan. 11-21, 1936 | |||||||||
| 10 | 302 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Jan. 22-31, 1936 | |||||||||
| 11 | 303 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Feb. 1-14, 1936 | |||||||||
| 11 | 304 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Feb. 15-26, 1936 | |||||||||
| 11 | 305 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Mar. 2-15, 1936 | |||||||||
| 11 | 306 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Mar. 16-30, 1936 | |||||||||
| 11 | 307 | WGN radio show - Movie Personalities - scripts, Apr. 1-10, 1936 | |||||||||
| 11 | 308 | WGN radio show - Chicago Christmas benefit playlet, Dec. 7, 1941 | |||||||||
| 11 | 309 | WBBM radio show - Chats Across the Table - scripts, Oct. 1942 | |||||||||
| 11 | 310 | WBBM radio show - Chats Across the Table - scripts, Nov. 1942 | |||||||||
| 11 | 311 | WBBM radio show - Chats Across the Table - scripts, Dec. 1942 | |||||||||
| 12 | 312 | WBBM radio show - Chats Across the Table - scripts, Jan. 1943 | |||||||||
| 12 | 313 | WBBM radio show - Chats Across the Table - scripts, Feb. 1943 | |||||||||
| 12 | 314 | WBBM radio show - Luncheon at the Camellia House - scripts, Oct. 1944 | |||||||||
| 12 | 315 | WBBM radio show - Luncheon at the Camellia House - scripts, Nov. 1944 | |||||||||
| 12 | 316 | WBBM radio show - Luncheon at the Camellia House - scripts, Dec. 1944 | |||||||||
| 12 | 317 | WBBM radio show - Features, Facts, Fancy (fill-in for Irv Kupcinet) - scripts and notes, Aug. 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 318 | WBBM radio show - Features, Facts, Fancy - scripts and notes, Sep. 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 319 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - indexes to show, Nov. 1952-Apr. 1953 | |||||||||
| 12 | 320 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes, correspondence, Nov. 3-14, 1952 | |||||||||
| 13 | 321 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Nov. 17-28, 1952 | |||||||||
| 13 | 322 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Dec. 1-16, 1952 | |||||||||
| 13 | 323 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Dec. 17-31, 1952 | |||||||||
| 13 | 324 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Jan. 1-15, 1953 | |||||||||
| 13 | 325 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Jan. 16-30, 1953 | |||||||||
| 13 | 326 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Feb. 2-15, 1953 | |||||||||
| 13 | 327 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Feb. 16-27, 1953 | |||||||||
| 13 | 328 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Mar. 2-16, 1953 | |||||||||
| 13 | 329 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Mar. 17-31, 1953 | |||||||||
| 13 | 330 | WBBM radio show - Kay Ashton-Stevens Show - scripts, notes etc., Apr. 1-10, 1953 | |||||||||
| 14 | 331 | WBKB TV show - Free For All - scripts and notes, May, 1953 | |||||||||
| 14 | 332 | WBKB TV show - Polks Pictoral - scripts and notes, Jul.-Aug. 1953 | |||||||||
| 14 | 333 | WBKB TV show - Even Stevens (aka Kay Ashton-Stevens Show) - scripts and notes, Jun.-Aug. 1953 | |||||||||
| 14 | 334 | WBKB TV show - Mad Grams - scripts, Aug.-Sep. 1953 | |||||||||
| 14 | 335 | WBKB TV show - notes, correspondence, proposals, Aug.-Sep. 1953 | |||||||||
| 14 | 336 | WBBM TV show - Shopping with Miss Lee - scripts, notes, correspondence, Jan.-Feb. 1954 | |||||||||
| 15 | 337 | Proposals for TV programs, ca. 1953 | |||||||||
| 15 | 338 | Reports and memoranda for radio and TV programs, 1952-1954 | |||||||||
| 15 | 339 | Audition scripts for radio and TV programs, ca. 1952-1955 | |||||||||
| 15 | 340 | Scripts for other radio and TV programs, ca. 1943-1954 | |||||||||
| 15 | 341-343 | Unidentified radio and TV scripts and notes, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
| 16 | 344-349 | Unidentified radio and TV scripts and notes, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
| 17 | 350-352 | Unidentified radio and TV scripts and notes, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Public Relations, 1951-1966 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 18 | 353 | Auditorium Theatre Council, 1960-1961 | |||||||||
| 18 | 354 | Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago, 1961-1966 | |||||||||
| 18 | 355 | Barren, Inc., n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 356 | Chicago Maternity Center, 1959-1962 | |||||||||
| 18 | 357 | Citizens for Johnson - correspondence and notes, 1964 | |||||||||
| 18 | 358 | Citizens for Johnson - press releases and publications, 1964 | |||||||||
| 18 | 359 | Coronet Instructional Films, 1959-1961 | |||||||||
| 18 | 360 | Elgin National Watch Co., 1962 | |||||||||
| 18 | 361 | Martin E. Janis Co., 1960 | |||||||||
| 18 | 362 | United Cerebral Palsy Association of Chicago, 1955-1960 | |||||||||
| 19 | 363-364 | Zenith - address lists, ca. 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 19 | 365 | Zenith - correspondence - Leitzell, Ted, 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| 19 | 366 | Zenith - correspondence - McDonald, E. F. (see also Correspondence series), 1951-1957 | |||||||||
| 19 | 367 | Zenith - correspondence - Stevens, Kay Ashton, 1956 | |||||||||
| 19 | 368 | Zenith - correspondence - Stevens, Kay Ashton, 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 19 | 369 | Zenith - correspondence - Stevens, Kay Ashton - outgoing, 1955 | |||||||||
| 19 | 370 | Zenith - correspondence - Stevens, Kay Ashton, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 371 | Zenith - correspondence - general, 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 19 | 372 | Zenith - correspondence - miscellaneous, 1953-1958 | |||||||||
| 19 | 373 | Zenith - correspondence re: FCC and Pay TV, 1955 | |||||||||
| 19 | 374 | Zenith - correspondence re: US Rep. Orrin Harris and Pay TV, 1958 | |||||||||
| 20 | 375 | Zenith - employment info, 1955-1958 | |||||||||
| 20 | 376 | Zenith - Flashmatic commercial, ca. 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 20 | 377 | Zenith - Flashmatic dealer survey, 1955 | |||||||||
| 20 | 378 | Zenith - lecture on subscription television to Women's Club - drafts, ca. 1955 | |||||||||
| 20 | 379 | Zenith - lecture on subscription television to Women's Club - notes and notecards, ca. 1955 | |||||||||
| 20 | 380 | Zenith - miscellaneous promotional copy, ca. 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 20 | 381 | Zenith - miscellaneous radio and TV scripts, ca. 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 20 | 382 | Zenith - miscellaneous statistics and reports, ca. 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 20 | 383 | Zenith - National Distributors Convention, 1955 | |||||||||
| 21 | 384-387 | Zenith - notes, ca. 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 21 | 388 | Zenith - Phonevision promotional film, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 21 | 389 | Zenith - Phonevision promotional copy, 1956-1958 | |||||||||
| 21 | 390 | Zenith - Phonevision survey, 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| 22 | 391-392 | Zenith - Phonevision survey, 1958 | |||||||||
| 22 | 393-394 | Zenith - Phonvision survery notebooks, 1955 | |||||||||
| 23 | 395 | Zenith - Phonevision survey - reports, address lists, 1955-1958 | |||||||||
| 23 | 396 | Zenith - Space Command dealer survery, 1956 | |||||||||
| 23 | 397 | Zenith - WEFM radio spots, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 23 | 398 | Zenith - Zenith vs. RCA suit, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Miscellaneous, ca. 1950s-1970s |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 24 | 399 | Biographical essay on Ashton Stevens, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 24 | 400 | Book review of Mrs. Fiske and the American Theatre published in Variety, 1955 | |||||||||
| 24 | 401 | Columns published in Variety, 1953-1954 | |||||||||
| 24 | 402 | Essay - Flashbacks on the Pump Room, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 24 | 403 | Fashion Show - Edgewater Beach Hotel (Kay was commentator), 1963 | |||||||||
| 24 | 404 | Miscellaneous writing, ca. 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 24 | 405-407 | Notes for a biography of Ashton Stevens, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 24 | 408 | Reuben H. Donnelly Corp. - notes, company info, ca. 1970s | |||||||||
| 25 | 409 | Speech - Adult Education Council, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 25 | 410 | Speech - Chicago Drama League, 1952 | |||||||||
| 25 | 411 | Speech - Chicago Women's Club, 1953 | |||||||||
| 25 | 412 | Speech - Community Affairs Day, 1953 | |||||||||
| 25 | 413 | Speech - Friends of Literature, 1953 | |||||||||
| 25 | 414 | Speech - Mayo Clinic, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 25 | 415 | Speeches - fragments and miscellaneous, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
Series 3: Personal, 1905-1977 |
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| Personal and biographical materials of Kay Ashton-Stevens, including materials related to her youth and education, acting career, and household finances. Also in this series are documents concerning a 1953 airplane accident and subesquent lawsuit Ashton-Stevens was involved in, and the notebooks she kept while caring for her invalid husband during the last years of his life. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 26 | 416 | Accident - airplane - clippings, 1953-1956 | |||||||||
| 26 | 417 | Accident - airplane - correspondence, 1953-1957 | |||||||||
| 26 | 418 | Accident - airplane - deposition from Kay Stevens, 1956 | |||||||||
| 26 | 419 | Accident - airplane - get well cards and letters, 1953 | |||||||||
| 26 | 420 | Accident - airplane - notes from Kay Stevens, [1953-1957] | |||||||||
| 26 | 421 | Accident - airplane - notes and correspondence, 1954-[1957] | |||||||||
| 26 | 422 | Accident - airplane - official documents and report, 1953 | |||||||||