University of Oregon Libraries
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Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
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Guide to the Michael Fessier Papers, 1927-1967


Ax 428





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Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
 
Collection Number:
 

Ax 428
 
Creator:
 

Fessier, Michael, 1907-1988
 
Title:
 

Michael Fessier Papers
 
Dates:
 

1927-1967 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

6 linear feet
4 containers
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Collection comprises papers of American author Michael Fessier and includes manuscripts of 185 short stories, seven plays, seven teleplays, nine screenplays, three novels, a few scenarios and radio scripts, and a collection of published pieces.
 

Biographical Note

Michael Fessier was born in Angel’s Camp, California. He was a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, and edited papers in Burlington and San Rafael, California. He commenced writing fiction in 1928, went into motion picture work, then returned to fiction. He also wrote for television. Fessier died in Northridge, Calif., in 1988.

Content Description

The papers consist of manuscripts of 185 short stories, seven plays, seven teleplays, nine screenplays, three novels, a few scenarios and radio scripts, and a collection of published pieces.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

  • Manuscripts

Administrative Information

Processing Note 

Collection processed by processing staff.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], Michael Fessier Papers, Ax 428, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
Fessier, Michael, 1907-1988
Authors, American--20th century
Screenwriters--United States
Manuscripts for publication
Novels
Plays
Radio scripts
Scenarios
Screenplays
Short stories
Television plays

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Manuscripts
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1		 folder
1
Affair With A Genius
 
 
2
Again, The H.K. Brock
 
 
3
Always In The Middle
 
 
4
Always Second
  
 
5
An Ugly Place
 
 
6
And The Truth Wasn’t In Him
 
 
7
Any Man Will Do
 
 
8
Back To Nature Girl
 
 
9
Bayou Song
 
 
10
Big Man On Campus
 
 
11
A Belief In Something
 
 
12
A Bit Of The South
 
 
13
Black Wind And Lightning
 
 
14
The Blue-Eyed Horse (One Version)
 
 
15
The Blue-Eyed Horse (Second Version)
 
 
16
The Bride Of Buffalo Bend
 
 
17
The Bright Hour
 
 
18
But It Pours
 
 
19
California There She Goes
 
 
20
Cannibal Stew
 
 
21
Chicago In A Nutshell
 
 
22
Chivalry At Coyote Crick
 
 
23
The Cinderella Kid
 
 
24
Comrade Wife
 
 
25
A Cry In The Night
 
 
26
Dardanella’s Daughter
 
 
27
The Dark Ways Of Love
 
 
28
The Daughter Of Pete Calhoun
 
 
29
Deadlier Than The Male
 
 
30
Dear Delightful Woman
 
 
31
The Delayed Valentine
 
 
32
A Dollar And A Quarter Too Much
 
 
33
Don’t Love My Dog
 
 
34
The Egg-Shaped Kid
 
 
35
The Faceless Terror
 
 
36
The Failure
 
 
37
The Fascinating Stranger
 
 
38
A Father For Her Children
 
 
39
A Fellow’s Got To Be Understood
 
 
40
The Firing Of Martin Dorn
 
 
41
Four Black Orchids
 
 
42
Fritz Muller
 
 
43
The Fugitive And The Farmer’s Daughter
 
 
44
The Girl On The Swing
 
 
45
The Good Ship Hooey
 
 
46
Grandma Wooten And The Witch
 
 
47
Grapes Of Wrath – Vintage 1948
 
 
48
The Great Stone Face
 
 
49
The Guilt Complex
 
 
50
Hank Tucker Quits The Weed
 
 
51
Heathcliffe
 
 
52
Heathcliffe (Second Version)
 
 
53
He Hated Dogs
 
 
54
He Intended To Stay For Breakfast
 
 
55
Her Steps Led Down To Death
 
 
56
The H.K. Brock
 
 
57
Honeymoon
 
 
58
Honor Of The Family
 
 
59
The House On Mill Pond Road
 
 
60
I Died Last Year
 
 
61
I Hate You, Darling
 
 
62
I Loathe You, Darling
 
 
63
I Love My Mother-In-Law
 
 
64
The Imposter
 
 
65
The Irresistible Male
 
 
66
It’s A Helluva Note
 
 
67
Johnny Whistlebritches
 
 
68
Just A Plaything
 
 
69
The Kidnapping Of Basil Wilp
 
 
70
The Killing Of Cara Doone
 
 
71
The Lady’s For Loving
 
 
72
The Lady From Red Gulch
 
 
73
Lady In The Rain
 
 
74
The Lady Was Off Limits
 
 
75
A Lease On Love
 
 
76
The Legend Of Truro
 
 
77
Leora Shoots A Peeping-Tom
 
 
78
Lester Meets H.K. Brock
 
 
79
It’s Me Darling, Your Husband
 
 
80
Lips And Liquor
 
 
81
Little Children
 
 
82
The Little Man’s Albatross
 
 
83
Loopy
 
 
84
Love Comes To Lonzo
 
 
85
The Luckiest Man In The World
 
 
86
Mady Christmas
 
 
87
The Magnificent Yuck
 
 
88
The Man Who Challenged Babe Ruth’s Record
 
 
89
Man Taming Woman
 
 
90
Marriage Is Better Late Than Never
 
 
91
The Meeting Of The Twain
 
 
92
The Memory Of Murder
 
 
93
The Menacing Miss Ewing
 
 
94
Million Dollar Lady
 
 
95
A Minor Miracle
  
 
96
Miss Sympathy
 
 
97
Most Valued Citizen
 
 
98
The Mushroom Man
 
 
99
The Negotiable Mr. Durkim
 
 
100
Newspapermen Are Human
 
 
101
The Night Rider
 
 
102
No Mother To Guide Her
 
 
103
The Oil Cans Of Earth
 
 
104
One Was A Fool
 
 
105
Orual And The Trembling Earth
 
 
106
The Outcast
 
 
107
The Outlaw Who Never Shot First
 
 
108
Outrageous Lady (One Version)
 
 
109
Outrageous Lady (Second Version)
 
 
110
The Pal That I Loathe
 
 
111
People Like Us
 
 
112
The Pop-Eyed Dog
 
 
113
Pot Of Gold
 
 
114
Portrait Of Innocence
 
 
115
Preferred Option
 
 
116
The Prying Professor
 
 
117
Rainmaker
 
 
118
The Richest Girl In Jail
 
 
119
The Reluctant Wolf
 
 
120
The Right Redhead In The Wrong Bed
 
 
121
Road House Killer
 
 
122
The Saga Of Salt Creek Sal
 
 
123
The Scandalous Miss Ames
 
 
124
School Teachers Are Human
 
 
125
The Serpent’s Tooth
 
 
126
Seven Cats And The Tough Guy
 
 
127
Sex Murder In Cameron
 
 
128
The She Shamus
 
 
129
Shear The Black Sheep
 
 
130
The Sheriff Was Scared
 
 
131
The Sin Of Ella
 
 
132
The Siren Of Sacrifice Shoals
 
 
133
Slightly Heroic
 
 
134
The Small Dog
 
 
135
Small Town Documentary
 
 
136
Sob Story’s Progress
 
 
137
Softly Falls The Snow
 
 
138
Sometimes Horses Are Crooked
 
 
139
Sookie’s Armadillo
 
 
2 1
The Sound Of Women
 
 
2
The Strange Case Of The Bottled Wife
 
 
3
Stranger In The Mirror
 
 
4
Stranger On A Honeymoon
 
 
5
The Stinker
 
 
6
Stunt Girl
 
 
7
Substitute Sinner (One Version)
 
 
8
Substitute Sinner (Second Version)
 
 
9
Suffer, Little Children
 
 
10
Summer Storm
 
 
11
Sunbathing Is Not A Spectator Sport
 
 
12
The Temple Of Aphrodite
 
 
13
The Temple Of Grogan
 
 
14
That Heel, Hoostiac
 
 
15
They Called Her Mariposa Lil (24 Page Version)
 
 
16
They Called Her Mariposa Lil (19 Page Version)
 
 
17
They Can’t Put Him In Jail For That
 
 
18
Three On A Honeymoon
 
 
19
Thunder On The Tundra
 
 
20
Time To Be Happy
 
 
21
To Die At Midnight
 
 
22
Too Much Money
 
 
23
The Town In The Valley
 
 
24
Turner’s Werewolf
 
 
25
The Visitor
 
 
26
Volcano In Pasadena
 
 
27
Waldo
 
 
28
We Can Always Steal Cranberries
 
 
29
The Werewoman Of Weehawken
 
 
30
What Ever Happened To California?
 
 
31
The Wheeps
 
 
32
Where To Now, Elsa?
 
 
33
Why People Get Killed
 
 
34
The Widow Wore Bruises
 
 
35
Withhold The Laurel
 
 
36
Without Reservations
 
 
37
Title Unknown
 
 
38
By George M. Rascoe: The Hitch-Hiker
 
 
39
The Blue-Eyed Horse
 
 
40
The Bret Harte Story
 
 
41
The Bret Harte Story
 
 
42
Carnival In Catalina
 
 
43
Champion Of The Western World
 
 
44
The Circle
 
 
45
Dan Marshall’s Brat
 
 
46
The Egg-Shaped Kid
 
 
47
For What We Are About To Receive
 
 
48
Rough Noteson: Francis Witnesses A Murder
 
 
49
Frontier Gal
 
 
50
A Dirty Face
 
 
51
Changes For The 1st Act: Ghost Goes West
 
 
52
The Girl In The Catalogue
 
 
53
The Girls Have Landed
 
 
54
The Goose Girl
 
 
55
Happy Birthday
 
 
56
He Stayed For Breakfast
 
 
57
The Honest Man
 
 
58
The House On Mill Pond Road
 
 
59
I Died Last Year
 
 
60
It’s A Helluva Note
 
 
61
Johnny – Sleep – Til – Noon
 
 
62
Judas In Tempera
 
 
63
Lesson In Love
 
 
64
Lesson In Love
 
 
65
Love Among The Cannibals
 
 
66
The Main Chance
 
 
67
The Man In The Black Hat
 
 
68
Mission Fulfilled
 
 
69
Most Valuable Citizen
 
 
70
Oliver Horton
 
 
71
Over The Hill
 
 
72
The Phantom Train Of Tokyo
 
 
73
Pot Of Gold
 
 
74
Pretty Kitty
 
 
75
A Quiet Day In Tucson
 
 
76
Reach For The Sky
 
 
77
Red Garters
 
 
78
Red Garters
 
 
3 1
River Lady (Production Budget)
 
 
2
A Severe Case of Matrimony
 
 
3
Shear The Black Sheep
 
 
4
Silver City
 
 
5
Spider Bliss
 
 
6
Substitute Sinner
 
 
7
Take It Easy
 
 
8
This Wonderful Life
 
 
9
To Die at Midnight
 
 
10
The Tree In The Forest
 
 
11
Tripoli
 
 
12
Tripoli
 
 
13
Two’s A Crowd
 
 
14
Two’s A Crowd
 
 
15
The Widow From Red Rock
 
 
16
You’ll Never Get Rich
 
 
17
Zippety-Zing
 
 
18
Untitled Western Musical
 
 
19
Clovis
 
 
20
Clovis
 
 
21
Fully Dressed And In His Right Mind
 
 
22
Fully Dressed And In His Right Mind
 
 
23
Fully Dressed And In His Right Mind
 
 
24
Mr. Carpenter’s War Of Nerves
 
 
4 1
Affair In Sumatra
 
 
2
The Baritone Canary
 
 
3
The Belle Forrester Story
 
 
4
Billy Buckett Incorporated
 
 
5
Birthright
 
 
6
A Bite Of Cheesecake
 
 
7
The Blue-Eyed Horse
 
 
8
The Colonel And The Lady
 
 
9
Cousin Annie
 
 
10
Explosion
 
 
11
Farmer’s Wife
 
 
12
For Love Or Money
 
 
13
Genius, J.G.
 
 
14
Gold Is Where You Steal It
 
 
15
The Green Gamblers
 
 
16
A Handful of Stars
 
 
17
He Learned About Women
 
 
18
The Hero Factory
 
 
19
The Hypnotist
 
 
20
Killer’s Pride
 
 
21
The Lady Had An Angle
 
 
22
The Lady’s For Loving
 
 
23
Little Girl Lost
 
 
24
A Light in Dark Places
 
 
25
The Luckiest Man In The World
 
 
26
Moment Of Glory
 
 
27
Newspapermen Are Human
 
 
28
No Time for Sergeants
 
 
29
Not For Publication
 
 
30
Outrageous Lady
 
 
31
Paradise Lodge
 
 
32
Reach For The Sky
 
 
33
The Richest Girl In Jail
 
 
34
The Roaring Twenties
 
 
35
The Silver Flood
 
 
36
Sister Mine
 
 
37
Skeleton In The Closet
 
 
38
Slave Girl
 
 
39
A Slight Case Of Chivalry
 
 
40
Smith Wins His Stripes
 
 
41
Strange Bridegroom
 
 
42
Substitute Sinner
 
 
43
Two’s A Crowd
 
 
44
They Went Thataway
 
 
45
The Widow From Red Rock
 
 
46
Zippety-Zing