Hayes, Joseph Arnold mss., 1941-1977
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Creator
Hayes, Joseph, 1918-2006.
TitleHayes, Joseph Arnold mss., 1941-1977
Collection No.
LMC 2828
Extent
24,000 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Hayes, Joseph Arnold mss., ca.
1941-1977, consist of the writings, correspondence, and papers of author,
playwright, and screenwriter Joseph Hayes. Hayes was born in Indianapolis on August
2, 1918.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Hayes was born in Indianapolis on August 2, 1918. He briefly entered a Benedictine
monastery at the age of 13 and later earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana
University. He moved to New York City after graduating in 1941, where he wrote for
radio and television before earning the 1948 Charles H. Sergel Drama Prize from the
University of Chicago for his play
Leaf and Bough,
which was produced on Broadway in 1949. His most successful novel,
The Desperate Hours, was written in 1954 and was adapted
into a Broadway play and a feature film, starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by
William Wyler, in 1955. The work in all its iterations received multiple awards,
including the 1955 Indiana Authors' Day Award in fiction, the 1955 Tony Award
for Best Play, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best
Motion Picture Screenplay in 1956.
Hayes penned various books and plays, mostly crime fiction, before writing
Calculated
Risk
in 1962, which would be his final Broadway play. The same year he co-authored
Bon Voyage!, an Academy Award-nominated Disney movie, with his wife Marrijane
Johnson, whom he had married in 1938. His later works included the novels
Ways of
Darkness
,
No Escape,
Winner's Circle, Island on Fire, Missing...and Presumed Dead,
The Long Dark Night,
Like Any Other Fugitive,
The Deep End,
The Third Day,
Don't Go
Away Mad,
and
The Hours After Midnight, as well as several plays. Hayes passed away
on September 11, 2006, in St. Augustine, Florida, at the age of 88.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: I. Writings; II. Correspondence; III. Newspaper
Clippings; IV. Other Manuscripts; V. Photographs; VI. Legal; VII. Miscellaneous.
Scope and Content Note
Writings include drafts, proofs, and accompanying materials for Hayes's novels,
plays, and films. Other Manuscripts contain more drafts of his work, including
forays into writing for television. Photographs include stills for The Desperate
Hours. The Legal series features records of the Hill v. Hayes court case.
Miscellaneous includes movie posters, a scrapbook, a 1954 IU Writers' Conference
citation, and a certificate from the National Register of Prominent Americans.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1967.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Hayes, Joseph Arnold mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Craig Simpson.
Completed in 2014
Series:
Box 1
I. Writings.
The Desperate Hours.
Drafts of play script
(4 folders)
The Desperate Hours.
Drafts of film script
(5 folders)s
The Desperate Hours.
Photographs
(2 folders)
The Desperate Hours.
Set design
The Desperate Hours.
Correspondence, notes
(2 folders)
The Desperate Hours.
Reviews of novel
The Desperate Hours.
Playbill
The Desperate Hours.
Publicity materials
The Desperate Hours.
Film materials, biographies of actors
The Desperate Hours.
Programs and clippings
The Desperate Hours.
Reviews, scene design
The Desperate Hours.
and Joseph Hayes article
(laminated, mounted)
The Desperate Hours.
Serialized in magazines
The Desperate Hours.
Sheet music
The Desperate Hours.
Posters
The Desperate Hours.
Clippings
Desperate Hours.
Drafts of play. Dutch translation
Calculated Risk.
Drafts of play script
(6 folders)
Calculated Risk.
Correspondence and contracts
Calculated Risk.
Clippings
(2 folders)
Calculated Risk.
Playbills
Calculated Risk.
Miscellaneous data (early)
Bon Voyage.
Novel, first draft, 1957
Bon Voyage.
Novel, draft
(4 folders)
Box 3
Bon Voyage. Foreword
Bon Voyage. Notes on future chapters and revisions
Bon Voyage. 1st draft screenplay
Bon Voyage. Clippings
The Deep End. Original 1st Manuscript of Novel.
April 1966
(2 folders)
The Deep End. Drafts of novel
(7 foldes)
The Deep End. Galley of novel used for play
Box 4
The Deep End. Play script, adaptation of novel
The Deep End. Outline for screenplay
The Deep End. Film treatment
The Deep End. Film screenplay
The Deep End. Clippings
(3 folders)
The Deep End. Publicity
The Deep End. Miscellaneous
The Midnight Sun. Play script
(6 folders)
Box 5
The Midnight Sun. Play script
(6 folders)
The Long Dark Night. Novel, draft, parts 1-6
(5 folders)
The Long Dark Night. Novel, as submitted, then edited
(4 folders)
The Long Dark Night. Revision notes, dedication, galleys, changes, quotes, frontispiece
The Long Dark Night Reviews
Box 6
The Long Dark Night. Film screenplay
(2 folders)
The Long Dark Night. Miscellaneous
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Research
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Novel
(6 novels)
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Galley proof
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Manuscript, research notes
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Notes, correspondence
(2 folders)
Box 7
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Treatment, opening sequence
(2 folders)
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Screenplay
(6 folders)
Outrageousageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III. Clippings
(6 folders)
Like Any Other Fugitive (originally titled
The Outrageous Fortunes of BC Chadwicke III).
Novel. Original manuscript.
(3 folders)
Like Any Other Fugitive. Novel. Drafts
(6 folders)
Box 8
Like Any Other Fugitive. Novel. Drafts
(3 folders)
The Happiest Millionaire. Play. Original manuscript
The Happiest Millionaire. Play scripts
(2 folders)
The Happiest Millionaire. Playbill
(2 folders)
The Happiest Millionaire. Pilot script, comments, correspondence, program of play
The Happiest Millionaire. Draft, correspondence
The Third Day. Treatment
The Third Day. Screenplay. 1st draft
The Third Day. Screenplay
(2 folders)
The Third Day. Uncorrected proof
Don't Go Away Mad. Correspondence
Don't Go Away Mad. Clippings
(2 folders)
Don't Go Away Mad. Screenplay
Don't Go Away Mad. Galleys
Box 9
Don't Go Away Mad. Galleys
(2 folders)
Leaf and Bough.
Play scripts
(4 folders)
Leaf and Bough.
Miscellaneous, reviews
The Hours After Midnight.
Novel
The Hours After Midnight. Clippings
The Hours After Midnight.
Publicity in
Good Housekeeping
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Teleplay
(5 folders)
Series:
Box 10
II. Correspondence.
Joseph Hayes correspondence, telegrams, notes.
1950s-1970s
(14 folders)
Series:
Box 10
III. Newspaper Clippings.
Press Clippings
(Desperate Hours).
Jan-Feb. 1955
Box 11
Clippings
(18 folders)
Series:
Box 12
IV. Other Manuscripts.
Deadfall [Is Anyone Listening?]. Script
Is Anyone Listening? Production notes
The Young Doctors. Script
The Young Doctors. Clippings and reviews
(2 folders)
The Girl from Boston. Scripts
(4 folders)
The Thompsons. Scripts
(2 folders)
Opening Night. Scripts
(2 folders)
Kirkwood and Goodman. Scripts
(2 folders)
The Tiger's Eye. Sample section of novel plus one
complete story; play
(2 folders)
"Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything."
Story
"Looking for an Indian."
Story
(2 folders)
"Compassion, Contempt, and Corrpution."
Essay
"Thank You, Mark Caldwell."
Story
Box 13
(This box includes primarily drafts of teleplays, TV sketches and revues)
The Way of Women.
It Could Be You.
There's Always Tomorrow.
The Snap of the Turtle.
Rick's Riviera.
The Murderer.
The Underprep.
On the Way Home.
The Man Named Peters.
So Long at the Fair.
The Other Charles.
Fortune and Folly.
All the Best Years.
The Man Who Was Sorry.
An Old Flame of Mine.
Weep Not for Love.
His Father's Music.
They Won't Believe Me.
The Intruder.
Her Name is Evil.
(2 folders)
The Closed Heart.
(2 folders)
Thursday's Child.
Vassar Girl
(2nd version).
Apartment Hunters.
No Time for Chivalry.
The Moon for Linda.
We Were Very Merry.
An Act of Bravery.
Verna.
Two White Horses.
The Witch of Woonsapucket.
The Girl from Boston.
All Else is Confusion.
Weekend in Connecticut.
A Cold in the Head. Story
Dial M for Murder:
"Blow Out the Candles."
The Adventurer and
Be a Sport.
Copenhagen.
They're None of Them Perfect.
Box 14
"Distorted Views."
New York Times articled by Joseph Hayes,
with reply letters
The Curtain Rises.
Script of play
(2 folders)
"Voice of Yesterday."
Story, outline of TV adaptation
(2 folders)
Two White Horses.
Script of play
No Safe Haven.
Outline of novel
One Man's Mate.
Script of play
When the Wind Blows.
"The Intruder."
Story
As for Me Tomorrow.
Script of play
"All-American Heel."
Article
Any Other Business.
Draft
Walking Tall.
Screenplay
"The Bell of Cadiz."
Story
The Wild Drums.
Treatment for film
Dark Victory.
Screenplay by Casey Robinson
Summer Flight.
"An outline, screenplay, novel"
(2 folders)
Brandy for Heroes.
Play
Yesterday and Tomorrow.
Parts I-IV, Prologue, Epilogue, Miscellaneous Revision Notes
(2 folders)
The Wallet.
Teleplay
The Harness.
Play
The Long View.
TV sketch
The Face of a Woman (It Could Be You).
TV sketchs
The Life and Times of Bugsy Siegel.
Screen concept
Box 15
New play, two acts
Miscellaneous TV sketches
Unidentified story, "as sold to Redboko."
Jan. 1950
Unidentified screenplays and notes
(4 folders)
Unidentified manuscripts
(2 folders)
A list of plays by Hayes
Series:
Box 15
V. Photographs.
Photos, including
The Desperate Hours
Photos, miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Photos, prints of Hayes' Indiana University Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Photos, slides
Series:
Box 15
VI. Legal.
Supreme Court of New York legal records.
Hill et al. vs. Hayes et. al.
Jun. 1957
(3 folders)
Hill v. Hayes.
Court record
McGraw-Hill Book Co. Agreement
Series:
Box 16
VII. Miscellaneous.
Certificate, Joseph Hayes, National Register of Prominent Americans
Life Magazine.
1955
New Haven Register, featuring Joseph Hayes.
1966
Publications, including
Me Naiset
(2 folders)
Mountain States Telephone Directory.
June 1967
Travel material and maps
Posters
Writers' Conference Portfolio
(1966)
IU 1954
Writers' Conference citation
Scrapbook
Miscellaneous
(3 folders)
