Doug and Hazel Anderson Storer Collection, 1920s-2003

Collection Number: 05231

Collection Title: Doug and Hazel Anderson Storer Collection, 1920s-2003

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Size	48.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 40,000 items)
Abstract	Doug Storer was a radio producer, talent agent, and writer responsible for creating and producing radio programs, 1930s-1960s, including Ripley's Believe It or Not and Renfrew of the Mounted. He also introduced Robert Ripley, Dale Carnegie, Bob Considine, and Cab Calloway to radio. From about 1933 until 1949, Storer produced Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not radio broadcasts on several networks and developed a close personal relationship with Ripley. Under Storer's direction, Believe It or Not became one of the most successful radio programs of the 1930s and 1940s. After Ripley's death in 1949, Storer became president of Believe It or Not, Inc., and continued to oversee production of radio programs, television shows, and other projects of the Believe It or Not franchise. In 1960, Storer sold his interest in Believe It or Not and started a similar franchise titled Amazing But True, which included books, radio shows, newspaper columns, and films all featuring "tales of strange people, weird occurrences, and peculiar animals and places." From the 1940s to the 1970s, Storer and his wife Hazel Anderson Storer traveled the world researching subjects for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True . The Storers spent most of their later years in Belleair, Fla. Doug Storer died in 1985 at age 86, and Hazel Storer died in 2005. Materials relate mostly to Storer and his work in connection with Ripley's Believe It or Not, Amazing But True, and Renfrew of the Mounted , as well as his management of early radio personalities such as Robert Ripley, Bob Considine, Dale Carnegie, Laurie York Erskine, and Cab Calloway. The collection includes some correspondence of Storer; contracts between Storer, individuals he managed, publishers, and broadcast networks; subject files related to Storer's research for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True productions; a nearly complete set of original scripts for Believe It or Not and Renfrew of the Mounted radio broadcasts; and transcription discs and other recordings of selected Believe It or Not , Amazing But True, Renfrew of the Mounted, and other radio shows produced by Storer or featuring individuals represented by him. Subject files generally contain research on oddities, unusual persons, facts and feats, and bizarre customs. Also included are photographs and film of Robert Ripley, mostly documenting production of early Believe It or Not radio and television programs; photographs of individuals that Storer represented; and photographs, negatives, slides, and travel diaries documenting Doug and Hazel Storer's travels and research for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True productions. Some materials relate to Barry Goldwater; Edward, Duke of Windsor; building a memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Christmas celebrations. A small amount of material relates to television versions of Storer's projects. Selected publications by Storer, Ripley, Considine, and Erskine are also included.
Creator	Storer, Doug. Storer, Hazel Anderson, d. 2005.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Doug and Hazel Anderson Storer Collection #5231, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Hazel Anderson Storer of Bellaire, Fla., in August 2005 (Acc. 100177), June 2006 (Acc. 100465), and July 2006 (Acc. 100498); and from Melba Remig Saltarelli of Clearwater, Fla., in July 2006 (Acc. 100466).

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Radio producer, talent agent, and writer Doug Storer was born near Harlem, N.Y., in 1899. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1921 and completed one year of medical school there. During the 1920s, Storer worked for the John Curtiss Advertising Agency as an account executive and also managed the agency's radio department. In 1929, he left the Curtiss Agency to reorganize and manage radio stations owned by his cousin George Storer in Ohio. As vice president and general manager of WGHP in Detroit and WSPD in Toledo, Storer developed programming and oversaw nearly every aspect of the stations' operation. With his success as a station manager, in 1931, he became director of radio for the Blackman Company, where he created and produced radio programs for several large firms including the United States Rubber Company, Hudson Motor Car Company, and Proctor and Gamble. While at Blackman, Storer was responsible for introducing Robert Ripley and his Believe It or Not feature to radio.

The Believe It or Not franchise officially began in 1918 as a newspaper cartoon panel drawn by sports cartoonist Robert Ripley that featured unusual sporting feats and facts. Over time, the scope of Believe It or Not cartoons expanded to include all sorts of oddities and unusual facts. By the 1930s, the feature was syndicated in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Despite the questionable veracity of many claims made in Believe It or Not, Ripley insisted on their accuracy. Encouraged by the success of Believe It or Not cartoons and book projects, Ripley, with Storer's help, brought the feature to radio in 1930.

From about 1933 until 1949, Doug Storer produced Ripley's Believe It or Not radio broadcasts and managed all of Ripley's business affairs. Under Storer's direction, Believe It or Not was broadcast on several networks and became one of the most successful programs on radio. During their association, Ripley and Storer formed a close personal relationship. Doug Storer and his wife Hazel Anderson Storer were married at Ripley's estate in New York, and they traveled extensively with Ripley during production of Believe It or Not broadcasts. Although Ripley entrusted Storer with nearly all of his business affairs, Storer later claimed that the two never signed a formal contract and that Ripley "never asked for an accounting." Upon Ripley's death in 1949, Storer became president of Believe It or Not, Inc., and continued to oversee production of radio programs, television shows, and other projects bearing the Believe It or Not name.

From the 1930s to the 1950s, Storer also managed a number of other radio personalities including Laurie York Erskine, creator of Renfrew of the Mounted; self-help guru Dale Carnegie; journalist Bob Considine; and band leader Cab Calloway. In the early 1940s, Storer was director of programming for the Blue Network, initially a division of NBC that was later absorbed by ABC. At the Blue Network, Storer developed several radio programs in support of the war effort including Scramble, a program sponsored by the Junior Air Reserve to encourage young boys to become pilots, and a series of 'Believe It or Not' broadcasts sponsored by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and designed to promote hemispheric solidarity between the United States and Latin America.

After overseeing the Believe It or Not franchise for ten years, Storer sold his interest in the company in 1960 and started his own franchise titled Amazing But True. Like the Believe It or Not series, Amazing But True included books, radio shows, newspaper columns, and films all featuring "tales of strange people, weird occurrences, and peculiar animals and places." From the 1940s to the 1970s, Doug and Hazel Storer traveled around the world researching subjects for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True. Their "discoveries" included human oddities like Javier Pereira, a Columbian man reported to be the oldest man alive at age 167, and Lina Medina, allegedly the youngest woman to give birth at age 5. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Storer authored several Amazing But True books that highlighted unusual facts about presidents, animals, royalty, and other subjects. Storer also broadcast brief Amazing But True radio segments on NBC's Monitor program and other radio programs, and his Amazing But True newspaper column was syndicated in several newspapers, especially in Florida.

Doug and Hazel Storer spent most of their later years in Belleair, Fla. After Doug Storer's death in December 1985 at age 86, Hazel Storer sold and donated a number of artifacts and other materials in her possession related to Ripley and Believe It or Not to Believe It or Not, Inc. Hazel Storer died in 2005.

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Materials in the collection relate mostly to radio producer, talent agent, and writer Doug Storer and his work in connection with Ripley's Believe It or Not, Amazing But True, and Renfrew of the Mounted , as well as his management of early radio personalities such as Robert Ripley, Bob Considine, Dale Carnegie, Laurie York Erskine, and Cab Calloway. The collection includes some correspondence of Storer; contracts between Storer, individuals he managed, publishers, and broadcast networks; subject files related to Storer's research for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True productions; a nearly complete set of original scripts for Believe It or Not and Renfrew of the Mounted radio broadcasts; and transcription discs and other recordings of selected Believe It or Not, Amazing But True, Renfrew of the Mounted , and other radio shows produced by Storer or featuring individuals represented by him. Subject files generally contain research on oddities, unusual persons, facts and feats, and bizarre customs. Also included are photographs and film of Robert Ripley, mostly documenting production of early Believe It or Not radio and television programs; photographs of individuals that Storer represented; and photographs, negatives, slides, and travel diaries documenting Doug and Hazel Storer's travels and research for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True productions. Some materials relate to Barry Goldwater; Edward, Duke of Windsor; building a memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Christmas celebrations. A small amount of material relates to television versions of Storer's projects. Selected publications by Storer, Ripley, Considine, and Erskine are also included.

Contents list

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1. Doug Storer Materials, 1920s-1995 and undated.
1.1. Correspondence, 1930-1995 and undated.
1.2. Contracts and Legal Materials, 1929-1978.
1.3. Subject Files, 1930s-1980s.
1.3.1. General Subjects, 1930s-1980s.
1.3.2. Individuals, 1940s-1980s.
1.3.3. Travel, 1930s-1970s.
1.3.4. Christmas, 1950s-1970s.
1.4. Other Materials, 1920s-1990s.
2. Hazel Storer Materials, 1950s-1990s.
3. Ripley's Believe It or Not, 1929-1994.
3.1. Correspondence, Promotional Materials, and Other Business Papers, 1930s-1970s.
3.2. Travel Materials, 1930s-1950s.
3.3. Biographical Materials on Robert Ripley, 1959-1975.
3.4. Believe It or Not Publications, 1929-1959.
3.5. Believe It or Not Photographs and Negatives, 1930s-1950s.
3.6. Radio and Television Scripts, 1933-1949.
3.7. Believe It or Not Stories by Doug Storer, 1950s-1960s.
3.8. Believe It or Not Transcription Discs and Other Audio Recordings, 1936-1953 and undated.
4. Amazing But True, 1957-1986.
5. Renfrew of the Mounted, 1936-1980.
5.1. Renfrew Business Papers, 1937-1980.
5.2. Renfrew Books and Other Publications, 1930s-1970s.
5.3. Renfrew Broadcast Scripts, 1936-1942.
5.4. Renfrew Transcription Discs, 1948 and undated.
6. Bob Considine Materials, 1948-1980.
7. Photographs, Negatives, and Slides, circa 1920s-1980.
7.1. Individuals, circa 1920s-1980.
7.2. Subject Photographs and Negatives, 1950s-1970s.
7.3. Travel Photographs, Negatives, and Slides, 1916-1970s (bulk 1940s-1960s).
8. Other Audio, 1940-1983 and undated.
9. Video and Film, 1939-1993 and undated.
9.1. Videotape, 1939-1993 and undated.
9.2. Film, 1940-1972 and undated.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Doug Storer Materials, 1920s-1995 and undated.

About 15,300 items.

Chiefly business correspondence and some personal correspondence of Doug Storer; contracts and legal materials related to agreements between Storer, persons he represented as a talent agent, and various broadcast networks, publishers, and advertising agencies; and subject files chiefly related to research for the Amazing But True franchise and Believe It or Not radio programs, books, and other productions. Subject files include files on topical subjects, files on individuals, and files related to Storer's travels, and in particular, his interest in different Christmas traditions celebrated around the world. Other materials include publicity scrapbooks compiled by Storer, certificates and awards, personal telephone and address books, biographical materials, souvenirs, and various publications collected by Storer. There is also a box containing three-note NBC chimes and three embossing stamps, including one for Believe It or Not, Inc., and one for Amazing But True, Inc.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Correspondence, 1930-1995 and undated.

About 600 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Mostly personal correspondence of Doug Storer, with some correspondence related to his work as a talent agent and as a producer for Believe It or Not, Amazing But True, and other radio programs.

Folder 1	1930-1955
Folder 2	1956-1962
Folder 3	1963-1964
Folder 4	1965-1968
Folder 5	1969-1971
Folder 6	1972-1974
Folder 7	1975-1976
Folder 8	1977-1979
Folder 9	1980-1995
Folder 10	Undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Contracts and Legal Materials, 1929-1978.

About 1,500 items.

Arrangement: chronological by topic.

Chiefly contracts between Storer and personalities he represented as a talent agent and with broadcasting companies, publishers, and advertising agencies. Personalities Storer represented include Robert Ripley, Dale Carnegie, Bob Considine, and Laurie York Erskine. Of particular interest are contracts related to Storer's management of Robert Ripley and the Believe It or Not program. Believe It or Not contracts document agreements with NBC, King Features Syndicate, Borg-Warner, the United States Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Simon and Schuster, and others. Many contracts bear Ripley's distinctive signature. There are also contracts related to the Renfrew of the Mounted radio program and its creator Laurie York Erskine. Generally, contracts document financial arrangements and other agreements between radio personalities, broadcast agencies, and Doug Storer during the early years of radio. Also included are contracts related to Storer's Amazing But True series and a copy of his will.

Folder 11	Believe It or Not: Contracts with King Features Syndicate, 1929-1944
Folder 12	Believe It or Not: Contracts with King Features Syndicate, 1929-1955
Folder 13	Believe It or Not: Robert L. Ripley Contracts, 1936-1949
Folder 14	Believe It or Not: NBC Contracts, 1936-1949
Folder 15	Believe It or Not: Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA) Contracts, 1941-1942 These contracts were negotiated and signed by Storer, Ripley, and Coordinator Nelson Rockefeller. They relate to a radio program Ripley conducted on behalf of the OCIAA that was broadcast across Latin America to promote cooperation and hemispheric solidarity between the Americas, and to solicit Latin American contributions to the war effort.
Folder 16	Believe It or Not: Contracts after 1949
Folder 17	Believe It or Not: Contracts with NBC-TV after Ripley's Death, 1949
Folder 18	Believe It or Not: Borg-Warner Contracts (J. Walter Thompson and Company), 1950
Folder 19	Believe It or Not: Saint Augustine Museum and John Arthur Exhibitions, Inc., 1951
Folder 20	Believe It or Not: Princeton T.V. Productions Contract, 1952
Folder 21	Believe It or Not: Contracts with King Features Syndicate, 1952-1954
Folder 22	Believe It or Not: Group Advertising Specialties, Ltd. Contract, 1952
Folder 23	Believe It or Not: Forged Contract, 1957
Folder 24	Believe It or Not: Bob Considine Ripley Biography Contract, 1961-1964
Folder 25	Simon and Schuster Contracts, 1949-1961
Folder 26	Simon and Schuster Contracts, 1953-1956
Folder 27	NBC Blue Network: Contracts, 1942
Folder 28	Renfrew of the Mounted: Contracts, 1936-1977
Folder 29	Renfrew of the Mounted: Contracts, 1937-1970s
Folder 30	Renfrew of the Mounted: Contracts, 1950-1977
Folder 31	Hildegarde Contract, 1939
Folder 32	Dale Carnegie Contracts, 1958-1960
Folder 33	Summit House Books Contracts, 1959-1960
Folder 34	Charlie Smith Contract, 1960
Folder 35	Bob Considine Contracts, 1960-1973
Folder 36	Scholastic Magazine Book Contract, 1968
Folder 37	Amazing But True: International Tourist Attractions Contract, 1968
Folder 38	Amazing But True: Stamp Book Contract, 1968
Folder 39	Amazing But True: Simon and Schuster Contract, 1974
Folder 40	Paul Belknap Contract, 1978
Folder 41	Agreement between Hazel Storer and Edward Bloom, 1958
Folder 42	Property Transfer from Hazel Storer to Doug Storer, 1964
Folder 43	Doug Storer Will, 1980

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3. Subject Files, 1930s-1980s.

About 11,100 items.

Subject files mostly generated by Doug Storer as part of his research for Believe It or Not and Amazing But True. Files include general subject files, files on individuals, files related to travel, and files related to different Christmas traditions celebrated around the world. Materials include correspondence, clippings, photographs, scripts, and other research materials. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.1. General Subjects, 1930s-1980s.

About 6,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

General subject files including correspondence, clippings, photographs, scripts, and other materials chiefly related to oddities and other unusual facts researched by Storer, many of which were featured in Believe It or Not and Amazing But True books, radio shows, newspaper columns, and other projects. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 44-45 Folder 44 Folder 45	$28,000 Cashier's Check
Folder 46	Accidents
Folder 47	Alliterative Introductions for Bob Ripley
Folder 48-49 Folder 48 Folder 49	American Fondouk
Folder 50-53 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53	Animal Book
Folder 54	Appliances
Folder 55	Arab Stamp Book
Folder 56	Art
Folder 57	B
Folder 58	Baseball Story
Folder 59	Battle of Ball's Bluff
Folder 60	Bogart, Humphrey
Folder 61	Bombs and Explosions
Folder 62	Books and Authors
Folder 63	Books, Magazines, and Newspapers
Folder 64	Boys' Life
Folder 65	Brahma Pyramid
Folder 66-67 Folder 66 Folder 67	Broadcast Pioneers
Folder 68	Canals
Folder 69-72 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72	Carnegie, Dale
Folder 73	Cartoons, Political
Folder 74	Cats
Folder 75	China
Folder 76	Circus
Folder 77	Civil Defense, 1954
Folder 78	Colt Firearms
Folder 79	Columbus Day
Folder 80	Crime
Folder 81	"The Curious Traveler: An Encyclopedia of Travel Oddities"
Folder 82	Dali Cards
Folder 83	Daniel Boone Submarine
Folder 84-85 Folder 84 Folder 85	Dartmouth
Folder 86-87 Folder 86 Folder 87	Death
Folder 88-89 Folder 88 Folder 89	Dogs
Folder 90	Dogs of America
Folder 91	Dolls
Folder 92	E
Folder 93	Eagle that Stole a Child
Folder 94	Earthquakes and Volcanos
Folder 95-96 Folder 95 Folder 96	Easter and Spring
Folder 97	Edison, Thomas
Folder 98	Eisenhower, Dwight: Believe It or Not Cartoon and Letter, 1953
Folder 99	El Fusilado (The Executed One)
Folder 100	Elections
Folder 101	Encyclopedia Brittanica
Folder 102	F
Folder 103-104 Folder 103 Folder 104	Famous Men
Folder 105	Farmer's Almanac
Folder 106	Father's Day
Folder 107	First Flight, Storer Family
Folder 108	First X-Ray, Dartmouth
Folder 109	Flag
Folder 110	Flag Day
Folder 111	Food and Drink
Folder 112	Fourth of July
Folder 113	Frauds and Freaks
Folder 114	G
Folder 115	Ganeshi Lall and Son
Folder 116	Goodnights for Believe It or Not
Folder 117	H
Folder 118	Halloween
Folder 119	Heatherbloom the Jumping Horse
Folder 120	Houses
Folder 121	I: Italy, Indonesia, Indians
Folder 122	Inventory of Items at Home
Folder 123	"It's the Irish": Book Project
Folder 124	J-K
Folder 125	Jewels and Jewelry
Folder 126-129 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129	Captain Johnson USS S-5 Submarine rescue
Folder 130	Joseph, Bob
Folder 131	Kekela's Watch
Folder 132	Lim, Poon
Folder 133	Lion's Club
Folder 134	Lincoln, Abraham
Folder 135	Masai Cattle
Folder 136	McKinley, William
Folder 137	Medina, Lina Five year old girl who gave birth.
Folder 138	Miraculous Staircase
Folder 139	Money
Folder 140-142 Folder 140 Folder 141 Folder 142	Monuments
Folder 143	Motherhood
Folder 144	Museums and Colleges
Folder 145	Music
Folder 146	Music Composers, etc.
Folder 147	N-O
Folder 148	National Enquirer
Folder 149	Natural Disasters
Folder 150	Nature
Folder 151	New York
Folder 152	Newspapers
Folder 153	Nipper the Dog
Folder 154	Old Documents
Folder 155	"One Vote" Press Kit
Folder 156	Other Materials
Folder 157	P-Q
Folder 158	Payne, John Howard
Folder 159-160 Folder 159 Folder 160	Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona
Folder 161	Picasso
Folder 162	Pinellas County (Fla.) Health Department
Folder 163	Portrait in Blood
Folder 164	Postcard Price Guide, 1974
Folder 165	Psychological Corporation
Folder 166	Publications
Folder 167	Puzzles
Folder 168	R
Folder 169	Railroads
Folder 170-171 Folder 170 Folder 171	Religion and the Holy Land
Folder 172	Royalty
Folder 173	Royalties
Folder 174	S
Folder 175	Scholastic Magazine
Folder 176	Scramble Program, 1942
Folder 177	The Sea
Folder 178	Simon and Schuster
Folder 179	Smallest Diamond
Folder 180	Sound Tapes of the Past
Folder 181	Source Material, 1944-1946
Folder 182	Source Material
Folder 183	Space Food
Folder 184	Speech Material
Folder 185	The Spoof Paper
Folder 186-188 Folder 186 Folder 187 Folder 188	Stamps
Folder 189	Stamp Book
Folder 190-191 Folder 190 Folder 191	Supernatural
Folder 192	Superstitions
Folder 193	T
Folder 194	Tapscott
Folder 195	Tattler
Folder 196	Telephone Bills
Folder 197	Thanksgiving
Folder 198	Thunderbirds
Folder 199	Tobacco
Folder 200	UPS: Damaged Items
Folder 201	Variety Reprints
Folder 202	Very Old People
Folder 203	Volcanos
Folder 204-205 Folder 204 Folder 205	Washington, George
Folder 206	Washington Cathedral
Folder 207	Washington Inauguration Centennial, 1889 A program and medal.
Folder 208	Weather
Folder 209	Wills and Legacies
Folder 210	Windsors, Duke and Duchess
Folder 211	Witchcraft
Folder 212-214 Folder 212 Folder 213 Folder 214	Women
Folder 215	"Wrong-Way Corrigan"
Folder 216	X-Y-Z
Folder 217	Yankee
Folder 218	Yellowstone

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.2. Individuals, 1940s-1980s.

About 1,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Files containing correspondence, scripts, clippings, agreements, photographs, and other materials mostly related to individuals that Storer either represented as a talent agent or with whom he had other business associations. Some individuals were featured in Believe It or Not or Amazing But True episodes and books. Of particular interest are files relating to Javier Pereira, a Colombian man Storer "discovered" and promoted in 1956 as the "oldest living man in the world" at age 167, and files relating to band leader Cab Calloway and his 1940s radio show Quizzicale originated and produced by Storer. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 219	Eugene Ballard The first African-American military pilot.
Folder 220	Fred Barnes, Australia
Folder 221	Hal Black
Folder 222	Branford and Johnson
Folder 223	Brown and Bigelow
Folder 224-225 Folder 224 Folder 225	Cab Calloway's Quizzicale
Folder 226	Santa Claus A Navy Seaman with the name Santa Claus.
Folder 227	Walter Gray Crump
Folder 228	Vivian Dally
Folder 229	Louis Derochemont
Folder 230	George Hulber (Treasurer of Believe It or Not), 1954-1955
Folder 231	Paul Ilton
Folder 232	Sol Immerman, 1976
Folder 233	Archdale Jones
Folder 234	Ernie Kehr and the Stamp Program, 1952-1954
Folder 235-236 Folder 235 Folder 236	Kuda Bux A man who walked on fire.
Folder 237	Poon Lim Survived 131 days adrift on a life raft.
Folder 238	Paul Luther
Folder 239-241 Folder 239 Folder 240 Folder 241	Javier Pereira, 1955-1958 Allegedly the oldest man in the world at age 167.
Folder 242	Hank McCune Show, 1950-1952
Folder 243	Jerry Mann
Folder 244	Louis Sobel
Folder 245-246 Folder 245 Folder 246	Charlie Smith 113-year old ex-slave.
Folder 247	John Schneider
Folder 248	Tom Terriss
Folder 249-250 Folder 249 Folder 250	Carveth Wells Explorer and author.
Folder 251	Frank S. Wright

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.3. Travel, 1930s-1970s.

About 2500 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Travel files chiefly relating to locations visited by Doug and Hazel Storer from the 1940s to the 1960s in connection with their work on various Believe It or Not segments and Amazing But True projects. In 1956, Doug Storer participated in a USO Tour, and in 1965 the Storers took a lengthy "Round the World Tour." Generally, travel files highlight unusual places, customs, or other oddities the Storers researched during their travels. Many files contain information on unique Christmas traditions celebrated in various locations. Materials consist mostly of promotional items sent from bureaus of tourism; pamphlets, brochures, menus, and other ephemera collected by the Storers in various locations; publications; and scattered correspondence, photographs, postcards, story drafts, clippings, and other research notes related to their travels. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

For photographs related to the Storers' travels, see Series 7.

Folder 252	Alaska
Folder 253	Africa
Folder 254	Austria
Folder 255	Bangkok
Folder 256	Britain and Ireland (Christmas)
Folder 257	British Isles
Folder 258	China
Folder 259	Columbia
Folder 260	Egypt
Folder 261	Europe (early 1930s)
Folder 262	France
Folder 263	France (Christmas)
Folder 264	Germany (Christmas)
Folder 265	Greece
Folder 266	Guatemala
Folder 267	Holland
Folder 268	Hong Kong
Folder 269	Indonesia
Folder 270-271 Folder 270 Folder 271	Ireland
Folder 272-273 Folder 272 Folder 273	Italy
Folder 274	Japan
Folder 275	Lebanon
Folder 276	Manila
Folder 277	Mexico, 1955
Folder 278	Morocco
Folder 279	Orient (China, Pakistan, India)
Folder 280	Philippines
Folder 281	Scandinavia
Folder 282	South Africa
Folder 283	South America
Folder 284	South America and the Caribbean, 1955
Folder 285	South America and Central America, 1930s-1950s
Folder 286	Spain (including Christmas)
Folder 287	Spain and Portugal
Folder 288-289 Folder 288 Folder 289	Switzerland
Folder 290	Switzerland (Christmas)
Folder 291-292 Folder 291 Folder 292	Travel: Miscellaneous
Folder 293	Travel Notes, 1940s-1960s
Folder 294-295 Folder 294 Folder 295	Travel Notes
Folder 296	Turkey
Folder 297	Turkey, Greece, and Eastern Europe
Folder 298-299 Folder 298 Folder 299	USO Trip, 1956
Folder 300	Vietnam, 1965
Folder 301	World Tour, 1965
Folder 302	World Trip, 1965-1966

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.4. Christmas, 1950s-1970s.

About 2,000 items.

Chiefly research files compiled by Doug Storer relating to different Christmas traditions celebrated around the world. Storer produced a series of recordings for RCA entitled Christmas Vignettes and authored a number of newspaper columns and magazine articles in Pictorial Living about Christmas traditions and related topics such as the origins of the song "Silent Night," the history of the Christmas card, and the disposition of Santa's bones.

Folder 303-332

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Folder 308

Folder 309

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Folder 311

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Folder 313

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Folder 324

Folder 325

Folder 326

Folder 327

Folder 328

Folder 329

Folder 330

Folder 331

Folder 332

Christmas

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.4. Other Materials, 1920s-1990s.

About 2,000 items.

Other materials including publicity scrapbooks for Storer's This You Can Believe series, personal telephone and address books, biographical materials, stationery and letterhead, certificates and awards, stock certificates, drawings, business cards, membership cards, souvenirs, and a collection of magazines and other publications collected by Storer. There is also one box of museum items that includes three-note NBC chimes played over the radio to indicate station breaks, as well as three embossing seals, including one for Believe It or Not, Inc. (1930) and one for Amazing But True, Inc. (1959).

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/1	This You Can Believe Scrapbook, circa 1958
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/2	Doug Storer Publicity Scrapbook, circa 1960s
Folder 333	Personal Telephone and Address Books, circa 1940s-1950s
Folder 334	Check Stubs, 1968-1970
Folder 335	Biographical Articles, 1934-1987
Folder 336	Believe It or Not and Amazing But True Stationery and Letterhead, circa 1940s-1970s
Folder 337	Certificates, 1959-1969
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/3-5 OPF-5231/3 OPF-5231/4 OPF-5231/5	Certificates and Awards
Folder 338	Business Cards and Membership Cards Found in Storer's Desk
Folder 339	Stock Certificates for Believe It or Not, Inc., Renfrew of the Mounted, Inc., and Fu Manchu, Inc., 1950-1957
Folder 340	Advertising Materials, 1930s-1940s
Folder 341-342 Folder 341 Folder 342	Greeting Cards
Folder 343	Souvenirs
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/6	Drawing of Doug Storer by Paul Frehm
Folder 343a-343c	Pocketbook Mysteries Radio Scripts by Stewart Sterling, 1939
Folder 344-352 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346 Folder 347 Folder 348 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352	Magazines and Other Publications, 1920s-1990s Publications featuring articles by and about Storer and other publications collected by Storer. Publications include The New Yorker, Junior Scholastic, and Smithsonian.
Museum Item MU-5231/1	Museum items include three-note xylophone chimes (circa 1938-1941) engraved with the letters NBC that were played over the radio to signal station breaks, and three embossing seals for The Community Hospital of New York City (1919), Believe It or Not, Inc. (1930), and Amazing But True, Inc. (1959).

Expand/collapse Series 2. Hazel Storer Materials, 1950s-1990s.

About 800 items.

Hazel Storer, wife of Doug Storer, was involved in the production of Amazing But True segments and accompanied her husband on several trips related to the series. Materials belonging to Hazel Storer include correspondence, story scripts, travel notebooks, calendars, and photographic equipment. Travel notebooks written by Hazel Storer contain research notes and detailed accounts of the Storers' activities on various trips they took to gather material for Amazing But True . Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 353	Personal, 1970s
Folder 354	Correspondence with Geoff Gehman, 1990s-2000s
Folder 355	Miscellaneous Business, 1970s-1990s
Folder 356	Travel Notebook: Europe, 1956
Folder 357	Travel Notebook: West Indies, July 1959
Folder 358	Travel Notebook: Europe, Mideast, and India, 1959-1960
Folder 359	Travel Notebook: New England, 1960
Folder 360	Travel Notebook: Scandinavia, 1961
Folder 361	Travel Notebook: World Trip, 1965
Folder 362	Travel Notebook: Ireland, February 1966
Folder 363	Travel Notebook: Canada and Ireland, 1966-1967
Folder 364	Travel Notebook: Air Lift Trip, 1967
Folder 365-366 Folder 365 Folder 366	Wall Calendars, 1981-2003
Museum Item MU-5231/2	Photographic Equipment Contains a Cine Kodak Model K video camera, a Kodak Retina IIIc still camera, lenses, and film used by Hazel Storer.

Expand/collapse Series 3. Ripley's Believe It or Not, 1929-1994.

About 12,000 items.

Believe It or Not materials include correspondence and other business papers related to Storer's role as producer of Believe It or Not radio broadcasts and agent to Robert Ripley; materials related to travel by Storer and Ripley; a nearly complete run of radio and television broadcast scripts of Believe It or Not programs, 1935-1949; biographical materials on Robert Ripley prepared for use in Bob Considine's 1961 biography Ripley, The Modern Marco Polo; various Believe It or Not publications; selected transcription discs and other recordings of Believe It or Not radio programs; and photographs depicting Ripley, his homes and oddities, and production of Believe It or Not radio programs.

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Correspondence, Promotional Materials, and Other Business Papers, 1930s-1970s.

About 1,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Includes correspondence and agreements between Storer, Robert Ripley, and NBC regarding production and broadcast of early Believe It or Not radio programs; press releases; lists of Believe It or Not sketches; promotional materials and scrapbooks; and some financial and legal papers. Of note are letters sent to Wayne Harbour, an Iowa man who was devoted to debunking Believe It or Not claims. Letters to Harbour, 1940s-1950s, are from individuals to whom Harbour wrote in order to investigate the accuracy of Ripley's claims. Other materials include correspondence regarding Ripley's idea to develop the USS Arizona into a "national shrine" in Pearl Harbor, profiles of Ripley in The New Yorker and Life, a Believe It or Not publicity scrapbook featuring photographs and articles chiefly about Ripley's exclusive 1940 interview with the Duke of Windsor, a standard lecture given by Ripley during the 1930s, and correspondence between Hazel Storer and executives of Believe It or Not about the sale of various Ripley items in her possession. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained

Folder 367	Correspondence and Memos, 1930s-1940s Correspondence chiefly between Storer and NBC officials regarding the Believe It or Not radio program.
Folder 368	NBC Correspondence, 1936-1937
Folder 369	Correspondence and Accounts, 1935-1937
Folder 370	Press Releases, 1937-1938
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/7	Believe It or Not Publicity Scrapbook, 1939-1940 Includes photographs and clippings of articles mostly about Ripley's exclusive 1940 interview with the Duke of Windsor.
Folder 371	Lists and Abstracts of Believe It or Not Sketches, 1930s-1940s
Folder 372	Letters to Wayne Harbour, 1940s-1960s
Folder 373	Miscellaneous Bob Ripley Items, 1930s-1970s
Folder 374	Standard Lecture Given by Bob Ripley, 1930s
Folder 375	Duke of Windsor Script, 6 December 1940
Folder 376	Profile of Robert Ripley in The New Yorker , 1940
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/8	Profile of Robert Ripley in Life, 1949
Folder 377	Promotional Booklet, 1941
Folder 378	Scramble and Junior Air Reserve Program, 1942
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/9	Scramble and Junior Air Reserve Program Poster, 1942
Folder 379	Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona, 1948
Folder 380	Promotional Material and Lists, 1940s-1950s
Folder 381-382 Folder 381 Folder 382	Cartoons and Promotional Materials, 1930s-1950s
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/10-13 OPF-5231/10 OPF-5231/11 OPF-5231/12 OPF-5231/13	Cartoons Boards and Promotional Materials, 1930s-1950s
Folder 383	Ripley Estate Auction Catalog, 1949
Folder 384	List of Believe It or Not Television Programs, January-September 1950
Folder 385	Account Statements, 1959-1968
Folder 386	Financial and Legal Materials, 1957-1959
Folder 387	Lists of Believe It or Not Scripts compiled by Hazel Storer
Folder 388	Canadian Trademark Papers, 1955
Folder 389	Items Framed by Doug Storer
Folder 390	Letters Framed by Doug Storer, 1940s-1950s
Folder 391	Other Ripley Materials, 1950s-1960s
Folder 392	Other Believe It or Not Information Compiled by Hazel Storer, 1980s-1990s
Folder 393-394 Folder 393 Folder 394	Hazel Storer Correspondence, 1978-1994

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Travel Materials, 1930s-1950s.

About 400 items.

Chiefly notes and scripts written by Robert Ripley, and pamphlets, brochures, maps, and other printed materials related to locations visited by Ripley as part of his work for Believe It or Not .

Folder 395	Travel Notes and Sketches by Robert Ripley, 1930s-1940s
Folder 396	Ripley's Travel Notes: Asia and the Pacific, February-April 1932
Folder 397	Ripley in Africa, 1930s Includes some photographs.
Folder 398	Germany, 1930s
Folder 399	Alaska, 1930s
Folder 400	Ripley in China, 1948
Folder 401	China
Folder 402	Pamphlets, Maps, and Other Travel Materials, 1930s-1950s

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3. Biographical Materials on Robert Ripley, 1959-1975.

About 500 items.

Materials mostly related to the research and publication of Bob Considine's 1961 biography of Robert Ripley titled Ripley, The Modern Marco Polo (Doubleday). Included are letters to Considine from Ripley's friends and associates such as Senator Barry Goldwater, Lowell Thomas, Dick Hyman, Li Ling-Ai, Congressman Edwin Dooley, Louis Sobol, Jack Egan, Frank Mack, and others relaying anecdotes about Ripley; notes on Ripley compiled by the Storers and sent to Considine for use in the biography; timelines of events in Ripley's life; and various drafts of Considine's manuscript.

Folder 403	Letters to Bob Considine Regarding Ripley Anecdotes, 1959
Folder 404	Lists of Friends and Acquaintances, 1959
Folder 405	Correspondence, 1959-1975
Folder 406	Material Sent to Tom Meany, 1959-1960
Folder 407	Material Sent to Bob Considine, 1959-1960
Folder 408-409 Folder 408 Folder 409	Notes on Manuscript, 1959
Folder 410	Timelines, 1960
Folder 411	Corrections to Manuscript, 1960-1961
Folder 412-413 Folder 412 Folder 413	Notes on Subjects by Hazel Storer, 1959

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Believe It or Not Publications, 1929-1959.

8 items.

Books and magazines published under the Believe It or Not title featuring brief sketches of oddities and amazing facts. Believe It or Not publications of the 1950s were researched and written largely by Doug Storer.

Folder 414	Believe It or Not by Ripley (Simon and Schuster, 1932)
Folder 415	Ripley's Believe It or Not Magazine , number 1-4, 1953-1954
Folder 416	Ripley's Mammoth Believe It or Not (Simon and Schuster, 1955)
Folder 417	Ripley's Believe It or Not Animal Book (Simon and Schuster, 1956)

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.5. Believe It or Not Photographs and Negatives, 1930s-1950s.

About 400 items.

Photographs and negatives depicting Robert Ripley in various locations, interiors and exteriors of Ripley's homes, Believe It or Not exhibits, and Doug and Hazel Storer and other Believe It or Not employees. Also included are negatives of Doug and Hazel Storer's wedding at Ripley's home and of Robert Ripley. Of particular interest are photographs documenting the production of a remote 17 May 1940 Believe It or Not radio broadcast from the Grand Canyon that featured Barry Goldwater as an announcer. The broadcast was allegedly the first live radio broadcast from a boat on the Colorado River and featured a young Goldwater describing the sensation of shooting the rapids.

Image Folder PF-5231/1-3 PF-5231/1 PF-5231/2 PF-5231/3	Robert Ripley Photographs and Negatives, 1930s-1950s
Image Folder PF-5231/4	Ripley in Greece, circa 1936
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-5231/1	Carlsbad Cavern Broadcast, 2 June 1939; Ripley in China, circa 1948; and Ripley's Junk (Boat)
Image Folder PF-5231/5-7 PF-5231/5 PF-5231/6 PF-5231/7	Grand Canyon Broadcast, 17 May 1940
Image Folder PF-5231/8	Ripley in Asia and Hawaii, 1948
Image Folder PF-5231/9	Ripley's Homes, 1940s
Image Folder PF-5231/10	Exhibit Photographs, circa 1940s
Image Folder PF-5231/11	Photographs framed by Doug Storer, 1940s-1950s
Image Folder PF-5231/12	Believe It or Not Party at the Storers' Home, circa 1954-1955
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-5231/2	Believe It or Not Expedition, 1956
Image Folder PF-5231/13	Negatives, 1940s

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.6. Radio and Television Scripts, 1933-1949.

About 9,200 items.

Arrangement: chronological by broadcast sponsor.

A nearly complete run of typed master and "as broadcast" scripts of Believe It or Not radio and television broadcasts, 1933-1949. The 15-30 minute radio program took a number of formats, but typically featured Robert Ripley as host relaying stories about oddities, strange events, and other amazing facts. Shows often featured an orchestra, and Ripley frequently interviewed prominent guests on the program. Ripley conducted a number of remote broadcasts, especially as part of the See America First (1940) and See All the Americas (1942) series of programs. Remote broadcasts of interest include a 17 May 1940 live broadcast from the Grand Canyon featuring Barry Goldwater, and broadcasts from various locations in Latin America sponsored by the United States Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (1942). Some scripts bear Ripley's annotations and a handful bear his distinctive signature. In addition to scripts of broadcasts, there are lists of episode titles and summaries of selected episodes. A chronology of program titles, dates of broadcast, broadcasting networks, and sponsors is listed below. Note that original folder titles bear the name of the sponsor of the broadcast and have, for the most part, been retained.

1933-1934	Terraplane Program (NBC), sponsored by the Hudson Motor Car Company
October 1935-June 1937	The Bakers' Broadcasts (NBC)
July 1937-October 1938	Believe It or Not Featuring Robert Ripley (NBC), sponsored by General Foods' Huskies and Post Bran Flakes cereals
March 1939-November 1940	Believe It or Not with Bob Ripley, B.A. Rolfe and his Orchestra, and Linda Lee (CBS), sponsored by the Nehi Corporation and Royal Crown Cola
January-July 1942	Believe It or Not (NBC), sponsored by the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
January-April 1944	Believe It or Not (Mutual Broadcasting), sponsored by Pall Mall Cigarettes
April 1945-October 1945	Romance, Rhythm and Ripley (CBS), sponsored by Bourjois
May 1947-September 1948	Pages from Robert L. Ripley's Radio Scrapbook, Radio Odditorium (NBC)

Folder 418	List of Live Shows, 13 October 1935-12 April 1944
Folder 419	List of Show Titles, 1933-1949
Folder 420	Synopses of Possible Live Shows
Folder 421-422 Folder 421 Folder 422	Summaries of the Bakers' Broadcasts, 6 October 1935-27 June 1937
Folder 423-424 Folder 423 Folder 424	Summaries of General Foods Broadcasts, 16 July 1937-3 October 1938
Folder 425-426 Folder 425 Folder 426	Summaries of R.C. Cola Broadcasts, 31 March 1939-6 December 1940
Folder 427	Summaries of Scramble Broadcasts, 17 January 1942-18 July 1942
Folder 428	Summaries of Pall Mall and Bourjois Broadcasts, 17 January 1944-4 October 1945
Folder 429	Summaries of Television Broadcasts, 1 March 1949-28 September 1950
Folder 430-431 Folder 430 Folder 431	Terraplane Program Scripts, 23 August 1933-17 March 1934
Folder 432	"Dramatic Stories" Scripts, 1935
Folder 433-453 Folder 433 Folder 434 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437 Folder 438 Folder 439 Folder 440 Folder 441 Folder 442 Folder 443 Folder 444 Folder 445 Folder 446 Folder 447 Folder 448 Folder 449 Folder 450 Folder 451 Folder 452 Folder 453	Bakers' Broadcast Scripts, 6 October 1935-27 June 1937
Folder 454-467 Folder 454 Folder 455 Folder 456 Folder 457 Folder 458 Folder 459 Folder 460 Folder 461 Folder 462 Folder 463 Folder 464 Folder 465 Folder 466 Folder 467	General Foods Scripts, 23 July 1937-3 October 1938
Folder 468-480 Folder 468 Folder 469 Folder 470 Folder 471 Folder 472 Folder 473 Folder 474 Folder 475 Folder 476 Folder 477 Folder 478 Folder 479 Folder 480	R.C. Cola Scripts, 27 March 1939-22 November 1940
Folder 481	United States Treasury "Millions for Defense" Script, 6 August 1941; and WABC Transmitter Dedication Script, 18 October 1941
Folder 482-488 Folder 482 Folder 483 Folder 484 Folder 485 Folder 486 Folder 487 Folder 488	Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Scripts, 17 January 1942-18 July 1942
Folder 489-493 Folder 489 Folder 490 Folder 491 Folder 492 Folder 493	Pall Mall Scripts, 18 January 1944-14 April 1944
Folder 494-503 Folder 494 Folder 495 Folder 496 Folder 497 Folder 498 Folder 499 Folder 500 Folder 501 Folder 502 Folder 503	Bourjois Series Scripts, 12 April 1945-4 October 1945
Folder 504-557 Folder 504 Folder 505 Folder 506 Folder 507 Folder 508 Folder 509 Folder 510 Folder 511 Folder 512 Folder 513 Folder 514 Folder 515 Folder 516 Folder 517 Folder 518 Folder 519 Folder 520 Folder 521 Folder 522 Folder 523 Folder 524 Folder 525 Folder 526 Folder 527 Folder 528 Folder 529 Folder 530 Folder 531 Folder 532 Folder 533 Folder 534 Folder 535 Folder 536 Folder 537 Folder 538 Folder 539 Folder 540 Folder 541 Folder 542 Folder 543 Folder 544 Folder 545 Folder 546 Folder 547 Folder 548 Folder 549 Folder 550 Folder 551 Folder 552 Folder 553 Folder 554 Folder 555 Folder 556 Folder 557	Radio Odditorium Scripts, 13 May 1947-9 September 1948
Folder 558	Orient Trip Scripts, 1948
Folder 559	"Remotes" Scripts, 1938-1940
Folder 560-561 Folder 560 Folder 561	Television Scripts, 1939-1949
Folder 562	Ripley's Death Scripts, 1949
Folder 563	Scripts Signed by Ripley, 1945-1948
Folder 564	Other Scripts, 1937-1953
Folder 565-566 Folder 565 Folder 566	Miscellaneous Scripts
Folder 567	Broadcast Highlights Scripts, 1933-1948

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.7. Believe It or Not Stories by Doug Storer, 1950s-1960s.

About 700 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by title.

Typed drafts of short (3-4 page) Believe It or Not stories by Doug Storer used for broadcast on NBC's Monitor program and other programs. Stories are arranged alphabetically and an envelope in each folder records the titles of stories in that folder.

Folder 568a-568i

Believe It or Not Stories by Doug Storer, 1950s-1960s

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.8. Believe It or Not Transcription Discs and Other Audio Recordings, 1936-1953 and undated.

47 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Audio recordings may require production of listening copies.

Mostly 16-inch transcription discs and 12-inch lacquer disc audio recordings of Believe It or Not radio broadcasts. Subjects of broadcasts were provided by the donor and are listed if known.

Audiodisc D-5231/1	13 May 1936 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/2	19 May 1939 Transcription Disc Woman's sight restored; doctor aids gangster.
Audiodisc D-5231/3	4 April 1940 Transcription Disc Pilot returns used parachute.
Audiodisc D-5231/4	19 April 1940 Transcription Disc Burt Hall, adventurer; woman who flew with Wright Brothers.
Audiodisc D-5231/5	17 May 1940: disc 1 Transcription Disc Grand Canyon program, shooting the rapids with Barry Goldwater.
Audiodisc D-5231/6	17 May 1940: disc 2 Transcription Disc Grand Canyon program, shooting the rapids with Barry Goldwater.
Audiodisc D-5231/7	13 September 1940: disc 1 Transcription Disc Four Norwegians escape Germans by sea.
Audiodisc D-5231/8	13 September 1940: disc 2 Transcription Disc Four Norwegians escape Germans by sea.
Audiodisc D-5231/9	20 September 1940: disc 1 Transcription Disc Studio auction of rare fox fur to benefit Norwegians.
Audiodisc D-5231/10	20 September 1940: disc 2 Transcription Disc Studio auction of rare fox fur to benefit Norwegians.
Audiodisc D-5231/11	27 September 1940: disc 1 Transcription Disc Le Tourneau, the man who made God a partner.
Audiodisc D-5231/12	27 September 1940: disc 2 Transcription Disc Le Tourneau, the man who made God a partner.
Audiodisc D-5231/13	30 May 1942 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/14	4 July 1942 Transcription Disc Louis Cotlow, writer and explorer of South America.
Audiodisc D-5231/120	2 March 1944 (Damaged) Transcription Disc Life saved by monkey.
Audiodisc D-5231/15	17 March 1944: disc 1 Transcription Disc Lives of nine famous Irish rebels.
Audiodisc D-5231/16	17 March 1944: disc 2 Transcription Disc Lives of nine famous Irish rebels.
Audiodisc D-5231/17	20 March 1944 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/18	21 March 1944 Transcription Disc Pilot fell out of plane and back in again.
Audiodisc D-5231/19	23 March 1944 Transcription Disc Adventures of Chinese pilot versus Japanese.
Audiodisc D-5231/20	24 March 1944 Transcription Disc Russian czar and borscht.
Audiodisc D-5231/21	27 March 1944 Transcription Disc Russian prince drama.
Audiodisc D-5231/22	28 March 1944 Transcription Disc War correspondent lost in desert.
Audiodisc D-5231/23	30 March 1944 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/24	31 March 1944 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/25	19 April 1945 Transcription Disc Story of the Marine Hymn.
Audiodisc D-5231/26	14 September 1945 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/126	27 September 1945 Instantaneous Disc Captain's vision saves sinking ship.
Audiodisc D-5231/27	2 May 1946 Transcription Disc College quiz with Ripley and Ben Grauer (audition)
Audiodisc D-5231/28	17 September 1946 Transcription Disc Ripley tells of Believe It or Not in interview with Jinx Falkenberg.
Audiodisc D-5231/127	27 September 1946 Instantaneous Disc Jinx Falkenberg interview with Ripley.
Audiodisc D-5231/29	9 April 1947 Transcription Disc Ripley audition.
Audiodisc D-5231/30	10 September 1947 Transcription Disc Hi Jinx (Jinx Falkenberg), interview with Ripley. Also see Cassette Tape (C-5231/1-2)
Audiodisc D-5231/31	1 October 1947 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/128	24 June 1948 Instantaneous Disc Ripley and Captain Foley, USN. How Submarine "Gato" was saved. Also available on Cassette Tape (C-5231/1-2)
Audiodisc D-5231/32	22 October 1953: disc 1 Transcription Disc Believe It or Not audition.
Audiodisc D-5231/33	22 October 1953: disc 2 Transcription Disc Believe It or Not audition.
Audiodisc D-5231/34	22 October 1953: disc 3 Transcription Disc Believe It or Not audition.
Audiodisc D-5231/35	22 October 1953: disc 4 Transcription Disc Believe It or Not audition.
Audiodisc D-5231/129	15 December 1955 Instantaneous Disc The World and You, Let's Travel
Audiodisc D-5231/130	23 February 1956 Transcription Disc Instantaneous Disc Five-minute dramatic, Pearl Harbor.
Audiodisc D-5231/36	Undated Transcription Disc Ripley, "Hour of Mystery," Singapore.
Audiodisc D-5231/37	Undated Transcription Disc Believe It or Not Quiz.
Audiodisc D-5231/38	Undated Transcription Disc Robert Ripley audition.

Expand/collapse Series 4. Amazing But True, 1957-1986.

About 2,800 items.

Includes books, syndicated newspaper columns, radio segments, and other productions that featured "tales of strange people, weird occurrences, and peculiar animals and places". From the 1950s to the 1970s, Doug and Hazel Storer traveled around the world researching subjects for Amazing But True projects. Materials in the collection include mostly promotional materials, books, newspaper columns, business papers, and other source materials related to the Storers' work on Amazing But True productions. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

For other source materials related to Amazing But True productions see Series 7 Photographs; Series 8 Other Audio; and Series 9 Video and Film.

Folder 569-571 Folder 569 Folder 570 Folder 571	NBC Monitor Spot Scripts, 1957-1961
Folder 572	NBC Niteline Scripts, March 1959
Folder 573	Borg-Warner Ads, 1950
Folder 574	Amazing But True Pilot (Fox), October 1961
Folder 575-576 Folder 575 Folder 576	Pictorial Living Stories, 1964-1966
Folder 577	Amazing But True Bubble Theatre, 1969
Folder 578	Amazing But True Cartoons, circa 1970s
Folder 579	Amazing But True Stories, 1972
Folder 580	Wrather Entertainment International, 1979-1981
Folder 581	Notebooks of Stories Used, 1959-1980 (Print and Radio)
Folder 582	Other Amazing But True Material, circa 1960s-1980
Folder 583-584 Folder 583 Folder 584	Promotional Materials, 1950s-1980
Folder 585	Scripts and Promotional Materials, 1960s-1980
Folder 586	Christmas Spots, 1964-1966
Folder 587	Place Mats, 1975
Folder 588	Book Jacket, Amazing But True: A Pictorial Collection of Amazing Facts
Folder 589-590 Folder 589 Folder 590	Clippings of Amazing But True Stories, 1950s-1970s
Folder 591	Tampa Time Clippings, 1970-1971
Folder 592	Clearwater Sun Clippings, 1971-1972
Folder 593	National Tattler Clippings, 1974
Folder 594-606 Folder 594 Folder 595 Folder 596 Folder 597 Folder 598 Folder 599 Folder 600 Folder 601 Folder 602 Folder 603 Folder 604 Folder 605 Folder 606	St. Petersburg Independent, Weekender, and Miscellaneous Clippings, 1979-2003
Box 92	Pictorial Living and other magazines featuring Amazing But True Columns, 1960s
Box 71	Amazing But True Books by Doug Storer, 1960s-1980s
Folder 607	Amazing But True Stories about People, Places, and Things : Manuscripts and Galleys, 1971
Folder 608	Photographs used in Amazing But True Stories about Presidents
Folder 609	Contact Prints Used in Amazing But True "the book," 1979

Expand/collapse Series 5. Renfrew of the Mounted, 1936-1980.

About 6,800 items.

Renfrew of the Mounted was a series of popular boys' adventure stories written by Laurie York Erskine during the 1920s and 1930s. The stories chronicled the adventures and exploits of Sergeant Douglas Renfrew, an inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). During the 1930s and 1940s, Doug Storer served as Erskine's agent and oversaw production and promotion of a radio broadcast based on the Renfrew books. Materials include correspondence and other business papers related to the Renfrew radio program, promotional materials, Renfrew books and other publications about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and a nearly complete run of original broadcast scripts for Renfrew radio programs and other radio programs written by Erskine. There are also transcription disc recordings of selected Renfrew radio broadcasts. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Renfrew Business Papers, 1937-1980.

About 1,500 items.

Correspondence of Laurie York Erskine, creator of Renfrew of the Mounted; correspondence of Doug Storer in his role as Erskine's agent and promoter of the Renfrew program; legal materials;, promotional materials; financial statements; and other materials relating to the Renfrew series.

Folder 610	Laurie York Erskine: Biographical and Promotional Materials, 1937-1972
Folder 611-612 Folder 611 Folder 612	Laurie York Erskine: Correspondence, 1952-1959
Folder 613-617 Folder 613 Folder 614 Folder 615 Folder 616 Folder 617	General Correspondence, 1939-1980
Folder 618	Dartmouth Correspondence, 1950s-1980
Folder 619	Legal: Correspondence, 1948-1980
Folder 620-621 Folder 620 Folder 621	Legal: Miller and Miller, 1952-1956
Folder 622	Legal: Will and Estate of Laurie York Erskine, 1976-1983
Folder 623	Agency, 1946-1951
Folder 624	Bills, 1951-1953
Folder 625	Stockholders and Directors Meetings, 1955-1956
Folder 626	Financial Statements, 1953-1958
Folder 627	Minutes, 1950
Folder 628	Promotional Materials
Folder 629	Publicity, 1930s-1970s
Folder 630-631 Folder 630 Folder 631	M and A Alexander Productions, 1950-1959
Folder 632	Story Outlines, Resumes, Script Outlines, 1959-1980
Folder 633	Stationery
Folder 634	Three-Minute Radio Stories by Laurie Erskine
Folder 635	Renfrew: Second Generation, two-hour Movie of the Week by Burt Armus, circa 1980s
Folder 636	Other Renfrew Materials, 1938-1950s
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5231/14	Scrapbook, 1930s-1940s

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Renfrew Books and Other Publications, 1930s-1970s.

12 items.

Books by Laurie York Erskine including Renfrew of the Royal Mounted , Renfrew Rides Again , Renfrew's Long Trail, and Renfrew Rides the Sky. Also included are several publications about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Box 77

Renfrew Books by Laurie York Erskine and Other Publications about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3. Renfrew Broadcast Scripts, 1936-1942.

About 4,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological

A nearly complete run of broadcast scripts for Renfrew of the Mounted (1936-1937 and 1939-1940), Passport to Adventure (1941), and Adventure Stories (1941-1942). From 1936 to 1940, Laurie York Erskine narrated the Renfrew of the Mounted radio program, which chronicled the adventures of Sergeant Douglas Renfrew, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. The series of radio adventure stories was broadcast on NBC and targeted young boys. The show was sponsored by the Continental Baking Company and its chief product Wonder Bread. From 1941 to 1942, Erskine wrote and appeared in another NBC radio series titled Passport to Adventure and later Adventure Stories.

Folder 637-679 Folder 637 Folder 638 Folder 639 Folder 640 Folder 641 Folder 642 Folder 643 Folder 644 Folder 645 Folder 646 Folder 647 Folder 648 Folder 649 Folder 650 Folder 651 Folder 652 Folder 653 Folder 654 Folder 655 Folder 656 Folder 657 Folder 658 Folder 659 Folder 660 Folder 661 Folder 662 Folder 663 Folder 664 Folder 665 Folder 666 Folder 667 Folder 668 Folder 669 Folder 670 Folder 671 Folder 672 Folder 673 Folder 674 Folder 675 Folder 676 Folder 677 Folder 678 Folder 679	Renfrew of the Mounted Broadcast Scripts, 5 March 1936-5 March 1937
Folder 680-685 Folder 680 Folder 681 Folder 682 Folder 683 Folder 684 Folder 685	Renfrew of the Mounted Script Drafts, 1936-1937
Folder 686-696 Folder 686 Folder 687 Folder 688 Folder 689 Folder 690 Folder 691 Folder 692 Folder 693 Folder 694 Folder 695 Folder 696	Renfrew of the Mounted Broadcast Scripts, January 1939-September 1940
Folder 697	Renfrew of the Mounted Script Outlines, 1939-1940
Folder 698-705 Folder 698 Folder 699 Folder 700 Folder 701 Folder 702 Folder 703 Folder 704 Folder 705	Passport to Adventure Scripts, 1941
Folder 706-709 Folder 706 Folder 707 Folder 708 Folder 709	Adventure Stories Scripts, December 1941-March 1942

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.4. Renfrew Transcription Discs, 1948 and undated.

4 items.

Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.

Transcription disc audio recordings of selected Renfrew of the Mounted radio broadcasts featuring Laurie York Erskine.

Audiodisc D-5231/39	19 January 1948 Transcription Disc Laurie Erskine Audition, narration.
Audiodisc D-5231/40	15 March 1948 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/41	Undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/42	Undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/43	Undated Transcription Disc

Expand/collapse Series 6. Bob Considine Materials, 1948-1980.

About 500 items.

Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.

Materials related to journalist, author, and Ripley biographer Bob Considine chiefly concern Storer's work as Considine's agent. Included are publicity scrapbooks, contracts, correspondence, and other papers concerning Considine's radio and television appearances and biographies, selected books and publications authored by Considine, and audio recordings of radio broadcasts featuring Considine, including On the Line with Bob Considine, various Considine auditions, and an Olympics preview with Bob Considine (11 July 1948). Audio recordings are on transcription disc and instantaneous disc.

Folder 710-711 Folder 710 Folder 711	Publicity, 1950s-1970s
Folder 712	Publicity Scrapbook, circa 1940s-1950s
Folder 713	Contracts, 1948-1978
Folder 714	Jack Dempsey Biography, 1959-1980
Folder 715	Radio, 1947-1955
Folder 716	They Rose Above It, 1973-1978
Box 91	Books and Other Publications, 1940s-1970s Publications include: The Babe Ruth Story (1948) The Great A-Bomb Robbery (1951) How Russia Stole America's Atomic Secrets (1951) Bob Considine's Christmas Stocking (1958) Jack Dempsey: Massacre in the Sun (1960) Ask Me Anything: Our Adventures with Khrushchev (1960) Dempsey: By the Man Himself (1960) It's the Irish: The Story of the Irish in Ireland and America (1961) Ripley, The Modern Marco Polo (1961) The Long and Illustrious Career of General Douglas MacArthur (1964) It's All News to Me: A Reporter's Deposition (1967) They Rose Above It (1977)
Audiodisc D-5231/44	Bob Considine, 4 March 1947 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/45	Bob Considine, 2 September 1947 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/46	Bob Considine, 13 October 1947 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/47	Bob Considine, 9 November 1947 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/48	Bob Considine (Olympics), 11 July 1948 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/49	Bob Considine, 24 January 1950 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/50	Bob Considine, 14 January 1950 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/51	Bob Considine, 8 July 1950 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/52	Bob Considine, 4 November 1953 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/53	Bob Considine, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/131	Considine interview with Jinx Falkenberg and Tex McCrary, 5 May 1948 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/132	Considine interview with Jinx Falkenberg, 4 May 1948 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/133	On the Line with Bob Considine, "Mother's Day", 16 September 1960 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/134	Doug Storer on the The Millie Considine Show Instantaneous Disc

Expand/collapse Series 7. Photographs, Negatives, and Slides, circa 1920s-1980.

About 1,700 items.

Mostly images related to Storer's work on Believe It or Not and Amazing But True, including photographs, negatives, and slides depicting locations and subjects Storer researched during his travels. Also included are images of radio personalities, musical groups, and other individuals that Storer represented as a talent agent.

Expand/collapse Subseries 7.1. Individuals, circa 1920s-1980.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical

Chiefly individuals that Storer represented as an agent such as Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Bob Considine, and Laurie York Erskine. There are also photographs of individuals featured in Believe It or Not or Amazing But True stories such as the Duke of Windsor, Javier Pereira, and Lina Medina; photographs of popular radio personalities such as band leader Vincent Lopez, vocal groups the Men About Town and the Mills Brothers; and photographs of Doug Storer and members of the Storer family. Note that several photographs are signed.

Image Folder PF-5231/14	Cab Calloway, circa 1940s
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/4	Dale Carnegie (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/15	Bob Considine (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/16	Perry Como (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/17	Dartmouth, Class of 1921
Image Folder PF-5231/18	Duke of Windsor, 1940 (signed)
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/2	Duke of Windsor, circa 1940
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/8	Dwight Eisenhower
Image Folder PF-5231/19	Laurie York Erskine, circa 1930s-1950s
Image Folder PF-5231/20	Grace of Monaco
Image Folder PF-5231/21	Ernie Kehr (signed)
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/5	Vincent Lopez (signed), 1950s
Image Folder PF-5231/22	Lina Medina (5 year old mother)
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/3	Lauritz Melchior (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/23	The Men About Town, circa 1940s (signed)
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/6	The Men About Town (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/24	The Mills Brothers (signed)
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/7	The Mills Brothers (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/25	Edda Mussolini, circa 1930s
Image Folder PF-5231/26-28 PF-5231/26 PF-5231/27 PF-5231/28	Javier Pereira (World's Oldest Man), circa 1950s
Oversize Image OP-P-5231/1	Renee of Sarawak (signed), 1937
Image Folder PF-5231/29	Frank Sinatra, 1980 (signed)
Image Folder PF-5231/30	Doug Storer and Shrunken Head
Image Folder PF-5231/31	Storer Family and Doug Storer

Expand/collapse Subseries 7.2. Subject Photographs and Negatives, 1950s-1970s.

About 200 items.

Mostly subjects featured in Storer's Amazing But True books, radio shows, and newspaper columns.

Image Folder PF-5231/32	Old Radio Photographs, 1930s-1940s
Image Folder PF-5231/33	Other Photographs, 1930s-1950s
Image Folder PF-5231/34	Christmas
Image Folder PF-5231/35	Sports
Image Folder PF-5231/36	Animals
Image Folder PF-5231/37	Negatives: Sports Book and Animal Book, 1974, 1976
Image Folder PF-5231/38	Negatives: Odditorium
Image Folder PF-5231/39	Negatives: Thunderbirds
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-5231/folder 5	Photographs for Amazing But True Book Projects

Expand/collapse Subseries 7.3. Travel Photographs, Negatives, and Slides, 1916-1970s (bulk 1940s-1960s).

About 2,500 items.

Chiefly photographs, slides, and a few negatives documenting the Storers' travels abroad as part of their work for the Amazing But True series. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Image Folder PF-5231/40	Africa
Image Folder PF-5231/41	Alaska Trip, 1916
Image Folder PF-5231/42	Alaska
Image Folder PF-5231/43	Amazing But True, 1950s-1960s
Image Folder PF-5231/44	Argentina, circa 1930s
Image Folder PF-5231/45	Austria, Holland, Lebanon, Fort Sumpter, New Bern, N.C.
Image Folder PF-5231/46	Austria
Image Folder PF-5231/47	Dominican Republic
Image Folder PF-5231/48	Egypt, circa 1960s
Image Folder PF-5231/49	Finland
Image Folder PF-5231/50	Florida
Image Folder PF-5231/51	Germany
Image Folder PF-5231/52	Haiti
Image Folder PF-5231/53	Hawaii
Image Folder PF-5231/54	Holland, circa 1950s-1960s
Image Folder PF-5231/55	Holland
Image Folder PF-5231/56	Honduras
Image Folder PF-5231/57	Hong Kong
Image Folder PF-5231/58	India
Image Folder PF-5231/59	Italy: Rome, Naples, Pompeii, circa 1960
Image Folder PF-5231/60	Italy: Vesuvius
Image Folder PF-5231/61	Jamaica
Image Folder PF-5231/62	Jerusalem
Image Folder PF-5231/63	Lebanon, 1960
Image Folder PF-5231/64	Mexico
Image Folder PF-5231/65	Mount Vesuvius
Image Folder PF-5231/66	Middle East
Image Folder PF-5231/67	Nassau, Bahamas
Image Folder PF-5231/68	Nicaragua
Image Folder PF-5231/69	Norway (Platina Fox), 1940
Image Folder PF-5231/70	Pakistan
Image Folder PF-5231/71	Panama
Image Folder PF-5231/72	Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona, 1941
Image Folder PF-5231/73	Philipe Bunau Varilla, Panama Canal, 1940
Image Folder PF-5231/74	Puerto Rico
Image Folder PF-5231/75	Saba (Dutch West Indies), circa 1950s-1960s
Image Folder PF-5231/76	Switzerland, circa 1960
Image Folder PF-5231/77	Tokyo
Image Folder PF-5231/78	Trinidad and Antigua
Image Folder PF-5231/79	Western Trip
Image Folder PF-5231/80	Other Travel Photographs
Image Folder PF-5231/81	Miscellaneous Negatives
Image Folder PF-5231/82	Negatives: Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic
Image Folder PF-5231/83	Negatives: Wild Horses
Image Box IB-5231/1	Travel Slides, 1950s-1960s Box contains two metal slide cases containing color slides from the Storers' trips to locations mostly in Europe and Asia during the 1950s and 1960s. Most slides are labeled by location and date.
Image Box IB-5231/2	Travel Slides and Negatives, 1950s-1960s Box contains smaller boxes of slides and a few negatives from the Storers' travels during the 1950s and 1960s. Most individual boxes are labeled by location and date.

Expand/collapse Series 8. Other Audio, 1940-1983 and undated.

116 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.

Mostly transcription discs, audiotape, and audiocassette recordings of radio broadcasts that were either produced by Doug Storer, featured Doug Storer, or featured individuals that Storer represented as a talent agent. Many recordings feature prominent entertainers and radio personalities of the 1940s and 1950s such as band leader Cab Calloway, self help guru Dale Carnegie, comedian Fred Allen, actress Jinx Falkenberg, philatelist Ernie Kehr, and others. There are also a number of recordings prepared as part of Storer's Amazing But True programs. A few recordings were transferred to audiotape or audiocassette by the donor. Note that original titles of discs, audiotapes, and audiocassettes have, for the most part, been retained.

Audiodisc D-5231/54	Manhunter Mysteries, Eno Crime Club, 9 January 1940 Transcription Disc
Audiotape T-5231/1	Robert Ripley interview with the Duke of Windsor, 6 December 1940: tape 1 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/2	Robert Ripley interview with the Duke of Windsor, 6 December 1940: tape 2 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/3	Robert Ripley interview with the Duke of Windsor, 6 December 1940: tape 3 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/5	Cab Calloway's Quizzicale from Detroit, 4 March 1942 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiodisc D-5231/55	Manhunter Mysteries with Stewart Sterling, 30 March 1941 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/117	Manhunter Mysteries with Stewart Sterling, 30 March 1941 (Damaged) Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/56	Cab Calloway's Quizzicale in Cleveland, 25 February 1942 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/118	Cab Calloway's Quizzicale in Cleveland, 25 February 1942 (Damaged) Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/57	Cab Calloway's Quizzicale in Detroit, 4 March 1942 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/119	Cab Calloway's Quizzicale in Detroit, 4 March 1942 (Damaged) Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/58	Grantland Rice, 19 February 1944: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/59	Grantland Rice, 19 February 1944: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/60	Captain Tim Healey's Adventure Stories, 14 September 1945 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/61	Captain Tim Healey, 26 November 1945 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/62	Circular Staircase, 22 May 1946: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/63	Circular Staircase, 22 May 1946: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/64	Headline Hunters, 30 August 1946: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/65	Headline Hunters, 30 August 1946: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/66	Album of Gems: Blow Gabriel, Bea Wain, 18 February 1947 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/67	Headline Hunters: Doug Storer Audition, 30 July 1947: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/68	Headline Hunters: Doug Storer Audition, 30 July 1947: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiocassette C-5231/1	Robert Ripley interviewed by Jinx Falkenberg, 10 September 1947 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/2	Ripley interview with Captain Foley, 4 June 1948 Audiocassette
Audiodisc D-5231/69	Harrington and Wood Audition, 1 and 4 October 1948: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/70	Harrington and Wood Audition, 1 and 4 October 1948: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/71	Harrington and Wood Audition, 1 and 4 October 1948: disc 3 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/72	Harrington and Wood Audition, 1 and 4 October 1948: disc 4 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/73	Fred Allen, 24 October 1948: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/74	Fred Allen, 24 October 1948: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/75	"We the People," 23 November 1948: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/76	"We the People," 23 November 1948: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/121	"We the People," 23 November 1948 (Damaged) Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/77	John Wyatt Sr., 2 October 1949 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/78	Music produced by BBDO, 8 October 1949 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/79	Henny Youngman: Salute to Maryland, 6 January 1950 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/80	"Light of the World," 1-2 June 1950: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/81	"Light of the World," 1-2 June 1950: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/122	Back to God Hour, 22 October 1950 (Damaged) Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/82	Ernie Kehr Auditions, March-April 1951: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/83	Ernie Kehr Auditions, March-April 1951: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/84	Ernie Kehr Auditions, March-April 1951: disc 3 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/135	Going Places with Betty Betz, 24 April 1951: disc 1 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/136	Going Places with Betty Betz, 24 April 1951: disc 2 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/137	YWCA, 24 April 1951: disc 1 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/138	YWCA, 24 April 1951: disc 2 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/85	Frank Coniff News Audition, 31 May 1951 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/86	Frank Coniff, 10 February 1953 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/87	Frank Coniff News, 18 July 1954 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/88	Frank Coniff News, 1 August 1954 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/139	Vincent Lopez Show, 25 May 1955: disc 1 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/140	Vincent Lopez Show, 25 May 1955: disc 2 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/141	Maggi McNellis Show and Frank Coniff, 19 August 1955 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/142	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee (with William Randolph Hearst), 28 September 1955 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/89	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 12 October 1955 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/90	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 9 November 1955 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/91	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 16 November 1955: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/92	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 16 November 1955: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/93	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 16 November 1955: disc 3 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/143	Stamp Club (Ernie Kehr), 23 November 1955: disc 1 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/144	Stamp Club (Ernie Kehr), 23 November 1955: disc 2 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/94	"Food for Thought," 16 December 1955: disc 1 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/95	"Food for Thought," 16 December 1955: disc 2 Transcription Disc
Audiocassette C-5231/3	Doug Storer Interview Regarding Stamps Storer Designed, 1956 Audiocassette
Audiodisc D-5231/96	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 1 January 1956 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/145	Hazel Storer Interview on Stanford (NBC) Radio Station, 1 January 1956 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/97	Front Page Exclusive with Eddie Lee, 8 January 1956 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/98	Ernie Kehr's Mutual Covers (Fipex), 26 April 1956 Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/146	Monitor Matson Lines Audition: "Timely Island" (Doug Storer and Frank Gallop), 14 January 1958 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/99	Doug Storer, World Traveler: Monitor Audition, 29 August 1958 Transcription Disc
Audiotape T-5231/10	Broadcast from Mouth of the Sphinx (from Egypt), 1959 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/6	Doug Storer: NBC Monitor Spots, 1959-1961 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiocassette C-5231/4	Doug Storer, Silent Night, 1960: tape 1 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/5	Doug Storer, Silent Night, 1960: tape 2 Audiocassette
Audiodisc D-5231/147	Highways of Melody Audition (Paul Lovalle), 28 June 1960 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/148	Boys of Vienna Forest, Silent Night, 17 October 1960 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/149	Monitor (Doug Storer), "Silent Night" Recording, 1 November 1960 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/150	Monitor (Doug Storer), "Vienna Museum," 9 November 1960 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/151	Monitor (Doug Storer), "Christmas Journey," 19 November 1960 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/152	Monitor (Doug Storer), "Epiphany," 12 January 1961 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/153	Monitor (Doug Storer), "Vienna Museum," 11 November 1961 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/154	1964 Election, "Your Vote Counts," undated Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/155	Christmas Vignettes, 1965 Instantaneous Disc
Audiotape T-5231/13	"Eisenhower: The Man and His Time in His Own Words" narrated by Bob Considine, circa 1969: tape 1 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/14	"Eisenhower: The Man and His Time in His Own Words" narrated by Bob Considine, circa 1969: tape 2 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiocassette C-5231/8	"A Salute to Jimmy Durante" by Doug Storer and The Mills Brothers, 1979: tape 1 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/9	"A Salute to Jimmy Durante" by Doug Storer and The Mills Brothers, 1979: tape 2 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/10	"A Salute to Jimmy Durante" by Doug Storer and The Mills Brothers, 1979: tape 3 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/11	"A Salute to Jimmy Durante" by Doug Storer and The Mills Brothers, 1979: tape 4 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/12	The First Fabulous 50s Show (NBC's First 50 Years of Radio), 1983: tape 1 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/13	The First Fabulous 50s Show (NBC's First 50 Years of Radio), 1983: tape 2 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/14	The First Fabulous 50s Show (NBC's First 50 Years of Radio), 1983: tape 3 Audiocassette
Audiodisc D-5231/100	Tim Healey, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/101	The Myron J. Bennett Show, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/102	Hour of Mystery: Singapore Exile Murder, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/103	The Gloria Swanson Show with Guest Doug Storer, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/104	Isabella Beach interview with Sid Wain, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/123	Isabella Beach interview with Sid Wain, undated (Damaged) Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/105	Dale Carnegie: "Little Known Facts," undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/106	Boarding House, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/107	Gray Wolf, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/108	Feature Assignment produced by Craven and Hedrick, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/109	Dale Carnegie: "Little Known Facts about Well-Known People," undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/110	The Hitler of Haiti; Story Behind the Stamp, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/111	Bill Harrington, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/112	Indian Legends Program: "Evening from the Bad Lands from Grey Wolf's Ti-Pi," undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/113	Dale Carnegie, undated Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/156	Doug Storer Interviewed by Sloan Simpson, undated: disc 1 Instantaneous Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/157	Doug Storer Interviewed by Sloan Simpson, undated: disc 2 Instantaneous Disc
Audiotape T-5231/4	Adventure Stories (featuring Sergeant Douglas Renfrew) by Laurie York Erskine, undated 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/7	Doug Storer: Amazing But True Spots, undated: tape 1 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/8	Doug Storer: Amazing But True Spots, undated: tape 1 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/9	Doug Storer: Amazing But True Spots, undated: tape 1 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/11	Apache Reservation, Governor Fannin of Arizona, and Blind Golfer, undated 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/12	Interview with "Close Shaves," undated 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/15	Doug Storer: This You Can Believe, undated 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiocassette C-5231/6	Doug Storer: Pearl Harbor Story, undated Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-5231/7	Doug Storer: Caruso Spot, undated Audiocassette
Audiotape T-5231/16	Other Audiotapes, undated and unlabelled: tape 1 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/17	Other Audiotapes, undated and unlabelled: tape 2 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/18	Other Audiotapes, undated and unlabelled: tape 3 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiotape T-5231/19	Clock Museum Sound, No Narration, 29 September 1961 1/4" Open Reel Audio
Audiodisc D-5231/114	unidentified audio recording Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/115	unidentified audio recording Transcription Disc
Audiodisc D-5231/116	unidentified audio recording Transcription Disc

Expand/collapse Series 9. Video and Film, 1939-1993 and undated.

157 items.

Mostly footage used in Storer's various Amazing But True productions, but also includes a few Believe It or Not films and videos featuring Robert Ripley, Bob Considine, and Dale Carnegie.. Some earlier footage of Robert Ripley appears to have been transferred from film to videotape by the donor.

Expand/collapse Subseries 9.1. Videotape, 1939-1993 and undated.

10 items.

Arrangement: in order as received.

Use of videotape may require production of viewing copies.

Five VHS tapes, one U-Matic tape, and four two-inch quad videotapes. Earlier footage appears to have been transferred from film and features Robert Ripley on location filming Believe It or Not episodes and at his home in New York. Ripley footage is in color, but without sound. Note that original video titles have been retained. Some videotapes have not been viewed by staff to verify contents.

Videotape VT-5231/1	Ripley in Central America, 1939 VHS
Videotape VT-5231/2	Believe It or Not Films, undated VHS
Videotape VT-5231/3	Three Kinescopes of Believe It or Not Television Programs, undated VHS
Videotape VT-5231/4	Ripley Program, Hazel Storer Interview Outtake, undated VHS
Videotape VT-5231/5	The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley (Turner Home Entertainment, 1993) VHS
Videotape VT-5231/6	Believe It or Not, "Blood Call," 3 August 1950 U-Matic
Videotape VT-5231/7	One Vote Campaign, undated 2" Open Reel Video
Videotape VT-5231/8	Doug Storer Show and Tell, 25 March 1971 2" Open Reel Video
Videotape VT-5231/9	One Vote, 7 September 1972 2" Open Reel Video
Videotape VT-5231/10	Political Roundup with Morgan Beatty, 12 September 1966 2" Open Reel Video

Expand/collapse Subseries 9.2. Film, 1940-1972 and undated.

147 items.

Arrangement: in order as received, with the exception of duplicates, which are grouped together.

Use of film may require production of viewing copies.

While films are numbered continuously, no films were assigned the numbers F-5231/12, F-5231/40, F-5231/100, F-5231/103, F-5231/115, or F-5231/128, F-5231/134, F-5231/135, F-5231/136, F-5231/137.

Films have been described according to existing documentation on the box or reel; most films have been viewed by staff to verify contents.

Includes 16mm and 35mm films, in black and white and in color. Films are mostly acetate base, positive or reversal prints. Includes some negatives: F-5231/9a, F-5231/36, F-5231/93b, and F-5231/94b. Includes both picture and sound. Estimated lengths range from 50 to 1500 feet. Includes original footage, masters, and final prints, as well as unused footage and commercial films.

Some films are related to Doug Storer and his work, while others are related to his management of television personalities such as Robert Ripley and Dale Carnegie. Collection includes travel films, many of which were the basis for episodes of the television shows Amazing But True and Believe It or Not , which were written and produced by Doug Storer. Also includes episodes of these television shows and full-length films related to these shows, such as Flippy the Educated Porpoise.

Several films contain episodes of television shows starring Dale Carnegie, Robert Ripley, and Bob Considine, including some unsold pilots. Other films include promotional travel films, many produced for airlines such as Pan American Airlines, and promotional films for companies including the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and the P. Lorillard Company. The collection also includes a small number of feature films, with no obvious relationship to Storer.

This subseries also contains five folders of paper documentation related to films: materials removed from film canisters and shipping boxes, including scripts and descriptive notes, and photocopies of original film canisters and reels.

Film F-5231/1

Believe It or Not: Blood Call, 31 August 1950

16mm motion picture film

Story of a murderer's escape from Devil's Island, sponsored by Ballantine Ale.

Film F-5231/2

Highway to Hawaii, 1950

16mm motion picture film

Cate and McGlone Productions, possibly produced for United Airlines. Color.

Film F-5231/3

Promise of the Trees, 1954

16mm motion picture film

Released by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company as part of an eight-film series to educate the public about the timber industry. Color.

Film F-5231/4

Tomorrow's Trees, 1959

16mm motion picture film

Released by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company as part of an eight-film series to educate the public about the timber industry. Print.

Film F-5231/5

Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss, 1952

16mm motion picture film

NBC short film by Sax Rohmer, starring John Carradine. The film was intended to be a series, but no further episodes were produced. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/6

Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss, 1952

16mm motion picture film

NBC short film by Sax Rohmer, starring John Carradine. The film was intended to be a series, but no further episodes were produced. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/7

Clock Museum, 29 September 1961

16mm motion picture film

Vienna Clock Museum. See T-5231/19 for soundtrack without narration. Color.

Film F-5231/8

Spirit in the Earth, 1951

16mm motion picture film

One of eight documentary films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin, Shilin Film Service. Color.

Film F-5231/9a

Bob Considine Trip with Debbie (negative), 1962

16mm motion picture film

Silent negative. Date on card for cleaning reads 25 July 1962. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/9b

Bob Considine Trip with Debbie, 1962

16mm motion picture film

Silent film possibly documenting a trip to Denmark. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/10

Believe It or Not: Corpus Delicti, 17 August 1950

16mm motion picture film

Story of three bodies unearthed to expose a murder, sponsored by Ballantine Ale. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/11

How to Get the Most Out of Life: Springtime for Grandpa (Carnegie opening), 1952

16mm motion picture film

Includes footage of Carnegie sitting at a desk at the beginning and end of the episode. Produced by Jack Chertok. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/13

Believe It or Not: Monte Carlo, 3 August 1950

16mm motion picture film

Story of a winner-loser at Monte Carlo casino, broadcast on NBC and sponsored by Ballantine Ale. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/14

North of the Arctic Circle: Summer in Northern Norway, circa 1954

16mm motion picture film

Produced by Per Host. Color.

Film F-5231/15

Winter in Salzburgland, undated

16mm motion picture film

Addressed to Austrian State Tourists Department. Additional label reads "Skiing in Salzburg."

Film F-5231/16

Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club P-revue, 2 November 1949

16mm motion picture film

Broadcast on ABC with guest Wendy Barrie. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/17

Amazing But True: Vesuvius, Spirit of the Dance, Killers and Clowns, 1962

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/18

Six Amazing But True Christmas Spots, 1972

16mm motion picture film

Six shorts: Santa Lucia Day, skiing, reindeer, church with musicians, walking in courtyard and tending sheep, and Vietnam. Each segment has a leader, countdown, and ABT intro. Shares some footage with F-5231/105 and F-5231/116. Color.

Film F-5231/19

New Horizons: The Hawaiian Islands, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Produced for Pan American Airlines. Color.

Film F-5231/20

Tonight Show: Bob Considine, Doug Storer, 22 February 1957

16mm motion picture film

Possibly a 1957 episode of Tonight! America After Dark on NBC.

Film F-5231/21

New Horizons: Pakistan, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Produced for Pan American Airlines by Movietonews, Inc. Shipping slip from Charter Oak Tele-Pictures addressed to Ann Brady, 20th Century Fox, Att. Mr. Douglas Storer. Editorial Direction F. D. Kay. Color.

Film F-5231/22

Flippy the Educated Porpoise, 1953

16mm motion picture film

Flippy at Marineland, presented by Ripley's Believe It or Not. Color.

Film F-5231/23

Amazing But True: Mt. Vesuvius, Oldest Man, Porpoise, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes Amazing But True intro and space for commercials. Similar to films with the same title, but missing a segment of an old man picking fruit. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/24

Return to Glennascaul, 1951

16mm motion picture film

Film starring Orson Welles and presented by T.R. Royle, released in the United Kingdom in 1951 and the United States in 1953. Denham Lab label on canister. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/25

Turkish Panarama, 1953

16mm motion picture film

Scenes of Turkey, includes hand-written title in marker on canister. Shows scenes of Turkey. Color.

Film F-5231/26

Waterways to Fun, undated

16mm motion picture film

Washington state waterways, includes Washington State Department of Commerce label.

Film F-5231/27

Brass Key I, 3 October 1972

16mm motion picture film

Possibly filmed at Ft. Bragg, N.C., includes U.S. Air Force label on canister. Color.

Film F-5231/28

Amazing But True: Humble Oil, undated

16mm motion picture film

Print from duplicate negative, includes Movietone Pro label. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/29

Lazer Beam Weapon Testing, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes Young and Rubicam Inc. label.

Film F-5231/30

A Plant for Tomorrow, 1956

16mm motion picture film

History of the P. Lorillard Company, makers of Old Gold Cigarettes. Includes Shilin Films label. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/31

Grand Canyon, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes Santa Fe Railway label. Color.

Film F-5231/32a

Silver Springs, 18 May 1962

16mm motion picture film

Film opens to men carrying bound alligator out of a cyprus swamp. Includes a man wrestling an alligator underwater. Additional footage shows a man swimming, dark shots of a swamp, men tying an alligator, a hen listening to radio, and men near rocks with a snake. Filmed in South Florida forFox. Color.

Film F-5231/32b

American Airlines 706: Alaska, 10 August 1967

16mm motion picture film

Film opens to Travis U.S. Air Force Base. Includes view of snow from airplane, Skagway's Original Homestead Cabin, and Doug and Hazel Storer driving in town. Color.

Film F-5231/33

Winter in Salzburgland, undated

16mm motion picture film

Canister mentions skiing.

Film F-5231/34

Winter in Austria, undated

16mm motion picture film

Austria P.R. film. Sound cannot be utilized. Image severely disintegrated.

Film F-5231/35

Turkish National Champions: Wrestling, Oiled Bodies, undated

35mm motion picture film

Furnished by the Turkish government. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/36

Hawaii: The Sugar State, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/37

Supersonic Thunderbirds, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes U.S. Air Force label.

Film F-5231/38

Believe It or Not: Death from the Sky, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Episode #11.

Film F-5231/39

Amazing But True: Mt. Vesuvius, Oldest Man, Porpoise, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes countdown for each segment and space for commercials. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/41

How to Get the Most Out of Life: Springtime for Grandpa, Reels 1 and 2, 1952

35mm motion picture film

Produced by Jack Chertok. Film missing footage of Carnegie seen in F-5231/11.

Film F-5231/42

How to Get the Most Out of Life: The Intruder, Reels 1 and 2, 1952

35mm motion picture film

Produced by Jack Chertok. Film missing footage of Carnegie seen in F-5231/83. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/43a

Charles Blair's Better World: Jerusalem, 1972

16mm motion picture film

Documentary TV series. Color.

Film F-5231/43b

Charles Blair's Better World: Assassins, 1972

16mm motion picture film

Documentary TV series. Color.

Film F-5231/44

Ohio the Growth State, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes State of Ohio Development Department label and Ohio Department of Industrial and Economical Development label on canister.

Film F-5231/45a

Amazing But True: Killers and Clowns, Primitive Fighters, undated

16mm motion picture film

Box label also mentions Mt. Etna, Vesuvius, and Daring the Devil. Color.

Film F-5231/45b

Amazing But True: Porpoise, Mt. Etna, Vesuvius, Daring the Devil, World's Oldest Man, undated

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/46

We the People: Ernie Kehr, 23 June 1950

16mm motion picture film

Broadcast on NBC, print #2.

Film F-5231/47

Bob Considine U.S.A. with Debbie: The Fiftieth State, 1963

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/48

MAC 30 min. Bob Considine reports, 1967

16mm motion picture film

Filmed in Vietnam for American Airlines. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/49

Bob Considine U.S.A. with Debbie: The Fiftieth State, 1963

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/50

Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars: Pattern for Pursuit, 15 June 1956

16mm motion picture film

Unsold pilot for a TV series called Renfrew of the Royal Mounted, starring Arthur Franz. Includes CBS label with date, print #39. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/51

A New Kind of Captain, undated

16mm motion picture film

Presented by New Jersey's Standard Oil Company. Box mentions Esso tanker school. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/52

The Plague of Dr. Fu Manchu, 8 October 1956

16mm motion picture film

Episode from television series The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu. Includes NBC label.

Film F-5231/53

USIA Trident, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes Amazing But True and NBC labels. Handwritten caption on box reads: "Cartoon, 'Chapel of All Faiths, Streptomycin's Mark.'"

Film F-5231/54

Believe It or Not: Monte Carlo, 3 August 1950

16mm motion picture film

Story of a winner-loser at Monte Carlo casino, broadcast on NBC and sponsored by Ballantine Ale. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/55

Connee Boswell and Her Friends, undated

16mm motion picture film

With Bob Abel. Includes ABC-TV leader. Print #2.

Film F-5231/56

California Oil Company: Alaska, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes California Oil Company label.

Film F-5231/57

State of Washington, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes Photo Library, State of Washington label. Produced by Charles R. Perryman Films.

Film F-5231/58

Wings to Haiti, 1953

16mm motion picture film

Produced for Pan American Airlines. Color.

Film F-5231/59

At the Ramparts, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes US Air Force Academy mailing label. Color.

Film F-5231/60

Considine, 22 December 1953

16mm motion picture film

Includes National Broadcasting Company (NBC) label.

Film F-5231/61

American Airlines 706: Alaska, 10 August 1967

16mm motion picture film

Film opens to Travis U.S. Air Force Base. Includes view of snow from airplane, Skagway's Original Homestead Cabin, and Doug and Hazel Storer driving in town. Color.

Film F-5231/62

Marvel of an Austrian Winter, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes Ideal Pictures mailing label.

Film F-5231/63

Hawaii: The Sugar State, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/64

Miracle of the Mesa, 1951

16mm motion picture film

One of eight films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin. Color.

Film F-5231/65

On the Swedish Mountain in Sun, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes SJ FILMARKIV KOPIA mailing label. English version, original version in Swedish.

Film F-5231/66

Amazing But True: Cypress Gardens, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Film opens to a shot of jet skiiers holding signs spelling Cypress Gardens. Includes shots of surfing, jet skiing, and hang gliding. With Frank Lepore. See F-5231/66 and F-5231/124 for identical footage. Color.

Film F-5231/67

Eastern Airlines Travel Portfolio: Puerto Rico, 1962

16mm motion picture film

From Don Goff Studios. Produced for Eastern Airlines. Color.

Film F-5231/68

Amazing But True: Mt. Vesuvius, Oldest Man, Porpoise, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes ABT intro and space for commercials. Film missing footage of old man descending from airplane. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/69

Naples Rediscovered, 1964

16mm motion picture film

Film about Naples, Fla. Includes Solana Studios label on canister. Written, produced, and narrated by Jack La Frandre. Print #29. Presented by Johnson Motors and the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Color.

Film F-5231/70

American Airlines: Dallas, undated

16mm motion picture film

Print #12. Produced for American Airlines. Color.

Film F-5231/71

American Airlines: Grand Canyon, undated

16mm motion picture film

Produced for American Airlines.

Film F-5231/72

U.S. Government Lecture Tour: Africa and Europe, 1956

16mm motion picture film

Medical tape label lists Africa, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany, France, England, and Scotland. Color.

Film F-5231/73

Return to Glennascaul, 1951

16mm motion picture film

Film starring Orson Welles and presented by T.R. Royle, released in the United Kingdom in 1951 and the United States in 1953. Denham Lab label on canister. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/74

Amazing But True: Killers and Clowns, Primitive Fighters, 1962

16mm motion picture film

Note on Amazing But True letterhead states that this print has not been filmed and was created because Modern Talking Pictures lost Storer's print. Color.

Film F-5231/75

Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Lapland, Sweden, 'Vasa', 1961

16mm motion picture film

From a 1961 trip to Scandinavia. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/76

Travel: Central America, South America, Mexico, 1955

16mm motion picture film

Includes list of shots.

Film F-5231/77

Travel: West Indies, 1954

16mm motion picture film

From a 1954 trip to the West Indies. Color.

Film F-5231/78

Amazing But True: Intro at New Rochelle, unsqueezed short, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes Movietone Pro label. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/79

Wings to Austria, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Produced for Pan American Airlines. Directed and photographed by Dick Durrance. Color.

Film F-5231/80

Travel: Europe, Near East, Middle East, Christmas, 1959-1960

16mm motion picture film

From winter 1959-1960 trip. Color.

Film F-5231/81

Wings to Hawaii, 1962

16mm motion picture film

A Hartley Production. Includes two short strips of loose film in canister. Color.

Film F-5231/82

The Land Columbus Loved Best, 1954

16mm motion picture film

Film of the Dominican Republic. Produced by RCA International. Color.

Film F-5231/83

How to Get the Most Out of Life: The Intruder (Carnegie intro), 1952

16mm motion picture film

Produced by Jack Chertok. Includes additional footage of Carnegie at a desk spliced in at the beginning and end of film. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/84

How to Get the Most Out of Life: The Intruder (original intro), 1952

16mm motion picture film

Film missing footage of Carnegie from F-5231/83. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/85

Amazing But True: Expedition Around the World, 1965

16mm motion picture film

Color.

Film F-5231/86

Song of the Feathered Serpent, 1954

16mm motion picture film

One of eight documentary films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin, Shilin Film Service. Color.

Film F-5231/87

Children of the Sun, undated

16mm motion picture film

Directed by Jack Alexander and written by Alan Shilin. Filmed in South America. Color.

Film F-5231/88

Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, 1974

16mm motion picture film

Produced by A.W. Rogers. Color.

Film F-5231/89

Eloise Salutes the Stars, 21 August 1952

16mm motion picture film

Likely an episode of the Eloise TV series. Includes Grey Advertising Agency label and Doeskin Tissues advertisement. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/90

Men of Destiny, Volume 1: World Political Figures, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Teddy Roosevelt, Lindberg, Hitler, Lou Gehrig, Winston Churchill. Includes Pathe News label.

Film F-5231/91

The Dutch Windward Islands, 1950

16mm motion picture film

St. Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius in the Caribbean. Color.

Film F-5231/92

Believe It or Not: Horned Man, Flame Thrower, Blows Balloon Up With His Eyes, 100 Yr. Old Eggs, Canton Ball, Persian Cup, Dutch Wedding Cup, and Grimaldi Story , 17 September 1948

16mm motion picture film

With Bob Ripley and Brokenshire. List of contents taken from enclosed notecard.

Film F-5231/93a

Oldest Man: Javier Pereira in Columbia Hospital, 1955

16mm motion picture film

Pereira lying down in hospital bed. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/93b

Oldest Man: Javier Pereira Movie Film (negative), 1955

35mm motion picture film

Pereira sitting, putting on hat. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/94a

Amazing But True: Laughing Porpoise, Volcanic Fury, Daring the Devil, World's Oldest Man , 1964

16mm motion picture film

Four shorts, each with title intro. Positive print. Produced by Fox Movietones Inc. Shares some footage with F-5231/23, but is not a duplicate. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/94b

Amazing But True: Laughing Porpoise, Volcanic Fury, Daring the Devil, World's Oldest Man (negative), 1964

16mm motion picture film

Four shorts, each with title intro. Negative film. Produced by Fox Movietones Inc. Shares some footage with F-5231/23, but is not a duplicate. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/95

The Pueblo Heritage, 1951

16mm motion picture film

One of eight documentary films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin, Shilin Film Service. Color.

Film F-5231/96

Fallen Eagle, 1950

16mm motion picture film

One of eight documentary films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin, Shilin Film Service. Produced with the cooperation of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Department of Parks. Color.

Film F-5231/97

Giant of the North, 1952

16mm motion picture film

One of eight documentary films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin, Shilin Film Service. Color.

Film F-5231/98

Seminoles of the Everglades, 1951

16mm motion picture film

One of eight documentary films on the American Indian sponsored by P. Lorillard (Old Gold Cigarettes). Written and directed by Alan Shilin, Shilin Film Service. Color.

Film F-5231/99

Silent Night, 1954

16mm motion picture film

English version, possibly from Austrian Travel Bureau.

Film F-5231/101

Flippy, various dates

16mm motion picture film

Mixed footage of Flippy, color and black and white, from multiple years. Color and black-and-white.

Film F-5231/102

Amazing But True: Oldest Man, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes space for commercials. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/104

Amazing But True: Cypress Gardens, 1962

16mm motion picture film

Film of Doug Storer and Chas. Smith conversing, Smith sitting in front of Coca Cola sign, picking oranges; woman dancing underwater; girls waterskiing in tiaras and red tutus; couple swimming underwater, jetskiing. Color.

Film F-5231/105

Silent Night, Holy Night; Vienna Boys Choir, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Film of Salzburg, door to Franz Gruber home, gravesite, domed cottage, snowy scene, stained glass windows, choir, nighttime scenes. Includes black-and-white footage of Vienna Boys Choir from 20th Century-Fox Movietone News spliced in near end. Shares some footage with F-5231/116. Color and black-and-white.

Film F-5231/106

Amazing But True: Original Ballot, Chopsticks, Whale's Tooth, 1969

16mm motion picture film

Three 30-second shorts. Color.

Film F-5231/107

Amazing But True: Original Ballot, Chopsticks, Whale's Tooth, 1969

16mm motion picture film

Three 30-second shorts. Color.

Film F-5231/108

Amazing But True: Mt. Vesuvius, Oldest Man, Porpoise, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes countdown for each segment and space for commercials. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/109

Amazing But True: Original Ballot, Chopsticks, Whale's Tooth, 1969

16mm motion picture film

Three 30-second shorts. Color.

Film F-5231/110

Florida: Seminoles, Chas. Smith, Hazel, November 1960

16mm motion picture film

Film opens to Seminoles in canoe, traditional buildings, a peacock, a man wrestling an alligator in water, a man with a white mustache, and an alligator wrestling on sand. Includes shots of Chas. Smith picking oranges with Doug Storer, jet skiiers, kite, and skiers in boat. Color.

Film F-5231/111

Carlsbad Caverns, 1951

16mm motion picture film

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, presented by Santa Fe and U.S. Park Service. Reel has date of 1945. Color.

Film F-5231/112

Daro Productions: Builderama, 28 December 1970

16mm motion picture film

Animated commercial, repeated multiple times on film. Color.

Film F-5231/113

Amazing But True: Original Ballot, Chopsticks, Whale's Tooth, 1969

16mm motion picture film

Three 30-second shorts. Color.

Film F-5231/114

MAC: Airlift Vietnam, undated

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/116

Franz Gruber Home - Silent Night, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Film opens to Franz Gruber home. Includes shots of gravesite, domed cottage, and people singing on porch. See F-5231/105 for some duplicate footage. Color.

Film F-5231/117

B-52 Returning from Vietnam, 1964

16mm motion picture film

Close ups of bombs. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/118

Six Amazing But True Christmas Spots, 1972

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/119

Fox Movietone News: Blessing Animals in Rome, Trained Animals, Tight Rope over Alps, Yogi, undated

16mm motion picture film

Title from canister.

Film F-5231/120

Flippy the Educated Porpoise, 1953

16mm motion picture film

Flippy at Marineland. Presented by Ripley's Believe It or Not. Color.

Film F-5231/121

Austrian Trip - SOS Kinderdorf, Cigars and Statue, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Film includes shots of man shooting, Lake Morey Inn van, man with bow and arrow, statue, two men talking in road, buildings in plaza, Sign reading Besuchen Sie das SOS Kinderdorf, and German children. Color.

Film F-5231/122

Amazing But True: Spirit of the Dance, 1962

16mm motion picture film

Includes Movietone Pro label. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/123

Marineland, 1962

16mm motion picture film

Flippy the porpoise at Marineland. Includes Amazing But True label. Color.

Film F-5231/124

Amazing But True: Cypress Gardens, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Film F-5231/125a

Amazing But True: Mt. Vesuvius, Oldest Man, Porpoise, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes countdown for each segment and space for commercials. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/125b

Amazing But True: Mt. Vesuvius, Oldest Man, Porpoise, 1960

16mm motion picture film

Includes countdown for each segment and space for commercials. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/126

Chief Traveling Wind, 94 Years Old, 1964

16mm motion picture film

American Indian chief. Color.

Film F-5231/127

C-5 and Wright Brothers, undated

16mm motion picture film

Color.

Film F-5231/129

U.S.S. Arizona - Pearl Harbor, 1951

16mm motion picture film

Duplicate footage of last segment of F-5231/138A. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/130

Chas. Smith Outtakes, various dates

16mm motion picture film

Cutaways, outtakes, and unused shots of Chas. Smith in Florida. Film from various dates, spliced together. Color.

Film F-5231/131

The Land Called New Jersey, 1963

16mm motion picture film

History of New Jersey. Print #1. Color.

Film F-5231/132

How to Get the Most Out of Life: Springtime for Grandpa, Reel 3 (original intro), 1952

35mm motion picture film

Produced by Jack Chertok. Film missing footage of Carnegie seen in F-5231/11. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/133

How to Get the Most Out of Life: The Intruder, Reel 3 (original intro), 1952

35mm motion picture film

Produced by Jack Chertok. Film missing footage of Carnegie seen in F-5231/83. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/138a

Pearl Harbor Destruction and Ceremony, undated

16mm motion picture film

Includes note with information from Guy Kitchen. First segment shows destruction after Pearl Harbor; second segment contains identical footage to F-5231/129, showing commemorative ceremony. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/138b

Pearl Harbor Trip, 1948

16mm motion picture film

Title taken from canister. Color.

Film F-5231/139

Johann Strauss, Vienna, undated

16mm motion picture film

From Schonbrunn Films. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/140

Santa's Home, undated

16mm motion picture film

Film of St. Nicholas' birthplace in Turkey.

Film F-5231/141

Saba, July 1959

16mm motion picture film

Shots from airplane, couple on boat, men in uniform in boat, scenes of Saba. Color.

Film F-5231/142

IBM Vangard: Time Lapse Photo, undated

16mm motion picture film

Title taken from canister.

Film F-5231/143

Bob Considine: Children's Village, Dobb's Ferry, N.Y., undated

16mm motion picture film

Eldon Children's Village. Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/144

Amazing But True: Oldest Man, Charlie Smith, Capt. Johnson, Youngest Mother, Firewalker, various dates

16mm motion picture film

Different types of film from various years spliced together. Includes six shorts, each with a leader with title and running time. Color and black-and-white.

Film F-5231/145

Clock Museum, undated

16mm motion picture film

Footage of Clock Museum in Austria. Includes sound but no narration.

Film F-5231/146

Cab Calloway's "Quizzical," August 1942

16mm motion picture film

On marquee in opening: Palace Cab Calloway Stage Review Midnight Show. Intro: Yeah Man That's It! Cab Calloway's "Quizzical." Black-and-white.

Film F-5231/147

Believe It or Not: Acquitted By the Sea, 27 September 1940

16mm motion picture film

From 20th Century Fox. Silent film. Supervisor: Lew Lehr. Director: Earl Allbine.

Film F-5231/148

Rip and Oakie Film, undated

16mm motion picture film

Ripley in snow on island with dog, fall view of house, partial view of house and water. Includes note from Hazel Storer on back of box.

Film F-5231/149

Roger Bannister: 4 Minute Mile, 1961

16mm motion picture film

Footage of Roger Bannister from Men of Destiny, presented by Pathe News. Black-and-white.

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Folder 719

Film enclosures, 1940-1972

Papers removed from film canisters and shipping boxes, including scripts, shipping memos, film handling instructions, news articles, and handwritten descriptive notes.

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Folder 720

Folder 721

Photocopies of film canisters and reels, 1940-1972

Photocopies of original film canisters, reels, and shipping boxes describing films or containing important shipping information.

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Collection Number: 05231

Collection Title: Doug and Hazel Anderson Storer Collection, 1920s-2003