Box 60
Container
Contains 21 Collections and/or Records:
"Portia" outlines, 1954
Series — Box: 60
2
Scope and Contents
Written trajectories of storylines for "Portia Faces Life," each written by Mona Kent. Arranged by date.
"A Woman of America", 1943
Series — Box: 60
3
Scope and Contents
This series pertains to the daily radio series "A Woman of America," a unique show as it was set not in contemporary times but during pioneer days. The serial, created and written by Kent, told the story of a woman named Prudence heading west along the Oregon Trail. This series contains: a general outline of the series; biographies of its two leading actors, Anne Seymour and James Monks; two press releases singing the praises of the program and its sponsor, Ivory Snow; 4 pages of...
Photographs, circa 1940; undated
Series — Box: 60
4
Scope and Contents
This series contains three 8" x 10" photos of Kent: two, in black-and-white, circa 1940s; and one, in color, of Kent from later in life.
Correspondence, 1954
Series — Box: 60
5
Scope and Contents
Contains two letters (dated August 9, 1954 and August 12, 1954) sent to Kent by Bev Smith of Young & Rubicam, the producer and producing entity of "Portia," regarding various series plotlines. Also included is a handwritten list, dated September 17, 1954 and addressed "To Mona Kent," for expenses incurred in script production (i.e. cost of dictabelts, etc.).
Books/Media/Artifacts, 1950-1999
Series — Box: 60
6
Scope and Contents
This series consists of the book "Radio and Television Writing" by Max Wylie (New York: Rinehart & Company, 1950). It contains a chapter, "Perpetual Emotion," on "the mechanics of plotting the daytime serial" and an excerpt from a "Portia" script both written by Kent. (A copy of this book is also in the LAB library.)Also included is a paperback copy of Kent's novel, "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" (Popular Library, 1950).This series contains one VHS videotape (since...