Margaret Ayer Barnes
Part II: Box and Folder List - Legal Papers
Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library
Collection Number: M 53
Copyright © 2005 by Special Collections Department, Bryn
Mawr College Library
Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections
Part II: Box and Folder List - Legal Papers
Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library
Collection Number: M 53
Copyright © 2005 by Special Collections Department, Bryn
Mawr College Library
| Box | Folder | Description |
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Note: MAB's correspondence with her lawyers regarding
the lawsuit can be found in Incoming
Correspondence Box 1
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| 3 | 13 | Dramatic and royalty contracts for: Age of Innocence, Dishonored Lady, Edna His Wife, Jenny, Lovers Meeting, Prevailing Winds, To Have and To Hold, Westward Passage, Wisdom's Gate, and Years of Grace |
| 3 | 14 | Continuity script of Letty Lynton, undated, Barnes' personal copy |
| 3 | 15 | Continuity script of Letty Lynton, dated February 2, 1932 |
| 3 | 16 | Continuity script of Letty Lynton with copyright August 12, 1932 |
| 3 | 17 | Gift tax records for Dishonored Lady and income reports for MAB's 1942 taxes |
| 3 | 18 | Financial records regarding the expenses of the lawsuit |
| 3 | 19 | Judge Woolsey's opinion and criticism by MAB |
| 3 | 20 | Legal agreements between Sheldon and Barnes regarding the lawsuit |
| 3 | 21 | Legal briefs and memorandum from the Supreme Court of New York |
| 3 | 22 | Legal briefs and decisions by the Supreme Court and Appellate decisions |
| 3 | 23 | Summary of written works on trial, TS and MS copies in MAB's hand |
| 4 | 1 | "Defendant's Brief in Opposition to Motion for Temporary Injunction" |
| 4 | 2 | "Defendant's Reply Brief" |
| 4 | 3 | Summaries of written work prepared for defendants (includes summary of trial of Madeleine Smith, novel Letty Lynton, play Dishonored Lady, and motion picture Letty Lynton) |
| 4 | 4 | Summaries of written work prepared for complainants (includes summary of trial of Madeleine Smith, novel Letty Lynton, play Dishonored Lady, and motion picture Letty Lynton) |
| 4 | 5 | "Brief on Behalf of Complainants" |
| 4 | 6 | "Complainants' Reply Brief" |
| 4 | 7 | "Complainants' Reply Memorandum" |
| 4 | 8 | "Complainants' Brief on Motion to Confirm Special Masters Report" and final judgment |
| 4 | 9 | "Brief on Behalf of Complainants" |
| 4 | 10 | "Appendix 1" |
| 4 | 11 | "Appendix 2" |
| 4 | 12 | "Appendix 3" |
| 4 | 13 | "Appendix 4" |
| 4 | 14 | "Appendix 5" |
| 4 | 15 | "Appendix 6" |
| 4 | 16 | "Opinion of Libel, U.S.D.J.", dated December 29, 1938 |
| 4 | 17 | "Stenographer's minutes" |
| 4 | 18 | "Depositions" |
| 4 | 19 | "Briefs, opinions, copy of Authors' League Bulletin Vol. 23, no. 3. United States Circuit Court of Appeals, for the Second Circuit, Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes Appellants v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp, Loew's, Inc., and Culver Export Corp., Appeals" |
| 4 | 20 | "Transcript of Record Volume 1" pp. 1-235 |
| 4 | 21 | "Transcript of Record Volume 2" pp. 236-924 |
| 4 | 22 | "Transcript of Record" pp. 925-976 |
| 4 | 23 | "Brief for Defendant Appellants" |
| 4 | 24 | "Brief on Behalf of Appellants" |
| 4 | 25 | "Brief of Complainants Appellants" |
| 4 | 26 | Additional summaries of written work on trial of Madeleine Smith, novel Letty Lynton, play Dishonored Lady, motion picture Letty Lynton, with comparisons and comments. |
| 4 | 27 | "Opinion of Court", dated January 17, 1936, "Supreme Court of the United States, Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp, Loew's, Inc., and Culver Export Corp., Petitioners v. Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes, Respondents, October term, 1935" |
| 4 | 28 | "Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit" |
| 4 | 29 | "Brief for the Respondents in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari", Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1939 |
| 4 | 30 | "Brief for Petitioners" |
| 4 | 31 | "Petitioners Reply Brief" |
| 4 | 32 | "Brief for Respondents in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari" |
| 4 | 33 | "Opinion of the Court" |
| 4 | 34 | "Supreme Court: Respondent Sheldon's Brief" |
| 4 | 35 | "Court of Appeals of the State of New York: Appellant Sheldon's Brief" |
Photographs, Scrapbooks and Other Materials
| Box | Folder | Description |
| 1 | 1 | The Kastanon, 1903 Published by the Senior
Class of the University School for Girls, Chicago, IL, Margaret Ayer, Editor in Chief |
| 1 | 2 | Ladies' Home Learnall, Bryn Mawr College student publication, dated April 16, 1904. Apparently program and script for freshman class of 1907 show in which Ayer appeared. |
| 1 | 3 | BMC Endowment Drive Chicago 1920, clippings |
| 1 | 4 | Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Bulletins, dated May 1922, December 1924, June 1933, January 1938 and speeches by MAB relating to her BMC alumnae position |
| 1 | 5 | MAB-1910 Wedding portrait, 120 x 210mm MAB-1910 Wedding portrait, 120 x 230mm MAB-1931 3/4 portrait, seated, 152 x 200mm |
| 1 | 6 | MAB-1931 3/4 portrait, seated, 152 x 200mm MAB w/ governess and oldest child, Cecil Barnes, Jr., c. 1914, 135 x 73mm MAB w/ Cecil Barnes, Jr., c. 1914, 135 x 73mm MAB-c.1932, Chicago, photo by Koehne Photo 115 x 165mm. MAB w/ Ferris Greenslet-c. 1931 (photo blurred) 100 x 152mm. |
| 1 | 7 | MAB-1920's portrait, by Mellett, 150 x 227mm. |
| 1 | 8 | MAB-1907 graduation portrait, by Broadbent, Phila., 52 x 94mm. MAB-c. 1914 portrait at fancy-dress ball, by Dekos, Chicago, 120 x 135mm. MAB w/Cecil Barnes-c.1911 |
| 1 | 9 | Publicity Photos: Guy Standing and Jane Carol in Jenny (1 item) |
| 1 | 10 | Publicity Photos: Guy Standing and Jane Carol in Jenny (2 items) |
| 1 | 11 | Publicity Photos: Cornelia Otis Skinner in Edna His Wife (12 items) |
| 1 | 12 | Publicity Photos: Cornelia Otis Skinner in Edna His Wife, plus contact sheets for same (6 items) |
| 1 | 13 | Publicity Photos: Katherine Cornell in Age of Innocence (2 items) |
| Four oversized scrapbooks titled: Edna His Wife, Westward Passage, Wisdom's Gate and Within this Present |
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