MS 411
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Tornabene, Lyn |
| Collection Name: | Lyn Tornabene Papers (bulk 1961-1989) |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1952-2007 |
| Physical Description: | 3 linear feet |
| Abstract: | This collection is comprised of journalist and author Lyn Tornabene's personal documents, correspondence, publications, manuscripts, photographs, and audio interviews. The bulk of the materials date from 1961-1989. |
| Collection Number: | MS 411 |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Lyn Tornabene was born October 13, 1930, in Williamsport, PA. In 1952, she graduated with a B.A. in English from Penn State and soon thereafter moved to Manhattan where she soon worked in the editorial departments of Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and Cosmopolitan. In 1960, she published her first article with by-lined articles appearing regularly in Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, McCall's, Woman's Day, Family Circle, and Good Housekeeping. She authored a popular column for Cosmopolitan which ran between the 1960s – 1970s titled Lunch Dateas well as a regularly published column for McCall's in the 1960s titled Walking With. Her articles primarily centered on social commentaries and celebrity profiles, including interviews with top celebrities from the period such as Federico Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, Gene Kelly, Cher, Warren Beatty, Bruce Willis, Oprah Winfrey, and many others.
She was the author of several books including I Passed as a Teenager (1966), What's a Jewish Girl? (1967), and Long Live the King: A Biography of Clark Gable (1977). The latter was a major Literary Guild selection and was condensed by Reader's Digest. Throughout her career, she gave many talks on interviewing, writing, editing, and dealing with New York Agents and appeared on major television shows including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Today Show, and What's My Line? She was married for fifty years to art publisher Frank Tornabene and had one daughter. She resides in Tucson, and contributes to the advancement of the arts.
Box 3, Tapes 4-10 are restricted.
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Lyn Tornabene papers (MS 411). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series 1: Personal Files, 1952-2004 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | General, 1952-1977, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Inscribed Books, 1962, 1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Publication Agreement/ Royalty Statements, 1966-1969, 1978 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Publicity, 1954-1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Publicity, 1974-2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Tornabene, Lyn Vs. Proctor and Gamble Company, et al, 1968 | |||||||||
| Series 2: Correspondence, 1967-2007 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 7 | Brown, Helen Gurley, 1967-2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | General, 1954-2007 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Plaques, 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Plaques, 1981 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Lunch Date Memos, 1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | McCall's Magazine, 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | What's a Jewish Girl?, 1966 | |||||||||
| Series 3: Manuscripts, 1961-1989 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 14 | Advantage Miss Page, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Benny, Jack Interview, 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Fellini, Federico Lunch Date, 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Female Faults: Is One of These Yours?, 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Frost, David Paradine Interview, 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Gimbel, Peter Interview, 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Grant, Cary Lunch Date, 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Helen, 1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Helen, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | How to Interpret Local Movie and Theater Ads, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | How to Interpret Your Job Interviews, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | I Passed as a Teenager (1 of 2), 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | I Passed as a Teenager (2 of 2), 1967 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Interview Research Materials, 1949-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Koch, Ed Interview, 1981 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Kubrick, Stanley, 1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Lemmon, Jack Lunch Date, 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Long Live the King Background Research, 1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Mastroianni, Marcello Lunch Date, 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Moon People, 1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | On Your Feet, Lysistrata, It's Time to go Where the Men Are, 1964 November 05 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Palmer, Arnold Interview, 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Sonny, 1982 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Title One, 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | War Wives, 1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | What Goes on at the Betty Ford Center, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | What’s a Jewish Girl?, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Winfrey, Oprah Interview, 1986 | |||||||||
| Series 4: Published Materials, 1958-2000 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Cosmopolitan, 1958-1980 | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Cosmopolitan, 1981-1991 | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Esquire, 1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Family Circle, 1972-1982 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | General, 1963-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Ladies Home Journal, 1973-1976 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | McCalls, 1969-1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Pennsylvania State College, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Woman’s Day, 1977-1988 | |||||||||
| Series 5: Photographs, circa 1952-2004 (bulk circa 1962-1972) | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Gable, Clark , undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | General (1 of 2), circa 1962-2004 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | General (2 of 2), circa 1962-2004 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Tornabene, Lyn , circa 1952-1972 | |||||||||
| Series 6: Audio Recordings, 1974-1991 | |||||||||||
| Materials held in Box 3, Tapes 4-10 are restricted. | |||||||||||
| box | tape | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Brokaw, Tom, Part 1, Microcassette, 1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Brokaw, Tom, Part 2, Microcassette, 1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Brokaw, Tom, Part 3, Microcassette, 1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 1, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 2, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 3, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 4, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 5, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 6, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Brown, Helen Gurley, Part 7, Audiocassette, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 A | Brown, Helen Gurley, Compact Disc, (RESTRICTED) , undated | |||||||||
| Compact Disc that contains content from box 3, tapes 4-10. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Caine, Michael, Part 1, Audiocassette, 1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Caine, Michael, Part 2, Audiocassette, 1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Cher, Audiocassette, 1974 April 09 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Cher, Part 1-2, Microcassette, 1988 | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Cher, Part 3, Microcassette, 1988 | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Cronkite, Walter, Audiocassette, 1977 November 17 | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Cronkite, Walter, Audiocassette, 1977 November 20 | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Cronkite, Walter, Audiocassette, 1978 January 13 | |||||||||
| box | tape | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Side A – Fonda, Jane, Side B- Graham, Billy, Microcassette, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Gimbel, Paul, Part 1, Audiocassette, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Gimbel, Paul, Part 2, Audiocassette, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Kennedy, Joan, Part 1, Audiocassette, 1978 April 03 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Kennedy, Joan, Part 2, Audiocassette, 1978 April 03 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Kennedy, Joan, Part 3, Audiocassette, 1978 April 03 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Klein, Calvin, Part 1, Microcassette, 1985 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Klein, Calvin, Part 2-3, Microcassette, 1985 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Koch, Ed, Part 1, Microcassette, 1981 April 01 | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Koch, Ed, Part 2, Microcassette, 1981 April 01 | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Koch, Ed, Part 2, Microcassette, 1981 April 20 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Koch, Ed, Part 2, Microcassette, 1981 May 12 | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Koch, Ed, Part 2, Microcassette, 1981 May 13 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Koch, Ed, Microcassette, 1981 | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | Koch, Ed, Microcassette, 1981 | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Kristofferson, Kris, Part 1, Microcassette, 1984 | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | Kristofferson, Kris, Part 2, Microcassette, 1984 | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Lauren, Ralph, Part 1, Microcassette, 1986 October 14 | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | Lauren, Ralph, Part 2, Microcassette, 1986 October 14 | |||||||||
| box | tape | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Moore, Dudley, Part 1, Microcassette, 1982 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Moore, Dudley, Part 2, Microcassette, 1982 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Moore, Dudley, Audiocassette, 1982 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Moore, Roger, 1980 June | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Parton, Dolly, Microcassette, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Rivera, Geraldo, Part 1, Microcassette, 1988 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Rivera, Geraldo, Part 2, Microcassette, 1988 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Scheider, Roy, Part 1, Microcassette, 1983 March | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | Scheider, Roy, Part 2, Microcassette, 1983 March | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | Schwarzlose, John, Microcassette, 1980 | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | Streep, Meryl, Part 1, Microcassette, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | Streep, Meryl, Part 2, Microcassette, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | Willis, Bruce, Part 1, Microcassette, 1991 February | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 | Willis, Bruce, Part 2, Microcassette, 1991 February | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | Winfrey, Oprah, Part 1, Microcassette, 1986 | |||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Winfrey, Oprah, Part 2, Microcassette, 1986 | |||||||||
| 5 | 17-24 | Unidentified, undated | |||||||||
| Series 7: Oversize Materials, circa 1962-1967 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Oversize Photographs, circa 1962-1967 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Lyn Tornabene Interview with Henry Morgan, 1/4" Reel to Reel, 1966 December 13 | |||||||||
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| 1 | Framed Poster – In celebration: the 50th Anniversary of the Literary Guild, undated | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Framed Poster – Lyn Tornabene as Scarlet O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, undated | ||||||||||
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| 3 | Mounted Article – How I made Jean-Claude Killy the World’s Champion Skier, undated | ||||||||||