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The “Bonanza” Map: Artist and Icon Reunited
Last Friday, we at the Autry got a rare chance to reunite an artist with his work. Robert Temple Ayres, the artist who originally drew the map of the legendary Ponderosa Ranch for the TV western...
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A “Burning Controversy” Around the Bonanza Map
Talk about a “burning controversy.” A comment from a Trading Posts reader this week prompted us to take another look at a famous map in our collection that is perhaps one of the most widely seen in...
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Robert Temple Ayres, Creator of the Original Ponderosa Map on “Bonanza”
Updated March 9, 2012 — Robert Temple Ayres, the artist who painted the original Ponderosa map featured on the TV show Bonanza, has died. He passed away on February 25 in Los Angeles, surrounded by...
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Henry Darrow’s Life in Acting
Henry Darrow began seriously acting on the stage when he was in college in his ancestral homeland. The New York-born actor — baptismal name: Enrique Tomas Delgado — was there to get a political science...
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Who is David Dortort?
Part of a Series: Exploring Highlights from the David Dortort Archives The Autry National Center’s Institute for the Study of the American West recently processed the donated papers of novelist,...
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Female on the Ponderosa?
Part of a Series: Exploring the David Dortort Archives At the beginning of each month, Project Archivist Mallory Furnier explores the donated papers of novelist, screenwriter, and producer David...
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MSA. 35 Finding Aid to the Western Television Programs Script Collections,...
Part of the Series: Archives Ready and Set In continuation of the Diamonds in the Rough blog series, “Archives Ready and Set” will highlight the online finding aids and catalog records of the archive...
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MSA. 37 Finding Aid to the John Dunkel Scripts and Papers
Part of the Series: Archives Ready and Set In continuation of the Diamonds in the Rough blog series, “Archives Ready and Set” will highlight the online finding aids and catalog records of the archive...
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September Catablog Digest
Part of the Series: Archives Ready and Set In continuation of the Diamonds in the Rough blog series, “Archives Ready and Set” will highlight the online finding aids and catalog records of the archive...
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Writing for Bonanza: Seven Rules From 1968
Part of a Series: Exploring the David Dortort Archives At the beginning of each month, Project Archivist Mallory Furnier explores the donated papers of novelist, screenwriter, and producer David...
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