The Birds preliminary sketches by production designer Robert Boyle

The Robert Boyle papers span the years 1933–1979 (bulk 1930s–1960s) and encompass approximately 18 linear feet. The collection contains production sketches, continuity sketches, and pencil sketches. Titles represented include The Birds (1963); Gaily, Gaily (1969); It Came from Outer Space (1953); Mame (1974); and North by Northwest (1959). Original drawings by Alfred Hitchcock for North by Northwest, Saboteur (1942), and Shadow of a Doubt (1943) are of particular interest.

Gift of Robert F. Boyle, 1993–1995.