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Lampell, Millard, 1919-1997. |
Millard Lampell papers, 1936-1997. |
8.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes, 4 packages),
11 disc recordings,
2 tape recordings, and
1 film; plus
additions of 2.4 c.f.,
5 disc recordings,
3 tape recordings,
98 photographs,
16 videorecordings, and
3 film reels. |
Papers of Millard Lampell (1919-1997), a writer for radio, television, motion pictures, and the stage. Non-theatrical writings include articles for The New Republic and correspondence, reviews, and printed copies of his novels The Hero (1949) and Journey to the Cape (1959). Radio files contain scripts for such programs as Green Valley, U.S.A. (CBS), It's the Navy (WMCA), Men, Machines, and Victory (NBC), On the Beam (WBIG), First in the Air (CBS, published as The Long Way Home, 1946), and various United Nations Radio and public service programs. Several of these are present in recorded form also. |
writer, screenwriter, film, television, theater, radio, mixed collection |
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Monogram Films, 1931-1946 |
377 film reels |
Feature films produced by Monogram Pictures Corporation |
film collection, studio era |
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Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. |
Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle papers, 1922-1962, 1988. |
7.0 c.f. (17 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 package),
3 reels of microfilm (35 mm),
4 tape recordings, and
2 films. |
Papers of Moss Hart (1904-1961) and Kitty Carlisle (1910-2007), a noted playwright-director and his wife, an actress and television personality. Their combined correspondence, 1935-1960, includes some business mail, fan letters, and personal correspondence from George Abbott, Brooks Atkinson, Bernard Baruch, Bruce Barton, Cecil Beaton, S. N. Behrman, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Bohrod, Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, Edward Choate, Jerome Chodorov, Claudette Colbert, Hume Cronyn, Russel Crouse, George Cukor, Edna Ferber, Judy Garland, George Gershwin, Sir John Gielgud, Mark Goodson, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rex Harrison, Leland Hayward, Lillian Hellman, George S. Kaufman, Elia Kazan, Jerome Kern, Jean Kerr, Arthur Kober, Alan J. Lerner, Sinclair Lewis, Howard Lindsay, Joshua Logan, Henry R. Luce, Sidney Lumet, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Fredric March, Michael Myerberg, Sir Laurence Olivier, John Osborne, Cole Porter, Anthony Quayle, Jerome Robbins, Morris Rubin, Harry Ruby, Robert E. Sherwood, Herman Shumlin, Jean Sibelius, Phil Silvers, Adlai E. Stevenson, Theodore H. White, Emlyn Williams, and other prominent individuals. |
playwright, director, actor, theater, television, mixed collection |
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Nash, N. Richard. |
N. Richard Nash papers, 1925-2000. |
21.2 c.f. (53 archives boxes); plus
additions of 32.6 c.f.,
200 photographs,
350 negatives,
6 tape recordings,
1 compact disc (audio), and
1 computer diskette (3.5 in.) |
Papers of N. Richard Nash (1913-2000), an American playwright and author, best known for his Broadway play and film, The Rainmaker, and his teleplays for television series such as the Philco Playhouse. Included are drafts and final versions of Nash's plays, teleplays screenplays, short stories, novels, and unfinished works. Many are heavily annotated with outlines, treatments, synopses, notes, and with other production-related materials. Among the works represented are Nash's award-winning plays, Parting at Imsdorf and Rouge Atomique, his Broadway plays Second Best Bed, The Young and Fair, See the Jaguar, The Rainmaker, Girls of Summer, Handful of Fire, Wildcat, and The Happy Time. Other files consist of correspondence, personal papers, contracts and financial records, and works by other authors. |
playwright, screenwriter, theater, film, television, mixed collection |
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Name File Photo Collection |
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The Personal Name collections are made up of publicity and personal photographs,clipping files, and other personal ephemera related to more than 14,000 individual motion picture, television, and theater performers, as well as a limited number of producers, directors, writers, and studio executives. |
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New Yorker Films Collection |
68 16mm film prints |
A collection of features distributed by New Yorker Films. |
film collection |
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Keene, Nietzchka |
Nietzchka Keene papers, 1979-2003. |
4.2 c.f.,
5.0 c.f. of film,
1.0 c.f. of videorecordings,
2,360 photographs, and
27 tape recordings. |
Papers documenting the film production work of an independent filmmaker and teacher of film and video production, lastly at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Films documented include Hinterland (1983), The Juniper Tree (1990), Aves (1994), Heroine of Hell (1996), and the uncompleted Barefoot to Jerusalem. |
screenwriter, director, film, independent, female artist, Wisconsin, mixed collection |
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Barasch, Norman. |
Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore papers, 1957-1968. |
0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) |
Papers of two playwrights who have collaborated on productions for television, motion pictures, and the stage. Included are multiple drafts of three plays, Make a Million (1958), Send Me No Flowers (1960), and Waltz Me Around Again (1968); a story outline for the film That Funny Feeling (Universal, 1965); sketches performed by Carol Burnett on the Garry Moore Show (CBS); scripts for ten episodes of the Danny Kaye Show (CBS); and biographical notes on Moore. |
theater, television, playwright, screenwriter, manuscript collection |
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Clurman, Harold, 1901- . |
Notebooks, 1945-1951. |
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
Notebooks of Harold Clurman (1901-1980), a drama critic for the New Republic and The Nation, containing his impressions of art, concerts, motion pictures, and theater. Although primarily recorded in New York, notes also relate to trips to Europe in 1947 and 1951. |
theater, manuscript collection |
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National Endowment for the Arts. Theatre Advisory Panel. |
Notebooks, 1976-1978. |
3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) |
Notebooks acquired by director Alan Schneider as a member of the Theatre Advisory Panel of the NEA, containing grant applications and summaries which document the role of the federal government in assisting the arts, reveal the types of theatre projects which receive assistance, and provide brief overviews of many of the theatre groups operating throughout the country. Some annotations by Schneider are present. |
theater, manuscript collection |
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Riddle, Nelson. |
Orchestrations, undated. |
1.2 c.f. (5 flat boxes) |
Fifty-three holograph orchestrations of composer, conductor, and arranger Nelson Riddle (1921-1985). Prepared by Riddle in his capacity as music director for Capital Records, the arrangements are all for Ella Fitzgerald recordings of Ira Gershwin songs. |
theater, composer, music, manuscript collection |
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Holm, John Cecil, 1904-1981. |
Papers, 1879-1901, 1925-1979. |
4.2 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 flat box). |
Papers of John Cecil Holm (1904-1981), an actor and playwright best known for his play "Three Men On a Horse." Included are a few personal papers, autobiographical materials, correspondence, and newsclippings and a scrapbook of reviews. There are draft scripts of a number of Holm's plays (some written in collaboration with George Abbott), including "Banjo Eyes," "Best Foot Forward," "Brighten the Corner," "Four Cents a Word" later made into the film "Blonde Inspiration", "Gramercy Ghost," "The Southwest Corner," "Sweethearts," and "Three Men on a Horse." Other writings include articles; a book draft; song lyrics; monologues and speeches; short stories, outlines, and story lines; television scripts; and additional unproduced scripts. |
actor, playwright, theater, manuscript collection |
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Isaacs, Edith J. R. (Edith Juliet Rich), 1878-1956. |
Papers, 1889-1957. |
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
Papers of an editor of "Theatre Arts" magazine (1918-1946), chiefly consisting of correspondence and manuscripts of articles, poetry, and two operettas by Mrs. Isaacs and members of her family. Among the prominent correspondents are Jacques Copeau, Paul Green, Martha Graham, Edith Hamilton, Robert Edmond Jones, D. H. Lawrence, Thornton Wilder, and Stark Young. In additon to the Isaacs' writings the collection includes articles by Edward Bourdet, Edward Gordon Craig, Paul Green, and Langston Hughes; an annotated typescript of "A Note on the Theatre" by William Saroyan; and notes on "Mourning Becomes Electra" by Eugene O'Neill. |
theater, writer, manuscript collection |
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Douglas, Melvyn. |
Papers, 1892-1983. |
8.0 c.f.(15 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes),
19 disc recordings,
3 reels of microfilm (35mm),
memorabilia, and
photographs; plus
additions of 0.2 c.f. and
15 photographs. |
Papers of Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981), an Academy award-winning actor, producer, and director which pertain to his long professional career and to his many political and humanitarian concerns. Theatrical files vary in completeness with the most extensive material relating to his performances in "The Best Man" (1960), "First Monday in October" (1975), "Inherit the Wind" (1955), "Juno" (1959), and "Time Out for Ginger" (1952), and to his production of "Call Me Mister" with Herman Levin in 1946. Documentation on these includes photographs, correspondence, contracts, clippings, scripts, and miscellaneous production information. Material on his early motion picture work is scarce, but there are scripts and related materials for "Being There" (1979), "I Never Sang for My Father" (1970), and "Tell Me a Riddle (1980), as well as for his television work on "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (1967). The collection also includes stills and photographs for many productions in which Douglas appeared. |
actor, producer, director, film, studio, politics, mixed collection |
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Cromwell, John, 1888-1979. |
Papers, 1902-1972. |
3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and
933 photographs. |
Papers of an award-winning actor, director, and producer for motion pictures and theater, including correspondence, scripts, and scrapbooks. Of Cromwell's many motion picture credits, the papers include scrapbooks and scripts on eleven films, most notably Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO, 1940), Anna and the King of Siam (20th Century-Fox, 1945), The Prisoner of Zenda (UA, 1937), and Since You Went Away, (UA, 1944). Three scrapbooks pertain to his career as a Broadway actor and director, with one of these relating to his Tony-winning role in Point of No Return (1951). Participation in regional theater, primarily the Cleveland Playhouse and the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, is represented by clippings, playbills, and miscellaneous production materials. The professional correspondence includes letters from Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph Conrad, Bette Davis, Ruth Gordon, Katharine Hepburn, John Hess, David O. Selznick, and Robert E. Sherwood. The photographs are primarily personal and include snapshots of Cromwell's homes, travels, horses, and a wedding in the 1940s. |
actor, director, producer, theater, television, mixed collection |
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Harris, Renee, 1876-1969. |
Papers, 1904-1970. |
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and
100 photographs and postcards. |
Papers of New York's first female theatrical producer, including business correspondence, legal documents, files on her ownership of the Hudson Theatre, materials relating to the Titanic on which her husband lost his life, poetry, plays, articles, short stories and other writings by Mrs. Harris, biographical material, and photographs and postcards. |
theater, producer, female artist, mixed collection |
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Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996. |
Papers, 1905-1972. |
1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and
6 disc recordings. |
Photocopied papers of Irving Caesar (1895-1996), a lyricist and composer of popular songs and Broadway musicals and a pacifist. The majority of the collection relates to Caesar's early career and his social concerns. Songs, 1937-c. 1970, include lyrics satirizing the military-industrial complex; songbooks and recordings of compositions for children about safety, friendship, and the United Nations; and sheet music for the Pledge of Allegiance. Correspondence includes exchanges with George Gershwin, Aldous Huxley, Lyndon B. Johnson, George Seldes, I. F. Stone, Lyle Stuart, Upton Sinclair, William English Walling, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Writings include an early journal; articles on the Cold War for the New York "Independent"; speeches; and papers regarding his Peace by Wireless plan. Also included are an undated autobiography, an article about song writing, and a transcript of an
oral history interview, 1971, for the William E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee. |
theater, music, mixed collection |
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Johnson, Albert 1910-1967. |
Papers, 1910-1967. |
12.1 c.f. (17 archives boxes, 1 card box, 6 flat boxes, and 1 tube),
1 disc recording, and
photographs. |
Papers of a Broadway set designer. The majority of the shows for which Johnson designed the stage sets and lighting during the 1920s-1940s are represented only by programs and clippings but for later projects such as "Night Life" (1962) and several summer stock productions of "Showboat" during the 1950s there are technical notes, blueprints, light plots, photographs, and finished and preliminary sketches. There are similar materials for designs done for Radio City Music Hall during the 1950s, the New York World's fairs of 1939 and 1964, nightclubs and productions of Billy Rose, and numerous automobile trade shows. |
theater, designer, mixed collection |
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Kenly, William. |
Papers, 1911-1980. |
12.8 c.f. |
Collected and research papers of Kenly, a leader in the founding and running of New York based film societies as well as the director of the Fifth Avenue Cinema and York Film Theaters. |
film, film societies, manuscript collection |
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Rouleau, Greg, 1914-1973. |
Papers, 1912-1938, 1969. |
2.5 c.f. (6 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 oversize file) |
Papers of an early twentieth century, upper midwestern vaudeville stock performer, magician, public relations executive, and radio manager. The collection focuses exclusively on Rouleau's involvement with stock companies during the early stages of his career and is composed almost entirely of scripts--both complete scripts and individual character's prompt scripts. Many are heavily annotated. A few of the scripts have Frank Winninger's name on them and probably were used by his stock company, the Winninger Players. Of interest are scripts for several cross fires, the short routines or one-liners used as a break between acts in vaudeville, and stories and synopses for short acts featuring either black performers or white performers in blackface. Also included are miscellaneous general flyers and announcements and a poster for the Slout Players, the Norma Ginnivan Dramatic and Vaudeville Company, and productions of "Crazy Politics" and "Front Page Stuff." |
vaudeville, actor, manuscript collection |
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