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Morton DaCosta papers, 1929-1978

Title: Morton DaCosta papers 1929-1978

Morton DaCosta (born Tecosky), stage and film director and actor, was born 7 March 1914 in Philadelphia. A graduate of Temple University, Mr. DaCosta began his career as an actor and director in regional theatre in 1937. He made his acting debut on Broadway in 1942 in THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH and his New York directing debut in 1949 with a revival of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Among his many productions are PLAIN AND FANCY (1955), NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS (1955), AUNTIE MAME (1956) with which he made his film directing debut in 1958, and THE MUSIC MAN (1957). Mr. DaCosta died in 1989. The Morton DaCosta Papers consist of scripts and promptbooks, production materials, correspondence and personal papers documenting his life and career as a director and actor of stage and film. The papers span the years 1929 to 1978 and include such productions as THE MUSIC MAN, SARATOGA, NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS and AUNTIE MAME, among others.

ArchivalResource: 6 lin. ft. (16 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21308 View

People's Song Library. People's Song Library records, 1940-1970.

Title: People's Song Library records, 1940-1970.

Correspondence, clippings, programs, broadsides, reviews, songbooks, scores and other materials relating to the People's Songs organization's collection, publication and promotion of folk songs, labor songs and protest songs. Includes material relating to the Industrial Workers of the World, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and other trade-unions in the United States as well as songs relating to the civil rights movement.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft. (30 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32320885 View

Cheryl Crawford papers, 1920-1986

Title: Cheryl Crawford papers 1920-1986

Cheryl Crawford, producer and director. Her papers include correspondence, production files, scripts, photographs, ephemera, ledgers, financial materials and scrapbooks documenting her career.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21481 View

WCBS/WCBS-TV (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1965-1978.

Title: Records, 1965-1978.

Miscellaneous records of stations WCBS, WCBS-FM, and WCBS-TV, the "flagship" stations of the CBS network in New York City (1929- ), including broadcast editorials, transcripts, and recordings. Two interviews with Susskind are available on tape. Also included is a recording of a "Camera Three" program, July 4, 1965, with host James MacAndrew and guest Gerald Piel, publisher of "Scientific American." The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1979-1983, 1989, and consist of radio and television broadcast editorials, and other materials.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes),2 tape recordings, and1 disc recording; plus1.3 c.f. of additions.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692718 View

DaCosta, Morton, 1914-1989. Papers, 1929-1978.

Title: Papers, 1929-1978.

The Morton DaCosta Papers consist of scripts and promptbooks, production materials, correspondence and personal papers documenting his life and career as a director and actor of stage and film.

ArchivalResource: 6 lin. ft. (16 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122532514 View

Chaim Gross Papers, 1937-1964

Title: Chaim Gross Papers 1937-1964

Correspondence (1943-1964); and exhibition catalogs, clippings, and articles about Chaim Gross (1937-1964).Incoming correspondence includes that of Sidney Alexander, Associated American Artists, George Biddle, Theodore Bikel, Isabel Bishop, Butler Institute of American Art, Rhys Caparn, Federico Castellón, Philip Evergood, Robert Gwathmey, Benjamin Kopman, Leon Kroll, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Hedy Lamarr, Millard Lampell, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Irving Marantz, Herman Maril, Museum of Modern Art, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New School for Social Research, Jan Peerce, Raphael Soyer, Sabina Teichman, Carl Van Vechten, Harold Weston, Whitney Museum of American Art, and William Zorach.

ArchivalResource: 1.75 linear ft.

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Lampell, Millard, 1919-1997. Papers, 1936-1997.

Title: Papers, 1936-1997.

Papers of Millard Lampell (1919-1997), a writer for radio, television, motion pictures, and the stage. Lampell's plays, such as The Wall (1960) which he adapted from a John Hersey novel, include progressive script drafts, research correspondence, financial information, clippings, and photographs. Also included are correspondence, music, and production information relating to performances of his folk cantata "The Lonesome Train," first written for Columbia Presents Corwin (CBS). In the motion picture files are correspondence, scripts, and clippings for Chance Meeting (Para., 1960), Escape from East Berlin (MGM, 1962), Saturday's Hero (Col., 1951), and several documentaries and unproduced titles. Award-winning scripts for East Side/West Side (CBS) and Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) are included with a small group of television papers. The remainder of the collection includes general correspondence (some concerning his wartime broadcasting for the Army Air Force) and recordings of performances with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and the Almanac Singers and a work by Earl Robinson. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1936-1966, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1939-1997 and are described below.

ArchivalResource: 8.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes, 4 packages),11 disc recordings,2 tape recordings, and1 film; plusadditions of 2.4 c.f.,5 disc recordings,3 tape recordings,98 photographs,16 videorecordings, and3 film reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692646 View