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Goetz, Ruth Goodman. Papers, 1916-1983.

Title: Papers, 1916-1983.

Papers of Ruth Goodman Goetz (1912-2001), a playwright and screenwriter, together with papers of two members of her theatrical family: her father, Philip Goodman (1885-1940), who was a producer of Broadway plays and musicals, and her husband and collaborator, Augustus Goetz (1889-1957). Also present are papers of agent Leah Salisbury pertaining to her management of Goetz's literary interests. Philip Goodman's papers include correspondence, contracts, agreements, financial records, and typescript copies of plays produced or written by Goodman. The work of Ruth Goodman and Augustus Goetz includes scripts, correspondence, and financial records for stage and screen plays such as "Carrie" (Para., 1952), "The Immoralist" (1954), "The Hidden River" (1957), and "One Man Show" (1945). "The Heiress," for which the Goetzes adapted both the stage (1947) and screen (Para., 1949) versions is partially documented, although scripts for neither are present. Prominent correspondents represented in the papers include Brooks Atkinson, Frith Banbury, James M. Cain, Constance Cummings, W. C. Fields, Andre Gide, Alan F. Guttmacher, Oscar Hammerstein II, George S. Kaufman, Jerome Kern, Eli Landau, Irving Paul Lazar, Sinclair Lewis, Don Marquis, Raymond Pearl, J. B. Priestley, Elmer Rice, Billy Rose, Robert E. Sherwood, and William Wyler. A large part of the correspondence is letters exchanged between Mrs. Goetz and her daughter over a thirty year period. Also part of the collection is a typescript journal of a trip made to China in 1978; references to associations with Clifford Odets, S. J. Perelman, and David Selznick; undated costume plates; and production designs and stills from "The Heiress."

ArchivalResource: photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692547 View

American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)

Title: American Vaudeville Museum collection 1845-2007 (bulk 1910-1940)

This collection consists of materialsdocumenting vaudeville and other entertainment in the United States,particularly in the 1910s through 1940s. Primary materials such as photographs,scrapbooks and handwritten stage scripts document the careers of particularperformers. There are substantial numbers of sheet music and theatre programs,and a large LP collection. The collection focuses on vaudeville but encompassesother forms and eras of American entertainment as well.

ArchivalResource: 66.8linear feet

http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/uoa/UAMS421.xml View

James M. Cain Papers, 1901-1978, (bulk 1925-1978)

Title: James M. Cain Papers 1901-1978 (bulk 1925-1978)

Author, journalist, and screenwriter. Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cain's work as a journalist and to his career as a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter.

ArchivalResource: 30,000 items; 94 containers; 36 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009011 View

John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Title: John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Collection of twentieth century motion picture memorabilia collected by John Eldon Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 59 boxes (35 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02025/catalog View

Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966, 1924-1966

Title: Ward Morehouse papers 1877-1966 1924-1966

Ward Morehouse, journalist and playwright. The papers include correspondence, interviews, writings articles and ephemera documenting his career in the theater world.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21501 View

Holly Hill - St. Joan research recordings [sound recording], 1983-1985

Title: Holly Hill - St. Joan research recordings [sound recording] 1983-1985

Interviews of twenty-six actresses conducted by Holly Hill for the book entitled Playing Joan: Actresses on the Challenge of Shaw's St. Joan (New York: Theater Communications Group, 1987). Interviewees include: Jane Alexander, Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Bergner, Marjorie Brewer, Zoe Caldwell, Ann Casson, Constance Cummings, Judi Dench, Joyce Elbert, Pat Galloway, Ellen Geer, Lee Grant, Uta Hagen, Wendy Hiller, Frances Hyland, Barbara Jefford, Laurie Kennedy, Siobhań McKenna, Nora McLellan, Roberta Maxwell, Sarah Miles, Sian Phillips, Angela Pleasence, Joan Plowright, Lynn Redgrave, and Janet Suzman.

ArchivalResource: 32 sound cassettes

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20442 View

Cummings, Thomas G. A casual chronicle of events on a voyage around the world on the Cunard line, R.M.S. Franconia ... [manuscript] 1923 Nov. 15 - 1924 March 27.

Title: A casual chronicle of events on a voyage around the world on the Cunard line, R.M.S. Franconia ... [manuscript] 1923 Nov. 15 - 1924 March 27.

Included is an inscription, 1924 Sept., to Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Cummings, laid in [1 l. holograph signed] -- Post card, 1924 Feb., Vicenti Blasco Ibáñez to Constance Cummings [14 x 9 cm. holograph signed. photograph. b & w.].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647944697 View

Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966

Title: Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers 1930-1966

The Papers of Ruth and Augustus Goetz contain documentation of their lives and collaboration as playwrights.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21567 View

Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978

Title: Robert Benney research materials 1926-1978

The Robert Benney research materials include photographs, clippings, posters, playbills, and ephemera relating to his career as a portraitist of stage and screen personalities. The bulk of the material spans 1926 to 1947, and consists of photographs, and clippings of Benney's work depicting New York stage performers in their roles. Many photographs and clippings depict entire stage scenes, and, in addition to stage actors, there are photographs and clippings of musicians, dancers, comics, and radio personalities, and a small number of items relating to films of the period.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21610 View

Constance Cummings collection, 1910-2005 [ca. 2005-ongoing].

Title: Constance Cummings collection, 1910-2005 [ca. 2005-ongoing].

Collection contains clipping file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430385615 View