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Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984. A tree grows in Brooklyn : typescript, 2005.

Title: A tree grows in Brooklyn : typescript, 2005.

Typescript with video director's notes, used by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Theatre on Film and Tape Archive during videotaping of the Encores! production on February 11, 2005 at Lincoln Center Theater at City Center (New York, N.Y.).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (87 leaves) ; 28cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79468106 View

Cameron Porteous Fonds (University of Guelph). Three Men on a Horse / by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, set designed by Cameron Porteous ; directed by Jim Mezon, 2004 - set model.

Title: Three Men on a Horse / by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, set designed by Cameron Porteous ; directed by Jim Mezon, 2004 - set model. 2004.

ArchivalResource: 1 model : Scale 1/2" = 1'-00.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/629697435 View

Dunning, Philip, 1890-1968. Philip Hart Dunning papers, 1915-1968.

Title: Philip Hart Dunning papers, 1915-1968.

The collection contains many of Philip Hart Dunning's personal scripts which include play, radio, TV, and film scripts, one novel, and a few short stories. While the collection represents a large portion of his work, it is by no means complete. A small amount of related material such as preliminary notes, correspondence, contracts, clippings, etc. is included in the collection and filed according to play title with the script. In cases where there is no script, a title is represented only by a synopsis. The collection comprises 94 titles in all, including some associated items, at least one of which is dated after Dunning's death. In a few cases there is more than one version of a given title. Many of the scripts are original typescripts, however, most are copies, and most have annotations.

ArchivalResource: 3.3 linear ft. (8 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31128860 View

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. The boys from Syracuse [music] / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart.

Title: The boys from Syracuse [music] / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart. [1965].

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (36 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223119551 View

Zero and Kate Mostel papers, 1915-1986

Title: Zero and Kate Mostel papers 1915-1986

The papers, spanning the years 1915-1986, document the personal and professional lives of Zero and Kate Mostel: Zero as nightclub performer, actor, and artist and Kate as dancer, actress, and writer. The collection is arranged in two sub groups: the Zero Mostel Papers which include personal papers, correspondence, production files, some of Mostel's lectures and writings, scripts, photographs, his sketches and drawings, and clippings; and the Kate Mostel Papers which include personal papers, correspondence, production files, photographs, her hobby of Japanese flower arrangement and materials related to her book 170 Years of Show Business written with Madeline Gilford.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21459 View

CentreStage Theatre Archives. Broadway / by George Abbott and Philip Dunning ; directed by Simon Johnston and Leon Major, 1977 - performance file.

Title: Broadway / by George Abbott and Philip Dunning ; directed by Simon Johnston and Leon Major, 1977 - performance file. 1977.

ArchivalResource: 4 files.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625590345 View

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. Lillian Gish papers, 1909-1992.

Title: Lillian Gish papers, 1909-1992.

The Lillian Gish papers (75 lf.) span the years 1909-1992 and consist of correspondence including letters from friends, family, fans and business associates, personal papers, business, legal and financial documents, scripts, writings, photographs including early D.W. Griffith silent film photographs both candid shots taken during shooting and film stills, portraits by famous photographers, personal and family photographs, publicity and production photographs and snapshots, scrapbooks on the careers of both Dorothy and Lillian Gish, programs for early silent films and theatrical productions, clippings and ephemera that document the life and career of Lillian and Dorothy Gish from the early 1900's until Lillian's death in 1993.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet (119 boxes and 33 scrapbooks)Copy of correspondence (boxes 1-10) 10 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123390048 View

Adler, Richard, 1921-. Music is / book by George Abbott ; music by Richard Adler ; lyrics by Will Holt ; based on Shakespeare's Twelfth night ; orchestrations by Hershey Kay ; dance and vocal arrangements by William Cox.

Title: Music is / book by George Abbott ; music by Richard Adler ; lyrics by Will Holt ; based on Shakespeare's Twelfth night ; orchestrations by Hershey Kay ; dance and vocal arrangements by William Cox. [1976]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. piano-conductor part (207 p.) ; 39 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19859653 View

Alstone, Alex. Montparnasse / book by Anita Loos and George Abbott ; lyrics by Howard Dietz ; music by [Alex] Alstone.

Title: Montparnasse / book by Anita Loos and George Abbott ; lyrics by Howard Dietz ; music by [Alex] Alstone. January 28, 1949.

ArchivalResource: [55] leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182945336 View

Stratford Festival Collection (University of Guelph). The Boys from Syracuse / based on "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott ; directed by Douglas Campbell, 1986 - reviews and articles.

Title: The Boys from Syracuse / based on "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; book by George Abbott ; directed by Douglas Campbell, 1986 - reviews and articles. 1986.

ArchivalResource: 1 file.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625573328 View

Spewack, Samuel and Bella. Papers, ca.1920-1980.

Title: Papers, ca.1920-1980.

Correspondence, manuscripts, playscripts, screenplays, diaries, documents, contracts, financial records, photographs, phonograph records, motion pictures, playbills, posters, sheet music, cartoons, art work, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and printed materials. .

ArchivalResource: 72 linear ft (ca.75,000 items in 150 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122343400 View

Buzz Miller collection of playscripts, 1956-[1968?

Title: Buzz Miller collection of playscripts 1956-[1968?

ArchivalResource: 7 v

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19766 View

Adler, Richard, 1921-. [Music is. Vocal score. Selections / Richard Adler]

Title: [Music is. Vocal score. Selections / Richard Adler] c1976.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. vocal score (14 v.) ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80075233 View

Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983. Papers, 1916-1982.

Title: Papers, 1916-1982.

Correspondence, playscripts, screenplays, scenarios, short stories, and other manuscripts, drafts, photocopies, contracts and other documents, tearsheets, clippings, and other materials relating to his career as a screenwriter, playwright, and author of short stories.

ArchivalResource: 19.5 linear ft (ca.7,400 items in 40 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122589376 View

Bridgers, Ann Preston, 1891-1967. Ann Preston Bridgers papers, 1871-1967, bulk 1925-1963.

Title: Ann Preston Bridgers papers, 1871-1967, bulk 1925-1963.

Correspondence, writings, legal and financial papers, clippings, photographs, and other miscellaneous items relating to Miss Bridgers and her family, with the bulk of the material spanning the period 1925-1963. Highlighted is information about the play "Coquette," which she wrote with George Abbott, that was presented on Broadway in 1927 and the Raleigh Little Theater which she was instrumental in founding through the auspices of the Federal Theatre Project of the Work Projects Administration. Writings comprise the bulk of the collection and include those by her and members of her family. Correspondents include: Elizabeth Lawrence, her friend and author of horticultural works; Jonathan Daniels, her brother-in-law and son of Josephus Daniels; and George Abbott.

ArchivalResource: 3100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18131848 View

United States. Works Progress Administration. Virginia ex-slave interviews, 1937.

Title: Virginia ex-slave interviews, 1937.

Include interviews from five former Virginia slaves from Petersburg and Norfolk, Va.; majority of the interviews were done in 1937 by Susie Byrd, a Works Progress Administration worker, through the Hampton Institute. Topics discussed are slave trading, slave discipline, slave involvement in the Civil War, an African-American (U.S.C.T.) regiment, violence towards Freedmen after emancipation, John Brown and Harper's Ferry, slave social customs, religion, runaways, a mulatto doctor, and folk songs. There is also a covering letter from Roscoe F. Lewis of the Hampton Institute to Professor A.A. Hill.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49377786 View

Hull, Josephine, 1877-1957. Papers, 1899-1960 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1899-1960 (inclusive).

Collection includes letters from and about Hull, published music scores by Hull, and photographs. Letters from Hull concern her activities in the theater, her marriage, the sudden death of her husband, and mutual friends. Other letters are to her biographer from friends and colleagues and contain reminiscences of Hull.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007458 View

Abbott, George. Letter, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1817.

Title: Letter, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1817.

Discusses wheat smut. Note with Richard Peter's comment on this itemis on a separate leaf.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904159 View