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Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table, 1920s-1988

Title: Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table 1920s-1988

This collection documents the creation of the film The Ten Year Lunch. Slesin acquired significant materials from numerous sources about the core group of the Round Table including Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Harold Ross, Robert Benchley, Ruth Gordon, and Edna Ferber, as well as satellite figures. Types of materials in this collection include photographs (both originals and copies), personal correspondence and ephemera, telegrams, sound recordings, a script, theatre programs, posters, and bound volumes. Includes the work of notable photographers such as James Abbe, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Nickolas Muray, and Carl Van Vechten. Slesin's production notebook includes a descriptive listing of 702 items that she consulted during her research, most of which are in this final collection. The final script for the film is accompanied by a promotional poster illustrated with a drawing by Al Hirschfeld of the Round Table members.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/22110 View

Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957

Title: Marian Lawrence Peabody letters and family papers, 1783-1957

Autograph collection and family papers of American painter and diarist Marian Lawrence Peabody.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 1v. (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01389/catalog View

Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk).

Title: Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk).

Correspondence with the American drama critic Alexander Woollcott from authors and actors about the theater and the film industry.

ArchivalResource: 27 boxes and 11 volumes (22.5 linear ft. )

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00746/catalog View

Slesin, Aviva. Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table, 1920s-1988.

Title: Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table, 1920s-1988.

This collection documents the creation of the film The Ten Year Lunch.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/728175246 View