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Robert A. Wilson slides, 1956-1969

Title: Robert A. Wilson slides 1956-1969

Robert A. Wilson, proprietor of the Phoenix Bookshop (New York, N.Y.). Color slides of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21560 View

Playwright lecture series [sound recording], 1951-1960

Title: Playwright lecture series [sound recording] 1951-1960

The New Dramatists tape archives contains sound recordings of the Playwright lecture series sponsored by the New Dramatists. The collection contains recordings from 1951 through 1960.

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http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20458 View

Inge, William. Come back, Little Sheba [manuscript], 1951 February 4.

Title: Come back, Little Sheba [manuscript], 1951 February 4.

Uncorrected final rehearsal script adapted for radio by Robert Anderson and produced by The Theatre Guild, Inc. This performance, presented on "The United States Steel Hour," starred Shirley Booth and Gary Cooper.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (ca. 61 pages)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647816320 View

Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976. Stage designs.

Title: Stage designs. 1931-1968.

Consists of 26 original set design drawings by Jo Mielziner.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversized box ; 22.5 x 28.5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122408004 View

Lawrence and Lee papers, 1917-1974

Title: Lawrence and Lee papers 1917-1974

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, writers of stage, screen, television and radio were both born in Ohio. They met in New York where they were pursuing careers in broadcasting. Among the founding fathers of Armed Forces Radio, they created and adapted many stories for radio. Later they entered the world of commercial broadcasting for both radio and television. In the 1940s they began writing plays. Among their best known works are , , and . The Lawrence and Lee papers consist of their early correspondence and writings from broadcasting including Armed Forces Radio and commercial radio and television as well as production files and scripts from many of their major works. Also included are project ideas, other writings and speeches, scrapbooks and some photographs. The papers document their careers up until the mid-1960s. Missing from the collection are their works after this date. Auntie Mame Mame Inherit the Wind The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21482 View

Kathryn Hulme papers, 1846-1981, 1945-1981

Title: Kathryn Hulme papers 1846-1981 1945-1981

The papers contain drafts, typescripts and reviews of writings, correspondence, family papers, photographs and other materials documenting the life and career of Kathryn Hulme. There is extensive material on Hulme's literary career, including correspondence on such subjects as Catholic reaction to The Nun's Story and the teachings of Gurdjieff. Major correspondents include Margaret Anderson, Kay Boyle, Bernice Baumgarten Cozzens, Janet Flanner, Solita Solano, and Dorothy Troxel.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 55; Linear Feet: 22.75

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.hulme View

Douglas, Melvyn. Papers, 1892-1983.

Title: Papers, 1892-1983.

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.

ArchivalResource: photographs; plus.additions of 0.2 c.f. and.15 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692507 View

Letters to his parents

Title: Letters to his parents

A collection of 255 letters written by Robert Anderson to his parents, James Hewston Anderson and Myra Grigg Anderson, 1931, 1935-1956. Most of the letters describe Anderson's academic and extra-curricular activities while an undergraduate at Harvard University, 1935-1939, especially in Dunster House productions, the Harvard Dramatic Club and the Harvard Glee Club.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00971 View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. I never sang for my father : a play in two acts, [19--].

Title: I never sang for my father : a play in two acts, [19--].

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (47, 70 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25730463 View

American Playwrights' Theatre. Records, 1963-1979.

Title: Records, 1963-1979.

Contains production records (e.g., scripts, pilot production materials and script revisions, correspondence with producing theatres, financial records, royalty and miscellaneous reports, promotional materials); also scripts submitted for review; theatre subscription records; general correspondence; business and financial documents; minutes, notes and audiotapes of board members' meetings; audiotapes of sound effects used in productions; press releases; publicity materials; news clippings; photos; historical and miscellaneous materials. Includes production records for many of the most successful plays offered by APT to subscribing theatres including: And people all around (George Sklar), The days between (Robert Anderson), Echoes (Richard Nash), Ivory tower (Jerome Weidman and James Yaffe), Jabberwock (Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee), Lady House Blues (Kevin O'Morrison), The night Thoreau spent in jail (Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee) and Summertree by (Ron Cowen).

ArchivalResource: ca. 40 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21461701 View

Playwright lecture series [sound recording], 1951-1960

Title: Playwright lecture series [sound recording] 1951-1960

The New Dramatists tape archives contains sound recordings of the Playwright lecture series sponsored by the New Dramatists. The collection contains recordings from 1951 through 1960.

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http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20458 View

Stage designs, 1931-1968

Title: Stage designs 1931-1968

Jo Mielziner, theatrical designer. Consists of 26 original set design drawings by Jo Mielziner. Seventeen are for a 1965 revival of DANTON'S DEATH translated and directed by Herbert Blau and performed by the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, seven are for the 1968 original production of I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER at the Longacre Theatre, and two are for THE THIRD LITTLE SHOW (revue), 1931, at the Music Box Theatre. A few of the drawings are signed or initialled by Mielziner.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversized box

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21748 View

Alan Schneider Papers

Title: Alan Schneider Papers

Papers of Alan Schneider, a prominent director in contemporary American theater. For many productions, the director's prompt book provides Schneider's conceptual notes, analysis of theme and characters, and notes on direction. The collection contains correspondence between Schneider and actors, writers and directors, including Edward Albee, Robert Anderson, Zelda Fichandler, William Saroyan, and Tennessee Williams. Absent from the collection is original correspondence between Schneider and Samuel Beckett and the collection contains only a small amount of photocopies of correspondence between Schneider and Beckett. Schneider's writings, speeches and interviews are well documented in the collection. The accession processed in 1997 contains the editorial files of Franklin Heller for Schneider's autobiography entitled ENTRANCES. The accessions processed in 2003 contain early and professional writings by Schneider, post-theatre production notes, journals, scrapbooks, photographs, and audiocassette recordings. The accession processed in 2008 contains scrapbooks ranging in date from 1948-1984 and one folder of newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 42.2 Linear feet; 67 archives boxes, 5 records cartons, 11 card file boxes and 37 oversize folders

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2489n8v3 View

Letters to his parents, 1931-1956 (inclusive), 1935-1940 (bulk)

Title: Letters to his parents, 1931-1956 (inclusive), 1935-1940 (bulk)

Letters by Robert Anderson and sent to his parents while a student atHarvard.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00971/catalog View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. You know I can't hear you when the water's running.

Title: You know I can't hear you when the water's running. [1967?]

ArchivalResource: 1 folder ([2], 2-32, [3], 2-4, [2], 2-26, [2], 2-13 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49828520 View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. Papers, 1931-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1980 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1931-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1980 (bulk).

The collection, consisting mainly of Anderson's manuscript and typescript plays and screenplays, covers the time period 1931 to the present day, with the bulk of the materials representing his work from the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular importance are the author's notes that accompany the drafts. These notes provide valuable insight into the activities and events surrounding the formation of the works. Such notes, provided by the author and attached to the drafts, offer a rare glimpse into the development of not only the individual plays, but into the development of Anderson as a playwright. Also included are translations, correspondence, reviews, programs, photographs, and posters for many of the plays and their performances. The collection contains some published works of Anderson's as well: copies of his plays, contributions to newspapers, interviews, and an introduction to a book. There are, in addition, some references to Anderson's personal life; articles devoted to his first wife, Phyllis Anderson, and reviews of his second wife, Teresa Wright, the actress.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79392197 View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. Four plays for Saturday night, [1967?] / by Robert Anderson.

Title: Four plays for Saturday night, [1967?] / by Robert Anderson.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (34, 24, 25, 13 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25273611 View

Brooks Atkinson papers, 1904-1980

Title: Brooks Atkinson papers 1904-1980

The Brooks Atkinson papers contain correspondence, awards, personal papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, datebooks, clippings and subject files and document his life and career as a drama critic for the New York Times. The papers span the years 1904-1980. Significant in the correspondence are letters from notables figures of the theater community including writers, actors, scholars and other journalists. Included in these are Sean O'Casey, Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, Eugene and Carlota O'Neill, Robert W. Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Clifford Odets, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, to name a few.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21332 View

Alan Schneider Papers

Title: Alan Schneider Papers

Papers of Alan Schneider (1917-1984), a prominent American theater director who staged the U.S. premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The collection includes Schneider's production files, which contain the director's prompt books with conceptual notes, analysis of theme and characters, and notes on direction; his research files; original writings and manuscripts; play scripts; and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 42.2 lin. ft. (5 record cartons, 67 archives boxes, 11 card file boxes, 37 oversize folders)

https://library.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/mss0103.html View

Higgins Family papers, 1923-1971

Title: Higgins Family papers 1923-1971

The Higgins Family papers consist of correspondence, contracts, photographs and hanging plots and document this family's career in the theater. The bulk of the collection is correspondence to Thomas R. Higgins from his friend actress Evelyn Russell who entertained in and wrote soldier shows for Special Services in Europe from 1945-1948. Letters (mostly from Germany) give insight into itineraries and experiences of soldier show performers. In a letter dated August 8, 1947, Russell recreates for Higgins the skits and lyrics for a show called "Who's On First". Also included are autographed photographs of Russell from the 1940s and headshots from the 1960s. Her letters dated 1960-1971 reflect her stage and television career and her life with her husband director/choreographer Joe Layton.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21431 View

Lucille Lortel papers

Title: Lucille Lortel papers

The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files.

ArchivalResource: 49.61 linear feet; 37 vols. (150 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21631 View

Elmer Rice letters from various correspondents, 1915-1967.

Title: Elmer Rice letters from various correspondents, 1915-1967.

Letters to the American playwright Elmer Rice.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00377/catalog View

Playwrights' Company. Records, 1938-1960.

Title: Records, 1938-1960.

Records of a company formed in 1938 to produce plays written by its members: Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice, and Robert E. Sherwood. In subsequent years the company admitted Robert W. Anderson, Kurt Weill, and Roger L. Stevens and began producing plays by outside playwrights. The company dissolved in 1960. The bulk of the records relate to the business and legal aspects of theatrical production although information on the artistic aspects of production is also included.

ArchivalResource: 30.0 c.f. (68 archives boxes and 7 flat boxes) and3 tape recordings.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692742 View

American Playwrights' Theatre. Records, 1963-1979.

Title: Records, 1963-1979.

Contains production records (e.g., scripts, pilot production materials and script revisions, correspondence with producing theatres, financial records, royalty and miscellaneous reports, promotional materials); also scripts submitted for review; theatre subscription records; general correspondence; business and financial documents; minutes, notes and audiotapes of board members' meetings; audiotapes of sound effects used in productions; press releases; publicity materials; news clippings; photos; historical and miscellaneous materials. Includes production records for many of the most successful plays offered by APT to subscribing theatres including: And people all around (George Sklar), The days between (Robert Anderson), Echoes (Richard Nash), Ivory tower (Jerome Weidman and James Yaffe), Jabberwock (Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee), Lady House Blues (Kevin O'Morrison), The night Thoreau spent in jail (Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee) and Summertree by (Ron Cowen).

ArchivalResource: ca. 40 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21461701 View

John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.

Title: John Mason Brown papers

Papers of American author and drama critic John Mason Brown.

ArchivalResource: 144 boxes (36 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00655/catalog View

Buchanan, Thompson R. Thompson R. Buchanan papers, 1961-2000.

Title: Thompson R. Buchanan papers, 1961-2000.

Survey concerning federal aid for the arts, originally written in 1961 and recreated in 2000 by Buchanan, together with replies (1961) from Robert Woodruff Anderson, George Balanchine, Norman Mailer, and Herman Wouk.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70979764 View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. The days between / by Robert Anderson.

Title: The days between / by Robert Anderson. [1979?]

ArchivalResource: 1 folder ([2], 2-56 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52458619 View

Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930-

Title: Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930-

Consists of correspondence relating to the annual University of Michigan student contests in creative literature for the Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes funded by income from the Avery Hopwood bequest.

ArchivalResource: 8, 111 items.

https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/990039225410106381 View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. Papers, 1931-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1980 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1931-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1980 (bulk).

The collection, consisting mainly of Anderson's manuscript and typescript plays and screenplays, covers the time period 1931 to the present day, with the bulk of the materials representing his work from the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular importance are the author's notes that accompany the drafts. These notes provide valuable insight into the activities and events surrounding the formation of the works. Such notes, provided by the author and attached to the drafts, offer a rare glimpse into the development of not only the individual plays, but into the development of Anderson as a playwright. Also included are translations, correspondence, reviews, programs, photographs, and posters for many of the plays and their performances. The collection contains some published works of Anderson's as well: copies of his plays, contributions to newspapers, interviews, and an introduction to a book. There are, in addition, some references to Anderson's personal life; articles devoted to his first wife, Phyllis Anderson, and reviews of his second wife, Teresa Wright, the actress.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79392197 View

Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984. Brooks Atkinson papers, 1904-1980.

Title: Brooks Atkinson papers, 1904-1980.

The Brooks Atkinson papers contain correspondence, awards, personal papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, datebooks, clippings and subject files and document his life and career as a drama critic for the New York Times.

ArchivalResource: 11.25 lin. ft. (46 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652448 View

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:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21463 View

Jo Mielziner papers, 1903-1976

Title: Jo Mielziner papers 1903-1976

Jo Mielziner, set and lighting designer, theater architect and consultant. The collection consists of personal papers, personal and professional correspondence, production materials, office and financial files, writings, professional appearance and exhibition files, photographs, scrapbooks and subject files documenting the life and career of Jo Mielziner.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21477 View

Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009. [Letter] 1967 January 14, Bridgewater, Conn. [to Roy] Jansen [Harrisburg, Pa.] / Robert Anderson.

Title: [Letter] 1967 January 14, Bridgewater, Conn. [to Roy] Jansen [Harrisburg, Pa.] / Robert Anderson.

On libraries.

ArchivalResource: [2] leaves ; 28 cm. + 1 clipping.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15737084 View

Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection.

Title: Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection.

The Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection at the Harvard Film Archive consists of approximately 800,000 film stills, pressbooks, posters, and other cinema-related ephemera originally amassed by Lothar Just, a Munich-based film publicist. Just's expansive collection began in the gathering of image and source material for the annual film lexicons, the Heyne Filmlexikon and Filmjahrbuch, which he continues to publish.

ArchivalResource: 1000 boxes

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hfa00003/catalog View