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Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005.

Title: Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005.

Printed souvenir programs for theatrical and musical productions.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes (4.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02197/catalog View

Olive Reeves-Smith Papers, 1879-1964, 1920-1961

Title: Olive Reeves-Smith Papers 1879-1964 1920-1961

The papers of Olive Reeves-Smith consist of correspondence, clippings, personal papers, programs, scrapbooks, sheet music, and photographs. Also included are the papers of Harry Reeves-Smith and those of her actorhusband Fuller Mellish, Jr.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21316 View

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967. Reminiscences of Basil Rathbone : oral history, 1959.

Title: Reminiscences of Basil Rathbone : oral history, 1959.

Childhood in South Africa and England; type-casting and publicity; Hollywood life style; role as Sherlock Holmes; effect of political involvement on actors' careers; reminiscences of his wife, Ouida.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 32 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122512788 View

Ross, Hugh, 1898-1990,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 25, 1977 [sound recording].

Title: Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 25, 1977 [sound recording].

Hugh and Ruth Ross discuss performances with Stokowski in the orchestra for Sibelius' Tempest and Orff's Midsummer Night's Dream. Red Buttons and Basil Rathbone acted in the performances. They also mention Roberta Forrest.

ArchivalResource: Tape 1 sound cassette : analog.Tape 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape.Sound disc digital : 4 3/4 in.Transcript 14 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155861474 View

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68796459 View

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1939.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1939.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63561017 View

Actors' Fund of America Records, 1880-2005

Title: Actors' Fund of America Records 1880-2005

Founded in 1882, largely through the leadership of Harrison Grey Fiske, the Actors’ Fund of America is a human services organization that makes available aid to professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry. In general, the Actors’ Fund acts as a safety net, offering a range of social and health-related services for members of the performing arts community who are in need or crisis. The Fund maintains a home for the elderly with an extended care nursing facility, runs the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic in New York City, and directs a number of other programs and initiatives, including the Actors Work Program, the AIDS Training and Education Project and the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. Over the years the Fund has raised money to support its programs through annual galas, benefit performances of theatrical productions, fairs, bazaars, auctions, and fundraising drives. The collection includes minutes, annual reports, and general subject files of the Actors’ Fund from its founding to 2005. There is substantial documentation of fundraising activities, including files on the planning of benefit performances and lavishly illustrated souvenir programs. A series of scrapbooks, comprised mostly of clippings and printed ephemera about the Actors’ Fund and its benefit performances, also includes obituaries of theater professionals and memorabilia collected by individuals associated with the Fund. The collection also contains records entrusted to the Fund by individuals or families and material produced by related organizations, for example, the Basil Rathbone Family Papers and records of the Catholic Actors Guild and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.

ArchivalResource: 37.25 linear feet; (40 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/wag_036/wag_036.html View

Theater collection, 1844-1965

Title: Theater collection, 1844-1965

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf4j49n79k View

Focus on Women. Videotapes, 1983-1993

Title: Focus on Women. Videotapes, 1983-1993

Half-hour interviews aired on Focus on Women, a television show featuring women of achievement.

ArchivalResource: 218 videotapes

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00580/catalog View

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1962. Basil Rathbone collection, 1924-1950.

Title: Basil Rathbone collection, 1924-1950.

Production materials, poems, scrapbooks (1936-1939), photographs with Hollywood celebrities, scripts by Rathbone and his wife, Ouida Bergere Rathbone, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70925636 View

Players (Club). Players records, 1848-1941.

Title: Players records, 1848-1941.

Collection consists of letters from members of the Players on behalf of candidates for membership, holograph poem written by Edgar Lee Masters for the celebration of the 104th anniversary of the birth of Edwin Booth, and related papers.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122378711 View

The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968

Title: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1940-1968

Weekly 30-minute NBC radio broadcasts, featuring classical and light classical music, which began on Apr. 29, 1940 and continued until 1958. In September, 1959, the Bell Telephone Hour made its television debut as a monthly musical special. It remained a regular television program until April 26, 1968. Library's holdings incomplete. Broadcasts chiefly originated from New York City, sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company (American Telephone and Telegraph). Each 30-minute program generally features a guest singer or instrumentalist, with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees, and the Bell Telephone Hour Chorus. Frequent guest artists include Marian Anderson, Robert Casadesus, Nelson Eddy, Josef Hofmann, Fritz Kreisler, Oscar Levant, James Melton, Grace Moore, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Bidú Sayão, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, Helen Traubel, and Eileen Farrell. Chief announcer: Floyd Mack.

ArchivalResource: 1579 sound discs

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20502 View

Photographs of motion pictures and television programs, 1915-1999.

Title: Photographs of motion pictures and television programs, 1915-1999.

Collection of photographs and film stills from motion pictures and television programs.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02254/catalog View

McCaffery, John K. M. Recordings, 1956-1962.

Title: Recordings, 1956-1962.

Recordings of a broadcaster and editor, consisting mainly of Books and Voices, a radio series moderated for Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., 1956-1957, and Progress, a series of public service interviews prepared for General Electric, 1961-1962.

ArchivalResource: 9 tape recordings and15 disc recordings.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692701 View

Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing).

Title: Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing).

Recordings of poetry readings by American and English poets given at Harvard University sponsored by the Morris Gray Fund, the Corliss Lamont Poetry Reading Series, the Ellen Sitgreaves Vail Motter Fund of Radcliffe College, the Kurt Brown Audio Preservation Project, the John Lincoln Sweeney Memorial Fund, the Harvard Vocarium, and the Poetry Room itself.

ArchivalResource: ca. 700 audio tapes

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00305/catalog View

The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording], 1948-1954

Title: The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording] 1948-1954

The Railroad hour was a program which presented excerpts of famous musical comedies, as well as original stories, for radio audiences. Each half-hour episode of the program presented the highlights of one musical. Gordon MacRae was the host and leading man for each episode; his leading ladies came from radio and the Metropolitan Opera.

ArchivalResource: 490 sound discs; analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 16 in.; 42 sound tapes

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20435 View

O'Neil, Barbara, 1910-1980. Barbara O'Neil papers, 1938-1959.

Title: Barbara O'Neil papers, 1938-1959.

The collection contains photographs and clippings of reviews of many of O'Neil's roles, 1938-1959. There are some scripts for stage plays she worked on and publicity shots and articles.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cubic ft. (1box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74670967 View

Dyne, Micheal. Westinghouse summer theatre-- "The house of Gair" / adapted for television by Micheal Dyne.

Title: Westinghouse summer theatre-- "The house of Gair" / adapted for television by Micheal Dyne. 1954.

ArchivalResource: 78 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23278484 View

Photographs of early American movies : photographic prints.

Title: Photographs of early American movies : photographic prints.

Promotional scenes for movies primarily produced during the 1920s. Studios include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers Vitaphone Pictures. Films and actors depicted are The gilded lily with Mae Murray; A slave of fashion with Norma Shearer andMary Carr; The fighting heart with George O'Brien; Cabaret with Gilda Gray; Soft cushions with Douglas MacLean and Sue Carol; The mystic with Aileen Pringle and Conway Tearle; Beverly of Graustark with Marion Davies; Blonde or Brunette with Arlette Marchal and Adolphe Menjou; Made for Love with Leatrice Joy and Edward J. Burns; Lights of New York with J. Cullen Landis and Wheeler Oakman; Shipwrecked with Joseph Schildkraut; The garden of Allah with Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Tilly Losch, C. Aubrey Smith and Basil Rathbone; A cafe in Cairo with Priscilla Dean and Robert Ellis; Love's blindness with Pauline Starke and Antonio Moreno; Fig leaves with Olive Borden and George Andr ̄Beranger; Soul mates with Aileen Pringle and Edmund Lowe; The breath of scandal; Mummy love; and one unidentified.

ArchivalResource: 23 photographic prints ; ca.26 x 20.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754863282 View

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967. Correspondence to Eugene Ormandy, 1962, n.d.

Title: Correspondence to Eugene Ormandy, 1962, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63643615 View

Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967. Papers : concerning Aldous Huxley's The giaconda smile, 1950-1951.

Title: Papers : concerning Aldous Huxley's The giaconda smile, 1950-1951.

Includes Rathbone's prompt copy prepared for the touring version of The giaconda smile. Also includes letters from Huxley to Rathbone, among other items.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79974295 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.

ArchivalResource:

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

Basil Rathbone papers concerning Aldous Huxley's, The giaconda smile, 1950-1951.

Title: Basil Rathbone papers concerning Aldous Huxley's The giaconda smile, 1950-1951.

English actor Basil Rathbone's prompt book for by English author Aldous Huxley as well as letters from Huxley to Rathbone. The Giaconda smile

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00565/catalog View

Rathbone, Ouida Bergere, 1887-1974. Sherlock Holmes / by Ouida Bergere Rathbone.

Title: Sherlock Holmes / by Ouida Bergere Rathbone. 1951-1953.

The package includes typescript of "Sherlock Holmes" play, with handwritten corrections and notes; 11 photographs of 1953 stage design, stage production team (Reginald Denham, director; Stewart Chaney, scenic designer, etc.), and stills from the play "Sherlock Holmes", starring Basil Rathbone (as Holmes) at Majestic Theatre, Boston; various correspondence addressed to Basil Rathbone from Vincent Starrett, Homer (?) of Curran Productions, Robert C. Schieble, Eustace Seligman, George Somnes, Ethel Beckamn, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Howard Lindsay, Howard S. Cullman, Adrian M. Conan Doyle. All correspondence dated between 1951 to 1953 with regards to text of the play and play's production at Majestic Theatre and Broadway. Other correspondence also includes two letters addressed to Mrs. Basil Rathbone (i.e. Ouida Bergere Rathbone) from Irene Gillies and Joan & Robert Franklin, dated 1971 regarding possible stage production of the play. The set also includes 5 b&w drawings for 1953 stage design of the play; newspaper clippings from various newspapers, including New York Times, Cue, etc.; 1 post card; 2 theatre programmes dated 1953 ("The Playbill", and "On Stage") announcing the play's performance in Majestic Theatre and New Century Theatre; and the play's announcement from the producer Bill Doll.

ArchivalResource: 1 typescript (various pagings), various correspondence, photographs (b&w), drawings (b&w), newspaper clippings : ill., ports. ; in box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317280502 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.

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

Baker Street Irregulars (Organization : U.S.) archive, 1923-2007.

Title: Baker Street Irregulars (Organization : U.S.) archive, 1923-2007.

Papers and records of the Baker Street Irregulars, a Sherlock Holmes literarysociety, including correspondence, business files, and publications.

ArchivalResource: 59 boxes and 1 portfolio box (20 linear ft.)

https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?brand=general&docId=InU-Li-VAE0576.xml&doc.view=entire_text View

Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Studio archive, 1904-1980 (bulk 1936-1955).

Title: Studio archive, 1904-1980 (bulk 1936-1955).

Contains records documenting every aspect of David O. Selznick's Hollywood studio operations including script development, production, publicity, finances, and distribution. The records follow film's pioneer days in New York through the heyday of the studio system in Hollywood, to the rise of television. Besides Selznick's independent productions such as A Star is Born (1937), Gone with the Wind (1939), and Rebecca (1940), the archive documents his association with three major studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, and RKO. Arranged according to the departmental division of Selznick's studio, the archive traces the evolution of films from story purchase through script development, casting, design, production, exploitation, distribution, and reissue. Though most of the materials document Selznick's independent career, there are also records concerning his personal affairs, his father's career, as well as films Selznick developed but never produced. The archive touches on virtually every major Hollywood person, studio, and event of the early 20th century. The archive is highlighted by David O. Selznick's personal files, found in Series I, and arranged in 28 sub-subseries. These records document Selznick's personal involvement in every aspect of his business and chronicle his life. Found in this subseries are clippings, confidential and personal files, coproduction and loanout files, correspondence, calendars, financial and legal files, interoffice files, MGM, Paramount, and RKO files, Myron Selznick estate files, photographs, safe deposit files, story files, talent files, and writers files.

ArchivalResource: 4657 boxes plus oversize (1940 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617159 View

Players records, 1848-1941

Title: Players records 1848-1941

The Players is a private social club, founded by Edwin Booth in 1888 in New York City, for actors, artists, musicians, writers, and other professionals in the arts. Collection consists of letters from members of the Players on behalf of candidates for membership, holograph poem written by Edgar Lee Masters for the celebration of the 104th anniversary of the birth of Edwin Booth, and related papers.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2436 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

Barbara O'Neil papers, 1932-1977 (bulk 1937-1958)

Title: Barbara O'Neil papers 1932-1977 (bulk 1937-1958)

Photographs, scripts, playbills, and newspaper clippings related to actress Barbara O’Neil. Includes such films as, “Gone with the Wind,” “The Toy Wife,” “The Sun Never Sets,” and “Stella Dallas” and theatrical plays such as, “Affairs of State,” “The Searching Wind,” and “Counterattack.”

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft. (1 box)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah11073.xml View

Morehouse, Ward, 1898-1966. Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966 bulk (1924-1966).

Title: Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966 bulk (1924-1966).

The Ward Morehouse papers contain correspondence, interviews, writings, articles and ephemera documenting his career as a journalist, drama critic and playwright.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122625957 View

Focus on Women. [Show nos. 1-180]. [videorecording] / Produced in the studios of Cox Cable New York.

Title: Focus on Women. [Show nos. 1-180]. [videorecording] / Produced in the studios of Cox Cable New York. 1983-1993.

This portion of the collection consists of 180 half-hour interviews, with two shows on each videotape.

ArchivalResource: 90 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122336416 View

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34370095 View

White mss., 1932-1969

Title: White mss., 1932-1969

Collection consists of the correspondence, writings, and memorabilia of critic, editor, and writer William Anthony Parker (W.A.P.) White, 1911-1968.

ArchivalResource: 30,000 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAC2076 View

Theater collection, 1844-1965.

Title: Theater collection, 1844-1965.

Playscripts and letters (handwritten, typed, and some photocopies) from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Represented are playwrights, actors, and directors. Includes original material by Thomas W. Robertson and Joseph M. Field.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754866305 View

Rathbone, Ouida, 1886-1974. Sherlock Holmes : programs and ephemera, 1953-1977.

Title: Sherlock Holmes : programs and ephemera, 1953-1977.

Programs and related ephemera from productions of Ouida Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes play, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes.

ArchivalResource: ca. 0.25 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62439892 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

Allen, Fred, 1894-1956. Mail call, radio program [sound recording].

Title: Mail call, radio program [sound recording].

Radio program produced by the Special Service Division of the U.S. War Department for broadcast to troops in battle in World War II.

ArchivalResource: 23 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580261 View

Rathbone, Ouida, 1886-1974. Sherlock Holmes : a new play in three acts / by Ouida Rathbone, based on the original stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Title: Sherlock Holmes : a new play in three acts / by Ouida Rathbone, based on the original stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. [1953]

ArchivalResource: [vi, 129] leaves in various foliations ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62689698 View