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Loeb, Philip, 1894-1955. Philip Loeb papers, 1913-1955, bulk (1932-1955).

Title: Philip Loeb papers, 1913-1955, bulk (1932-1955).

Collection consists of correspondence, Loeb's personal papers and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122486562 View

Loeb, Philip. P. Loeb order book, 1911-1912.

Title: P. Loeb order book, 1911-1912.

Order book of Philip Loeb, general merchant of Morganza, La.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184985646 View

Biography: Melvyn Douglas, 1972-1980

Title: Biography: Melvyn Douglas 1972-1980

The interviews contained in this project revolve around the life of Melvyn Douglas and include information about his biographical history, his family, his theatrical, motion picture, and television acting career, and his efforts during World War II. The interviewees include fellow actors and actresses, the man himself, former employees, and others who came into contact with Melvyn Douglas throughout his life.

ArchivalResource: 35 interviews; Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=ohrc021 View

Actors' Equity Association Photographs, 1900-1974

Title: Actors' Equity Association Photographs 1900-1974

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA, “Equity”), the premiere theatrical performers’ labor union in the United States, was founded in New York City in 1913, as the first of the American actors’ unions. Its jurisdiction covers both actors and stage managers in the professional theater. The collection contains approximately 110 black and white photographs (and one negative), ranging in size from 3x5 to 8x10 inches. Although it encompasses a miscellany that includes images of AEA offices, AEA meetings, actors and actresses, and theaters, very little of Equity’s early history is represented.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 box

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/photos_049/photos_049.html 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

Sam Jaffe Papers, 1915-1991, (bulk 1925-1984)

Title: Sam Jaffe Papers 1915-1991 (bulk 1925-1984)

Actor. Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, sketches, photographs, and other papers relating to Jaffe’s career as an actor and his personal life including his experience as a blacklisted actor in the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 1,175 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007023 View

Philip Loeb papers, 1913-1955, 1932-1955

Title: Philip Loeb papers 1913-1955 1932-1955

Philip Loeb (1894-1955) was an American stage and television actor. He worked at a number of theaters in New York as an actor, stage manager and casting director. He also taught at the Americ.an Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1930s he joined the Actors' Equity Association and was a member of its Executive Committee. He was accused of being a communist supporter and was blacklisted after being summoned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951. Collection consists of correspondence, Loeb's personal papers and printed matter. Correspondence, 1937-1955, includes letters concerning his alleged communist activities. Personal papers contain materials relating to his involvement with Actors' Equity, 1940-1954; House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1951; American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1953; legal documents, 1913-1948; and financial records, 1932-1955. Also, file of newspaper clippings, 1947-1950.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1797 View

J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated

Title: J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated

J. B. Matthews (1894-1966) was a Methodist missionary, college professor, author, lecturer, and prominent conservative spokesman. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, statements, speeches, reprints, clippings, broadsides, newsletters, press releases, petitions, and other printed material, chiefly 1930-1969. The principal focus of the collection relates to the work and research of Matthews and his associates in the area of anti-communism, particularly in connection with Matthews' role as Director of Research for the Special Committee on Un-American Activities of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-1945), Executive Director of the Permanent Subcommittee on Government Operations of the U.S. Senate (1953), and a consultant for John A. Clements Associates. Many of the organizations, newspapers, periodicals, and persons represented in the collection have various leftist, socialist, communist, radical, or pacifist (especially anti-Vietnam War) connections.Individuals represented in the files include Ralph Abernathy, Bella Abzug, Roy Cohn, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Michael Harrington, Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Jesse Jackson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Joseph Lash, Joseph McCarthy, Carl McIntire, Benjamin Mandel, Richard Nixon, Aristotle Onassis, Lee Harvey Oswald, Linus Pauling, Drew Pearson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Untermeyer.

ArchivalResource: 479 Linear Feet; 307,000 Items

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/matthews/ View

Brochu, Jim. Zero hour : a play in two acts / by Jim Brochu, 2009.

Title: Zero hour : a play in two acts / by Jim Brochu, 2009.

One-person drama based on the life of actor Zero Mostel, examining his family relationships, his marriages, his relationships with associates such as Philip Loeb and Jerome Robbins, and his experiences as a victim of the blacklist in the 1950s. Also recounted are highlights of Mostel's stage career, such as his roles in A funny thing happened on the way to the forum and Fiddler on the roof. Typescript, dated Nov. 22, 2009.

ArchivalResource: 44 leaves ; 28 cm. + excerpts from reviews

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/692801845 View

Alfred Bendiner caricatures and related papers, 1929-1992

Title: Alfred Bendiner caricatures and related papers 1929-1992

Architect, artist and author of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Alfred Bendiner (1899-1964) drew caricatures of concerts, the theater and other subjects for the and other periodicals. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21327 View