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Theatre Arts Monthly, collection of portraits, ca., ca., 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive).

Title: Theatre Arts Monthly collection of portraits, ca. ca. 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive).

Portrait and group portrait photographs of theatre-related people.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02021/catalog View

Samuel and Bella Spewack Papers, ca.1920-1980

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

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

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079732 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

Mann, Abby, 1916-. Studio one-- "The desperate age" / by Abby Mann.

Title: Studio one-- "The desperate age" / by Abby Mann. 1958.

ArchivalResource: 47, 39, 32 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24124782 View

Little Players correspondence, 1961-1999

Title: Little Players correspondence 1961-1999

The Little Players correspondence consists of letters from prominent members of the performing arts field to Frank Peschka, Bill Murdock and Isabelle Standwell, founders of the Little Players.

ArchivalResource: .21 lf.; 1 box

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21681 View

Little Players (Theatrical troupe). Little Players correspondence, 1961-1999.

Title: Little Players correspondence, 1961-1999.

The Little Players correspondence consists of notes addressed to either Francis J. Peschka and W. Gordon Murdock, or, jokingly, to their star puppet Isabelle Standwell.

ArchivalResource: .21 lf (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626187 View

MacMahon, Aline, 1899-. Correspondence, 1970-1977, from Lewis Mumford.

Title: Correspondence, 1970-1977, from Lewis Mumford.

This correspondence is comprised almost entirely of photocopies of original letters housed in the Cornell University Library.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (9 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155881304 View

Actor-Managers, Inc. Censorship files on the play, Maya, 1927-1928.

Title: Censorship files on the play, Maya, 1927-1928.

The Actor-Managers, Inc. files on the censorship of Simon Gantillon's play MAYA span 1927-1928, but are mostly concentrated in February and March 1928, during the height of the controversy.

ArchivalResource: 25 lf. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144651969 View

MacMahon, Aline, 1899-1991. Papers, 1899-1989.

Title: Papers, 1899-1989.

The Aline MacMahon Papers consist of correspondence, programs and photographs which document her career and personal life.

ArchivalResource: .8 lin. ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485446 View

Censorship files on the play, Maya, 1927-1928

Title: Censorship files on the play, Maya 1927-1928

Actor-Managers, Inc., was a New York theatrical production organization which in February 1928 staged Simon Gantillon's French play MAYA (1924), in an English translation by Ernest Boyd, with Aline MacMahon in the lead role of a prostitute. City authorities contacted the producers and demanded that the show close, lest the owners of the theater, the Shuberts, be penalized under the provisions of the 1927 "Wales Padlock Law," a morals act which gave the authorities the right to close a theater whose owners were deemed in violation of the law for up to one year. The producers of MAYA offered to make textual cuts, and received letters of support from various prominent critics, actors, and other citizens, but the play was closed. The Actor-Managers, Inc. files on the censorship of Simon Gantillon's play MAYA span 1927-1928, but are mostly concentrated in February and March 1928, during the height of the controversy. Included is a copy of the 1927 law which became known as the "Wales Padlock Law," by which the production of MAYA was closed, several drafts of letters from the producers to the city District Attorney's office, defending MAYA and challenging the order to close it, numerous letters of support to the producers, two letters withholding support, a letter from playwright Simon Gantillon offering biographical material about himself and the stage history of his play MAYA, a letter from Lee Shubert confirming the closing date of the New York production, articles about the MAYA controversy, a petition to repeal the Wales Padlock Law signed by a number of prominent theatrical figures, including Harold Clurman, Leo G. Carroll, and Louis Calhern, and several press releases from the Actor-Managers organization about the controversy.

ArchivalResource: .21 lf. (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21536 View

Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947, collector. T. S. Eliot collection, 1881-1994.

Title: Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947, collector. T. S. Eliot collection, 1881-1994.

Collection of materials by and about the American-born, British poet T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot. Materials were collected by his immediate family, especially by his brother, Henry Ware Eliot, Jr. Includes: original T. S. Eliot autograph manuscripts, correspondence, and biographical memorabilia; Eliot family papers; approximately 600 images; items concerning the history of the collection; and extensive printed materials and ephemera about the poet's life and work.

ArchivalResource: 39 boxes (including 1 portfolio box) (15 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01879/catalog View

MacMahon, Aline, 1899-. Letters, 1924-1983, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1924-1983, to Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 28 items (37 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155872058 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

MacMahon, Aline, 1899-1991. Reminiscences of Aline MacMahon : oral history, 1959.

Title: Reminiscences of Aline MacMahon : oral history, 1959.

Start in pictures, early contract period, freelancing; directors; reflections on the lives of chorus girls; life in Hollywood socially, professionally and personally.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 28 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122513285 View

Aline MacMahon papers, 1899-1989

Title: Aline MacMahon papers 1899-1989

Aline MacMahon was born May 3, 1899 in McKeesport, Pa. After studying and performing with the Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre, she made her Broadway debut in THE MIRAGE (1921). She appeared in over 50 plays, among them THE EVE OF SAINT MARK (1942); ROMEO AND JULIET (1959); CORIOLANUS (1965); THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT (1961); and TRELAWNY OF THE 'WELLS' (1975). Miss MacMahon also had a distinguished film career. Her 43 films include notable productions such as FIVE STAR FINAL (1931); ONCE IN A LIFETIME (1932); KIND LADY (1935); AH, WILDERNESS (1935); DRAGON SEED (1944) for which she won an Oscar nomination; THE SEARCH (1948) and ALL THE WAY HOME (1963). She appeared, as well, on radio and television. She died in October 1991. The Aline MacMahon Papers consist of correspondence, programs and photographs which document her career and personal life. The correspondence includes early dealings with the Shuberts and fan mail. Photographs include both personal and professional images. There are also transcripts of oral history interviews highlighting her life and career.

ArchivalResource: .5 lin. ft. (1 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21276 View