Kelen-d'Oxylion, Stephen, 1891-1964

Materials relating to the musical comedy written by Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring, with Stephen Kelen-d'Oxylion, Waring's husband, acting as producer. Three librettos: one typescript draft with paper covers, signed, with holograph annotations dated 1944 Mar 25; one typescript carbon draft with paper covers, undated; and one bound typescript, copyright 1944. Each libretto has a title label with Stephen Kelen-d'Oxylion's name and address printed on the cover; the cover title of the bound copy reads, "Polk County by Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring, a Comedy of Negro life on a sawmill camp with authentic Negro music, In 3 Acts." Accompanied by a fourteen-page typescript carbon containing suggested music and a synopsis of the musical, with a cover sheet containing Kelen-d'Oxylion's printed name and address.

Name Stephen Kelen D'Oxylion<p><p>
Sex Male<p>
Age 42<p>
Birth Year (Estimated) 1895<p>
Birthplace Budapest, Hungary<p>
Marital Status Single<p>
Race White<p>
Father's Name Arnem Kelen<p>
Mother's Name Melanie Tuchler D'Oxylion<p>
Spouse's Name Dorothy Kahn Waring<p>
Spouse's Sex Female<p>
Spouse's Age 36<p>
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1901<p>
Spouse's Birthplace Montgomery, Ala.<p>
Spouse's Marital Status Divorced<p>
Spouse's Race White<p>
Spouse's Father's Name Charles M. Kahn<p>
Spouse's Mother's Name Caroline Abraham<p>
Marriage Date 01 Apr 1937<p>
Marriage Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States<p>
Marriage Place (Original) Manhattan, New York<p>

(Jolie) Gabor arrived in the United States on December 30, 1945. She opened a successful costume jewelry business (called simply Jolie Gabor) in New York City in 1946, with $7,200 borrowed from her daughters. It later moved to 699 Madison Avenue. Gabor also established a branch of the firm in Palm Springs, California. Among the company's designers were Elsa Beck and Stephen Kelen d'Oxylion, as well as her own daughter, Magda.<p>
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Note: Stephen Kelen d'Oxylion's name is properly spelled, per various published sources (including several books about Zora Neale Hurston), although Gabor spelled it as "d'Oxylian" in her autobiography.