Harold Goldberg papers, 1918-1961.

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Harold Goldberg papers, 1918-1961.

Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, awards, programs and photographs that span Goldberg's career. The correspondence is mostly incoming, on both personal and professional matters, primarily letters of thanks, bulk dated 1950-1956. Correspondents include Oscar and Dorothy Hammerstein, Leland Hayward and Louis R. Lurie. Programs are for the Plantation Revue, a vaudeville act, which he managed in 1923 and photographs include a shot of Goldberg with Moscow stagehands in 1926. The collection, though small, gives some sense of the range and variety of Goldberg's career.

.25 lin. ft. (1 box).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794983

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960

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Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, whose musicals include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music....

Goldberg, Harold, 1898-1960.

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Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971

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Hammerstein, Dorothy B. -1988

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Lurie, Louis, 1888-1972

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Louis R. Lurie was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1888. He arrived in San Francisco in the 1910s and became a major real estate developer and philanthropist in the city. From the description of Pictorial material from the Louis R. Lurie papers [graphic]. ca. 1900-ca. 1975. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 731219941 ...