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Oscar Hammerstein II collection, 1847-2000

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Scrapbooks, 1920-1960 (continued)
Paper Albums, 1920-1956
BOX 151 Scrapbook containing programs with Oscar Hammerstein II's handwritten synopses, criticisms and notes for several of the plays, 1920-1922
BOX 153-156 Scrapbooks containing newspaper reviews of plays, 1927-1930
BOX 146 Clippings about Oscar Hammerstein II's personal and professional life, 1929-1930
Includes clippings about the Hammerstein's 1929 wedding.
BOX 157 Press clippings about Oscar Hammerstein II shows, 1930s
BOX 144 Scrapbook of clippings on Oscar Hammerstein II shows, 1942, Aug.-Sept.
BOX 141 "Dorothy and Oscar Hammerstein record of Australian visit," 1956, Nov. 1-Dec. 8
Bound Volumes, 1920-1960
These are individual bound volumes.
Allegro, 1947
Clippings, photographs, program, reviews, and printed piano-vocal score.
Allegro
Script.
Annie Get Your Gun, 1946-1948
Clippings, photographs, reviews, script, and sheet music for Broadway and London productions.
Carmen Jones, 1943-1944
Clippings, program, reviews, script, and sheet music.
Carmen Jones
Published score by Georges Bizet. Includes Hammerstein's lyrics pasted in.
Carousel, 1945
Clippings, photographs, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
Carousel, 1956
Film score.
Children of Dreams, 1931
Screenplay and printed piano-vocal score.
The Desert Song
Includes "final Casino Theatre version" script and printed piano-vocal score.
Flower Drum Song, 1958
Clippings, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
The King and I, 1951
Clippings, photographs, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
The King and I, 1951
Printed piano-vocal score.
Me and Juliet, 1953
Clippings, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
Music in the Air, 1933
Includes scripts and printed piano-vocal score.
Music in the Air, 1933
Printed piano-vocal score.
The New Moon, 1928
Script and printed piano-vocal score.
Oklahoma!, 1943
Clippings, program, reviews, script, and sheet music.
Oklahoma! (no. 2), 1943-1946
Articles, clippings, photographs, printed piano-vocal score, and reviews.
Oklahoma! (no. 3), 1944-1948
Articles, clippings, photographs, and reviews.
Oklahoma!
Script in Danish.
Oklahoma!
Script in Swedish.
Oklahoma!, 1944
A commemorative publication celebrating the first anniversary of the show, with illustrations by Doris Lee.
Pipe Dream, 1955-1956
Clippings, printed piano-vocal score, program, reviews, and script.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Songbook, 1958
"The stories of the principal musical plays and commentary by Newman Levy, arrangements by Dr. Albert Sirmay, with an introduction by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, illustrated by Frederick E. Banbery."
Rose Marie, 1925
Printed piano-vocal score and script.
Show Boat, 1928
Printed piano-vocal score and script.
Show Boat, 1945-1948
Clippings, photographs, program, and reviews.
The Sound of Music, 1959
Clippings, printed piano-vocal score, program, reviews, and script.
The Sound of Music, 1959-1960
(2 copies)
Printed piano-vocal score.
South Pacific, 1949
Clippings, printed piano-vocal score, program, reviews, and script.
South Pacific, 1949
Articles, clippings, photographs, and reviews.
South Pacific, 1949
Clippings and reviews.
South Pacific, 1950-1951
Articles, clippings, and reviews.
South Pacific, national company, 1950-1952
Articles, clippings, photographs, program, and reviews.
South Pacific, London production, 1951
Articles, clippings, program, and reviews.
South Pacific, 1957, June 10
Screenplay.
State Fair, 1944, Dec. 8
Photographs, screenplay, and sheet music.
Sunny, 1925
Script and sheet music.
Sweet Adeline, 1929
Script and sheet music.
Viennese Nights, 1930
Printed piano-vocal score, screenplay, and revised shooting schedule.
Viennese Nights, 1930
Piano-vocal film score, with annotations.
Viennese Nights, 1930
Printed piano-vocal score, with inscriptions.
Wildflower, 1923
Script and sheet music.
Works of Oscar Hammerstein II, 1920-1941
Sheet music.
BOX 127, 136, 140 MAPCASE 6 Visual Materials 1800-1900
Formal and informal photographs, and contact sheets of Oscar Hammerstein II, his relatives, and friends at various events. Includes photographs from recording sessions, and from a television show honoring Rodgers and Hamerstein. Also includes drawings and designs.
BOX-FOLDER 127/1 Photographs and photocopies of photographs of unidentified relatives and friends
BOX-FOLDER 127/2 Formal and informal photographs of Oscar Hammerstein II alone, and with others, at various events
BOX-FOLDER 127/3 Photographs from "a picture story of conferring honorary Doctor of Law degrees upon Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II by Drury College," 1949, Nov. 3
BOX 127 Color candid photographs from "General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein," 1954, Mar. 28
An album of scenes from Rodgers and Hammerstein collaborations.
BOX-FOLDER 136/6 Photographs from Columbia recording sessions
Includes photographs from Cinderella, Flower Drum Song, and South Pacific sessions.
BOX 140 Photographs of Highland Farm, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Black and white photographs of Hammerstein's farm, placed within an album.
BOX-FOLDER 127/4 Contact sheets containing shots from a family wedding
Includes identifying notes by Amy Asch.
BOX-FOLDER 127/5 BOX-FOLDER 136/8 Miscellaneous photographs of theaters, stage designs, and theater curtains
BOX 127 Plaque containing Al Hirschfeld caricatures from the New York Times, for Carmen Jones revival, 1956, May 27
BOX-FOLDER 136/7 Drawings
MAPCASE-DRAWER 6/11 Landscape and architectural designs, 1956
Shows proposed location of the George M. Cohan Memorial.
BOX 128, 138, 142 Awards and Citations, 1923-1960
Awards, citations, certificates, proclamations, honorary degrees and memberships. Some items are accompanied by correspondence.
BOX 125, 145, 147-150 Programs, 1870-1979
Includes early playbills and programs from Oscar Hammerstein I's Victoria Theatre; programs from plays, musicals, and sporting events that Oscar Hammerstein II attended; and programs from events that celebrate Rodgers and Hammerstein. This series also includes scrapbooks of programs for Hammerstein and non-Hammerstein shows that Oscar Hammerstein II and his son William Hammerstein compiled.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 125/1 1870-1886
BOX-FOLDER 125/2 1904-1918
BOX 148-150 1920-1929
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