Playbills, research materials, and other papers from the David G. Hummel American musical theatre collection, 1905-2005

Books

The following published books were received with the David G. Hummel American Musical Theatre Collection and have been incorporated into the general reference collection of the Recorded Sound Section of the Library of Congress's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia.

• Fanny; a musical play. New York: Random House , [1955]
• Richard Rodgers: a check list of his published songs. New York: New York Public Library, 1984.
• Abbott, George. Damn Yankees: a new musical. New York: Random House, [1956]
• Alpert, Hollis. The life and times of Porgy and Bess : the story of an American classic. New York: Knopf, 1990.
• Arlen, Harold. House of flowers. New York: Random House, [1968]
• Baral, Robert. Revue : a nostalgic reprise of the great Broadway period. New York: Fleet Pub. Corp., 1962.
• Behr, Edward. The story of Miss Saigon. New York: Arcade Pub., 1991.
• Bernstein, Leonard. Wonderful town, a new musical comedy. New York: Random House , [1953]
• Bloom, Ken. Hollywood song : the complete film & musical companion. New York: Facts on File, 1995.
• Blum, Daniel C. A pictorial history of the American theatre; 100 years: 1860-1960. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., 1960.
• Bock, Jerry. Tenderloin; a new musical comedy. New York: Random House, [1961]
• Bordman, Gerald Martin. American musical revue : from The passing show to Sugar babies. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
• Bordman, Gerald Martin. American musical theatre : a chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.
• Bordman, Gerald Martin. American operetta : from H.M.S. Pinafore to Sweeney Todd. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
• Bordman, Gerald Martin. Days to be happy, years to be sad: the life and music of Vincent Youmans . New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
• Bordman, Gerald Martin. Jerome Kern : his life and music. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.
• Burton, Jack. The blue book of Broadway musicals. Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century House , [1952]
• Burton, Jack. The blue book of Hollywood musicals; songs from the sound tracks and the stars who sang them since the birth of the talkies a quarter-century ago. Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century House, [1953]
• Coleman, Emily R. The complete Judy Garland : the ultimate guide to her career in films, records, concerts, radio, and television, 1935-1969. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.
• Croce, Arlene. The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers book. New York: Galahad Books, 1972.
• Drew, David. Kurt Weill: a handbook. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.
• Drone, Jeanette Marie. Index to opera, operetta, and musical comedy synopses in collections and periodicals. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
• Engel, Lehman. The American musical theater; a consideration. [n.p.] Distributed by the Macmillan Co., [1967]
• Ewen, David. New complete book of the American musical theater. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, [1970]
• Farber, Donald C. The amazing story of The Fantasticks : America's longest-running play. New York: Carol Pub. Group, 1991.
• Farnsworth, Marjorie. The Ziegfeld Follies. New York: Putnam, [1956]
• Fields, Joseph A. The ponder heart; a new comedy. New York: Random House , [1956]
• Fordin, Hugh. The movies' greatest musicals : produced in Hollywood USA by the Freed unit. New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1984.
• Freedland, Michael. Jerome Kern. New York: Stein and Day, 1981.
• Gänzl, Kurt. The British musical theatre. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
• Gavin, James. Intimate nights : the golden age of New York cabaret. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991.
• Gottlieb, Jack. Leonard Bernstein : a complete catalogue of his works : celebrating his 60th birthday, August 25, 1978. [New York]: Amberson Enterprises, 1978.
• Gottfried, Martin. All his jazz : the life & death of Bob Fosse. New York: Bantam Books, 1990.
• Gottfried, Martin. Broadway musicals. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1979.
• Green, Stanley. The Broadway musical : a picture quiz book. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.
• Green, Stanley. Broadway musicals, show by show. Milwaukee, Wis.: H. Leonard Books, 1985.
• Green, Stanley. Encyclopaedia of the musical theatre. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1976.
• Green, Stanley. Ring bells! Sing songs!; Broadway musicals of the 1930's. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, [1971].
• Green, Stanley. Rodgers and Hammerstein fact book: a record of their works together and with other collaborators. New York: Lynn Farnol Group, 1980.
• Green, Stanley. The world of musical comedy; the story of the American musical stage as told through the careers of its foremost composers and lyricists. New York: Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., [1960]
• Green, Stanley. The world of musical comedy : the story of the American musical stage as told through the careers of its foremost composers and lyricists. New York: Da Capo, 1984.
• Hammerstein, Oscar, II. Lyrics. Milwaukee, Wis.: Hal Leonard Books, [1985]
• Hart, Lorenz. The complete lyrics of Lorenz Hart. New York: Knopf, 1986.
• Haskins, Jim. The Cotton Club. New York: New American Library, [1984]
• Hirschhorn, Clive. The Hollywood musical. New York: Crown, 1981.
• Hummel, David. The collector's guide to the American musical theatre. 2nd ed. Grawn, Mich.: D. H. Enterprises, 1978.
• Hummel, David. The collector's guide to the American musical theatre, second edition : supplement. Grawn, Mich.: D. H. Enterprises, 1979-
• Hummel, David. The collector's guide to the American musical theatre. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1984.
• Kaye, Joseph. Victor Herbert; the biography of America's greatest composer of romantic music. New York: G. H. Watt, 1931.
• Kimball, Robert. The Gershwins. New York: Atheneum, 1973
• Kimball, Robert, and William Bolcom. Reminiscing with Sissle and Blake. New York: Viking Press, [1973]
• Krasker, Tommy. Catalog of the American musical : musicals of Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart. [Washington, D.C.]: National Institute for Opera and Musical Theater, 1988.
• Kreuger, Miles. Show boat : the story of a classic American musical. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.
• Laffey, Bruce. Beatrice Lillie : the funniest woman in the world. New York: Wynwood Press, 1989.
• Lange, Monique. Piaf. New York: Seaver Books, 1981.
• Laufe, Abe. Broadway's greatest musicals. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1977.
• Leonard, William Torbert. Once was enough. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
• Leonard, William T. Theatre: stage to screen to television. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1981.
• Lewine, Richard. Songs of the American theater: a comprehensive listing of more than 12,000 songs, including selected titles from film and television productions. New York: Dodd, Mead, [1973].
• Loesser, Susan. A most remarkable fella : Frank Loesser and the guys and dolls in his life : a portrait by his daughter. New York: D.I. Fine, 1993.
• Mandelbaum, Ken. A Chorus line and the musicals of Michael Bennett. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
• Nelson-Cave, Wendy. Broadway theatre posters. New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1993.
• Mandelbaum, Ken. Not since Carrie : forty years of Broadway musical flops. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
• McCabe, John. George M. Cohan, the man who owned Broadway. New York: Da Capo Press, [1980]
• Mercer, Johnny. Our huckleberry friend : the life, times, and lyrics of Johnny Mercer. Secaucus, N.J.: Lyle Stuart, 1982.
• Merrill, Bob. New girl in town; a new musical. New York: Random House, [1958]
• Midler, Bette. A view from a broad. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980
• Mordden, Ethan. Broadway babies : the people who made the American musical. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
• Mordden, Ethan. Coming up roses : the Broadway musical in the 1950s. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Moross, Jerome. The golden apple; a musical in two acts. New York: Random House , [1954]
• Newman, Phyllis. Just in time : notes from my life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
• Nolan, Frederick. Lorenz Hart : a poet on Broadway. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
• Porter, Cole. Cole. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1971]
• Purdy, Claire Lee. Victor Herbert, American music-master. New York: J. Messner, inc., [1945]
• Richards, Stanley. Ten great musicals of the American theatre. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book Co., [1973]
• Rodgers, Richard. Pal Joey; the libretto and lyrics. New York: Random House, [1952]
• Salem, James M. A guide to critical reviews. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973.
• Simas, Rick. The musicals no one came to see : a guidebook to four decades of musical-comedy casualties on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in out-of-town try-out, 1943-1983. New York: Garland Pub., 1987.
• Sondheim, Stephen. Assassins. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1991
• Sondheim, Stephen. Into the woods. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1989.
• Springer, John. All talking! all singing! all dancing! : a pictorial history of the movie musical. New York: Citadel Press, 1966.
• Van Hoogstraten, Nicholas. Lost Broadway theatres. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.
• Walsh, Michael. Andrew Lloyd Webber : his life and works. New York: Abrams, 1989.
• Wenzel, Lynn. I hear America singing : a nostalgic tour of popular sheet music. New York: Crown Publishers, 1989.
• Wind, Herbert Warren. The world of P. G. Wodehouse. New York: Praeger, [1972]
• Woll, Allen L. Black musical theatre : from Coontown to Dreamgirls. New York: Da Capo, [1991]
• Wright, Robert. Kismet; a musical Arabian night. New York: Random House, 1954.
• Zadan, Craig. Sondheim & Co. New York: Macmillan, 1974.
• Supplement to the basic catalogue of plays and musicals. New York: Samuel French.
• Theatre world. New York: Crown Publishers, 1982.
• John Willis' theatre world New York: Crown Publishers, 1973-1981.
• The Applause/best plays theater yearbook of ... : featuring the ten best plays of the season New York: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1991-1992.
• Show music [Las Vegas, NV]: [M.O. Preeo], [1981-2002]
• Summer theatre directory. Dorset, Vt.: Dorset Theatre Festival and Colony House, 1984-2009.
• Theatre world. New York: Daniel C. Blum, 1945-1950.
• The best plays of ... New York: Limelight Editions: Proscenium Publishers, 1993-2004.
• Basic catalogue of plays and musicals. New York: Samuel French, 1994-.
• The Best plays of ... and the year book of the drama in America. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1951-1952.
• The Best plays of ... New York: Dodd, Mead, 1953-1989.

For additional information, contact a reference librarian in the Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-7833.