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Biographical Materials, 1913-1986
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George Gershwin
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Newspaper clippings (obituaries),
1937
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Photocopies |
BOX-FOLDER 68/3 |
Obituary (Daily News), 1937 July 13
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BOX-FOLDER 136/22 |
Notes on collaborating with George,
written by Ira for Isaac Goldberg, 1931 June?
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BOX-FOLDER 132/13 |
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
awarded to George Gershwin, 1998
April 14
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BOX-FOLDER 68/4 |
Radio broadcast script, 1942 February 8
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Rhapsody in Blue
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BOX-FOLDER 68/5 |
Screenplay by Clifford Odets,
1942 August 28
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BOX-FOLDER 68/6 |
Screenplay by Howard Koch, 1943 June 16
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BOX-FOLDER 69/1 |
Screenplay by Sonia Levien, 1943 January 30
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BOX-FOLDER 69/2 |
Story outline by Kathryn Scola
and Ira Gershwin, 1941
October 24
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BOX-FOLDER 139/12 |
Pre-production notes on music for
Gershwin film |
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Two IG typescript/holograph
manuscripts; 7 p. each |
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Laid in: Two Lawrence Stewart
notes; [1] p. each |
BOX-FOLDER 141/59 |
Transcript of IG conferences with
Robert Rossen, 1941 August 13-18
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Typescript; 27 p. |
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Ira Gershwin
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BOX-FOLDER 141/60 |
Birth certificate transcript, 1928 January 31
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BOX-FOLDER 69/3 |
California, Here I Came |
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Five typescript/holograph manuscript
drafts and IG description |
BOX-FOLDER 141/61 |
Figures of speech, books, and theatre,
1909-1924
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Three holograph manuscript lists; [14] p.
with typescript transcriptions; 9 p. |
BOX-FOLDER 69/4 |
University of Maryland commencement
exercises program, 1966
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Note: Inscribed by Ira Gershwin to Ben
Botkin |
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Lyrics on Several Occasions
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Typescript pages |
BOX-FOLDER 70/1 |
1-89 |
BOX-FOLDER 70/2 |
90-195 |
BOX-FOLDER 70/3 |
196-309 |
BOX-FOLDER 70/4 |
310-end |
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Drafts |
BOX-FOLDER 70/5 |
Variant title pages; foreword and
acknowledgements; list of possibilities |
BOX-FOLDER 70/6 |
The Not Impossible He |
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Laid in: Lawrence Stewart
typescript note; [1] p. |
BOX-FOLDER 70/7 |
Divers Duets |
BOX-FOLDER 70/8 |
The Possessive Case |
BOX-FOLDER 70/9 |
With Place Names |
BOX-FOLDER 70/10 |
The Importunate Male |
BOX-FOLDER 70/11 |
The Importunate Female |
BOX-FOLDER 70/12 |
A Quartet of Trios |
BOX-FOLDER 71/1 |
A Quintet of Findings |
BOX-FOLDER 71/2 |
Sextet of Irreverence |
BOX-FOLDER 71/3 |
Not for a Musicologist |
BOX-FOLDER 71/4 |
A Set of Sagas |
BOX-FOLDER 71/5 |
A Gathering of
Guidance |
BOX-FOLDER 71/6 |
Ladies in Lament |
BOX-FOLDER 71/7 |
Sound Effects |
BOX-FOLDER 71/8 |
The Element of Time |
BOX-FOLDER 71/9 |
Turns with Terpsichore |
BOX-FOLDER 71/10 |
The State of the Union |
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Laid in: Lawrence Stewart
typescript note; [1] p. |
BOX-FOLDER 71/11 |
A Miscellany of
Acclaim |
BOX-FOLDER 71/12 |
Euphoria Revisited |
BOX-FOLDER 71/13 |
Afterword |
BOX-FOLDER 71/14 |
Worksheets; Saturday review,
1959 August 29
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BOX-FOLDER 141/62-64, 145/1 |
Preparatory notes, research, and
unused drafts |
BOX 138 |
Galley proof |
BOX 72-101, 137 |
Scrapbooks, 1913-1986
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The scrapbooks are divided into three subseries. The first and second
subseries, "Biographical" and " Porgy and Bess
" respectively, are organized in chronological order. The third subseries,
"Miscellany," is organized by subject matter. Books 1-31 will be served on
microfilm: #93/20013. |
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Biographical
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BOX-BOOK 72/1 |
Book 1, 1913-1924
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60 p. + |
BOX-BOOK 73/2 |
Book 2, 1925-1926
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51 p. + |
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Includes: Concerto in F; Rhapsody in
Blue; Tell Me More; 135th Street; Lady
Be Good! (English production) |
BOX-BOOK 74/3 |
Book 3, 1927-1929
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54 p. + |
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Includes:
Strike Up the Band; Funny Face; Rosalie; trip to Paris; Treasure
Girl; An American in Paris;
The Dybbuk; GG takes up painting;
Show Girl; Strike Up the Band (2nd version) |
BOX-BOOK 75/4 |
Book 4, 1930-1931
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57 p. + |
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Includes:
Strike Up the Band; Girl Crazy; Of Thee
I Sing; Delicious
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BOX-BOOK 76/5 |
Book 5, 1932-1934
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54 p. + |
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Includes:
Delicious; Of
Thee I Sing; Second
Rhapsody; Pardon My English;
Pulitzer Prize; father's obituary; Cuban
Overture; Let 'Em Eat Cake;
Arts Club of Chicago exhibition of the George Gershwin Collection of
Modern Paintings; national tour |
BOX-BOOK 77/6 |
Book 6, 1934 August-1939
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78 p. + |
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Includes:
Life Begins at 8:40; Porgy and Bess; Ziegfeld Follies of 1936; Suite
from Porgy and Bess; Shall We
Dance; GG illness and death; A
Damsel in Distress; "Love Walked In" #1 tune; "Dawn of a
New Day" anthem for worlds fair |
BOX-BOOK 78/7 |
Book 7, 1940-1945
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63 p. + |
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Includes:
Lady in the Dark; Girl Crazy (film); Toscanini conducts Rhapsody in Blue; Cover Girl; Lady in the
Dark (film); The Firebrand of
Florence; Where Do We Go from
Here? (film); Rhapsody in
Blue (film biography) |
BOX-BOOK 79/8 |
Book 8, 1946-1951
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59 p. + |
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Includes:
Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (film); Park Avenue; The
Shocking Miss Pilgrim (film); The
Barkleys of Broadway (film); death of mother Rose; death
of Kurt Weill; An American in Paris
(film) |
BOX-BOOK 80/9 |
Book 9, 1952-1955
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70 p. |
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Includes:
An American in Paris (film) academy
awards; Of Thee I Sing (revival); Give a Girl a Break (film); Lady in the Dark (TV); A Star is Born (film); The Country Girl (film) |
BOX-BOOK 81/10 |
Book 10, 1956-1959
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53 p. |
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Includes:
Funny Face (film); Ewen biography "The
Magic of Gershwin"; Ira's illness; Bell
Telephone Hour -"Gershwin" (TV); Ella Fitzgerald Gershwin
concert and recording |
BOX-BOOK 82/11 |
Book 11, 1960-1962
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52 p. |
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Includes:
Oh, Kay (revival); Of Thee I Sing (production); Girl Crazy; The George and Ira Gershwin
Songbook; The Gershwin Years (TV) |
BOX-BOOK 83/12 |
Book 12, 1963-1964
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50 p. + |
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Includes: ASCAP plaque on birthplace;
Oh, Kay!; 17 trunk songs unearthed
by Ira; The Songs of Harold Arlen (TV); fire at Chappell's in
London; death of Cole Porter; Kiss Me,
Stupid (film) |
BOX-BOOK 84/13 |
Book 13, 1965-1967
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61 p. + |
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Includes:
Kiss Me, Stupid (film); When the Boys Meet the Girls (film);
George Gershwin's Theater (An Unusual
Entertainment); Honorary degree for Ira from University
of Maryland; Lady in the Dark (Pasadena
Playhouse); Star! (film) |
BOX-BOOK 85/14 |
Book 14, 1968-1972
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100 p. |
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Includes:
Lady, Be Good! (London); Star! (film); Of
Thee I Sing (revival); Who
Cares (Balanchine ballet); Gershwin Festival (University
of Miami); Ira elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame; 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
(TV); Of Thee I Sing (TV); Gershwin
exhibit at Library of Congress; George Gershwin stamp issued
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BOX-BOOK 86/15 |
Book 15, 1973-1975
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82 p. |
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Includes: George Gershwin stamp; 75th
anniversary of George's birth; Gershwin Film Retrospective; 50th
Anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue; Lady Be Good! (at Goodspeed); Uris
Theater renamed The Gershwin; "Tribute to Ira Gershwin" Benefit;
"Mr. Words," a musical salute to Ira Gershwin; "Our Love Is Here to
Stay" with Steve and Eydie (TV) |
BOX-BOOK 87/16 |
Book 16, 1976-1982
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124 p. |
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Includes: Lyrics and Lyricists "The
Lyrics of Ira Gershwin"; Tip Toes (at
Goodspeed); Let 'Em Eat Cake
(Berkshires); Funny Face (Studio Arena
and Goodspeed); "By Ira...By George" Tribute at Carnegie Hall; Gershwin Concert ballet by Jerome
Robbins; "Celebrating the Gershwins" at Brooklyn College; Secaucus
scores found |
BOX-BOOK 88/17 |
Book 17, 1983 January-May
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96 p. |
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Includes: Restored version of A Star is Born; Rosalie (concert revival); My One
and Only
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BOX-BOOK 89/18 |
Book 18, 1983 May-August
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92 p. |
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Includes:
My One and Only; Gershwin Tony Award
and tribute; renaming the Uris Theater to the Gershwin; Michael
Feinstein interview with Ira; restored version of A Star is Born
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BOX-BOOK 90/19 |
Book 19, 1983 August-1984 October
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100 p. |
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Includes: Ira's death; Hang On To Me; Oh,
Kay! (at Chichester Festival); Strike Up the Band (revival); Gershwin Room at the
Library of Congress planned |
BOX-BOOK 91/20 |
Book 20, 1984 October-1985 December
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84 p. |
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Includes: Ira's death; Gershwin Night
at the Library of Congress; My One and
Only; Gershwin Congressional Medal |
BOX-BOOK 91/21 |
Book 21, 1986 January-August
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32 p. |
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Includes:
My One and Only; George and Ira
Gershwin awarded the Academy's Trustee Award at the Grammys; Girl Crazy (at Seattle Rep) |
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Porgy and Bess
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BOX-BOOK 92/22 |
Book 1, 1935-1954 July
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172 p. |
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Includes: Original production of Porgy and Bess, tours, 1942 revival, 1952
revival (that goes on to European tour and returns to Broadway)
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