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BOX 50-52 Subject Files, 1931-1954
Files of H. Harold Gumm, mostly regarding black performers for whom Gumm was an agent in the 1930s and 1940s. Also included are records from a 1942 production of Cabin in the Sky and papers concerning the board of directors of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or last name of performer, then by subject therein.
Beverly Hills Hotel
BOX-FOLDER 50-52 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 50/7 Contracts (and related correspondence): Antonio & Sally DeMarco - Luigi Albolino & Susan R. Jarrell
BOX-FOLDER 50/8 Minutes of board meetings, 1946-1954
BOX-FOLDER 50/9 Financial reports
BOX-FOLDER 50/10 Miscellaneous
Cabin in the Sky Production
BOX-FOLDER 50/11 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 50/12 Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Albert Lewis
BOX-FOLDER 50/13 Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Isabel M. Duncan, Al Goldin, Joe Goldin, & Jack Yorke
BOX-FOLDER 50/14 Financial reports
Jester Hairston
BOX-FOLDER 50/15 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 50/16 Script for Chloé
BOX-FOLDER 50/17 Script for Christopher Columbus
BOX-FOLDER 50/18 Script for Her majesty the queen
BOX-FOLDER 50/19 Script for Untitled synopsis for all-Negro musical
BOX-FOLDER 50/20 Program for Run, little children
BOX-FOLDER 50/21 Clippings
Teddy Hale
BOX-FOLDER 51/1 Correspondence, memos
BOX-FOLDER 51/2 Scripts (fragments)
BOX-FOLDER 51/3 Contracts
BOX-FOLDER 51/4 Financial papers
BOX-FOLDER 51/5 Farm deed of Ted Lewis
Georgette Harvey
BOX-FOLDER 51/6 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 51/7 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Merle Armitage Concerts, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 51/8 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Roy Ellison
BOX-FOLDER 51/9 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and H. Harold Gumm
BOX-FOLDER 51/10 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Lou Irwin, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 51/11 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Guthrie McClintic
BOX-FOLDER 51/12 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and NBC
BOX-FOLDER 51/13 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Theatre Guild, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 51/14 Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Richard Wheaton
BOX-FOLDER 51/15 Real estate transactions
BOX-FOLDER 51/16 Will
BOX-FOLDER 51/17 Clippings
BOX-FOLDER 51/18 Miscellanous
Mann Holiner
BOX-FOLDER 51/19 Correspondence (including drafted agreements, etc.)
Rex Ingram
BOX-FOLDER 52/1-2 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 52/3 Correspondence, financial papers regarding Emperor Jones
BOX-FOLDER 52/4 Emperor Jones script (partial)
BOX-FOLDER 52/5 Contracts between Rex Ingram and Columbia Artists, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 52/6 Contracts between Rex Ingram and Goldie & Gumm
BOX-FOLDER 52/7 Contracts between Rex Ingram and Anna Lucasta Co.
BOX-FOLDER 52/8 Litigation: Martha Salzberg vs. Rex Ingram
BOX-FOLDER 52/9 Litigation: Ida Mae Hubbard vs. Rex Ingram
BOX-FOLDER 52/10 Litigation: Muriel Rahn complaint to Actors' Equity Association
BOX-FOLDER 52/11 Financial papers: Columbia Artists, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 52/12 Financial papers:Goldie & Gumm
BOX-FOLDER 52/13 Clippings
Duke McHale
BOX-FOLDER 52/14-16 Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 52/17 Memoranda
BOX-FOLDER 52/18 Contract with William Liebling
BOX-FOLDER 52/19 Script (fragment)
BOX-FOLDER 52/20 Clippings
BOX 53-63 Legal Papers, 1899-1957
Arranged first by individual, corporate entity, or estate, then by subject therein.
BOX 53 Harry Von Tilzer, 1899-1946
Contracts, litigation, death certificate, and last will and testament.
BOX-FOLDER 53/1 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and George Broadhurst
BOX-FOLDER 53/2 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Broadway Music Corp.
BOX-FOLDER 53/3 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and William C. Dunn & Co. Music Publishers (for "The coldest coon in town" and "She's a perfect little lady")
BOX-FOLDER 53/4 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and B. Feldman & Co.
BOX-FOLDER 53/5 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and T. B. Harms & Co.
BOX-FOLDER 53/6 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Remick Music Corp.
BOX-FOLDER 53/7 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Abraham Schomer
BOX-FOLDER 53/8 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
BOX-FOLDER 53/9 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Shapiro Von Tilzer Music Co.
BOX-FOLDER 53/10 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Southern Music Publishing, Inc. (for "Just across the river on the hill" and "When the goldenrod is waving, Annie dear)
BOX-FOLDER 53/11 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Joseph W. Stern & Co. (for "Win I lose")
BOX-FOLDER 53/12 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Jules Von Tilzer and Will U. Gumm
BOX-FOLDER 53/13 Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Charles B. Ward Music Publishing Co.
BOX-FOLDER 53/14 Litigation: Harry Von Tilzer vs Irwin Abrams (Victor Irwin)
BOX-FOLDER 53/15 Litigation: Ludwig Baumann & Co. vs Harry Von Tilzer
BOX-FOLDER 53/16 Death certificate
BOX-FOLDER 53/17 Drafts of Last will and testament
BOX-FOLDER 53/18 Last will and testament: documents regarding probate
BOX 53-54 Estate of Harry Von Tilzer, 1927-1957
Settlement documents, including agreements regarding Aimee V. Samuels (stepdaughter) claim.
BOX-FOLDER 53/19 Application to determine the estate tax
BOX-FOLDER 53/20 Appraisal of the estate
BOX-FOLDER 53/21 Final judicial settlement of H. Harold Gumm as executor
BOX-FOLDER 53/22 Objections of Estelle Von Tilzer
BOX-FOLDER 53/23 Proving the last will and testament of Harry Von Tilzer
BOX-FOLDER 53/24 Release and discharge of executor
BOX-FOLDER 54/1 Aimee V. Samuels [stepdaughter of Harry Von Tilzer]: Agreements regarding claim on Harry Von Tilzer estate
BOX-FOLDER 54/2 Aimee V. Samuels [stepdaughter of Harry Von Tilzer]: Correspondence regarding claim on Harry Von Tilzer estate
BOX-FOLDER 54/3 Jack and Isabel Von Tilzer: Adoption papers
BOX-FOLDER 54/4 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Cohan, George M. [used for comparison]
BOX-FOLDER 54/5 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Gershwin, George [used for comparison]
BOX-FOLDER 54/6 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Goldie, William V.--Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 54/7 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Goldie, William V.--Death certificate, marriage license, will, etc.
BOX-FOLDER 54/8 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Goldie, William V.--Federal tax returns, 1949-1953
BOX-FOLDER 54/9 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Albert
BOX-FOLDER 54/10 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Ida
BOX-FOLDER 54/11 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Isabel
BOX-FOLDER 54/12 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Will
BOX-FOLDER 54/13 Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Young, Joseph [used for comparison]
BOX 55-63 Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (HVTMPC), 1903-1956
Organizational documents, song and show contracts, miscellaneous contracts, and litigation files57/.
BOX-FOLDER 55/1 By-laws
BOX-FOLDER 55/2 Minutes of board of directors
BOX-FOLDER 55/3 Certificate of incorporation
BOX-FOLDER 55/4 Memos regarding incorporation and other topics
BOX-FOLDER 55/5 Reinstatement of incorporation
BOX-FOLDER 55/6 Certificate of corporate banking
BOX-FOLDER 55/7 Lease and other items
Contracts: Songs
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 55/8 Annette; Addison Burkhardt/Arthur Behim, 1912
BOX-FOLDER 55/9 Are you half the man; James Amoroso/unknown, 1916
BOX-FOLDER 55/10 Baby doll [also known as "Angel child"]; Harry Armstrong/William Clark, 1910
BOX-FOLDER 55/11 Baby, save your kisses for me; Fred Strasser/Frank Tinney, 1911
BOX-FOLDER 55/12 Baltimore ("Baldy Moore"); Andy Rice, 1907
BOX-FOLDER 55/13 Big Chief Dynamite; Al Piantadosi, undated
BOX-FOLDER 55/14 Buzzy bee; Billy Borden/Joe Denny, 1911
BOX-FOLDER 55/15 Celia; Walter Smart/Harry Wellman, 1903
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