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BOX 1-62, 133, 136, 143 MAPCASE 6 |
Show and Project Files, 1917-1995
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Materials relating to shows and projects (both produced and not produced) on which Hammerstein worked as a creator and/or producer. Includes correspondence; various versions of scripts, screenplays, and synopses; lyrics and lyric sketches; holograph music and sheet music; production notes and working papers; programs and promotional materials; financial materials and contracts; clippings and reviews; photographs; scrapbooks; and designs. |
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Arranged alphabetically by title. |
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Allegro
(musical, 1947) |
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Music by Richard Rodgers; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Correspondence, notes, and financial materials, 1947-1955
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Includes handwritten notes by OH2. |
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Financial statements,
1947-1949
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Lyric sheets
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4 |
Script, 1947, May 5
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Accompanied by a letter from OH2 to Arthur Hammerstein. |
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Script
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BOX-FOLDER 1/6 |
Script from the National Lyric Arts Theatre production
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Television version (not produced),
1955-1965
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Correspondence and notes. |
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Television version (not produced)
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Typewritten script with handwritten notes. |
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Television version (not produced)
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Script |
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(2 copies) |
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Always You
(musical, 1920) |
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Music by Herbert Stothart; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Scripts
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(2 copies) |
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One copy is titled 'Toinette. |
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The Ambassadors
(musical--not produced) |
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Notes, outlines, and correspondence,
1957-1959
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Materials by OH2 and his project partner Charles Friedman. |
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American Jubilee
(musical pageant, 1940) |
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Music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics and dialogue by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Script, outline for radio, notes, lyric sheets, sheet music, 1940
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Annie Get Your Gun
(musical, 1946) |
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Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; book by Dorothy and Herbert Fields; produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein |
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Copies of program and reviews for original production; program, financial statements and memos, correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials for the London production and various national and international touring productions, 1946-1951
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The Ball at the Savoy
(operetta, English language premiere 1933) |
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Music by Paul Abraham; libretto adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Notes, libretto and lyrics,
circa 1933
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Prompt book and libretto for original operetta,
1932-1933
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In German. |
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Scrapbook,
1933
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Includes clippings, articles, and reviews. Scrapbook was disassembled and items were photocopied. |
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Script
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English adaptation by Oscar Hammerstein. |
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Script
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BOX-FOLDER 2/10 |
Telegrams, 1933
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Burning Bright
(play, 1950) |
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Written by John Steinbeck; produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein |
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Clippings, reviews, program, miscellany,
1950
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Contract, financial statements,
1950-1951
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Correspondence and telegrams,
1950
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Notes and correspondence,
1950
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Includes correspondence from John Steinbeck. |
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The Cajun
(not produced) |
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Correspondence, notes, copy of original play, 59 black and white negatives, 3 black and white photographs,
1926-1931
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California
(not produced) |
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Handwritten notes and research
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Outlines, cast of characters, handwritten notes
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Carmen Jones
(musical, 1943) |
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Music by Georges Bizet; orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Clippings, 1942-1956
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Correspondence, 1942, 1952-1954
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Notes
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Papers associated with West End and other productions, negotiated by William Hammerstein, 1987-1995
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Clippings, correspondence, financial papers, script, and miscellaneous materials. |
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Photographs
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Primarily production photographs. |
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Promotional materials, 1942 and 1952
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Proofs for published script, 1944
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Annotated |
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Screenplay, 1954, Apr. 19
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Scripts, 1943
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Script,
1943
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Annotated with additional pages of notes. Also includes budget figures. |
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Sheet music |
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Carousel
(musical, 1945) |
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Music by Richard Rodgers; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Clippings,
1940-1950
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Includes article by OH2. |
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Correspondence and business papers,
1943-1955
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(5 folders) |
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Financial statements,
1945-1950
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Lyric sketches and notes
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Notes on language and dialects
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Outline and notes
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Photographs of Swedish production
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Piano-vocal score (published)
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Piano-vocal score (published),
1945
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Bound and inscribed to William Hammerstein. |
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Promotional materials and program,
1950
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All materials relate to the London production. |
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Research notes
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Topics include: recipes, food hints, picnics and clambakes, ideas for scenes, Maine, and cotton mills. |
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Screenplay, by Phoebe and Henry Ephron,
1955, Apr. 4
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Titled "R-H Project." |
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First draft continuity. |
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Screenplay, by Phoebe and Henry Ephron,
1955, June 13
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Titled "R-H Project." |
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Final draft. |
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Script (act one),
1944, Nov. 27
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Titled "Musical Version of Liliom." |
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Scripts,
1945, Jan. 9
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(2 copies) |
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Annotated. |
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Script, in Danish
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Inscribed by Lars Schmidt. |
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Script, in Swedish
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Inscribed by Lars Schmidt. |
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Sheet music |
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(3 folders) |
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The Castles
, also Castles in the Air (film musical, 1937-1938) |
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Became The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, starring Astaire and Rogers, screenwriters included Oscar Hammerstein II, released in 1939 |
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Film treatment by OH2, 1937, Oct. 6
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Revised film treatment by OH2, 1937, Oct. 13
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Treatments and notes, 1937, Oct. 15
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Includes treatment by OH2, treatment with musical examples by Mortimer Offner, and handwritten and typewritten notes. |
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First draft continuity (incomplete) by OH2, 1937, Dec. 2
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Revised final script, 1938, Dec. 16
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Centennial
(not produced) |
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Notes and synopsis
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The Checkerboard
(not produced) |
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Script by Frederic and Fannie Hatton
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Annotated. |
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Children of Dreams
(film operetta, 1931) |
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Music by Sigmund Romberg; lyrics, adaptation and dialogue by Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Clippings, 1928-1933
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