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Writings, 1919-1986 (continued)
About Oscar Hammerstein II, 1919-1986 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 100/14 Otto Harbach oral history (portion on Oscar Hammerstein II), 1960
BOX-FOLDER 100/15 Press releases, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 100/16 "Rodgers without Hammerstein," by Arthur and Barbara Gelb, from Esquire, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 100/17 Tributes to Oscar Hammerstein II, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 100/18 "Hammerstein's river: a study of the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II," by William R. Mounger, 1961, Jan.
BOX-FOLDER 100/19 "The life and death of Broadway's gentle giant," by Edward Jablonski and Martin Abramson, from Coronet, 1961, Sept.
BOX-FOLDER 100/20 "No songs more pleasing," by Martin Gottfried, from Keynote, 1980, Mar.
BOX-FOLDER 100/21 "Talk by WH on 'Lyrics by OH'," 1986, Nov. 13
By William Hammerstein.
BOX-FOLDER 101/1-3 BOX 135 Clippings, 1919-1977
BOX-FOLDER 101/4 Miscellaneous writings
BOX-FOLDER 101/5 Miscellaneous notes
Scripts Featuring Hammerstein
BOX-FOLDER 101/6 Night Clubs for Victory, 1944, Feb. 4
Radio script. Hammerstein is a guest.
BOX-FOLDER 101/7 Fred Allen Show, 1947, Mar. 23
(2 copies)
Radio script. Hammerstein is a guest.
BOX-FOLDER 101/8 Curtain at 2:30, 1948, July 12
Radio script. Hammerstein is celebrated.
BOX-FOLDER 101/10 "Suggested change for Ed Wynn Show," 1951?
(3 copies)
Television script. Hammerstein is a guest.
BOX-FOLDER 101/9 General Foods presents Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1954, Mar. 26
Television script.
BOX-FOLDER 101/11 The Perry Como Show, 1959, Apr. 11
Television script. Hammerstein is a guest.
BOX-FOLDER 101/12 "Hammerstein Night," 1980, Aug. 26
Script for live event.
BOX-FOLDER 101/13 "A Cockeyed Optimist: the Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein 2nd," 1972
Script for theatrical revue. Includes two draft scripts for a different version entitled "Happy Talk," in addition to correspondence and miscellaneous production materials.
BOX-FOLDER 101/14 "Hammerstein Exhibit," circa 1985
Exhibit script and object list for unidentified exhibit.
BOX-FOLDER 101/15 "Rodgers and Hammerstein sequences," undated
Portions from television script. Rodgers and Hammerstein guests.
BOX 108-115, 136 Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1881-1986
Materials that relate to Hammerstein's personal life and death, and to his family. Includes a diary and address book; family correspondence, including the letters from Oscar to his wife Dorothy; autobiographical narratives and notes; college programs; clippings and scrapbooks; financial and business papers; family documents; obituaries, tributes and memorials; and materials relating to Hammerstein's grandfather Oscar Hammerstein I, including biographical notes, and drafts for a screenplay he was writing on his grandfather's life. The William Hammerstein Materials series also contains personal correspondence to and from Oscar Hammerstein II.
Biographical Materials
BOX 108 "My trip abroad," 1913
Oscar Hammerstein II's travel diary.
BOX 108 Handwritten ledger, 1916-1924
Financial information about shows.
BOX 108 Hermes address book, undated
BOX-FOLDER 108/1-2 Autobiographical narratives and notes, 1952-1953
BOX-FOLDER 108/3 Handwritten notes on 65th birthday, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 108/4 Family tree
BOX-FOLDER 108/5 Handwritten notes on his grandparents and on life
Includes explanatory notes by Amy Asch.
BOX-FOLDER 108/6 Miscellaneous materials, 1917-1950
Includes drawings, draft cards, and membership cards.
Columbia University Materials
BOX-FOLDER 108/7 Programs and other materials, 1916-1917
BOX-FOLDER 108/8 Letter, clippings, and other materials, 1917, 1949-1950
BOX-FOLDER 108/9-10 Scrapbooks, 1917
Family Correspondence and Materials
BOX-FOLDER 109/1 Alice Hammerstein Mathias correspondence, 1933-1951
Includes clippings.
BOX-FOLDER 109/2 Annie B. Nimmo's autograph album, 1881
Inscribed to her from her sister.
BOX-FOLDER 109/3-4 Arthur Hammerstein materials, 1909-1952
Includes correspondence, clippings, promotional materials, and a photograph.
BOX-FOLDER 109/5-32 Dorothy Blanchard Hammerstein correspondence, 1928-1952, undated
Letters, notes, and cards from Oscar Hammerstein II to Dorothy.
BOX-FOLDER 110/1-2 Dorothy Blanchard Hammerstein correspondence and other materials, 1945-1953
Includes correspondence to and from Dorothy (excluding Oscar), invoices and bills, and social planning documents.
BOX-FOLDER 110/3 James Hammerstein correspondence, 1943-1952
Includes school papers and clippings.
BOX-FOLDER 110/4-6 Myra Finn "Mike" Hammerstein correspondence and estate materials, 1931-1977
BOX-FOLDER 110/7-8 Oscar Hammerstein II miscellaneous correspondence, 1904-1957
Items to and from Hammerstein.
BOX-FOLDER 110/9 Reggie Hammerstein correspondence and other materials, 1932-1958
BOX-FOLDER 110/10 William Hammerstein (Oscar's father) correspondence and other materials, 1894-1916, 1939
Includes his marriage certificates to Alice Nimmo (1894) and Annie Nimmo (1911), and a book containing clippings about his death.
BOX-FOLDER 110/11 Miscellaneous family correspondence and other materials, 1914-1919, 1943-1953
Farm Materials see also Visual Materials--Photographs of Highland Farm
BOX-FOLDER 111/1-3 Materials relating to the Hammerstein's Doylestown, Pennsylvania estate and property, 1949-1962
Financial Papers
BOX-FOLDER 111/4-6 Invoices, bills and financial statements, 1950-1952
Materials Relating to Illness and Death
BOX-FOLDER 111/7 Burial and memorial service, 1960-1961
BOX-FOLDER 111/8 Cancer research materials, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 111/9 Family correspondence, 1948, 1960
Includes Oscar Hammerstein's last letter, letters from doctors, letters to and from Dorothy, and copy of the Hammerstein's thank you card.
BOX-FOLDER 111/10-11, 112/1 Obituaries, tributes and memorials, 1960-1972
Includes clippings, correspondence, and planning documents for various memorial tributes.
BOX-FOLDER 111/12-13 BOX-FOLDER 136/4 Scrapbook, 1960-1961
Items removed and photocopied from a memorial scrapbook. Includes articles, clippings, obituaries, programs and readings from services, Authors' Guild bulletin, Columbia College alumni book, and Congressional Record entry on Hammerstein.
BOX-FOLDER 112/2 Will, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 112/3-114/3 Condolence letters, cards, and telegrams, 1960-1961
(21 folders)
Oscar Hammerstein I Materials
BOX-FOLDER 115/1 "As I Remember Papa, or the Oscar Hammerstein Story," by Stella Hammerstein, undated
BOX-FOLDER 115/2-4 Oscar Hammerstein I biography materials, 1932-1955
Includes correspondence, notes, and drafts.
BOX-FOLDER 136/5 Cartoon
BOX-FOLDER 115/5 Contracts, 1906-1908
BOX-FOLDER 115/6 Programs, clippings, librettos, 1904-1911
BOX-FOLDER 115/7-10 "Romance with Music: the Life of Oscar Hammerstein," 1951
(4 copies)
Includes correspondence.
BOX-FOLDER 115/11 Screenplay treatment
BOX-FOLDER 115/12 Miscellany, 1894-1929, 1970, 1975, 1986
Includes clippings and articles.
BOX 102-107, 137 Subject Files, 1933-1992
Primarily focuses on organizations, people, and topics of interest to Hammerstein. Includes correspondence, press releases, promotional materials, membership materials, memos, brochures, committee materials, clippings, agreements, reports, agendas, minutes, by-laws, notes, programs, photographs, scripts, production materials, and business and financial papers.
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
BOX-FOLDER 102/1 American National Theatre and Academy, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 102/2-4 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), 1951
BOX-FOLDER 102/5 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) radio license, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 102/6 American Theatre Wing, 1951
American Theatre Wing Music War Committee
see Music War Committee
BOX-FOLDER 102/7-103/1 Authors' League of America, 1949
(5 folders)
BOX-FOLDER 103/2-7 Authors' League of America, 1950-1952
BOX-FOLDER 103/8 Children's books, 1944-1949
BOX-FOLDER 103/9 Citron, Stephen, 1988-1992
BOX-FOLDER 103/10 Freedom House, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 103/11 Gershwin memorial concert, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 104/1-5 George Gershwin Theatre Workshop, 1950-1952
BOX-FOLDER 104/6 Harbach, Otto, 1948-1957
BOX-FOLDER 104/7-105/2 Hollywood League Against Nazism, 1936-1937
(5 folders)
BOX-FOLDER 105/3-4 Lawrence, Gertrude, 1952-1953
Includes correspondence to and from G. Lawrence regarding her final illness and withdrawal from The King and I. Also includes bound volume "In Memoriam Gertrude Lawrence" containing clippings and inscribed "to Dorothy from Oscar."
BOX-FOLDER 105/5-9 Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (revue by William Hammerstein), 1965-1967
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