Oscar Hammerstein II collection, 1847-2000 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

Container	Contents

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
BOX-FOLDER 106/1		Music War Committee, 1943-1944 see also General Correspondence and Business Papers, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 106/2		National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1944-1949
BOX-FOLDER 106/3		Navy Day dinner, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 106/4		Romberg, Sigmund, 1933, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 106/5-7		Schmidt, Lars, 1950-1952
BOX-FOLDER 106/8-9, 137/1		Schwartz vs. BMI, 1952-1957
BOX-FOLDER 106/10		Songwriters' Protective Association, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 106/11		Songwriters' Protective Association, 1950-1952
BOX-FOLDER 106/12		"Tevye's Daughters," 1949-1950
BOX-FOLDER 106/13		Toast of the Town, "Oscar Hammerstein Story," 1951
BOX-FOLDER 107/1-3		United World Federalists, 1950-1959
BOX-FOLDER 107/4		University of Massachusetts, Spring Convocation, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 137/2-4		Welcome House, 1949-1959
			Includes photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 107/5-9		Writers Board for World Government, 1950-1951
BOX-FOLDER 107/10		Writers Board for World Government, production of The Myth That Threatens the World, 1949
			Script, with annotations
			Arranged and directed by Oscar Hammerstein II.
BOX-FOLDER 107/11		Writers' War Board, 1944-1945
			Includes a copy of Oscar Hammerstein II's satirical lyrics to "Ol' Man River" entitled "Ol' Man Author."
BOX-FOLDER 107/12		Yarmolinsky, Mr., 1953
BOX 141, 144, 146, 151, 153-157	Scrapbooks, 1920-1960
		Paper albums contain clippings about Hammerstein's professional and personal life; reviews of non-Hammerstein plays; and theater programs (for works by others) with Hammerstein's handwritten synopses, criticisms and notes. The bound volumes document individual Hammerstein shows, and contain articles, clippings, photographs, programs, reviews, scores and sheet music, scripts, and screenplays.
		Arranged in two series: Paper Albums and Bound Volumes. Arranged chronologically therein.
		Paper Albums, 1920-1956
BOX 151			Scrapbook containing programs with Oscar Hammerstein II's handwritten synopses, criticisms and notes for several of the plays, 1920-1922
BOX 153-156			Scrapbooks containing newspaper reviews of plays, 1927-1930
BOX 146			Clippings about Oscar Hammerstein II's personal and professional life, 1929-1930
				Includes clippings about the Hammerstein's 1929 wedding.
BOX 157			Press clippings about Oscar Hammerstein II shows, 1930s
BOX 144			Scrapbook of clippings on Oscar Hammerstein II shows, 1942, Aug.-Sept.
BOX 141			"Dorothy and Oscar Hammerstein record of Australian visit," 1956, Nov. 1-Dec. 8
		Bound Volumes, 1920-1960
			These are individual bound volumes.
			Allegro, 1947
				Clippings, photographs, program, reviews, and printed piano-vocal score.
			Allegro
				Script.
			Annie Get Your Gun, 1946-1948
				Clippings, photographs, reviews, script, and sheet music for Broadway and London productions.
			Carmen Jones, 1943-1944
				Clippings, program, reviews, script, and sheet music.
			Carmen Jones
				Published score by Georges Bizet. Includes Hammerstein's lyrics pasted in.
			Carousel, 1945
				Clippings, photographs, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
			Carousel, 1956
				Film score.
			Children of Dreams, 1931
				Screenplay and printed piano-vocal score.
			The Desert Song
				Includes "final Casino Theatre version" script and printed piano-vocal score.
			Flower Drum Song, 1958
				Clippings, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
			The King and I, 1951
				Clippings, photographs, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
			The King and I, 1951
				Printed piano-vocal score.
			Me and Juliet, 1953
				Clippings, program, reviews, script, and printed piano-vocal score.
			Music in the Air, 1933
				Includes scripts and printed piano-vocal score.
			Music in the Air, 1933
				Printed piano-vocal score.
			The New Moon, 1928
				Script and printed piano-vocal score.
			Oklahoma!, 1943
				Clippings, program, reviews, script, and sheet music.
			Oklahoma! (no. 2), 1943-1946
				Articles, clippings, photographs, printed piano-vocal score, and reviews.
			Oklahoma! (no. 3), 1944-1948
				Articles, clippings, photographs, and reviews.
			Oklahoma!
				Script in Danish.
			Oklahoma!
				Script in Swedish.
			Oklahoma!, 1944
				A commemorative publication celebrating the first anniversary of the show, with illustrations by Doris Lee.
			Pipe Dream, 1955-1956
				Clippings, printed piano-vocal score, program, reviews, and script.
			The Rodgers and Hammerstein Songbook, 1958
				"The stories of the principal musical plays and commentary by Newman Levy, arrangements by Dr. Albert Sirmay, with an introduction by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, illustrated by Frederick E. Banbery."
			Rose Marie, 1925
				Printed piano-vocal score and script.
			Show Boat, 1928
				Printed piano-vocal score and script.
			Show Boat, 1945-1948
				Clippings, photographs, program, and reviews.
			The Sound of Music, 1959
				Clippings, printed piano-vocal score, program, reviews, and script.
			The Sound of Music, 1959-1960
				(2 copies)
				Printed piano-vocal score.
			South Pacific, 1949
				Clippings, printed piano-vocal score, program, reviews, and script.
			South Pacific, 1949
				Articles, clippings, photographs, and reviews.
			South Pacific, 1949
				Clippings and reviews.
			South Pacific, 1950-1951
				Articles, clippings, and reviews.
			South Pacific, national company, 1950-1952
				Articles, clippings, photographs, program, and reviews.
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