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Show and Project Files, 1917-1995 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 29/8 Lyric sheets and lyric sketches
Includes drafts, portions of script, and annotations.
BOX-FOLDER 29/9 Miscellany, 1952-1953
Includes notes, and letter from OH2 to William Hammerstein.
BOX-FOLDER 133/7 Music
Rodgers holographs.
BOX-FOLDER 29/10 Programs, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 30/1-6 Scripts entitled Untitled Musical Play
Some copies contain annotations and revisions.
BOX-FOLDER 30/7-9 Scripts
BOX-FOLDER 30/10-11 Scripts (portions)
BOX-FOLDER 31/1-5 Script (draft)
Revised and annotated.
BOX-FOLDER 31/6 Sheet music
BOX-FOLDER 31/7-8 Telegrams
Messer Marco Polo (not produced) (also known as Golden Bells)
BOX-FOLDER 32/1 Script
Includes portion of OH2's draft script, a letter, and clippings.
Music in the Air (musical, 1932; Broadway revival, 1951)
Music by Jerome Kern; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 32/2 Correspondence, 1942
From Edwin Lester regarding changes to the show.
BOX-FOLDER 32/3 Correspondence and business files, 1951-1953
BOX-FOLDER 32/6 List of opening night attendees
BOX-FOLDER 32/4 Lyric sheets
Includes portions of the script.
BOX-FOLDER 32/5 Narrative by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 32/7, 136/1 Programs, 1932-1933
BOX-FOLDER 136/2 Scrapbook, 1933
Contains photocopied clippings and reviews.
BOX-FOLDER 32/8-10 Script portions
Includes synopses with notes and annotations.
BOX-FOLDER 32/11 Script, 1932
An early draft.
BOX-FOLDER 32/12 Script
With inserts.
BOX-FOLDER 32/13 Telegrams
The New Moon (operetta, 1928)
Music by Sigmund Romberg; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab
BOX-FOLDER 32/14 Financial papers, 1951-1953
BOX-FOLDER 32/15 Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 32/16 Program, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 33/1-2 Scripts
(2 copies)
BOX-FOLDER 33/3 Sheet music
BOX-FOLDER 33/4 Synopses
(2 copies)
Annotated.
New Toys (play, 1924)
Written by Milton H. Gropper and Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 33/5 Script, act one
"Final corrected copy."
BOX-FOLDER 33/6 Script, act two
"Second copy."
BOX-FOLDER 33/7 Script (complete)
The Night is Young (film musical, 1935)
Music by Sigmund Romberg; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II see also earlier title Tiptoes
BOX-FOLDER 33/9 Correspondence, 1934
"Ballet Story" outline is included.
BOX-FOLDER 33/10 Lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 33/11 Piano conductor score, 1934
Entitled "Tiptoes (tentative title)."
BOX-FOLDER 33/8 Scenario
"Imperial Royal Ballet Comedy," by Vicki Baum
BOX-FOLDER 34/1 Screenplay, 1934 Sept.
BOX-FOLDER 34/2 Script portions and drafts
Oklahoma! (musical, 1943)
Music by Richard Rodgers; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 34/3-5 Clippings, 1942-1955, 1979-1981
BOX-FOLDER 34/6 Correspondence, 1951-1953
BOX-FOLDER 34/7 Financial statements, 1952-1954
BOX-FOLDER 34/8-35/2 Lyric sheets and lyric sketches
(6 folders)
Includes drafts, notes, and research, including Hammerstein's hand-drawn map of Claremore, Oklahoma (in box 35/folder 2).
Contains Richard Rodgers holograph.
BOX-FOLDER 36/3 Materials relating to the Oklahoma state song act, 1953
Includes a copy of the act, and two black and white photographs of Rodgers, Hammerstein, and some of the cast accepting the certificate.
BOX-FOLDER 35/3 Photographs, 1950
From Lars Schmidt production in Gothenburg.
BOX-FOLDER 35/4 Photographs, 1955
Lars Schmidt production.
BOX-FOLDER 35/5 Programs and promotional materials, 1945, 1953, 1968 and 1980
MAPCASE-DRAWER 6/11 Scene designs, 1979
Floor plans and ground plans.
BOX-FOLDER 35/6 Screenplay (incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 35/7 Screenplay (incomplete), 1953, Apr. 27
BOX-FOLDER 35/8 Screenplay, 1954, June 1
BOX-FOLDER 35/9 Script (act one)
Entitled "Green Grow the Lilacs."
BOX-FOLDER 35/10 Script (in Scandinavian)
BOX-FOLDER 36/1 Script (incomplete) for concert version
(2 copies)
BOX-FOLDER 36/2 Sheet music
BOX-FOLDER 36/4-6 Tour materials, 1979-1981
Includes correspondence, business and production files, and casting materials.
BOX-FOLDER 36/7-8 Twenty-fifth anniversary concert performance materials, 1967-1968
Includes correspondence, portions of script, programs, and promotional materials.
BOX-FOLDER 36/9 Writings
Open House (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 37/1 Scenarios and notes, 1939
Includes letter to "Jerry" from OH2 and Alice Duer Miller.
Paris on Broadway (film musical) (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 133/8 Piano-vocal score
"Paris on Broadway," which may have been used in The Lady Objects.
BOX-FOLDER 37/2-3 Screenplay, 1937, June 17
(2 copies)
First draft.
BOX-FOLDER 37/4 Screenplay, 1937, Aug. 17
Final version.
Pipe Dream (musical, 1955)
Music by Richard Rodgers; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 38/1 Clippings, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 38/2-13 Lyric sheets and lyric sketches
(12 folders)
Includes drafts, notes, portions of script and scenes, and manuscript music.
BOX-FOLDER 133/9 Music
Rodgers holographs.
BOX-FOLDER 39/1 Programs, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 39/2 Scene designs
BOX-FOLDER 39/3-41/5 Scripts (drafts) (incomplete and complete)
(31 folders)
Contains revisions, annotations, inserts, handwritten notes and lyric sketches, and production information.
BOX-FOLDER 41/6 Sheet music
BOX-FOLDER 37/5-9 Story by John Steinbeck
Drafts of The Bear Flag Cafe, with revisions and annotations. Includes drawing of the stage setting.
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