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Oscar Hammerstein II collection, 1847-2000

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Show and Project Files, 1917-1995 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 54/3 Screenplay, 1957, May 22
Revised temporary script, includes handwritten notes.
BOX-FOLDER 54/4 Screenplay, 1957, June 10
Final version. Annotated, with revisions.
BOX-FOLDER 54/5-7 Scripts
Annotated with inserts, revisions, and notes.
BOX-FOLDER 54/8-9 Scripts (portions)
Annotated with revisions.
BOX-FOLDER 55/1-5 Script portions with revisions
Miscellaneous pages with notes and annotations.
BOX-FOLDER 55/6 Script in Danish
Lars Schmidt production.
BOX-FOLDER 55/7 Script in Swedish
Two bound volumes
BOX-FOLDER 55/8 Sheet music
BOX-FOLDER 55/9 Telegrams, 1949
State Fair (film musical, 1945)
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; book by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli
BOX-FOLDER 55/10-11 Lyric sheets and lyric sketches
Includes typed lyric sheets and drafts; and Hammerstein's holograph lyric sketches from 1960 accompanied by Amy Asch's transcriptions, and correspondence between Dorothy Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers' secretary regarding these lyric sketches.
BOX-FOLDER 55/12 Notes
Handwritten and typewritten notes for script and lyrics. Includes transcriptions for notes, possibly from a dictabelt. Also includes notes written on 3x5 cards.
BOX-FOLDER 56/1 Screenplay, 1932
From the 1933 film.
BOX-FOLDER 56/2 Script
Music circus adaptation.
BOX-FOLDER 56/3 Sheet music
BOX-FOLDER 56/4 Synopsis
(2 copies)
Stray Heroes (play--possibly not produced)
Co-produced by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 56/5 Correspondence, 1938
BOX-FOLDER 56/6-7 Scripts
(2 copies)
Summer Breeze (film musical--not produced)
Music by Jerome Kern; story, dialogue, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 56/8 Screenplay, 1935
Sunny (musical, 1925)
Music by Jerome Kern; book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 56/9 Miscellaneous materials, 1925, 1952
Includes lyric sheet, published script, and correspondence.
BOX-FOLDER 133/12 Piano-vocal score for "Sunny's entrance"
BOX-FOLDER 56/10 Prompt book
BOX-FOLDER 56/11 Sheet music
Sunny River (musical, 1941)
Music by Sigmund Romberg; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (originally called New Orleans )
BOX-FOLDER 57/1 Clippings
BOX-FOLDER 57/2 Correspondence, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 57/3 Screenplay, 1946
Includes portions of the screenplay with annotations and notes.
BOX-FOLDER 57/4-58/1 Scripts
(8 copies)
All entitled New Orleans . Annotated.
BOX-FOLDER 58/2 Sheet music
Sunrise on the Sea (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 58/3 Synopses by Oscar Hammerstein II
(5 copies)
Sweet Adeline (musical, 1929)
Music by Jerome Kern; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 58/4 Clippings, 1929
BOX-FOLDER 58/4 Lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 58/5 Screenplay, 1934
BOX-FOLDER 58/6 Sheet music
Templeton (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 58/7-8 Correspondence and notes, 1935-1938
Includes synopses and letters to Kern.
This is London (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 58/9 Correspondence, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 58/10 Lyrics and music
Includes a 4-page holograph music score for the song "This is London."
BOX-FOLDER 58/11 Synopsis, 1941
Three Buddies (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 58/12 Synopsis
(2 copies)
Three Sisters (musical, 1934)
Music by Jerome Kern; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 58/13 Clippings, 1934
BOX-FOLDER 58/14 Correspondence, 1933-1934
Includes notes on the show.
BOX-FOLDER 58/15 Lyric sheets and lyric sketches
BOX-FOLDER 58/16 Notes and research notes
BOX-FOLDER 59/1-2 Photographs, 1917-1930
Used for research. Photographs and postcards of Epsom Downs and environs, and concert parties by troops.
BOX-FOLDER 59/3-9 Scripts, 1934
Includes complete scripts and partial scripts.
Tiptoes (not produced) see also The Night is Young
BOX-FOLDER 60/1 Continuity, 1934, July 11
BOX-FOLDER 60/2 Treatment, 1934, June 22
Also called Evelyn Laye - Ramon Novarro Story.
Very Warm for May (musical, 1939)
Music by Jerome Kern; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 60/3 Correspondence, 1939
Also includes a financial statement from 1951, and a review of the original musical.
BOX-FOLDER 60/4-6 Screenplays, 1941, July 2
(3 copies)
BOX-FOLDER 60/7 Screenplay, 1941, July 22
BOX-FOLDER 60/8 Script
Annotated, with revisions.
BOX-FOLDER 61/1 Script, 1939, Nov. 25
Contains revisions.
BOX-FOLDER 61/2 Script, 1940, Jan. 15
BOX-FOLDER 61/3-5 Scripts
Pencil revisions in OH2's hand. One may be final version.
BOX-FOLDER 61/6 Script, 1994
John McGlinn's revised script for concert version.
BOX-FOLDER 61/7 Sheet music
Viennese Nights (film operetta, 1930)
Music by Sigmund Romberg; libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II
BOX-FOLDER 61/8 Portion of the screenplay and a program
Where Do We Go from Here? (play, 1938)
Written by William Bowers; produced by Oscar Hammerstein II and Dwight Taylor
BOX-FOLDER 61/9-10 Sides
White Cliffs (not produced)
BOX-FOLDER 61/11 Typewritten copy of the verse novel by Alice Duer Miller, with annotations
Handwritten on original folder: "idea for show."
Unidentified
BOX-FOLDER 62/1-2 Handwritten notes for unidentified shows
BOX-FOLDER 62/3 Typewritten drafts, possibly of musical film, with annotations and revisions
Includes Amy Asch's notes.
BOX-FOLDER 62/4 Outline for unidentified play
Includes Amy Asch's notes.
BOX-FOLDER 62/5 Synopsis for unnamed musical comedy film on college life, by Gerald Savory and Oscar Hammerstein II
Includes correspondence, notes, and a clipping.
BOX-FOLDER 62/6 Financial estimates for unidentified production
BOX-FOLDER 62/7 Miscellaneous script fragments
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