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| BOX 61-82, 252-256 | Programs, 1914-2012 | ||||||||||||
| Programs encompass those from George and Ira’s lifetime as well as those collected by the Gershwin Trusts office through 2010. | |||||||||||||
| Organized as two subseries. | |||||||||||||
| Shows, 1919-2012 | |||||||||||||
| The show programs include musicals from both stage and screen, the most extensive documenting the many iterations of Porgy and Bess. Most notable of these are the various souvenir programs of the Davis-Breen State Department sponsored tour in the 1950s. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by show title and chronologically therein. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 252/1 | 135th Street, 1925 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 61/1-2 | An American in Paris (film), 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 61/3-4 | An American in Paris (musical), 2008 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 61/5 to 62/5, 252/2 | Crazy for You, 1992-2009 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/6 | Crazy Quilt, 1931 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/7 | The Dancing Girl, 1923 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/8 | Delicious, 1931 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/9 | Demitasse Revue, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/10-11 | Fascinating Rhythm, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/12 | The Firebrand of Florence, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/13 | A Foggy Day, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/14 | For Goodness Sake, 1922 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/15-23 | Funny Face, 1927-2000 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/24 | George White's Scandals of 1920, 1920 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/25 | George White's Scandals of 1922, 1922 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/26 | George White's Scandals of 1923, 1923 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/27, 252/3 | George White's Scandals of 1924, 1924-1925 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 62/28 to 63/5 | Girl Crazy, 1930-2009 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/6 | The Greenwich Village Follies, 1923 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/7 | Hayseed, or The Villain Still Pursued Her, 1922 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/8 | King of Jazz, 1930 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/9-20, 252/4 | Lady, Be Good!, 1926-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/21 to 63/30, 252/5-6 | Lady in the Dark, 1940-2001 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/31-33 | La-La-Lucille!, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 63/34 | Ladies First, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/1-4 |
Let 'Em Eat Cake, 1933-1995
see also Of Thee I Sing |
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| BOX-FOLDER 64/5-8 | Life Begins at 8:40, 1934-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/9 | Midnight Follies, 1926 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/10 | Morris Gest Midnight Whirl, 1919-1920 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/11 | Much Ado About Love, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/12-19, 252/7 | My One and Only, 1983-2006 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/20 | Nice Work If You Can Get It, 2012 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 64/21 to 65/8, 252/8 | Of Thee I Sing, 1931-2009 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 65/9-21 | Oh, Kay!, 1926-1994 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 65/22 | Our Nell, 1922 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 65/23-26 | Pardon My English, 1933-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 65/27-30 | Park Avenue, 1946-2008 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 65/31 | A Perfect Lady, 1924 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 66/1 to 69/18, 252/9 to 255/3 | Porgy and Bess, 1935-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/1 | Primrose, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/2 | The Rainbow, 1923 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/3, 255/4 | Rosalie, 1928-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/4 | Selwyn's Snapshots of 1921, 1921 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/5 | Shoot the Works, 1931 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/6 | Show Girl, 1929 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/7 | Song of the Flame, 1925 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/8-10, 255/5 | A Star is Born, 1954-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/11 | Stop Flirting, 1924 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/12-26 | Strike Up the Band, 1927-2004 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/27 | Sweet and Low, 1931 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/28 | Swing is King, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/29-32 | Tell Me More, 1925-2007 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/33 | That's a Good Girl, 1928 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/34-35 | They All Laughed!, 2000-2001 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 70/36-40 | Tip-Toes, 1925-2007 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 71/1, 255/6 | Treasure Girl, 1928, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 71/2-3 | Two Little Girls in Blue, 1921-1978 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 71/4-5 | Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, 1936-1999 | ||||||||||||
| Chronological List, 1914-2010 | |||||||||||||
| The chronological list mainly documents concert programs, including George’s own performances in recitals, as well as appearances premiering or performing his orchestral works. Also found here are programs for memorial concerts, Gershwin-themed symphonic concerts, and cabaret evenings. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 72/1 | 1914 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 72/2-33, 255/7-9 | 1920-1929 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 72/34 to 73/24, 255/9-13 | 1930-1939 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 73/25-31, 256/1-2 | 1940-1949 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 73/32 to 74/3, 256/3-4 | 1950-1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 74/4 to 75/4 | 1960-1969 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 75/5 to 76/5, 256/5-7 | 1970-1979 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 76/6 to 77/5 | 1980-1989 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 77/6 to 80/10, 256/8-10, 572/5 | 1990-1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 80/11 to 82/5, 256/11-12 | 2000-2010 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 82/6 | Undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 83-91, 501, 540, 582 MAPCASE FOLDER 1 | Subject Files, 1915-2004 | ||||||||||||
| This series documents various festivals, concerts, exhibits, workshops, auctions,
other events, and publications related to George and Ira Gershwin. The materials
in these files include correspondence, photographs, press releases, programs,
invitations, reviews, agreements, clippings, financial papers, and essay drafts. A
substantial amount relates to the George Gershwin Festival at the University of
Miami School of Music; George Anthonisen's bronze sculpture of George Gershwin's
bust; the George Gershwin Commemorative Stamp, issued by the United States Postal
Service in 1973; and the opening of the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Theater at the
University of San Francisco in 1997. Correspondence related to Alan Schneider, who publicly claimed to be George Gershwin's illegitimate son in Confidential Magazine (1958), is significant. These materials meticulously document various legal issues that arose as well as Schneider's quest for membership in the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Correspondence related to a limited-edition publication of Lady in the Dark, which Gertrude Lawrence later refused to sign, is also notable. |
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| Arranged alphabetically by folder title. | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 6 | 1021 N. Roxbury Drive - plans and surveys, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 83/1 | 50th Anniversary Concert of Rhapsody in Blue, 1974-1975 | ||||||||||||
| City University Graduate Center | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 83/2 | ACUFF Amicus Brief: Estates of Irving Berlin et. al., 1993 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 83/3-8 | Allen, Steve, 1991-1993 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding two new libretti based on the musicals Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein) and the film Turn Back the Clock (Edgar Selwyn and Ben Hecht); Allen interpolated songs by George and Ira Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/17 | An Evening with the Gershwins, 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Westminster High School | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 83/9, 501/18 | Anthonisen, George, 1971-1976 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Bronze sculpture of George Gershwin's bust, unveiled and displayed at Carnegie Hall | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 84/1-8 | Auctions and sales of Gershwin items, 1968-1976, 1987, 1990-1999, 2004, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 84/9 | Broadway: 125 Years of Musical Theater, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| IBM Gallery of Science and Art | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 84/10 | Caen, Herb, 1969 | ||||||||||||
| Clippings; correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Note: Caen published an announcement in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding Joe Christy, who listed himself as "George Gershwin, pianist and composer" in the San Francisco phone book | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 84/11 | Celebrating the Gershwins, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Brooklyn College | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 84/12 | Charles Hamilton Autographs, 1960, 1966 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding a miscataloged autograph letter attributed to George Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/1 | Emery, George L., 1963-1967 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding Emery's dying grandson, Michael Bean | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/2 | Feinstein, Michael, 1978, 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Notes from meetings with Ira | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/3 | Ford's Theatre, 1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/4 | The Gallery of Great Americans, 1971-1972 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin Center, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/5 | George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (expanded edition), 1959-1960 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/6, 540/9-10 | George Gershwin Commemorative Medal, 1969-1973 | ||||||||||||
| Judah L. Magnes Museum of Berkeley, California | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/7-8, 501/19-21 | George Gershwin Commemorative Stamp, 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| United States Postal Service | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/9-10 | George Gershwin Elementary School, 1965-1967 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 85/11-14, 86/1 | The George Gershwin Festival, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| University of Miami School of Music | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 86/2-4 | George Gershwin Junior High School, 1956-1957, 1965-1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 86/5 | George Gershwin Theatre Workshop, 1950-1953 | ||||||||||||
| Boston University | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 86/6 | The Gershwin Gala, 1987 March 11 | ||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 86/7 | Gershwin, Morris, 1915, 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Certificate of bankruptcy; funeral documents | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 86/8 to 87/2 | Gershwin on Ice, 1994-1996 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/3 | Gershwin Songs for String Quartet, 1982, 1998 | ||||||||||||
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