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BOX 101-124, 502, 540 BOX 125R-137R Business Papers, 1916-2005
This series consists of contracts, correspondence, and other legal documents pertaining to the work of George and Ira Gershwin, the donation of materials to the Library of Congress, and recording projects of the Gershwin Trust.
Organized as four subseries.
Calendars and Datebooks, 1983-1999
This subseries mainly documents appointments and daily activities of Leonore Gershwin and the Gershwin Trusts office after Ira’s death.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 124/5 Address book, 1992
BOX 101 Datebooks, 1990-1999
BOX 502 Wall calendars, 1983-1990
Contracts and Legal Papers, 1916-1999
This subseries contains agreements, contracts, correspondence, and other legal documents pertaining to the work of George and Ira Gershwin. It includes stage and film productions, concert premieres and appearances, and publishing agreements.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
An American in Paris
BOX-FOLDER 102/1 Los Angeles Civic Light Opera correspondence, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 102/2 MGM contract, 1949-1950
Appearance requests
Note: Correspondence regarding George Gershwin appearances
BOX-FOLDER 102/3 Detroit Concert Society, 1936-1937
BOX-FOLDER 102/4 National Symphony Orchestra Association, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 102/5 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 102/6 Miscellaneous, 1927-1928, 1936-1937
ASCAP
BOX-FOLDER 102/7 Agreements, 1924-1925, 1931-1965
BOX-FOLDER 102/8 Almanacs, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 102/9 Membership correspondence, 1938, 1941-1966, 1976-1978
BOX-FOLDER 102/10 The Barkleys of Broadway - MGM Contract, 1948
BMI case
BOX-FOLDER 102/11 BMI case, 1953-1958
Correspondence; official case statement; Ira Gershwin financial samples
BOX-FOLDER 102/12 Clippings, 1953-1956
BOX-FOLDER 102/13 George Gershwin song lists, undated
Case exhibits
BOX-FOLDER 103/1 Index, 1962, 1968
BOX-FOLDER 103/2 266, 1930-1954
List of motion pictures using Ira Gershwin songs
BOX-FOLDER 103/3 267 A-H, 1936, 1941-1943, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 103/4 268, 1920-1946
List of shows using Ira Gershwin songs
BOX-FOLDER 103/5 269, 1920-1951
Record of the published works of Ira Gershwin
BOX-FOLDER 103/6 271-272, 1931-1935
BOX-FOLDER 103/7 273, 1954
Correspondence regarding exhibit
BOX-FOLDER 103/8 274-277, 1922, 1930, 1938-1939
Contract between Arthur Francis and Richmond Robbins Company; contract between Ira Gershwin and Harry Warren and Remick Music Corporation relating to "Cheerful Little Earful"; document concerning assignment on song called "Till Then" to the T.B. Harms Co.; agreement between the World's Fair 1939, Inc., and the Gershwin Publishing Corporation
BOX-FOLDER 103/9 278, 1920
ASCAP application for membership for Arthur Francis
BOX-FOLDER 103/10 279, 1921
Note: Assignment of performing rights, ASCAP
BOX-FOLDER 103/11 280-289, 1925-1928, 1935-1941, 1948-1953
Miscellaneous ASCAP agreements
BOX-FOLDER 103/12 289 A-J, 1948-1953
ASCAP writer-performance records
BOX-FOLDER 103/13 290, 1930
Fox Film Corporation contract
BOX-FOLDER 103/14 293, 1935-1953
Ira Gershwin royalties
BOX-FOLDER 103/15 330-331, 1921-1952
Ira Gershwin royalties
BOX-FOLDER 103/16 Bolton, Guy - correspondence, 1939, 1945-1976
Includes: Tip-Toes; Girl Crazy; Lady, Be Good!
BOX-FOLDER 103/17 Breen v. Goldwyn, Lazar, et al. - correspondence, 1959-1962
BOX-FOLDER 103/18 Broadway Brevities of 1920 - contract, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 103/19 Chappell & Co., 1933-1935, 1951-1962
Contract renewals and annual extensions
BOX-FOLDER 103/20 The Comic Supplement - correspondence regarding contract, 1924
BOX-FOLDER 103/21 Corned Beef and Roses - William Rose, Inc. contract, 1930
The Country Girl
BOX-FOLDER 103/22 Chappell & Co., 1953
BOX-FOLDER 103/23 Paramount, 1953
Cover Girl
BOX-FOLDER 103/24 Columbia, 1944-1945
BOX-FOLDER 103/25 T. B. Harms Company, 1968-1971
BOX-FOLDER 103/26 Dramatists Guild of the Authors League of America, Inc., 1949, 1961
Correspondence; two sample producing managers contracts
BOX-FOLDER 103/27 Essex County Symphony Society - contract and correspondence, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 104/1 The Firebrand of Florence, 1944-1945
Funny Face
BOX-FOLDER 104/2 EMI Records / World Records Club, 1970-1971
BOX-FOLDER 104/3 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Agreement, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 104/4 Gershwin, Ira - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1953, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1979-1982
BOX-FOLDER 104/5 Gershwin Concert Orchestra, 1951-1954
Correspondence; agreement; programs
BOX-FOLDER 104/6 Gershwin in New York, 1938, 1962, 1971, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/7 Gershwin Publishing Corp., 1935, 1968
Agreements; amendment letters
Girl Crazy
BOX-FOLDER 104/8 Colton, Edward, 1931
BOX-FOLDER 104/9 Dramatists Guild, 1930-1934, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 104/10 Loew's Inc., 1931, 1938-1944, 1958 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/11 RKO Assignment correspondence, 1959
BOX-FOLDER 104/12 Washington Service Bureau materials, 1979, 1985-1986
BOX-FOLDER 104/13 Give a Girl a Break, 1953?
Harms, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 104/14 Catalog, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 104/15 Correspondence, 1936
Note: Regarding Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris
BOX-FOLDER 104/16 Heritage Productions Corp. - Agreements, 1953-1956
"Hi-Ho"
BOX-FOLDER 104/17 Agreement with Gershwin Publishing Corporation, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 104/18 Correspondence, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 104/19 Judson Radio Program Corporation - Libby, McNeill & Libby event contract, 1929
BOX-FOLDER 104/20 Kiss Me, Stupid - Phalanx Productions, 1964
Lady in the Dark
BOX-FOLDER 104/21 Correspondence and Contracts, 1940-1942, 1948-1950, 1963-1964
BOX-FOLDER 104/22 Rodgers and Hammerstein Contract, 1997
Lady, Be Good!
BOX-FOLDER 105/1 Correspondence, 1968
BOX-FOLDER 105/2 London Royalties, 1943
BOX-FOLDER 105/3 MGM Renewal Assignment, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 105/4 Off Broadway Production Agreement, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 105/5 Let 'Em Eat Cake - Statement of Production, 1934
BOX-FOLDER 105/6 Let Me Hear the Melody - S.N. Behrman Contract, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 105/7 Lyrics on Several Occasions, 1958-1959
BOX-FOLDER 105/8 Memo on available contracts on Ira Gershwin, undated
Miscellaneous
BOX-FOLDER 110/10 Agreements, 1916-1917, 1926-1936, 1947, 1965
BOX-FOLDER 110/11 Correspondence and rights documents, 1951-1952, 1962 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 105/9 National Broadcasting Company, Inc. - Rights Statement, 1936
New World Music Corporation
BOX-FOLDER 105/10 Notice of termination, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 105/11-13 Warner Brothers Music, 1978
BOX-FOLDER 105/14 New World Stock Agreement, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 105/15 Of Thee I Sing, 1934
BOX-FOLDER 105/16 Of Thee I Sing and Love in the Thirties - agreement, 1969
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