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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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