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| BOX 204-214, 501, 540 | Lawrence D. Stewart, 1917-2007 | ||||||||||||
| This series consists of materials created by Ira Gershwin's assistant in the 1950s and 1960s, Lawrence D. Stewart. Stewart also assisted the Gershwin Trust in compiling and annotating the photograph file binders in the early 1990s. Included are business files and writings by both Stewart and others, namely Ira. | |||||||||||||
| Organized as three subseries. | |||||||||||||
| Business Files, 1924-2005 | |||||||||||||
| This subseries consists of Stewart’s business files that he maintained in his
role as Ira Gershwin’s assistant, and later as a Gershwin specialist who was
consulted on numerous projects. Materials and subjects include correspondence,
programs, invitations, clippings related to events, exhibitions, interviews,
television and radio specials, and research projects. A significant amount of
these items relate to two teaching workshops at Carnegie Hall and a Gershwin
Exhibition at the City Museum of New York. Also of note are numerous copyright registrations, dating between 1956 and 1964, for George and Ira Gershwin’s collaborative works. These materials complement legal documents related to a copyright suit to maintain protection for their joint works, and similar considerations under Danish copyright law. Other items include LP record sleeves and sheet music inscribed from Ira Gershwin and Harold Arlen to Stewart, personal notes from Ira to Stewart, and biographical notes that Stewart compiled. Also included is a substantial amount of Stewart’s professional and personal correspondence with Ira and Leonore Gershwin, Emily Paley, Mabel Schirmer, English Strunsky, Mark Trent Goldberg, and various researchers. |
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| Arranged alphabetically by subject. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/1 | Affidavit of Arthur Schwartz in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, 1953-1957 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Ira Gershwin was a plaintiff | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/2 | Ager, Milton, Cecilia, and Shana, 1969-1979, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/3 | Alexandre, Emanuel, 1977, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/4 | Almost Perfect, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Play by Jerry Mayer | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/5 | Appraisal of Gershwin material, undated | ||||||||||||
| By Sigmund Rothschild | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/38 | Artwork: Ink drawing of Lawrence D. Stewart, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Robert LeRoy Smith | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/6 | Autographs of Distinction, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding sale of George Gershwin's paintings | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/7 | B.B.C. Interview of Ira Gershwin, 1966 October 22 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/8-9 | Behrman, Sam N., 1965-1972 | ||||||||||||
| Includes: Three issues of The New Yorker (1972 May 13, 20, and 27) with essays by Behrman | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/10 | Biographical research on the Gershwins, 1994-1999 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Carnegie Hall | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/11 | George Gershwin at 100, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 204/12 | The George Gershwin Workshop for Teachers, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/1 | Ira Gershwin at 100, 1996-1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/2-3 | The Ira Gershwin Workshop for Teachers, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/4 | Nice Work If You Can Get It: George and Ira Gershwin, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/5 | Copyright Registrations: George and Ira Gershwin's collaborative works, 1956, 1962-1964 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/6 | Alexander, Shana, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/7 | Castle, Thomas, H., 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/8 | Corbett, Rosamond, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/9 | Fan mail to Ira Gershwin answered by Lawrence D. Stewart, 1955-1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/10 | Fuld, James J., 1958-1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/11 | Furia, Philip, 1995-1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/13 | Gershwin, Ira, 1953-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/14 | Gershwin, Ira and Leonore, 1952-1953, 1964-1967 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/15 | Gershwin, Leonore with Emily Paley and Mascha Strunsky, 1938-1988 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/16 | Gershwin, Leonore with Lawrence D. Stewart, 1954-1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/1 | Gershwin Trusts, 1994-1999, 2002-2005 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/2 | Godowsky, Elaine and Leopold, 1995-1998 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/3 | Godowsky, Elaine, Leopold, and Leila, 1980-1988 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/4 | Godowsky, Frances Gershwin, 1956, 1980-1983, 1994-1995 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/5 |
Goldberg, Mark Trent,
1992, 1998 and
undated
see also: Gershwin Trusts |
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| BOX-FOLDER 206/6 | Goldberg, Mary and Gene, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/7 | Jablonski, Edward, 1968, 1989-2001, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/8 | Kopaz, Chester, 1968-1969 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/9 | Krasker, Tommy, 1986, 1992-1994 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding new edition of Porgy and Bess (Broadway version) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/10 | Lahr, John, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/11 | Maylone, R. Russell, 1997-1998, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/12 | McGrath, Ross, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/13 | Miscellaneous, 1953-1959, 1965-1969, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/14 | Miscellaneous, 1991-1998, 2004-2005, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/15 | Paley, Emily with others, 1937, 1944, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/16-19 | Paley, Emily to Lawrence D. Stewart, 1957-1979, 1982-1988, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/12-16 | Paley, Emily from Lawrence Stewart, 1957-1988 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/20 | Rosenberg, Deena, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 206/21 | Saxe, Helen and Leonard, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/1-8 | Schirmer, Mabel, 1958-1988, 1993, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/9 | Simon, Alfred E., 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/10 | Sinatra, Frank, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/11 | Starr, Herman, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/17 | Strunsky, English, 1962-1968, 1989, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/18 | Strunsky, Jean, 1997-1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 207/19 | Strunsky, Lucy, 1997-1998 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 205/12 | Swift Galloway, Kay, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/1 | Do It Again: A Gershwin Musicade, 1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/2 | Dresser, Louise, 1956-1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/3 | Events and Tributes: Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trust, 1992, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/4 | Events and Tributes: Library of Congress, 1995, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/5 | Events and Tributes: Miscellaneous, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1998-1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/6 | Financial records, 1966, 1968, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/7 | George Gershwin: Cancelled checks, 1933-1934 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/8 |
George Gershwin: Letters to
Charles Evans, 1931
see also Evans, Charles |
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| Copies | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/9 | George Gershwin: Letters to Zena Hanenfeldt, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Transcribed by Lawrence D. Stewart on May 10, 1966 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/10 | George Gershwin Jubilee Week of Music, 1946? | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/11 | George Gershwin's Unpublished Tunes List, 1972 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Annotated by Lawrence D. Stewart | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/12 | Gershwin in New York, 1995 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/13 | Gershwin projects, 1962, 1982-1983, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/14 | Girl Crazy in Germany, 1963-1964, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/15 | Godowsky, Leopold: Living Archives film project, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/16 | Hardy, Rex, 1992, 1996-1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/17 | Hatab, Tony, 1955-1956, 1960-1967, 1988, 1997-1998 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Copyright suit to maintain protection for George and Ira Gershwins' collaborative works | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/18 | Horsewhip, Clyde, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/19 | The Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Theatre: Opening, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/20 | Ira Gershwin: Interview with Max Wilk, 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Transcript (incomplete) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/21 | James A. Michener Art Museum, 1996-1997 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Exhibition on Moss Hart and George Kaufman | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/22 | Kiss Me, Stupid, 1964-1972 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/23 | Kurt Weill Conference, 1943, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/24 | Levant, Oscar, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Obituaries; essay draft | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 208/25 | Library of Congress, 1962-1967, 1983, 1997-1998 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence; inventories | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 209/1 | Library of Congress Symposium: The Gershwins and Their World, 1938-1939, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Research, notes, and outline for talk given by Mark Trent Goldberg | |||||||||||||
| LP Record Sleeves | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 540/12 | Gershwin Rarities, Vol. 1, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Walden Records | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Ira Gershwin to Lawrence D. Stewart | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 540/13 | Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Walden Records | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Ira Gershwin to Lawrence D. Stewart | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/39 | St. Louis Woman, 1946 | ||||||||||||
| Capitol Records | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Harold Arlen to Lawrence D. Stewart | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 540/14 | Tryout (Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin), 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Heritage Productions | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Ira Gershwin to Lawrence D. Stewart | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 209/2 | Miscellaneous, 1954, 1961, 1990-1994, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 209/3-9 | Museum of the City of New York: Gershwin Exhibit: George, The Music / Ira, The Words, 1966-1969, 1972, 2000, 2002, and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Also regarding limited edition of "Hi, Ho!"; includes correspondence with Sam Pierce and Melvin Parks | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 209/10 | NCB / KODA / IFPI, 1994 September | ||||||||||||
| Note: Justification asserting that George and Ira Gershwin's works are joint creations under Danish copyright law, written by Michael Sukin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 209/11-12 | Notes from Ira Gershwin to Lawrence D. Stewart, 1954-1973 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 210/1 | Notes from Ira and Leonore Gershwin to Lawrence D. Stewart, 1957-1958, 1968, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 210/2 | Notes to Ira and Leonore Gershwin, 1954, 1960, 1968, 1973-1974, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 210/3-4 | Obituaries: Ira Gershwin's contemporaries, 1936, 1953, 1964-1968, 1972-1975, 1986-2004 | ||||||||||||
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