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Scripts and Librettos, 1921-2011 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 47/4-5 Mr. Gershwin Goes to Washington, 1997-2000
Includes: Two pieces of correspondence with Mark Trent Goldberg
BOX 60 Music by Gershwin, 1934
BOX-FOLDER 47/6 My One and Only, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 47/7 Never Gonna Dance, 2002
Includes: Correspondence from Jay S. Harris
BOX-FOLDER 47/8 Nice Work If You Can Get It, 2009
BOX-FOLDER 48/1-2 The North Star, 1943 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 48/3 to 49/4 Of Thee I Sing, 1963, 1987, 1993 and undated
Includes: Correspondence from MTI
BOX-FOLDER 596 Of Thee I Sing, 1932
Note: First edition published libretto
BOX-FOLDER 596 Of Thee I Sing, 1933
Note: Eighth printing of published libretto
BOX-FOLDER 49/5 to 50/8 Oh, Kay!, 1960, 1974, 1984, 1989, 1998-1999 and undated
see also Contracts and Legal Papers: Oh, Kay!
BOX-FOLDER 51/1-8 Pardon My English, 1933, 1990-1993, 2003-2004 and undated
Includes: Correspondence from Bernard Carragher to Marc Trent Goldberg; correspondence from Ian Marshall Fisher
BOX-FOLDER 52/1-2 Park Avenue, undated
BOX-FOLDER 52/3-8 Porgy and Bess, 1952-1959, 1976, 2006, 2011
Includes: Correspondence from Louis H. Aborn to IG
BOX-FOLDER 52/9 Primrose, undated
Includes: Correspondence from Tommy Krasker, Harry Winstanley, and Camille Kuznetz
BOX-FOLDER 52/10 Rosalie, undated
Includes: Correspondence from Sargent Aborn
BOX-FOLDER 52/11 Russian on the Side, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 53/1 Shall We Dance, 1936
Includes: Page inserts, 1937 January 14
BOX-FOLDER 53/2-3, 60/40 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 53/4 Show Girl, 1929
BOX-FOLDER 53/5 to 54/4 Song of the Flame, 1925-1926
BOX 371-372 Song of the Flame, 1925-1926
Sides
BOX-FOLDER 54/5 The Sounding Board, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 54/6 to 55/2 A Star is Born, 1953, 1996, 2008-2009
Includes: Correspondence from Raymond Wu to Michael Strunsky
BOX-FOLDER 55/3 to 56/6 Strike Up the Band, 1927-1929, 1988-1991, 1998 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 56/7 Sweet Little Devil, undated
BOX-FOLDER 56/8 to 57/6 Tell Me More, 1925, 2008 and undated
Includes: Correspondence of Tommy Krasker, Harry Winstanley, Camille Kuznetz, William Mead and Michael Strunsky
BOX-FOLDER 59/7 They All Laughed, undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/7 to 58/1 Tip-Toes, 1925, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 58/2-4 Turn Back the Clock, 1993 and undated
Includes: Correspondence from Steve Allen to Mark Trent Goldberg
BOX-FOLDER 58/5-8 Two Little Girls in Blue, 1921, 1935
BOX-FOLDER 59/1-3 Where Do We Go from Here?, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 59/4 Wintergreen for President, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 59/5-6 Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, 1936-1937
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
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
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