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| Programs, 1914-2012 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Arranged by Stanley Silverman | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/4 | Gershwin Week, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| New York City | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/5 | "'Gertie Refused to Sign' (or the Neverness of a Projected Limited Edition)," 1941, 1967-1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/6-7 | Gintell, Burton, 1993-1994 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Proposal for a concert titled "An Evening with the Gershwins" | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/8 | Great Swiss Bank Gold Medallion Composers Series, 1970-1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/9 | Hallmark Gallery, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 582/6 | "Hi, Ho!" Limited Edition, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Two jackets | |||||||||||||
| Note: One jacket inscribed by Ira Gershwin with voided check signed by Ira Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/10 | International Society for General Semantics, 1965-1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 87/11 to 88/3 | Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Theater, 1994-1997 | ||||||||||||
| University of San Francisco | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 88/4 | Ira at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 88/5 | Lincoln Center: Concerts and Exhibition, 1963 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 88/6 | Lullaby, for string quartet, 1968, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Materials related to New York Strings concert; essay draft by Ira Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 88/7 | Lyrics and Lyricists series, 1971-1978 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 88/8 | Miscellaneous, 1963 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 88/9-11 | Museum of the City of New York, 1932, 1967-1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 89/1 | My One and Only / Funny Face, 1981-1984 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 89/2 | New York Public Library, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 89/3-7 | Performing Rights Society, 1994-1996 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 89/8-9 | Peyser, Joan, 1992-1993 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/22 | Porgy and Bess Limited Edition, 1935 October | ||||||||||||
| Title page | |||||||||||||
| Note: Ira Gershwin inscribed the page with the names Jake Duffy, Vernon Duke, Sissie Schönberger, Addie Katz | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 89/10 | Porgy and Bess, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| South Carolina Tricentennial | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 89/11 | Preludes, for solo piano, 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding various research projects | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 90/1 | Promenade, 1962-1969 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding concert and recording featuring Andre Kostelanetz's arrangement; originally "Walking the Dog" from the film Shall We Dance (1937) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 90/2 | P. S. 20 Alumni Association, 1965-1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 90/3 | Rhapsody in Blue film, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Synopsis | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 90/4-9 | Rosenberg, Deena, 1991-1996 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin and other projects | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 90/10, 91/1 | San Francisco Symphony, 1995-1999 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/2 | San Francisco Symphony - 60/30/10 Committee, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Committee for the celebration of Michael Tilson Thomas' 60th birthday, 30th anniversary of conducting the San Francisco Symphony, and 10th anniversary of his appointment as music director | |||||||||||||
| Schneider, Alan, 1957-1973, 1993 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/3-5 | General, 1957-1973, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/6-8 | Saxe, Leonard and the Gershwin "Imposter" claimant, 1955-1967 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Materials related to legal aspects of Schneider's claim | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/9 | Schoenberg, Arnold, 1937? | ||||||||||||
| Note: Transcript of statement given at a memorial broadcast for George Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/10 | Smithsonian Institution, 1979, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/11 | Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (French Society of Authors and Dramatic Writers), 1953-1954 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding membership and royalties | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/12 | The State College of Washington, 1943 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 91/13 | The Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research, 1961-1962 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 92-100, 501, 571, 582, 586-588, 592-593, 596 | Biographical Materials, circa 1910-1995 | ||||||||||||
| This series includes awards and other recognitions, Ira's diaries with corresponding transcriptions, address and datebooks, organizational memberships, and other general biographical information. Materials are related predominantly to Ira Gershwin, but include a small amount related to George and Leonore. | |||||||||||||
| Organized as three subseries. | |||||||||||||
| Awards and Recognitions, 1932-1995 | |||||||||||||
| This subseries includes the honorary doctorate that Ira received from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as other certificates and plaques recognizing his achievements as a lyricist and writer. These items also include awards and honors presented posthumously to George Gershwin. Many of the awards are accompanied by correspondence, invitations, and programs. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/1 | ALS National Theatre: Leonore Gershwin, Patron of the Year, 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopy of plaque | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/23 | ASCAP: Congratulations on Ira Gershwin's 50th Year of Membership, 1970 December 17 | ||||||||||||
| Certificate | |||||||||||||
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