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Biographical Materials, circa 1910-1995 (continued)
Awards and Recognitions, 1932-1995 (continued)
BOX 587 City College of New York: James K. Hackett Medal, Ira Gershwin, 1956, 1975
Medallion
BOX-FOLDER 92/5 City College of New York: James K. Hackett Medal, 1956, 1975
Press release; photograph; current bibliography on Ira Gershwin; citation of award
BOX 587 City College of New York: Townsend Harris Medal for notable achievement to Ira Gershwin, 1952
Medallion
BOX-FOLDER 92/6 City College of New York: Townsend Harris Medal, 1952
Correspondence; program; list of medalists
BOX-FOLDER 586/2 City of Beverly Hills: Proclamation of Gershwin Month, 1993 June
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 571/14 City of Los Angeles: Certificate of Commendation for Leonore Gershwin, Patron of the Year, 1987 January 30
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 571/15 City of Los Angeles: Proclamation of Gershwin Day, 1973 September 26
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 571/16 City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn: Proclamation of George Gershwin Day, 1963
Certificate
BOX 587 City of New York, Mayor John V. Lindsay: Handel Medal presented to George and Ira Gershwin, 1973
Medallion
BOX 587 The City University of New York Presidential Medal, 1976
Medallion
BOX-FOLDER 92/7, 501/25 The City University of New York Presidential Medal, 1976
Correspondence; programs; press release; photographs; clippings
BOX-FOLDER 92/8 Congressional Gold Medal, 1988
Programs; invitation; clipping
BOX-FOLDER 501/26 Crazy for You Best Musical 4th Year, 1995
Watercolor print
BOX-FOLDER 501/27 Entertainment Hall of Fame: Nomination of George Gershwin, 1974-1975
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 501/28 Entertainment Hall of Fame: Nomination of Ira Gershwin, 1974-1975
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 501/29 Entertainment Hall of Fame: Nomination of Ira Gershwin, 1976
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 501/30 Los Angeles Music Center: Ira Gershwin Dean of American Lyricists, 1975 July 27
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 571/7 La Grande Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris, 1974 June 20
Certificate
Note: In honor of George Gershwin's 75th birthday
BOX-FOLDER 92/9 La Grande Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris, 1974-1975
Correspondence; photographs; remarks for ceremony
Note: In honor of George Gershwin's 75th birthday
BOX-FOLDER 571/8 National Academy of Popular Music, undated
Certificate
Note: Honoring Ira Gershwin as one of the "The Most Popular American Lyric Writers"
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame
BOX-FOLDER 571/9 Election of the album Rhapsody in Blue (Victor Records, 1927), George Gershwin, 1974
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 571/10 Election of the album I Can't Get Started (Victor Records, 1937), Ira Gershwin, 1975
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 571/11-12 Election of the album Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Columbia Records, 1951), George and Ira Gershwin, 1976
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 92/10 Nomination for Album of the Year, Classical (Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris), George Gershwin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Andrew Kazdin, 1976
Photocopy of plaque
BOX-FOLDER 501/31 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, 1972
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 92/11 National Music Awards, 1976
Correspondence; invitation; list of award judges and recipients
BOX 587 National Portrait Gallery: John Singleton Copley Medal, in grateful appreciation to Ira Gershwin, undated
Medallion
BOX-FOLDER 582/7 Office of the Mayor of the City of New York: Proclamation of Gershwin Week, 1973 September 23
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 92/12 Pulitzer Prize in Letters for Of Thee I Sing, 1932 June 1
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 92/13 Stereo Review's Record of the Year Award for 1990, 1990
Plaque
BOX-FOLDER 501/32 The Songwriters Hall of Fame: Election of George Gershwin, 1971 March 6
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 92/14 Union Bank of Switzerland: Medailles d'or commemoratives, 1965 November
Correspondence; pamphlet
BOX-FOLDER 575/13 University of Maryland, College Park: Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, 1966 June 4
Certificate
BOX-FOLDER 92/15 University of Maryland, College Park: Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, 1966-1967
Correspondence; invitation; award citation
BOX-FOLDER 92/16 Wisdom Hall of Fame, undated
Correspondence; invitation to accept nomination; information booklet
Diaries, 1916-1965
This subseries is comprised of autograph manuscripts and typescript transcriptions for eight of Ira Gershwin's diaries. These writings chronicle his travels to Europe, New York, and Moscow. Among them are several drafts of his 1928 diary and related correspondence that document Ira’s intention to publish the manuscript.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 94/1 Every Man His Own Boswell, 1916-1917
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 95/1-2 Every Man His Own Boswell, 1916-1917
Typescript transcriptions
BOX-FOLDER 94/2 1917-1918
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 95/3 1917-1918
Typescript transcription
BOX-FOLDER 94/3 The Gershwins Abroad or Four Americans in Paris and Several Other Cities, 1928
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 95/4 to 96/1 The Gershwins Abroad or Four Americans in Paris and Several Other Cities, 1928
Typescript transcriptions
BOX-FOLDER 96/2 The Gershwins Abroad or Four Americans in Paris and Several Other Cities, 1928
Notes; correspondence; clippings
BOX 588 Trip to Europe, 1950
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 96/3 Trip to Europe, 1950
Typescript transcription
BOX-FOLDER 94/4 Trip to New York, 1953
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 96/4 Trip to New York, 1953
Typescript transcription
BOX 588 1954-1955
Manuscript; 2 volumes
BOX-FOLDER 96/5-6 1954-1955
Typescript transcriptions
BOX 588 Trip to Moscow, 1956
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 96/7-8 Trip to Moscow, 1956
Typescript transcriptions
BOX-FOLDER 94/5 Trip to New York, 1963 May 24 - June 7
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 96/9 Trip to New York, 1963 May 24 - June 7
Typescript transcription
BOX-FOLDER 94/6 Trip to New York, 1965 May 31 - June 27
Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 96/10 Trip to New York, 1965 May 31 - June 27
Typescript transcription
General, circa 1910-1990
Among the general materials, a small amount of correspondence, press releases, and newspaper clippings document Ira’s participation in the Committee for the First Amendment and highlight its role in countering the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Two especially significant items are Ira’s autograph draft of the statement that Humphrey Bogart delivered when 25 celebrities traveled from Hollywood to Washington, D.C., to protest HUAC in 1947, and the subpoena requiring Ira to appear before the Committee of Un-American Activities of the Senate of the State of California in 1948.
Other notable items include cropped portions of voided checks containing George Gershwin’s signature, which Ira then distributed among friends and colleagues. Two notebooks offer an invaluable glimpse into the reception, programming, and financial aspects of various productions of George and Ira’s stage works between 1918 and 1929. This series also includes address books, calendars and datebooks, passports, membership cards, and souvenirs from Ira’s travels to Moscow during the tour of Porgy and Bess in 1956.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 97-98 Address books, 1959, 1970s, 1990 and undated
Ten items, including two belonging to Leonore Gershwin
BOX 588 Address books, undated
Two items
BOX-FOLDER 92/17 Application for Nevada gambling license, 1969
Note: Ira Gershwin's humorous responses
BOX-FOLDER 92/18 Applications for Registration of an Orchid Hybrid, 1975-1976
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