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| Biographical Materials, circa 1910-1995 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 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. |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 588 | Bennett, P. R.: A Compact Rhyming Dictionary, circa 1910-1914 | ||||||||||||
| New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Ira Gershwin on the front flyleaf | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/11 | Book of Verses, undated | ||||||||||||
| Manuscript in the hand of Ira Gershwin | |||||||||||||
| Books | |||||||||||||
| BOX 596 | De Turk, David A. The American Folk Scene: Dimensions of the Folk Song Revival. New York: Dell Pub. Co., 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Ben and Gertrude Botkin to Ira | |||||||||||||
| BOX 596 | Locke, Alain. The Negro and His Music. Washington, DC: The Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Locke to George | |||||||||||||
| BOX 596 | Olyanova, Nadya. Handwriting Tells. New York: Covici, Friede, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed by Olyanova to George | |||||||||||||
| BOX 592-593 | Shelf list for Ira Gershwin's personal library, undated | ||||||||||||
| Index cards | |||||||||||||
| Calendars and datebooks | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/19 | Calendar (incomplete), 1976 December-1977 April | ||||||||||||
| BOX 99 | Datebook, 1963 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 99 | Datebook, 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 99 | Datebook, 1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 99 | Datebook, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 99 | Datebook, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/20 | Pomona College Engagement Calendar, 1979-1989 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/21 | Pomona College Engagement Calendar, 1980-1981 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/22 | Christmas gifts, 1963-1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Colored pencils, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/12-13 | Compilation of literary excerpts, 1913-1914 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Excerpts of stories and poetry by various authors that Ira Gershwin cut from newspapers and pasted into a notebook | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/23-24 | Committee for the First Amendment, 1947-1948 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Subpoena; correspondence; clippings; press releases; contributions report | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/25 | Computanalysis of Ira Gershwin's handwriting, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/26 | Double-crostic puzzles, 1966-1967 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Published in The Saturday Review | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 571/18 | Double-crostic puzzle, undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Created by or for Ira Gershwin: "My contributions appeared from time to time in Punch and a couple of times I even got into the Strand Magazine which for a young writer in those days was equivalent to being awarded the Order of the Garter and came a day I was well fixed to pay a visit to America." | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 92/27 | George Gershwin: Election into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, 1964-1965 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence; nomination form for candidate | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/1 | George Gershwin: Essays, interviews, and accounts of last illness, 1925, 1937, and undated | ||||||||||||
| By Joe Mitchell Chapple; James C. Cooper Jr.; Catherine Kramer; Adele Weil | |||||||||||||
| Drafts | |||||||||||||
| Includes: List of charges and correspondence regarding George Gershwin's funeral; chronology of George Gershwin's life | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/2 | George Gershwin: Excerpts from letters and lyrics, circa 1934 | ||||||||||||
| Typescript | |||||||||||||
| Note: Likely compiled by Zena Hanenfeldt | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/3 | George Gershwin: Signature cut out from voided checks, 1934 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Ira distributed these among friends, colleagues, and admirers | |||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Ira Gershwin: ASCAP stud, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Ira Gershwin: Catfish tie clip, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Ira Gershwin: Cigar cutter and leather cigar case, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Ira Gershwin: Dressing room key, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Ira Gershwin: Eyeglass case, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Ira Gershwin: Wallet from George Gershwin Lodge No. 196, Knights of Pythias, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/4 | Ira Gershwin: My Greatest Achievement, undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Booklet in which Ira outlines his gambling successes | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/5 | Leonore Gershwin: Passport application, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 571/6 | Lyrics on Several Occasions: Category Chart, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/6 | Membership, military, and other identification cards: George and Ira Gershwin, 1917-1937, 1942-1943, 1950, 1983, 1989, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/7 | Miscellaneous diary entries and notes, 1959, 1965, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/8 | Notebook: Recollections of productions, 1918 January - 1924 December | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/9 | Notebook: Recollections of productions, 1925 January - 1929 December | ||||||||||||
| Includes: List of Ira Gershwin's published songs, 1921-1939 | |||||||||||||
| BOX 588 | Notebook with list of names, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/10 | Passports: George and Ira Gershwin, 1928, 1950, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/11-14 | Porgy and Bess: Souvenirs from Russia, 1955-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/15 | Social Security cards: Ira and Leonore Gershwin, 1962 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/18 | Songs by others, undated | ||||||||||||
| Typescript and manuscript lyric sheets | |||||||||||||
| Includes: "Girls, if You Ever Should Marry" by Jerome Kern and Schuyler Greene; "There's Nothing on the Level on the Square" by Arthur Jackson | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/16 | Strunsky Family Tree, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 571/17 | 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Cardboard placard | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed "Ira - 'S my pleasure! Martin Charnin Oct. 1970" | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 100/17 | Travel documents and itineraries, 1950, 1988 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: For Ira Gershwin, Leonore Gershwin, Emily Paley, and Walter Reilly | |||||||||||||
| BOX 587 | Watercolor paint set, undated | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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