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Posters and Promotional Material, 1937-2009 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 585/14 Let's Call The Whole Thing Gershwin: A Musical Revue, undated
BOX-FOLDER 583/11 Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, 1975 July 27
Note: Reiss-Davis Child Study Center Benefit
MAPCASE FOLDER 2 Manhattan, 1979
BOX-FOLDER 585/15 Manhattan Showboat, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 585/16 The Memory of All That: Gershwin On Ice, undated
BOX-FOLDER 585/17 My One and Only, 1983
Note: Signed by Twiggy and Tommy Tune
MAPCASE FOLDER 2 My One and Only, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 583/12-13 My One and Only, 1994, 2002
BOX-FOLDER 586/13 New York MTA Poetry in Motion, 1997
BOX 599 Nice Work If You Can Get It: George and Ira Gershwin, 1998
MAPCASE FOLDER 9 Nice Work If You Can Get It: George and Ira Gershwin, 1998
MAPCASE FOLDER 8 The North Star, 1943
BOX-FOLDER 583/14 Of Thee I Sing, 1972
BOX-FOLDER 585/18 Of Thee I Sing, 1998
Note: Signed by cast
MAPCASE FOLDER 1 Of Thee I Sing, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 586/14-15 Oh, Kay!, 1994 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 585/19 Pardon My English, 2004
BOX-FOLDER 583/16 Pardon My English, 2006
MAPCASE FOLDER 2 Pardon My English, undated
BOX-FOLDER 585/20 Patriotic Song Contest of the Hearst Newspapers, 1919 March 2
Includes: O Land of Mine America
BOX 599 Porgy and Bess film, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 71/6 Porgy and Bess, 1950s
Flyers
MAPCASE FOLDER 3 Porgy and Bess, 1952-1954
BOX-FOLDER 583/19 Porgy and Bess at Teatro alla Scala, 1955 February 22
BOX-FOLDER 583/17 Porgy and Bess, circa 1959
BOX-FOLDER 585/21 Porgy and Bess, 1983
MAPCASE FOLDER 4 Porgy and Bess, 1989-1990
BOX-FOLDER 586/15 Porgy and Bess, 1994
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Porgy and Bess, 1995-1996
Note: One item signed; includes Japanese production
BOX-FOLDER 583/18 Porgy and Bess, 1998
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Porgy and Bess, 2010 and undated
Note: Includes German production
BOX-FOLDER 585/22 Porgy and Bess, undated
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Porgy and Bess, Teatro Nuovo Quattro Fontane, undated
BOX-FOLDER 583/20 Porgy & Me, 2009
BOX-FOLDER 583/21 Rhapsody in Blue, 1934, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 501/36 Rhapsody in Blue, 1945
Lobby cards
MAPCASE FOLDER 8 Rhapsody in Blue, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 585/23 Rodgers and Hart's The Boys From Syracuse, undated
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 'S Wonderful: A Celebration of George Gershwin, 1998
Signed poster; program; ticket stub; pamphlet
BOX-FOLDER 501/37 'S Wonderful: An Evening At the Taper with Ira Gershwin, 1992 April 27
Flier
BOX-FOLDER 585/24 Shall We Dance, 1937
Note: Publicity books
BOX-FOLDER 585/25 Strike Up the Band, Goodspeed Opera House, 1995
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Strike Up the Band, 1998
Signed poster; program; ticket stub; pamphlet
BOX-FOLDER 586/16 Strike Up the Band: Historic First Recording of the Original 1927 Version, undated
MAPCASE FOLDER 9 Teatro la Fenice, 1968
BOX-FOLDER 585/26 They All Laughed, 2001
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 The Univeristy of Miami School of Music George Gershwin Festival, undated
Signed poster; program; ticket stub; pamphlet
MAPCASE FOLDER 8 When the Boys Meet the Girls, 1965
BOX-FOLDER 585/27 Where Do We Go From Here?, 1945
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.
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
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
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