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Lawrence D. Stewart, 1917-2007
(continued) |
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Writings by Lawrence D.
Stewart, 1950-1997
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This subseries contains Stewart's drafts and notes for articles, essays, liner
notes, and other writings pertaining to George and/or Ira Gershwin. |
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 210/26 |
Album notes for Verve
Records, 1959-1960
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Includes: Correspondence regarding multiple
albums; reviews |
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BOX-FOLDER 210/27 |
Album notes for Walden
Records: Ira Lyrics II, 1955
November 25
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Note: Unproduced |
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BOX-FOLDER 210/28 |
Album notes for Westminster
Records: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Grofé Grand Canyon Suite, 1959
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Includes: Correspondence; notes |
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BOX-FOLDER 211/1 |
Biography of George and Ira
Gershwin, 1995 August
21
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Note: From Catalog of the
American Musical
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BOX-FOLDER 211/2 |
Biography of Ira Gershwin,
circa 1963
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Note: For Who's Who in
American Theatre
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BOX-FOLDER 211/3 |
Biographical timeline for
Ira Gershwin, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 211/4 |
Essay describing layout of
1021 N. Roxbury Drive, undated
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Note: References slide numbers |
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BOX-FOLDER 211/5 |
Essay on Leo Robin and the
Sweet Fellows Society, undated
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Outline |
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BOX-FOLDER 211/6 |
George Gershwin, American
Composer, 1950 January
6
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Note: Two-minute entertaining speech for
graduation lunch |
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BOX-FOLDER 211/7 |
Gershwin Writes an Opera
(Porgy and Bess), undated
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BOX-FOLDER 211/8-10 |
L'Envoi to Lyrics on Several Occasions, 1996-1997
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Includes: Draft of new preface by John
Guare |
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BOX-FOLDER 211/11-14 |
The Gershwin Years, 1956-1972, 1989-1996, and undated
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Coauthored by Edward Jablonski |
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Notes for revisions; bibliography;
correspondence with publishers |
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BOX-FOLDER 211/15 to 212/1-2 |
The Gershwins: Words Upon
Music, 1959
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BOX-FOLDER 212/3 |
Ira and Leonore Gershwin:
The Happy Amalgam of Opposite Natures, 1997 May
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Note: For the dedication of the Ira and Leonore
Gershwin Theatre, San Francisco |
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BOX-FOLDER 212/4-5 |
Ira Gershwin and "The Man
That Got Away," 1997
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Note: Article in the DLB
Yearbook
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Includes: Letter and note from Harold Arlen
regarding "The Man that Got Away" |
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BOX-FOLDER 212/6 |
Journal, 1952 November 9 -
1953 May 10
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Transcription |
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BOX-FOLDER 212/7 |
Journal entries regarding
the Gershwins, 1954-1956,
1967-1968, 1995
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BOX-FOLDER 212/8 |
Miscellaneous essay
outlines, 1995, 1997, and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 212/9 |
NBC Radio Series "Biography
in Sound," 1955 August
25
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Note: Used by Ira Gershwin during his
appearance on the program "The Serious George Gershwin," recorded on August
26 |
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BOX-FOLDER 212/10 |
Notes and observations on
Porgy and Bess, 1977-1978 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 212/11-13 |
Notes on the Gershwins,
1955-1961, 1966-1972 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 212/14 |
The Numbered Manuscripts of
Unlyricized Tunes and Ira's Role in Their Existence, 1997 November 5
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BOX-FOLDER 212/15 |
Program notes on "Concerto
in F", undated
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BOX-FOLDER 212/16 |
Regarding Mabel, 1994
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Includes: Letter from Mabel Schirmer; brief
essays by Annie Murphy, John Pleshette, and Mary Willis |
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BOX-FOLDER 212/17 |
Rhetorical Figures of
Speech, undated
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Laid in: Lawrence Stewart note, 1997 |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/1 |
Something about Leonore,
1995 and undated
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Note: Article written for the Library of
Congress |
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Writings by Others, 1917-2007
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This subseries predominantly contains Ira’s holograph and typescript sketches
for unpublished short essays and lyric revisions, as well as his early
published essays. A variety of pieces by other authors are also included. |
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Arranged alphabetically by author and therein by title. |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/2 |
Bykov, V. "Anna Strunsky's
Parcel," 1965
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Note: Published Russian article with English
translation |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/3 |
Calhern, Louis. "The
Thirty-Five Tiles of Ira Gershwin," 1967 November 8
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BOX-FOLDER 213/4 |
Du Brow, Rick. UPI News
Feature on Ira Gershwin, 1959
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BOX-FOLDER 213/5 |
Furia, Philip. "Ira
Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist," 1995
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Note: Includes Lawrence D. Stewart's
notes |
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Gershwin, Ira |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/6 |
1928 Diary, 1928, 1997
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Transcription annotated by Lawrence D.
Stewart |
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Includes: Book proposal |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/7 |
An American in Paris, 1951?
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BOX-FOLDER 213/8 |
Andre Kostelanetz and a
Gathering of Gershwiniana, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/9 |
Audubon (Last Half),
1917 November 28
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Note: Published in the New York Clipper
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BOX-FOLDER 213/10 |
Book of Knowledge, 1963
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Note: Short biography of George Gershwin,
written for a biographical encyclopedia |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/11 |
California, Here I Came,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/12 |
Canadian Broadcast, 1960 December 12
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BOX-FOLDER 213/13 |
Essay on Kurt Weill and
Lotte Lenya, 1940, 1958,
1965
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Includes: Correspondence with Kurt
Weill |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/14 |
Foreward to Porgy and Bess (Columbia Masterworks), 1951
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BOX-FOLDER 213/15 |
Four Scores (and Seven
Years Ago), undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/16 |
Hamilton (Last Half),
1918 February 6
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Note: Published in the New York Clipper
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BOX-FOLDER 213/17 |
How to Write Lyrics,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/18 |
I Met Myself (as told to
Hilda Black), undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/19 |
Justification of his role
in George Gershwin's career, 1952
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Includes: Lawrence D. Stewart's notes from
1997 |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/20 |
Miscellaneous notes and
prose sketches, 1961-1966
and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/21 |
Music is Music, 1938-1939
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Note: Unpublished, written for the Torrance
High School Yearbook |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/22 |
My Brother, 1937-1938
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Note: Opening of essay for Merle Armitage's
collection of essays on George Gershwin |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/23 |
Notes on his childhood,
1958 September
15
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Note: Compiled for Horace Sutton of The Saturday Review
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BOX-FOLDER 213/24 |
Notes on Gershwin
manuscripts, 1960
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BOX-FOLDER 213/25 |
A P.S. 20 Connection,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 213/26 |
Porgy and Bess, 1967
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Note: Libretto, annotated by Ira
Gershwin |
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BOX-FOLDER 213/27 |
Revised lyrics for "I
Must Write a Song," 1997
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BOX-FOLDER 213/28 |
Troubles of a Lyricist
Told by One Who's Had to 'Fit Words' to Many a Tune, 1925 August 16
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Note: Published in The
World
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BOX-FOLDER 213/29 |
Words and Music, 1930 November 9
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Note: Published in The
New York Times
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Green, Benny |
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BOX-FOLDER 214/1 |
Article regarding Ira
Gershwin, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 214/2 |
Gershwin and My Time,
1976
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BOX-FOLDER 214/3 |
Kahn, Otto. "George Gershwin
and American Youth: An Appreciation," 1929
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BOX-FOLDER 214/4 |
Krasker, Tommy. The Gershwin Musicals, 1991 November 1
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BOX-FOLDER 214/5-6 |
Reynolds, Christopher.
"Porgy and Bess: An American Wozzeck," 2006-2007
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Note: For Lawrence Stewart on his 80th
birthday |
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BOX-FOLDER 214/7 |
Weil, Adele. Essay about
George Gershwin, 1932-1933
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BOX-FOLDER 214/8 |
Whiteman, Paul. "George
Gershwin: A Memoir," undated
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BOX-FOLDER 214/9 |
Wodehouse, Artis. "George
Gershwin: His Recordings / His Performance Style," 1983
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Note: Paper presented at the Association for
Recording Sound Collections Annual Meeting in 1983 |
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Includes: Letter to Michael
Feinstein |
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BOX-FOLDER 214/10 |
Unidentified. "Concerning
Indie Jones," undated
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Note: Excerpt from a larger work describing
Thanksgiving dinner with George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Nola Arndt, and
Paul Mildred Owen; Indie Jones was the housekeeper of the author |
