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Ethel Merman collection, 1908-1998

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BOX 1-2, 5 Production Files, 1946-1970
Scripts, photographs, lyric sheets, notes, and business papers relating to the various Broadway, film, and television productions in which Merman starred.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1-2 Annie Get Your Gun, 1946
Photographs; lyric sheets
Note: Annotated by Merman
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway revival), 1966
Working script; notes
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Annie Get Your Gun (television special), 1966 December 6
Script; blocking information; rehearsal schedules
BOX-FOLDER 1/5-6 Call Me Madam, 1950
Photograph; contract; correspondence; rider
BOX 2 Call Me Madam (film), 1953
Leather-bound presentation script
Laid in: Production photographs, rewrites, and correspondence from producer Sol Siegel
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Call Me Madam (Revival), 1965
Working script; notes
Note: Heavily annotated
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Gypsy, 1959
Working script; lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 1/9-12 Hello, Dolly!, 1970
Scripts; photographs; contract; lyric sheets; correspondence
Miscellaneous
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 Ethel Merman act material, undated
Set material; lyrics; concert notes
Note: From unknown concert
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954
Photographs
BOX 2 There's No Business Like Show Business, 1955
Leather-bound presentation script
Laid in: Production photographs, rewrites, and correspondence from producer Sol Siegel
BOX 5 Music, 1959-1970
Scores and lead sheets for two of Merman’s stage productions.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Gypsy, 1959-1961
Piano-vocal score for full production
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Hello, Dolly!, 1970
Love, Look in My Window
Piano-conductor score; lead sheet
World Take Me Back
Piano-conductor score
BOX 3 Correspondence, 1915-1983
Correspondence Merman received from various personal and professional connections. Many items show evidence of fire damage.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Bailey, Pearl, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Bankhead, Tallulah, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Berlin, Irving, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 Cahn, Sammy, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Cantor, Eddie, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Champion, Gower, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Cointreau, Tony, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 3/9 Diller, Phyllis, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 3/10 Donahue, Jessie Woolworth, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 3/11 Eisenhower, David and Julie, 1975-1978
BOX-FOLDER 3/12 Eisenhower, Mamie, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 3/13 Ford, Gerald and Betty, 1974-1976
BOX-FOLDER 3/14 Gann, Ernest, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 3/15 Gershwin, George, 1930-1931, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 3/16 Hepburn, Katherine, 1970, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 3/17 Hunter, Ross, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/18 Javits, Jacob, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/19 John, Elton, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/20 John Paul II, Pope, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 3/21 Johnson, Van, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/22 Laurents, Arthur, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/23 Howard, Lindsay, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/24 Lindsay, John V., 1969
BOX-FOLDER 3/25 Logan, Joshua and Nedda, 1915, 1967, 1974-1975
BOX-FOLDER 3/26 Martin, Mary, 1977, 1982 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/27 Nixon, Richard, 1968-1972
BOX-FOLDER 3/28 Porter, Cole, 1942-1949
BOX-FOLDER 3/29 Prince, Harold, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/30 Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 1980-1983
BOX-FOLDER 3/31 Rose, Billy, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 3/32 Siegel, Sol, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 3/33 Sills, Beverly, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 3/34 Sinatra, Frank, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 3/35 Sondheim, Stephen, 1973, 1982
BOX-FOLDER 3/36 Streisand, Barbra, 1967-1970
BOX-FOLDER 3/37 Styne, Jule, 1960, 1967, 1973
BOX-FOLDER 3/38 Sullivan, Ed, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/39 Susann, Jacqueline, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/40 Van Heusen, James, 1960-1967
BOX-FOLDER 3/41 Whiting, Margaret, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/42 Wilder, Thornton, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 3/43 Windsor, Duchess of (Wallis Warfield), 1952, 1960
BOX 3 Programs, 1915-1998
Programs from various Broadway performances and benefits at which Merman performed or was honored.
Arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 3/44 1915-1919
BOX-FOLDER 3/45 1959, 1966-1970
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 1977
BOX-FOLDER 3/46 1982-1983, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 3/47 A Salute to the President, 1971 November 9
BOX-FOLDER 3/48 Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, 1981 January 20
Contents include: Invitation; ticket; correspondence
BOX 4, 6 Clippings, 1950-1984
Newspaper and magazine clippings discussing Merman’s career and performances.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 1950, 1959-1960, 1970-1983
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 1982-1984
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 1984
BOX 4-5 Photographs, 1930s-1980s
Photographs of Merman alone and with others.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Merman, alone
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Blackglama mink ad, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Rosemarie Sloat portrait of Merman, 1971
Note: Annie Get Your Gun
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 Studio portrait, 1930s
Merman, with others
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 John F. Kennedy Inaugural Gala photo portfolio, 1961
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 The Beatles, 1960s
Includes: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Berlin, Irving and Cole Porter, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1980s
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Martin, Mary, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Theatre Hall of Fame Awards, 1982
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 Miscellaneous, 1942, 1970s
Includes: Baby portrait of Ethel Levitt
Miscellany, 1908-1994
Personal papers and artifacts relating to Merman’s career and legacy.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 American Music Stamp Festival, 1994
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