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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

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Sid Caesar Papers

Identifier: MSS55260
Abstract

Actor and comedian. Chiefly annotated working scripts for "Your Show of Shows" (1950-1954), the television series in which Caesar appeared with Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, and Carl Reiner; and scripts and production files for "Caesar's Hour" (1955-1957), the series in which he appeared with Janet Blair, Nanette Fabray, and Morris and Reiner.

Dates 1950-1963
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Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy Papers

Identifier: MSS17301
Abstract

Actor, producer, and director Hume Cronyn and stage and film actor Jessica Tandy. Family papers, correspondence, annual file, productions and projects file, and scrapbooks documenting Cronyn and Tandy's stage, screen, and television performances and Cronyn's activities as a director, producer, and writer.

Dates 1885-2018; Majority of material found within 1935-2000
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Gatewood W. Dunston Collection Relating to William Surrey Hart

Identifier: MSS25171
Abstract

Correspondence, synopses of stories and movie scripts, publicity material, notes, and clippings relating chiefly to William Surrey Hart's career as a star of silent western films, Hart's lawsuit against United Artists, and the efforts of Hart's son to contest his father's will.

Dates 1914-1955
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Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin Papers

Identifier: MSS85114
Abstract

Author and actress Ruth Gordon and her husband Garson Kanin, actor, author, producer, and director. Correspondence with colleagues in the entertainment industry.

Dates 1921-1993; Majority of material found within ( 1940-1959)
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Sam Jaffe Papers

Identifier: MSS84952
Abstract

Actor. Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, sketches, photographs, and other papers relating to Jaffe’s career as an actor and his personal life including his experience as a blacklisted actor in the 1950s.

Dates 1915-1991; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1984)
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Garson Kanin Papers

Identifier: MSS29280
Abstract

Actor, author, producer, and director. Correspondence and production material relating to Kanin's stage and film projects.

Dates 1941-1965
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Rowland V. Lee Papers

Identifier: MSS54346
Abstract

Director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Scripts, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating to Lee's career in motion pictures as a silent film actor, director, and producer during the period 1917-1959.

Dates 1907-1971; Majority of material found within ( 1917-1959)
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Groucho Marx Papers

Identifier: MSS47845
Abstract

Humorist and actor. Correspondence, book typescripts, and film scripts relating to Marx’s life and acting career.

Dates 1930-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1950-1965)
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Arnold Moss Papers

Identifier: MSS33738
Abstract

Actor, director, theatrical producer, and crossword puzzle maker. Correspondence, contracts, scripts, playbills and programs, financial records, speeches, writings, drafts of crossword puzzles, and printed matter documenting Moss's career primarily as a stage actor, producer, and director.

Dates 1935-1987; Majority of material found within ( 1953-1987)
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Nazimova Collection

Identifier: MSS81203
Abstract

Actress. Correspondence, programs, press clippings, and scrapbooks documenting the American stage and film career of the Russian-born actress Nazimova, particularly during the silent film era.

Dates 1877-1988
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Vincent Price Papers

Identifier: MSS36905
Abstract

Actor, art collector, and supporter of the arts. Correspondence, speeches and writings, lectures, business records, family papers, scripts, programs, playbills, publicity material, photographs, and other papers documenting Price's career as an actor in the theater, motion pictures, and television, as an art collector, critic, and consultant, and as a gourmet cook.

Dates 1883-1992; Majority of material found within 1932-1992
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May Robson Papers

Identifier: MSS38059
Abstract

Actress and author. Correspondence, books, playscripts, and other material autographed or created by prominent actors and producers of stage and screen from the late nineteenth-century until Robson’s death; also includes scrapbooks, playbills, correspondence, photographs, and other material documenting her life and stage and film career.

Dates 1849-1955; Majority of material found within 1885-1950
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Found in: Music Division

Rudolph and Joseph Schildkraut Scrapbooks

Identifier: ML31.S33
Abstract

Rudolph Schildkraut (1862-1930) and his son, Joseph Schildkraut (1895-1964), were Austrian-American stage and film actors. The collection documents their personal and professional lives on European and American stage and screen through photographs, clippings, programs, and iconography mounted in four scrapbooks.

Dates 1867-1964
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Lee Strasberg Papers

Identifier: MSS85610
Abstract

Actor, director, and acting teacher. Correspondence, memoranda, production files, lectures, writings, scripts, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers relating to Strasberg's theatrical and film career, Method acting, the Actors Studio, and theater history.

Dates 1780-2006; Majority of material found within 1924-1983
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Charles Withers Papers

Identifier: MSS60095
Abstract

Vaudevillian and humorist. Scripts, theatrical programs, scrapbooks, clippings, handbills, broadsides, and other memorabilia relating to Withers's career in vaudeville.

Dates 1917-1942