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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

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Ralph Block Papers

Identifier: MSS56820
Abstract

Journalist, motion picture producer, screenwriter, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, family papers, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Block's career as an author, reviewer, screenwriter, movie editor, associate producer, and as an official of the Office of War Information in India.

Dates 1872-1971; Majority of material found within ( 1906-1971)
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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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Ruth Gordon Papers

Identifier: MSS49825
Abstract

Actress and playwright. General correspondence, production material, business records, and other papers concerning Gordon's career in movies and the theater.

Dates 1924-1969; Majority of material found within ( 1940-1969)
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Sherman Krellberg Papers

Identifier: MSS58768
Abstract

Motion picture and theatrical producer and film distributor. Correspondence, memoranda, scripts, dialog sheets, reports, financial and legal records, and promotional material pertaining chiefly to Krellberg's career as an independent film distributor and producer of feature films, serials, and theatrical productions.

Dates 1919-1989; Majority of material found within ( 1931-1970)
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Joseph Wood Krutch Papers

Identifier: MSS29009
Abstract

Author, drama critic, and naturalist. Correspondence, diaries, writings, and other papers reflecting Wood's career as a professor of English at Columbia University and scholarship in the fields of conservation, society, and drama and theater.

Dates 1920-1971; Majority of material found within ( 1950-1970)
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Rouben Mamoulian Papers

Identifier: MSS84949
Abstract

Theatrical and film director. Correspondence, diaries, scripts, production material, speeches, writings, printed matter, scrapbooks, memorabilia and other papers relating to Mamoulian's life and career.

Dates 1740-1987; Majority of material found within 1906-1987
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George Middleton Papers

Identifier: MSS32839
Abstract

Playwright, author, and copyright specialist. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, subject files, and research material and documenting Middleton's career as a playwright, author, and copyright specialist at the Department of Justice. Also includes correspondence relating to the La Follette and Middleton families.

Dates 1872-1970; Majority of material found within 1911-1958
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National Society of Arts and Letters Records

Identifier: MSS34330
Abstract Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the support of young artists in the performing, literary, and visual arts. Correspondence; minutes of meetings; copies of the society's publications, The Record of the National Society of Arts and Letters and the Year Book and Roster; programs; clippings; printed matter; scrapbooks; photographs; and other records relating primarily to the society's program of awards and...
Dates 1944-1987
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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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Ameen Fares Rihani Papers

Identifier: MSS84177
Abstract

Arab-American author and poet. Photocopies of correspondence, biographical material, and drafts of essays, historical and political analyses, literary criticism, novels, short stories, plays, poetry, and travel literature reflecting Rihani's Arab-American heritage.

Dates 1897-1940
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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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Margaret Webster Papers

Identifier: MSS52142
Abstract

Actress, theatrical producer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, family papers, prompt copies of plays and operas, musical scores, set and staging diagrams, articles, lectures, research material, scrapbooks of clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers consisting primarily of material used by Webster in compiling two family biographies and reflecting her theatrical career.

Dates 1837-1974; Majority of material found within 1937-1970
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Marshall P. Wilder Papers

Identifier: MSS45658
Abstract

Humorist and entertainer. Correspondence, diaries, humor notes and clippings supplying the raw material for Wilder's performances, notebooks containing lists of theatrical agents and performers, scrapbooks of playbills and theatrical broadsides, and photographs.

Dates 1880-1914