Descriptive Summary
Crawford, Cheryl
Cheryl Crawford Collection 1862-1981
Cheryl Crawford worked as a theatre producer for five decades, primarily on Broadway, producing musicals that included Brigadoon, Porgy and Bess, and Yentl, and four Tennessee Williams plays. She was also a founding member of both the Group Theatre and the Actors Studio. Her collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, playbills, audio tapes, posters, and sound recordings, as well as her personal collection of sheet music.
25 boxes; 11.4 linear feet
1978-002
Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Biographical Note
Producer and director Cheryl Crawford was born Sept. 24, 1902 in Akron, Ohio to Louella E. (Parker) and Robert K. Crawford. Crawford died on Oct. 7, 1986 in New York City.
Although involved in at least one high school dramatic production, Crawford began her formal acting career while at Smith College, when she became involved with Smith College Dramatic Association. While a student, she produced Shakuntala, a Native American drama. During the summer of 1924 Crawford was associated with the Provincetown Players of Cape Cod. In 1925 she graduated from Smith College, cum laude.
Following graduation, Crawford attended a school managed by the Theatre Guild in New York City. She worked with the Theatre Guild until 1930, working first as a secretary and a third assistant manager. Later she worked as a casting director and general assistant on Theatre Guild productions.
In 1930 Crawford left the Theatre Guild to form the Group Theatre, sharing the responsibilities as director of the group with Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg. During this period she directed Big Night (1933), Till the Day I Die (1935), and Weep for the Virgins (1935) as well as assisting with the direction of the first production by the Group Theatre, The House of Connelly (1931). She left the Group Theatre in 1937 to begin directing on her own.
Between 1937 and her death in 1986 Crawford was involved in the production of more than 100 shows. From 1937 through 1945 Crawford worked primarily on Broadway. While working at the Maplewood Theatre in New Jersey, 1940-1942, she produced different shows on a weekly basis and worked with such stars as Tallulah Bankhead, Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Swanson in productions such as The Time of Your Life and Charley's Aunt.
In 1946 Crawford formed the American Repertory Theatre with Eva Le Gallienne and Margaret Webster. In 1947 Crawford united with Robert Lewis and Elia Kazan to form the Actors Studio. Crawford served as both a member of the board of directors and as an executive producer during the Actors Studio Theatre, which ran during 1963 and 1964.
Crawford was active as a producer for fifty-five years, co-producing So Long on Lonely Street in 1986. During that time she produced musicals such as Brigadoon, Porgy and Bess, Paint Your Wagon, and Celebration. Crawford also produced four Tennessee Williams plays, among them Sweet Bird of Youth, in which Paul Newman starred, and Period of Adjustment. Some of the highlights from productions during the last decades of her life include Yentl, Mother Courage and Her Children, and Do You Turn Somersaults.
Crawford's awards include an honorary Doctor of Literature from Smith College, awarded in 1962, and an Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1951 for Tennessee William's The Rose Tattoo. She was named Woman of the Year in 1959. In 1964 she was awarded an Achievement Medal from Brandeis University.
Source
Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary. New York, New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. 173-176.
Scope and Contents
The Cheryl Crawford Collection documents her career in theatre from almost the beginning through the years immediately preceding the sale of her collection to the University of Houston. Items date between 1862 and 1981, with the bulk of the items dated 1940 through 1978. There are 3,335 items in the collection.
The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, playbills, audio tapes, posters, sheet music, sound recordings, clippings, budgets, tax returns, legal agreements, contracts, audits, reviews, speeches, and miscellaneous items such as postcards and receipts.
The series are arranged as follows: Correspondence, Productions, Scripts, Programs, Playbills, Serials, Audio Tapes, Sheet Music, Sound Recordings, a General series for miscellaneous items, and Posters. The finding aid includes a complete container listing. Item listings of correspondence, production materials, playbills, programs, and general items are available upon request.
Some printed items have been removed from the collection and incorporated into the library's cataloged holdings. These materials include books and some sheet music. The materials which have been removed from the collection and cataloged are available for use.
Index Terms
Terms are either Library of Congress Subject Headings or taken from local sources.
Subjects (Persons)
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986
Kazan, Elia
Martin, Mary, 1913-
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Subjects (Organizations)
Group Theatre (U.S.)
Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects
Theatrical producers and directors -- United States
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use RestrictionsSpecial Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form. For more information, consult the appropriate librarian.
Preferred Citation
Cheryl Crawford Collection, Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries.
Acquisition
The collection was purchased from Cheryl Crawford in 1978.
Processed by
Original processing: 1985
Reprocessing: Andrea Bean, August 1994
Detailed Description
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Correspondence, 1936-1977
There are 438 items in this series. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Letters received and sent have been kept together, as that is the arrangement used by Crawford. Letters date from 1936 to 1977, with the bulk of the material dated 1950 through 1961.
In some cases, the only correspondence with a particular person are the carbon copies saved by Crawford. People to which carbon copies of letters sent are all that were kept are: Judy Garland, Oscar Hammerstein, Burgess Meredith, Marilyn Monroe, Shelley Winters, and Audrey Wood. Major correspondents include Mary Martin and Richard Halliday, Marc Blitzstein, Tennessee Williams, and Thornton Wilder. A complete listing of letters sent and received is available.
This series does not include correspondence related to specific productions which has been filed with other materials related to that production. Additional correspondence related to a particular production is located with other records of the production. There also is some correspondence in the General series, placed with related items such as the Diary of Anne Frank lawsuit file.
There is little personal correspondence, as most items relate directly to activities in the theatre.
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Letter from Jane Alexander, 1 item 1976.
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Letter from Judith Alexander, 2 items undated.
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Telegram from James Baldwin, 1 item 1964.
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Letter from Tallulah Bankhead to Kieran Tunney, 2 items 1965.
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Letters from Vicki Baum, telegram and carbon copies of letters to Vicki Baum, additional materials, 12 items 1944.
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Letters from Vicki Baum, telegram and carbon copies of letters to Vicki Baum, additional materials, 11 items 1944-1945.
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Letters from Marc Blitzstein, carbon copies of letters to Marc Blitzstein, additional materials, 35 items 1949-1960.
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Letter from Marlon Brando, 1 item 1953.
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Letter from Bertoldt Brecht to Roth, additional item, 2 items 1950.
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Letter from Gower Champion, 1 item 1968.
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Letter from Paddy Chayefsky, 1 item 1961.
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Letter from Agnes de Mille, 3 item 1976.
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David Diamond, 1 item undated.
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Letters from Lehman Engel, carbon copies of letters to Lehman Engel, 27 items 1965-1967.
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Letters from Lynn Fontanne, 2 items 1975.
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Carbon copies of letters to Pamela Frankau, 2 items 1955.
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Carbon copies of letters to Judy Garland, 3 items 1961.
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Letter from Paul Green, 1 item 1975.
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Carbon copies of letters to Oscar Hammerstein, 2 items 1954-1955.
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Letters from Julie Harris, 2 items 1974-1976.
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Letters from Helen Hayes, 3 items 1973-1974.
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Letter from Elia Kazan, carbon copies of letters to Elia Kazan, additional materials., 20 items 1950-1957.
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Letters from Elia Kazan, letter from Elia Kazan to Lee Strasberg, carbon copies of letters to Elia Kazan, additional materials, 43 items 1958-1975.
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Letters from Ephraim Kishon, carbon copies of letters to Ephraim Kishon, 6 items 1961.
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Letter from Eva La Gallienne, 1 item undated.
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Letter from Cloris Leachman, 1 item 1977.
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Letter from Lotta Lenya, 1 item 1976.
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Letters from Alan Lerner, carbon copies of letters to Alan Lerner, 3 items 1951.
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Letters from Carson McCullers, letter from Carson McCullers to Otto Frank, carbon copies of letters to Carson McCullers, additional materials, 11 items 1952-1961.
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Letter from Anna Magnani (photocopy), 1 item 1962.
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Letters from Mary Martin and Richard Halliday, carbon copies of letters to Mary Martin and Richard Halliday, additional materials, 53 items 1945-1963.
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Letters from Mary Martin and Richard Halliday, additional materials, 13 items 1972-1977.
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Carbon copy of letter to Burgess Meredith, 1 item 1964.
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Carbon copies of letters to Marilyn Monroe, 7 items 1955-1961.
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Letter from Michael Moriarty, 1 item. 1974.
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Carbon copy of letter to Henry Lee Munson, 1 item 1960.
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Letter from Paul Newman, carbon copies of letters to Paul Newman, 3 items 1960-1962.
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Carbon copy of letter to Mike Nichols and Elaine May, 1 item 1961.
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Letters from Clifford Odets, carbon copies of letters to Clifford Odets, 6 items 1936-1961.
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Letters from Laurence Olivier, carbon copies of letters to Laurence Olivier, 5 items 1953-1977.
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Letter from Alan J. Pakula, 1 item 1959.
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Letters to Lynn Riggs (photocopies), 8 items 1936.
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Letter from Samantha Rowe Rau, 1 item. 1958.
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Carbon copies of letters to Lee Strasberg, card from Lee Strasberg, 3 items 1961-1963.
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Letter from Franchot Tone, 1 item. 1953.
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Letter from Eli Wallach, 1 item 1954.
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Carbon copy of letter to Robert Wallston, 1 item 1961.
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Letter from Margaret Webster, 11 items 1937-1972.
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Letter from Helen Weigel (photocopy), 1 item 1968.
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Letter from Kurt Weill, 1 item 1937.
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Letter from Orson Welles, telegram and carbon copies of letters to Orson Welles, additional materials, 10 items 1960-1961.
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Letters from Thornton Wilder, carbon copies of letters to Thornton and Isobel Wilder, 24 items 1946-1975.
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Letters and photocopies of letters from Tennessee Williams, carbon copies of letters to Tennessee Williams, 29 items 1948-1954.
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Letters and photocopies of letters from Tennessee Williams, carbon copies of letters to Tennessee Williams, 27 items 1956-1976.
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Carbon copy of letter to Shelley Winters, 1 item 1967.
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Carbon copies of letters to Audrey Wood, 6 items 1948-1953.
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Carbon copies of letters to Ceciley Youmans and John Patrick, additional materials, 22 items 1954-1955.
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Productions, 1938-1976
Production materials are arranged alphabetically by the title of the production. Within each production, materials are arranged chronologically, although in some cases where the amount of material warrants separation the materials are divided by category (i.e. legal, financial, etc.). The materials are dated 1938 to 1976, with the bulk of the materials dated 1944 through 1976. There are 2,060 items in this series.
Materials include legal agreements, contracts, financial records, insurance policies, costume descriptions, receipts, box office statements, and correspondence related to the productions.
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Alice in Wonderland, 8 items 1947.
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All the Living, 1 item 1938.
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Another Sun, 30 items 1940.
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The Big Hello, 34 items 1961-1962.
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Brigadoon, 8 items 1948-1951.
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The Closing Door, 14 items 1949-1950.
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Camille, 39 items 1961-1962.
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Camille, 21 items 1962.
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Camille, 23 items 1962.
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Celebration. Broker Sales, 16 items 1969.
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Celebration. Cash/Costumes, 173 items 1968-1969.
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Celebration. Cash/Misc, 65 items 1968-1969.
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Celebration. Cash/Props, 151 items 1968-1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records, 17 items 1968-1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 23 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 12 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 11 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 20 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 22 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 19 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 20 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 20 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 11 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 17 items 1969.
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Celebration. Financial Records by Week, 11 items 1969.
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The Closing Door, 23 items 1949-1950.
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The Film of Memory, 41 items 1956-1957.
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The Film of Memory, 58 items 1958-1967.
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The Flowers of Virtue, 19 items 1941.
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The Flowers of Virtue, 39 items 1942.
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The Flowers of Virtue, 8 items 1942.
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The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake. Correspondence, 47 items 1967.
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The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake. Correspondence, 30 items 1967.
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The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake. Legal, 22 items 1967.
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Happy End, 47 items 1963-1964.
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Happy End, 44 items 1964-1965.
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Hold Back the Dawn, 50 items 1958-1959.
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Hold Back the Dawn, 71 items 1960-1961.
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Hold Back the Dawn, 16 items 1961.
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The Honeys, 41 items 1955.
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Jennie, 51 items 1963.
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Judith Hearne, 12 items 1957-1958.
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Love Life. Costumes, 24 items 1948-1949.
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The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks, 20 items 1971-1972.
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Mister Johnson, 13 items 1957-1963.
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New Person, 7 items 1966.
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Peer Gynt, 70 items 1946-1951.
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Perfect Marriage, 20 items 1944-1945.
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Period of Adjustment, 19 items 1960-1961.
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The Rape of the Fair Country. Correspondence, 42 items 1965-1966.
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The Rape of the Fair Country. Expenses, 30 items 1965-1966.
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The Rape of the Fair Country. Legal, 11 items 1965-1966.
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The Rape of the Fair Country. Operating Budget, 8 items 1965-1966.
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The Rape of the Fair Country. Recordings, 7 items 1965-1966.
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Regina, 3 items 1951.
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Shadow of a Gunman, 44 items 1955-1959.
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Shadow of a Gunman. Contracts, 56 items 1958.
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Shadow of a Gunman. Financial Records, 41 items 1958.
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Shadow of a Gunman. Production Records, 23 items 1958.
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Yentl. Contracts, 10 items 1975.
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Yentl. Correspondence, 10 items 1975-1976.
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Yentl. Financing, 3 items 1975.
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Yentl. Reviews, 41 items 1974-1975.
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Yentl. Reviews, 39 items 1975.
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Yentl. Reviews, 16 items 1975.
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Yentl. Royalties, 34 items 1975-1976.
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Yentl. Statements, 94 items 1975-1976.
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Scripts, 1936-1970
There are five full-length scripts in this series. They include two plays by Clifford Odets, The Nursery and Paradise Lost, the musical Johnny Johnson, written by Paul Green, Sweet Bird of Youth, written by Tennesee Williams, and The Trojan Women, written by F. G. Yerby.
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Johnny Johnson, 110 pages [1936].
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The Nursery, 30 pages 1953.
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Paradise Lost, 145 pages undated.
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Sweet Bird of Youth, 1956
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The Trojan Women, 91 pages 1970.
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Programs, 1923-1978
These materials date from 1923 through 1978, with the bulk of the material dated 1948 through 1978. There are 275 programs in this series.
The programs have been separated into two sub-series; plays in which Crawford was involved in some fashion and plays in which she was not involved. Both sub-series are arranged alphabetically by title of the performance. Plays in which Crawford was not involved are further divided into American and British productions. The British programs include a few playbills produced in London for British productions.
There are no programs in this series which date after 1951 for productions in which Crawford was involved. Those interested in programs for Crawford productions dated after 1951 should check the Playbills series.
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Crawford, 32 items 1923-1951.
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A through D, 24 items 1935-1978.
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F through H, 11 items 1973-1978.
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J through P, 19 items 1940-1978.
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R through W, 22 items 1972-1978.
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British, A-Be, 17 items 1948-1971.
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British, Be-Co, 15 items 1948-1971.
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British, Co-Gi, 17 items 1948-1970.
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British, Gr-In, 13 items 1948-1970.
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British, Ir-Le, 12 items 1948-1973.
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British, Li-My, 18 items 1948-1973.
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British, Na-Qu, 15 items 1948-1977.
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British, R-Ro, 17 items 1958-1973.
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British, Ro-So, 13 items 1948-1970.
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British, Sq-Ti, 12 items 1958-1973.
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British, Ti-Wo, 18 items 1948-1973.
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Playbills, 1939-1978.
This series has been separated into two sub-series; playbills for productions in which Crawford was involved, and playbills for productions in which she was not involved. All items are arranged alphabetically by the title of the production. The bulk of the materials are dated 1973-1978. There are 123 items in this series.
Playbills are commercially produced programs for theatrical productions, generally produced in larger cities with strong theatrical encalves such as New York and London. The playbills include features on various performers, articles on fashion, and other stories related to the theater and of interest to theatregoers.
The playbills for non-Crawford productions have been separated American and miscellaneous productions. The collection includes 11 playbills for Crawford productions, including The Rose Tattoo, for which Crawford won a Tony Award.
A complete listing of playbills is available upon request.
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Crawford, 11 items 1939-1978.
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A-Ca, 13 items 1955-1977.
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Ca-Da, 11 items 1955-1978.
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Da-Ev, 11 items 1974-1978.
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Fi-He, 16 items 1973-1978.
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Hi-L, 13 items 1940-1978.
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M-Mu, 11 items 1940-1978.
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N-Ro, 14 items 1954-1978.
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Ro-Th, 14 items 1954-1978.
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Th-Wo, 9 items 1955-1975.
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Serials, 1961-1984
There are several serials relating to the stage which are included in Crawford's papers. The magazines are arranged chronologically. There are 12 items in this series, including several issues of Show Business Illustrated, one issue of Motion Picture, and one issue of Rona Barrett Looks At. The bulk of the material is dated 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1961.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1962.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1962.
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Show Business Illustrated, 1 item 1962.
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Motion Picture, 1 item 1974.
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Rona Barrett Looks At. 1 item 1981.
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Audiotapes, 1974
This series has 8 items and includes interviews and recordings on audiotape. Included are two seven-inch reel-to-reel tapes; No For An Answer, and The Cradle Will Rock. There are also six three-inch reel-to-reel tapes and one cassette tape. The quality of these materials may vary. Only one tape has a date noted on the item.
Please give the staff at least 24 hours advance notice if interested in using these materials in order to reserve equipment for the patron's use. The department is planning on transferring the reels to cassette tape for easier use by patrons.
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Actors Studio (2 tapes). Cheryl Crawford on 3 inch reel, undated
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Group Theatre Discussion. Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford on 3 inch reel, undated
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Janet Flanner. Flanner discusses her life in Paris on cassette tape, undated
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No For An Answer. Marc Blitzstein on 7 inch reel, undated
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One Touch of Venus. Lotta Lenya discusses One Touch of Venus and Kurt Weill on 3 inch reel, undated
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One Touch of Venus. Agnes de Mille discusses One Touch of Venus on 3 inch reel, undated
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One Touch of Venus, Brigadoon. Cheryl Crawford on 3 inch reel, undated
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The Cradle Will Rock. Marc Blitzstein on 7 inch reel, undated
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Sheet Music, 1862-1951
The sheet music collection includes 128 items. The series has been arranged into two sub-series to separate the oversize items. Both sub-series are arranged alphabetically by title, with the oversize items following the standard items. The majority of the series is dated between 1920 and 1940.
There is a manuscript of "Johnny's Song," written by Kurt Weill with a note dedicating the song to Crawford. The manuscript and accompanying note are housed separately from the series in an oversized box.
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A Night of Love, 1925
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A Room with a View, 1928
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Amorita, 1920
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At Sundown (Love is Calling Me Home), 1927
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Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear, 1932
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Away Down South in Heaven,1927
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Body and Soul, 1941
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Bright was the Day, 1946
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Broadway Rose, 1920
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By the Way (I'm Still in Love with You), 1929
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By the Sapphire Sea, 1922
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Carnegie Hall, 1947
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Chiquita, 1928
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Come Back, Little Genie, undated
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Crazy Words Crazy Tune Vo-Do-De-o, 1927
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Egyptian Moon, 1920
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Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia, 1918
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Feather Your Nest, 1920
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Fighting on the Home Front, Wins, 1943
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Fit as a Fiddle, 1932
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Four Walls, 1927
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Get Out and Get Under the Moon, 1928
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Gondoliera Veneziana, 1925
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Good-Bye (Addio), 1905
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Here's to All Your Dreams, 2 copies undated.
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Here's to Your Illusions, 1951
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How Could We Be Wrong, 1933
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Hypnotized, 1935
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I Love No One But You, 1927
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I Saw No Shadow, 1946
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I Still See Elisa, 1951
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I Wanna Go Where You Go, 1925
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I Want to Meander in the Meadow,1929
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I'll Follow My Secret Heart, 1935
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I'm Beginning to See the Light, 1944
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(I'm Tellin' the Bird, Tellin' the Bees) How I Love You, 1926
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I've Got Me, 1948
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If I Only Had You Back Again, 1926
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If Love Were All, 1929
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In a Little Garden (You Made Paradise), 1926
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Jealous, 1924
Oversize
Johnny's Song, 2 items undated.
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Just a Memory, 1927
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Just a Night for Meditation, 1928
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Just Like a Melody out of the Sky, 1928
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Kiss Me, 1929
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Laughing at Life, 1930
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Lazy Day, 1932
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Little Log Cabin of Dreams, 1927
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Little White Lies, 1930
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Manhattan, 1925
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Memories of France, 1928
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Mighty Lak' a Rose, 1901
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Mine, 1927
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My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now, 1928
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My Gypsy Rhapsody, 1933
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Old Man Sunshine (Little Boy Bluebird), 1928
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One Two Three, 1946
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Op in Me Ansom, 1904
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Out of the Dawn, 1928
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Pilgrim's Sing, 1899
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Poor Papa (He's Got Nothin' at All), 1926
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Precious Little Thing Called Love, 1928
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Puddin' Head Jones, 1933
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Put Your Arms Where They Belong, 1926
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Ramona, 1927
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Sandy Jane, undated
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Say It Again, 1926
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Sea Fever, 1914
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Song of India, 1912
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Sunday, 1926
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Sweet Child (I'm Wild about You), 1925
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Swingin' Down the Lane, 1923
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Tales from the Vienna Woods, 1941
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Tell Me. 1919
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That Old Black Magic. 1942
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The Bells of St. Mary, 1927
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The New Moon, 1928
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The Song I Love, 1928
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The Two of Us,1926
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The World is Your Balloon, undated
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Then I'll Be Happy, 1925
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There But For You God, 1947
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There's a Cabin in the Pines, 1933
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This is a Changing World, 1946
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Ting-a-ling, 1926
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Together, 2 copies. 1928
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Touch of Your Hand, 1933
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Truly (I Love You), 1930
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Twelve O'Clock Waltz, 1928
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Under a Texas Moon, 1929
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Unless Your Heart is Mine, 1934
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What Do We Do on a Dewy-dew-dewy Day, 1927
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When the Real Thing Comes Your Way, 1929
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When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver, 1930
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Whispering, 1920
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Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus, undated
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Who Wouldn't, 1926
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Yankee Rose, 1926
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You Want Lovin (But I Want Love), 1929
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Ziguener, 1929
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Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Girl, is the Right Girl, 1910
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Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Girl, is the Right Girl, 1910
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Casey Jones the Brave Engineer, 1909
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Cecile Waltz,1914
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Experiment, 1933
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Good Man is Hard to Find, 1918
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Isn't It Heavenly, 1933
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It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary, 1912
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It's Bad For Me, 1933
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Little Brown Jug, 1869
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Lorraine (My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine), 1917
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Mediterranean Madness, 1933
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Musical Gem, 1893
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Nymph Errant, 1933
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Physician, 1933
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet, 1909
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Sack Waltz, 1862
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Secret Love, undated
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Somewhere a Voice is Calling, undated
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20
Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold, 1911
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21
What's the Matter with Father, 1910
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22
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, undated
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23
You Were There, 1935
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24
Miscellaneous unidentified, undated
16-23
Sound Recordings, 1945-1970
This collection contains 44 titles, comprised of 90 discs. The recordings are arranged alphabetically by the title of the disc or discs. The materials are dated 1945-1970, with the bulk of the records dated 1962-1970. Most of the records are 33 1/3 rpm, although there are several 78 rpm.
Several of the recordings are musicals productions, including Brigadoon, Porgy and Bess, Camelot, and Johnny Johnson. There are also two interviews on record.
Please provide advance notice if interested in using the sound recordings. The staff will arrange for the appropriate equipment to be placed in the Reading Room.
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1
Alice in Wonderland, undated
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2
Anyone Can Whistle, undated
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3
Ballads of the Civil War, 1960
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4
Bentley on Brecht, 1962
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5
Blackbirds of 1928, undated
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6
Brecht on Brecht, 1963
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1
Brigadoon, undated
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2
Cabaret, 1966
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3
Camelot, 1960
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4
Carousel, 1945
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5
Celebration,1969
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6
Colette, undated
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1
Company, 1970
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2
Der Jasager, undated
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3
Hair, 1967
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4
I Do! I Do! 1966
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5
The Importance of Being Earnest, undated
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6
Jennie, undated
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7
Johnny Johnson, undated
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8
Juno, undated
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1
London Show Hits, undated
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2
Lost in the Stars, 1949
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3
Man of La Mancha, undated
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1
Marc Blitzstein, 1956
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2
No for an Answer, undated
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3
Oh! What a Lovely War, 1969
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4
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965
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5
110° in the Shade, 1963
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6
O Say Can You See, 1962
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7
Porgy and Bess, undated
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1
The Prince and the Pauper, 1963
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2
Regina, 1953
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3
Riverwind, 1963
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4
Roberta, undated
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5
Saint Louis Woman, 1946
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1
Songs of the Civil War, 1963
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2
Strange Interlude, 1963
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3
Sweet Charity (Movie), 1970
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4
Sweet Charity (Stage), 1970
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5
Street Scene, undated
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6
Tryout, undated
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1
Various Noel Coward Songs, undated
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2
Wake Up and Dream, undated
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3
Zorba, 1968
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General, 1931-1976
There are twenty folders in this series, which is arranged alphabetically by folder title. The materials in this series are dated 1931 through 1976, with the bulk of the materials dated 1942 through 1974. There are 219 items in this series.
Included are papers related to the Actors Studio which include programs, membership lists, and minutes, the Group Theatre, the American Reperatory Theatre, the Crawshank Company, and the lawsuit in which Crawford was engaged regarding The Diary of Anne Frank. There are clippings and papers discussing Tennessee Williams. There are also miscellaneous financial statements.
There are several clippings and pages from Variety magazine. These are dated 1955-1968, and include several pages of the "Golden Jubilee" issue celebrating 50 years of American theater. These items are housed separately in an oversized box.
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1
Actors Studio, 5 items 1968-1972.
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2
Actors Studio, 15 items 1973.
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3
Actors Studio, 10 items 1974-1976.
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4
American National Theatre Academy, 12 items 1949-1951.
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5
American Repertory Theatre, 2 items undated.
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6
Articles, Crawford, 6 items 1940-1964.
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7
Articles, Miscellaneous, 6 items 1961-1976.
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8
Bijou Theatre, 28 items 1958-1959.
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9
Chandler, Richard, 1 item 1968.
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10
Crawshenk Company, 10 items 1959-1960.
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11
Diary of Anne Frank Lawsuit, 12 items 1955-1958.
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12
Financial Matters, 13 items 1943-1973.
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13
Financial Statements, 4 items undated.
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14
Group Theatre, 12 items 1931-1941.
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15
New Theatre, 1 item 1935.
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16
Playwriting, 5 items 1937.
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17
Props, 7 items 1957.
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18
Reviews, 19 items 1947-1956.
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19
Soviet Theater, 5 items 1945.
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20
Theatrical Protective Union, 1 item 1970.
Oversize
Variety Reviews, 6 items 1955-1968.
Oversize
Variety Reviews, 4 items 1956.
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21
Wildberg, John, 19 items 1942-1948.
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22
Williams, Tennessee, 16 items 1951-1975.
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Posters, 1933-1971
This series is arranged alphabetically and includes 24 posters used to advertise various productions in which Crawford was involved.
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Brigadoon, 1947
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Celebration, [1969]
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Colette,1970
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Family Portrait, 1939
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Flahooley, 1951
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Jennie, 1963
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Love Life, 1948
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The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks, [1972]
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Marathon, [1933]
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Men in White, 1933
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Mother Courage and her Children, 1963
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Oh Men! Oh Women! 1953
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One Touch of Venus, 1943
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Paint Your Wagon, 1951
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Porgy and Bess, 1942
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Regina, 1949
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The Rivalry, 1959
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The Rose Tattoo, 1951
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Shadow of a Gunman, 1958
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Strange Interlude,1963
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Sweet Bird of Youth, 1959
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The Tempest, 1945
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Three Sisters, 1963]
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The Web and the Rock, undated