Found 2 collections related to Lotos%20Club%20(New%20York,%20N.Y.)

Samuel LeFrak (1918-2003) was an American real estate developer who was a member of the Lotos Club and the Friars Club. The Samuel LeFrak collection of publications contains the Lotos Club newsletter, Lotos Leaf; Lotos Club membership rosters from 1963 to 1971; Friars Club membership rosters from 1970 and 1971; a 1967 flier for a Friars stag celebrity luncheon; and programs and a seating list from the 1977 world premiere of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which was held as a benefit for cancer research. Issues of Lotos Leaf date from 1964 to 1971 and 1981 to 1987; some issues are missing from these years. References to LeFrak in Lotos Leaf are underlined. less

Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, financial papers, production records, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence consists of requests for work or placement in a particular show, either at the New York Hippodrome or another of the theaters with which Burnside was affiliated, as well as correspondence referring to the logistics of productions, publicity and financial arrangements, club memberships, and professional organizations such as ASCAP. Other correspondence refers to his endeavors in the film industry, as a director with Paramount in New York City, 1923-1925, and in Hollywood, 1935-1938. Correspondence also concerns the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Celebration of 1926. Financial papers consist of theater accounts, box office and royalty statements, and securities and insurance records. Production notes include cast lists, property lists, program outlines, stage directions, reports, scripts, synopses, and light plots. Publicity photographs are accompanied by letters seeking auditions or parts in Burnside productions. Printed matter includes sheet music, promotional materials, newsclippings of reviews, and articles referring to Burnside, performers, shows, and productions he staged. less