Found 2 collections related to Friars Club (New York, N.Y.)

Comedian and author Joe Laurie Jr. (ca. 1894-1954) was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He entered vaudeville in his teens, later performing in a number of shows on Broadway and across the U.S. Laurie and his first wife, Aleen Bronson, performed together in vaudeville until 1918; they had a son, Bryant. In 1922, Laurie married June Butcher and they lived in Forest Hills, New York. Laurie was a star of the radio version of Can you top this? He was the author of numerous vaudeville skits, screenplays, radio and television programs, plays, and syndicated columns, as well as the author of 2 books on vaudeville: Show biz, from vaude to video (with Abel Green) (Holt, 1951); Vaudeville: from the honkytonks to the Palace (Holt, 1953). After a long illness, Laurie died at St. Clare's Hospital, New York City at about age 61 (sources vary). Original caricatures and sketches, mostly black and white and mostly of Joe Laurie Jr. There are also cartoons, comic strips, etchings, reproductions, and paste ups of 2 syndicated newspaper features by Laurie, "Heads and Tales" and "Pen-Grins." The Friars Club and the Lambs Club are represented in several pieces. Artists include W.A. Carlson, Gregory d'Alessio, Jerry Doyle, George Fayko, Ving Fuller, Leo Garel, Frank Godwin, Rube Goldberg, Vic Guinness, Will B. Johnstone, Darrell McClure, George McManus, and Zito Vincenzo; most pieces are signed. less

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