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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1990-002", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"E. Y. (Yip) Harburg papers"}
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
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{"value"=>"E.Y. \"Yip\" Harburg, Academy Award winning lyricist created the lyrics for the Academy Award winning film <span class=\"title\">The Wizard of Oz</span>, as well as the Broadway shows <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bloomer Girl</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span> . Among his principal collaborators were Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Burton Lane, Arthur Schwartz and Jerome Kern. He died in Los Angeles in 1981. The collection is primarily business papers, scripts, research notes, notes for lyrics and production ideas from 1929 to 1981. Papers deal mainly with the professional life of Harburg. His political ideology and opinions can be seen in his lyrics, research notes and clippings files. Though there is little mention of his being blacklisted in 1945, his attitudes on government and politics indicates how he may have fallen victim to the McCarthyites and the House Un-American Activities Committee."}
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{"value"=>"<p>E.Y. \"Yip\" Harburg Papers, *T-Mss 1990-002, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>E. Y. \"Yip\" Harburg, academy award winning lyricist, was born in New York City on April 8, 1898. He received his nickname \"Yipsel\" (Yiddish for squirrel) during his youth on the Lower East Side. Harburg received his education in the New York City Public School System, eventually graduating from City College. While in college he collaborated with Ira Gershwin, a fellow student, on a light verse column in the school newspaper. It was during this time that Harburg was introduced to the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and was greatly influenced by the lyrical style of W. S. Gilbert.</p> <p>After graduating from college he went into the electrical supply business which went bankrupt in the stock market crash in 1929. It was the experience of being unemployed in the Depression which led to the beginning of his career as a lyricist, writing the lyrics for the song <span class=\"title\">Brother Can You Spare a Dime</span> with Jay Gorney for the review <span class=\"title\">Americana</span>. From there his career as a lyricist took off with shows such as <span class=\"title\">Garrick Gaieties</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ziegfeld Follies</span>, <span class=\"title\">Life Begins at 8:40</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Hooray For What?</span> Among his early film credits are <span class=\"title\">The Singing Kid</span>, <span class=\"title\">Gold Diggers of 1937</span>, <span class=\"title\">Cabin in the Sky</span>, <span class=\"title\">Can't Help Singing</span>, <span class=\"title\">Centennial Summer</span> and the academy award winning, <span class=\"title\">The Wizard of Oz</span>.</p> <p>His Hollywood career came to abrupt end however, when he was blacklisted by the film industry after World War II. His outspoken political views and his affiliation with the Hollywood Democratic Committee made him a prime candidate for McCarthyites of the post-war era resulting in his absence from the Hollywood film scene for 12 years and the revoking of his passport.</p> <p>Banned by the Hollywood studios, Harburg returned to the New York theater where he continued writing lyrics for musicals, including <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span>, <span class=\"title\">Jamaica</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Happiest Girl in the World</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Darling of the Day</span>. Of these productions, <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span> and <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span> show marked political and social views. Harburg returned to Hollywood in 1962 with the film <span class=\"title\">Gay Purr-ee</span>, an animated feature film with Judy Garland as the voice of the main character. In 1968 his Broadway musical, <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span> was recreated on the screen with Fred Astaire and Petula Clark in starring roles.</p> <p>Harburg's musical collaborators were numerous. Among them were: Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jay Gorney, Jerome Kern, Burton Lane and Arthur Schwartz. He also wrote plays and among his playwriting credits are <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span> and <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, co-authored by Fred Saidy, and <span class=\"title\">What a Day For A Miracle</span>, co-authored by Henry Myers. He also wrote a book of light verse entitled <span class=\"title\">Rhymes for the Irreverent</span>.</p> <p>Harburg wrote lyrics up until his death. He also lectured and made personal appearances throughout his career. He was a guest speaker in the successful <span class=\"title\">Lyrics and Lyricists</span> Series of the 92nd Street YMHA. He died on March 5, 1981 in Los Angeles, California days before he was scheduled to receive the Johnny Mercer Award of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers of \"Yip\" Harburg consist of <span class=\"genreform\">scripts</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">speeches</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">research notes</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">clippings</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">interviews</span> and <span class=\"genreform\">photographs</span> dealing exclusively with his professional career as a lyricist, writer and playwright. The collection is divided into 7 series and encompasses his entire professional life. There are however, very little correspondence and personal materials among the papers. Most of his productions are included in the papers. Among them are <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bloomer Girl</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Happiest Girl in the World</span> and <span class=\"title\">Darling of the Day</span>. Documentation on these include marginalia and handwritten research notes. One major omission is the scarcity of materials on the academy award winning, <span class=\"title\">The Wizard of Oz</span>. The files on this production include very little and there are no personal notes or marginalia.</p> <p>Insight into Harburg's attitudes and feelings concerning his Hollywood <span class=\"subject\">blacklisting</span> are revealed through his handwritten notes and speeches. The papers reflect Harburg the writer and entertainer. Those looking to research the professional aspects of Harburg's career will find a wealth of materials, however the personal man is obscure and researchers looking for Harburg the individual may have a more difficult task with these sources.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The E. Y. (Yip) Harburg papers are arranged in seven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292448'>Series I: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1913-1982</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of biographical materials, correspondence, contracts, awards, eulogies and tributes to friends, and subject files dealing with <span class=\"persname\">E.Y. Harburg</span> and his personal and professional interests. Biographical materials include clippings, obituaries, memorials, remarks by colleagues at special occasions honoring Harburg, and items documenting Harburg's participation in the <span class=\"title\">Lyrics and Lyricists</span> Series at the <span class=\"corpname\">92nd Street Y</span>. There is little correspondence, however of special note is a letter from Pete Seeger with handwritten sheet music for one of Harburg's lyrics and drafts of letters handwritten by Harburg. The awards include honorary degrees and citations of merit. Also included in this series are CCNY publications featuring some of Harburg's earliest writing and cartoons by classmate <span class=\"persname\">Ira Gershwin</span>. Examples of Harburg's later satirical <span class=\"genreform\">poetry</span> is part of this series as well.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292497'>Series II: Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1940-1979</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series consists of photographs of Harburg speaking at the <span class=\"corpname\">University of Vermont</span> (1971), family snapshots (1949), and contact sheets and negatives of personal and professional photographs ca. 1940s-1970s.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292501'>Series III: Research Notes</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1930-1983</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Handwritten <span class=\"genreform\">notebooks</span> and loose research notes for scripts, speeches, articles, letters and ideas for lyrics, as well as his personal views on political and social questions. Harburg's writings often reflect his views, especially his opinions of politicians and political and social prejudices of the time.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292540'>Series IV: Productions</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1930-1997</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>15 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Production files include <span class=\"genreform\">treatments</span> and <span class=\"genreform\">synopses</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">scripts</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">rewrites</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">lyrics</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">clippings</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">programs</span>, and <span class=\"genreform\">research notes</span>. Often productions underwent a series of title changes and each production includes all deviant titles within the main title heading. Productions in this series are: <span class=\"title\">Garrick Gaieties</span>, <span class=\"title\">Accidentally Yours</span>, <span class=\"title\">Life Begins at 8:40</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Singing Kid</span>, <span class=\"title\">Hooray for What?</span>, <span class=\"title\">Hold on to Your Hats</span>, <span class=\"title\">Cabin in the Sky</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Wizard of Oz</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bloomer Girl</span>, <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span>, <span class=\"title\">Jamaica</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Happiest Girl in the World</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Informer</span>, <span class=\"title\">Darling of the Day</span> and <span class=\"title\">What a Day for a Miracle</span>. Productions with the most complete documentation are <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span>, <span class=\"title\">What a Day for a Miracle</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bloomer Girl</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Happiest Girl in the World</span>.</p> <p>scopecontent on <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span> - alternate titles were <span class=\"title\">A Genie for Judy</span>; <span class=\"title\">The Little Doll Laughed</span>; <span class=\"title\">Jollyanna</span>; and <span class=\"title\">Do You Believe in Aries?</span>.</p> <p>scopecontent on <span class=\"title\">The Happiest Girl in the World</span>: alternate title was <span class=\"title\">The Greeks Had a Cure for It</span>.</p> <p>scopecontent on <span class=\"title\">Darling of the Day</span>: alternate titles were <span class=\"title\">The Great Adventure</span>; <span class=\"title\">Holy Matrimony</span>; and <span class=\"title\">Alice Chalice</span>.</p> <p>scopecontent on <span class=\"title\">What a Day for a Miracle!</span>: alternate titles were <span class=\"title\">Who Will Walk with Me?</span>; <span class=\"title\">Our Lives Have Just Begun</span>; and <span class=\"title\">Jerusalem</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292671'>Series V: Lyrics and Light Verse</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1929-1970</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of sheets of Harburg's lyrics arranged both alphabetically and chronologically by year of copyright as well as notebooks and folders of handwritten lyrics and light verse. Included in this series is Harburg's song parody <span class=\"title\">Brother Can You Spare a Buck</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292696'>Series VI: Interviews, Lectures and Speeches,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1968-2001</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Transcripts of <span class=\"corpname\">Harburg Foundation</span> interviews with <span class=\"occupation\">designers</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">playwrights</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">musicians</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">lyricists</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">composers</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">producers</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">choreographers</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">press agents</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">actors</span>, <span class=\"occupation\">directors</span> and <span class=\"occupation\">critics</span> for a book on the American musical theater scene by <span class=\"persname\">Ernest Harburg</span>and <span class=\"persname\">Bernard Rosenberg</span>. Other interviews are with or about Harburg. Tapes of many of the interviews are available in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound. See list of separated materials.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21281#c292766'>Series VII: Oversized Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1976-1979</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Among the oversized items are awards and citations, sheets of handwritten lyrics, an illustrated letter from <span class=\"persname\">Margo Berdeshevsky</span> and a photograph of Harburg.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Personal Papers</li> <li>Series II: Photographs</li> <li>Series III: Research Notes</li> <li>Series IV: Productions</li> <li>Series V: Lyrics and Light Verse</li> <li>Series VI: Interviews, Lectures and Speeches <ul> <li>Sub-series 1 - Interviews</li> <li>Sub-series 2 - Lectures and Speeches</li></ul></li> <li>Series VII: Oversized Materials</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>The E.Y. \"Yip\" Harburg Papers were transferred to the Billy Rose Theatre Division from New York University on May 18, 1990 at the behest of the donor Ernest Harburg, president of the Harburg Foundation.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Audiovisual materials separated from archival collections are cataloged individually and can be found in the Library catalog. Search CATNYP, The New York Public Library catalog.</p> <ul> <li>Music has been separated to the Music Division. See separate finding aid.</li> <li>Sound recordings have been separated to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. See separate finding aid.</li></ul>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan and Susan McArthur.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The papers arrived in good condition, needing no preservation or conservation treatment. Portions of the collection were separated and transferred to other divisions of NYPL for the Performing Arts: 2 lin.ft. of videotapes to TOFT; 3 lin. ft. of sheet music to Music; 3.5 lin. ft. of phonodiscs and audiotapes to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound. The remaining portion of the collection, 26 boxes of manuscript materials, are housed in the Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"1913-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1913/1985"}
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1913
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1985
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{"value"=>"<p>Harburg Papers, Musical Scores and Sound Recordings</p>", "type"=>"host"}
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1913
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1913
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1985