{"value"=>"<p>Contracts include agreements regarding plays (arranged alphabetically), other specific business deals and miscellaneous contracts, and contracts with music publishers (arranged chronologically). The play contract files, which sometimes contain correspondence and related business papers, include information regarding production of the plays, publication, distribution of royalties and sale of film rights; some also involve Harbach's being engaged to revise and re-write works by other authors. Managers represented include <span class=\"persname\">Max Gordon</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Hammerstein</span>, <span class=\"persname\">A.H. Woods</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Charles Dillingham</span>, with some of the contracts noting the names of the actors to be used in a particular play. In addition to the play files, there are two files of information relating to the purchase of plays from the Dillingham and Ziegfeld estates. This venture involved Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The four individuals shared 50% of the purchase, with Metro Goldwyn Mayer purchasing the remaining 50%. Also included is a contract for Harbach and Jerome Kern to produce musicals for <span class=\"corpname\">First National Pictures</span>. Music publisher's contracts (1906-1964) include contracts made with Witmark, Harms, Schirmer and other publishers covering rights and royalties for Harbach songs.</p>"}