{"value"=>"<p>Biographical files include material relating to a biography of Harbach and transcripts of two oral histories. Although a biography of Harbach has not yet been written, <span class=\"persname\">William Harbach</span> has worked with several people on this project. The files include his correspondence regarding this matter, several brief drafts for biographies by <span class=\"persname\">Hy Kraft</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Sundgaard</span> and notes by <span class=\"persname\">Bernard Dougall</span> (Ella Harbach's son from her first marriage). There is a transcript (48 pages) of an oral history of Harbach done by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office. A far more extensive interview was conducted by William Harbach in 1962. In 24 hours of tape he elicited family history, theater history, personal recollections, and memories of a long and fulfilling life's work from his father, who died just two months after the interviews were completed.</p> <p> NOTE: The original tapes have been transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.</p>"}