{"value"=>"<p>Ephemera includes personal items, files relating to tributes to Harbach, and correspondence received after his appearance on the <span class=\"title\">Steve Allen Show</span>.</p> <p>Among the personal ephemera are a passport, marriage certificate and a get-well telegram signed by his fellow members of the <span class=\"corpname\">Lambs</span>, the memorial services for Harbach, and materials on legal and medical matters. Among the condolences received is an <span class=\"corpname\">ASCAP</span> memorial book in tribute to Harbach, which is an illuminated calligraphic manuscript signed by the Board of Directors including <span class=\"persname\">Richard Rodgers</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Deems Taylor</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Schwartz</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Irving Caesar</span> and 20 others.</p> <p>Tributes include a reception and dinner given by <span class=\"corpname\">ASCAP</span> in honor of Harbach's 80th birthday in 1953, and a 1957 tribute in Salt Lake City. Material related to the ASCAP event includes photographs, telegrams, a program and a seating chart. Photographs of guests include the <span class=\"famname\">Harbach family</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Stanley Adams</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Gene Buck</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rudolf Friml</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Oscar Hammerstein</span>, <span class=\"persname\">W.C. Handy</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Richard Rodgers</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Ed Sullivan</span>. The files of telegrams also include copies of Harbach's replies. The Salt Lake City Tribute to \"welcome home\" Harbach was a three-day event featuring a parade and a concert program of Harbach works. The files include photographs, telegrams, ephemera and clippings related to the celebration.</p> <p>In 1955 Harbach made an appearance on <span class=\"title\">Steve Allen's Tonight Show</span>, prompting a very strong response from the audience. The letters sent to Allen, expressing delight and admiration were mounted in a scrapbook and presented to Harbach with a note from <span class=\"persname\">Steve Allen</span>. The files include Allen's note and the letters from the audience, which have been removed from the scrapbook for preservation purposes.</p>"}