Sub-series 1 - Letters

id
320349
level (num)
2
level (text)
subseries
identifier (local_mss)
588183
max depth
1
boost queries
add/edit
created
2013-05-01 17:37:08 UTC
updated
2022-12-07 21:18:21 UTC

Description data TOP

unitid
{"value"=>"588183", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1939-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1939/1982"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Sub-series 1 - Letters"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This sub-series of both personal and professional correspondence is arranged alphabetically with incoming letters and carbons of Burrows' replies kept together. Folders are for individual correspondent for prominent and/or prolific writers, followed by miscellaneous groupings for each letter of the alphabet. The letters range from substantive correspondence with colleagues such as Harry Kurnitz, Frank Loesser and Cole Porter, to extensive correspondence on arrangements and complaints with car rental agencies and department stores. Burrows was an inveterate letter writer and his many correspondents included Fred Allen, Steve Allen, Woody Allen, Mac Benoff, Richard Bissell, Bernard Braden, Art Buchwald, Eddie Cantor, Noel Coward, Fleur Cowles, Bing Crosby, Robert Emmet Dolan, Cy Feuer, Pierre Galante, Ed Gardner, Oscar Hammerstein, Julie Harris, Moss Hart, Lester Hyman, Belinda Jelliffe, Nunnally Johnson, E. J. Kahn, Lawrence Kasha, Madeleine Kasket, George S. Kaufman, Elia and Molly Kazan, Jean Kerr, Sidney Kingsley, Sam Levene, Art Lewis, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, Joshua Logan, Philip Malicoat, Groucho Marx, Ken McCormick, Shepherd Mead, Jo Mielziner, Edwin O'Connor, Richard Rodgers, Billy Rose, Sam Rosenberg, Harry Ruby, Phil Silvers, John Steinbeck, Jule Styne, Rudy Vallee, Herman Wouk, Maurice Zolotow and Albert Zuckerman among others. This sub-series also includes correspondence with professional organizations such as the Dramatists Guild.</p> <p> In 1951 Burrows was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and attempted to cooperate by testifying. He was not charged or blacklisted though in 1954 he still experienced some problems with potential sponsors because of the fact that he had been subpoenaed. His testimony, later statements, correspondence with his lawyers and letters he received from the public are filed here under \"HUAC\".</p>"}
date_start
1939
keydate
1939
date_end
1982
date_inclusive_start
1939
date_inclusive_end
1982

Repository Assets

No UUIDs attached.

Resources TOP

File attachments

No files attached.

Child components TOP

  1. Correspondence / George Abbott
  2. Correspondence / Actors' Fund of America
  3. Correspondence / Richard Adler
  4. Correspondence / Edward Albee
  5. Correspondence / Alan Alda
  6. Correspondence / Fred Allen
  7. Correspondence / Steve Allen
  8. Correspondence / Woody Allen
  9. Correspondence / American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  10. Correspondence / John Murray Anderson
  11. Correspondence / Robert Woodruff Anderson
  12. Correspondence / Jean Pierre Aumont
  13. Correspondence / Gene Autry
  14. General correspondence, "Ab-Ai"
  15. General correspondence, "Al"
  16. General correspondence, "Am-Ax"
  17. Correspondence / Binnie Barnes
  18. Correspondence / Philip Barry
  19. Correspondence / Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
  20. Correspondence / S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel) Behrman
  21. Correspondence / Mac Benoff
  22. Correspondence / Mac Benoff
  23. Correspondence / Milton Berle
  24. Correspondence / Irving Berlin
  25. Correspondence / Leonard Bernstein
  26. Correspondence / Theodore Bikel
  27. Correspondence / Richard Pike Bissell
  28. Correspondence / Shirley Booth
  29. Correspondence / Bernard Braden
  30. Correspondence / Frederick Brisson
  31. Correspondence / Barbara Britton
  32. Correspondence / Helen Gurley Brown
  33. Correspondence / Laurie Philip Bruenn
  34. Correspondence / Judy Bublick
  35. Correspondence / Art Buchwald
  36. Correspondence / Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson) Bunche
  37. Correspondence / Edgar Rice Burroughs
  38. General correspondence, "Ba"
  39. General correspondence, "Be-Bi"
  40. General correspondence, "Bl-Bo"
  41. General correspondence, "Br"
  42. General correspondence, "Bu-By"
  43. Correspondence / Herb Caen
  44. Correspondence / Sid Caesar
  45. Correspondence / Godfrey Cambridge
  46. Correspondence / Eddie Cantor
  47. Correspondence / Johnny Carson
  48. Correspondence / Jack Cassidy
  49. Correspondence / Henri Caubisens
  50. Correspondence / Bennett Cerf
  51. Correspondence / Richard Chamberlain
  52. Correspondence / Gower Champion
  53. Correspondence / Carol Channing
  54. Correspondence / Oona Chaplin
  55. Correspondence / Paddy Chayefsky
  56. Correspondence / Maurice Chevalier
  57. Correspondence / Edward Cheyfitz
  58. Correspondence / Harold Clurman
  59. Correspondence / Alexander H. Cohen
  60. Correspondence / Noel Coward
  61. Correspondence / Fleur Cowles
  62. Correspondence / Alan MacGregor Cranston
  63. Correspondence / Cheryl Crawford
  64. Correspondence / Hume Cronyn
  65. Correspondence / Bing Crosby
  66. Correspondence / John Crosby
  67. General correspondence, "Ca-Ce"
  68. General correspondence, "Ch-Cl"
  69. General correspondence, "Co"
  70. General correspondence, "Cr-Cz"
  71. Correspondence / Claude Dauphin
  72. Correspondence / Albert Dekker
  73. Correspondence / Olivia De Havilland
  74. Correspondence / Agnes De Mille
  75. Correspondence / Armand Deutsch
  76. Correspondence / Martin Dibner
  77. Correspondence / Howard Dietz
  78. Correspondence / Phyllis Diller
  79. Correspondence / Robert Emmett Dolan
  80. Correspondence / Fifi D'Orsay
  81. Correspondence / Kirk Douglas
  82. Correspondence / Dramatists Guild
  83. Correspondence / Dramatists Guild
  84. Correspondence / Jimmy Durante
  85. General correspondence, "Da"
  86. General correspondence, "De-Di"
  87. General correspondence, "Do"
  88. General correspondence, "Dr-Dv"
  89. Correspondence / Faye Emerson
  90. Correspondence / Robert Emmett
  91. General correspondence, "E"
  92. Correspondence / Nanette Fabray
  93. Correspondence / Clifton Fadiman
  94. Correspondence / Douglas Fairbanks
  95. Correspondence / Jose Ferrer
  96. Correspondence / Cy Feuer
  97. Correspondence / Henry Fonda
  98. Correspondence / Lynn Fontanne
  99. Correspondence / Allen Funt
  100. Correspondence / James C. Freund
  101. General correspondence, "Fa-Fe"
  102. General correspondence, "Fi-Fo"
  103. General correspondence, "Fr-Fu"
  104. Correspondence / Pierre Galante
  105. Correspondence / Johan Galtung
  106. Correspondence / Ed Gardner
  107. Correspondence / Harold Gary
  108. Correspondence / Sir John Gielgud
  109. Correspondence / Benedict Gimbel
  110. Correspondence / Peter Glenville
  111. Correspondence / Arthur Godfrey
  112. Correspondence / Augustus Goetz
  113. Correspondence / Samuel Goldwyn
  114. Correspondence / Mark Goodson
  115. Correspondence / Adolph Green
  116. Correspondence / Evelyn Greene
  117. Correspondence / Tammy Grimes
  118. Correspondence / Lee Guber
  119. Correspondence with miscellaneous guilds
  120. Correspondence / Sir Tyrone Guthrie
  121. General correspondence, "Ga-Ge"
  122. General correspondence, "Gi-Gl"
  123. General correspondence, "Go"
  124. General correspondence, "Gr-Gu"
  125. Correspondence / Richard Halliday
  126. Correspondence / T. Edward Hambleton
  127. Correspondence / Oscar Hammerstein
  128. Correspondence / Otto Harbach
  129. Correspondence / George Harris
  130. Correspondence / Julie Harris
  131. Correspondence / Moss Hart
  132. Correspondence / Leland Hayward
  133. Correspondence / Ben Hecht
  134. Correspondence / Hertz Corporation
  135. Judy Holliday Memorial correspondence
  136. Correspondence / John Cecil Holm
  137. Files / United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
  138. Files / United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
  139. Files / United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
  140. Files / United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
  141. Correspondence / Lester S. Hyman
  142. General correspondence, "Ha"
  143. General correspondence, "He"
  144. General correspondence, "Hi-Hol"
  145. General correspondence, "Hom-Hy"
  146. General correspondence, "I"
  147. Correspondence / Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, Baron Gladwyn
  148. Correspondence / Belinda Dobson Jelliffe
  149. Correspondence / Nunnally Johnson
  150. Correspondence / Barney Josephson
  151. Correspondence / Martin Jurow
  152. General correspondence, "Ja-Je"
  153. General correspondence, "Ji-Ju"
  154. Correspondence / E. J. (Ely Jacques) Kahn
  155. Correspondence / Dick Kallman
  156. Correspondence / Garson Kanin
  157. Correspondence / Irwin Karp
  158. Correpondence / David Karr
  159. Correspondence / Lawrence Kasha
  160. Correspondence / Madeleine Kasket
  161. Correspondence / George S. (George Simon) Kaufman
  162. Correspondence / Sylvia Fine
  163. Correspondence / Elia Kazan
  164. Correspondence / Emil Kelemen
  165. Correspondence / Gene Kelly
  166. Correspondence / Robert F. Kennedy
  167. Correspondence / Jean Kerr
  168. Correspondence / Michael Kidd
  169. Correspondence / Sidney Kingsley
  170. Correspondence / Harry Kurnitz
  171. General correspondence, "Ka"
  172. General correspondence, "Ke"
  173. General correspondence, "Ki-Kl"
  174. General correspondence, "Kn-Ko"
  175. General correspondence, "Kr-Ku"
  176. Correspondence / Guy Jourdan de la Passardiere
  177. Correspondence / Fernando Lamas
  178. Correspondence / John Lahr
  179. Correspondence / Lake Tarleton Club (Pike, N. H.)
  180. Correspondence / Abe Lastfogel
  181. Correspondence / Charles Laughton
  182. Correspondence / Jerome Lawrence
  183. Correspondence / Steve Lawrence
  184. Correspondence / Martin Leeds
  185. Correspondence / Menyhert Lengyel
  186. Correspondence / Sam Levene
  187. Correspondence / Arthur Lewis
  188. Correspondence / Sinclair Lewis
  189. Correspondence / Franz Lidz
  190. Correspondence / Goddard Lieberson
  191. Correspondence / Howard Lindsay
  192. Correspondence / Gerald M. Loeb
  193. Correspondence / Frank Loesser
  194. Correspondence / Lynn Loesser
  195. Correspondence / Joshua Logan
  196. Correspondence / Anita Loos
  197. Correspondence / Allen Ludden
  198. Correspondence / Louis R. Lurie
  199. Correspondence / Leonard Lyons
  200. General correspondence, "La"
  201. General correspondence, "Lea-Let"
  202. General correspondence, "Lev-Lew"
  203. General correspondence, "Li"
  204. General correspondence, "Ll-Ly"
  205. Correspondence / Nila Mack
  206. Correspondence / Philip Malicoat
  207. Correspondence / Fredric March
  208. Correspondence / Judd Marmor
  209. Correspondence / Arnold Marquis
  210. Correspondence / Joe Marr
  211. Correspondence / Armina Marshall
  212. Correspondence / Ernest H. Martin
  213. Correspondence / Groucho Marx
  214. Correspondence / Walter Matthau
  215. Correspondence / Fred McCarthy
  216. Correspondence / Ken McCormick
  217. Correspondence / Alec McCowen
  218. Correspondence / J. A. McFadden
  219. Correspondence / St. Clair McKelway
  220. Correspondence / Shepherd Mead
  221. Correspondence / Doro Merande
  222. Correspondence / Jo Mielziner
  223. Correspondence / Ed Mitchell
  224. Correspondence / Elick Moll
  225. Correspondence / Ferenc Molnar
  226. Correspondence / Mary Tyler Moore
  227. Correspondence / Agnes Moorehead
  228. Correspondence / Henry Morgenthau
  229. Correspondence / Stanwood Morrill
  230. Correspondence / Robert Morse
  231. General correspondence, "Mac-Man"
  232. General correspondence, "Mar-Mas"
  233. General correspondence, "Mat-Mc"
  234. General correspondence, "Me"
  235. General correspondence, "Mi"
  236. General correspondence, "Mo"
  237. General correspondence, "Mu"
  238. Correspondence / Ogden Nash
  239. Correspondence / Victor S. Navasky
  240. Correspondence / Barry Nelson
  241. Correspondence / New Dramatists Committee, Inc
  242. Correspondence / New Utrecht High School
  243. Correspondence / New Yorker Magazine, Inc
  244. Correspondence / Mike Nichols
  245. Correspondence / Robert Nichols
  246. General correspondence, "Na-Nev"
  247. General correspondence, "New-Nu"
  248. Correspondence / Edwin O'Connor
  249. Correspondence / John O'Hara
  250. Correspondence / Laurence Olivier
  251. Correspondence / Maureen O'Sullivan
  252. General correspondence, "O"
  253. Correspondence / William Pahlman
  254. Correspondence / Norman Panama
  255. Correspondence / George Panetta
  256. Correspondence / Estelle Parsons
  257. Correspondence / Ted Patrick
  258. Correspondence / Gregory Peck
  259. Correspondence / Norman Perlman
  260. Correspondence / Fred Pernitz
  261. Correspondence / Playwriting Institute of America
  262. Correspondence / Cole Porter
  263. Correspondence / Robert Porterfield
  264. Correspondence / Stanley Prager
  265. Correspondence / Harold Prince
  266. General correspondence, "Pa"
  267. General correspondence, "Pe"
  268. General correspondence, "Ph-Pl"
  269. General correspondence, "Po-Pu"
  270. Correspondence / Anthony Quinn
  271. Correspondence / Don Quinn
  272. Correspondence / Samson Raphaelson
  273. Correspondence / Janet Mackenzie Rioch
  274. Correspondence / Jerome Robbins
  275. Correspondence / Jack Roche
  276. Correspondence / Richard Rodgers
  277. Correspondence / Billy Rose
  278. Correspondence / Sam Rosenberg
  279. Correspondence / Harold Wallace Ross
  280. Correspondence / Harry Ruby
  281. Correspondence / Rosalind Russell
  282. General correspondence, "Ra-Re"
  283. General correspondence, "Rh-Roc"
  284. General correspondence, "Rod-Rose"
  285. General correspondence, "Rosn-Ry"
  286. Correspondence / Dore Schary
  287. Correspondence / Arthur Meier Schlesinger
  288. Correspondence / Arthur Schwartz
  289. Correspondence / Dinah Shore
  290. Correspondence / Phil Silvers
  291. Correspondence / Neil Simon
  292. Correspondence / Noble Sissle
  293. Correspondence / C. Michael Smith, Jr.
  294. Correspondence / John Steinbeck
  295. Correspondence / F. Chase Taylor
  296. Correspondence / Rex Stout
  297. Correspondence / Jule Styne
  298. Correspondence / Margaret Sullavan
  299. Correspondence / David Susskind
  300. Correspondence / Gloria Swanson
  301. Correspondence / Herbert Bayard Swope
  302. General correspondence, "Sa"
  303. General correspondence, "Sc"
  304. General correspondence, "Se"
  305. General correspondence, "Sh"
  306. General correspondence, "Si-Sl"
  307. General correspondence, "Sm-Sp"
  308. General correspondence, "St-Sto"
  309. General correspondence, "Str-Sy"
  310. Correspondence / Howard Teichmann
  311. Correspondence / Clara Thompson
  312. Correspondence / Michael Todd
  313. Correspondence / Leo Townsend
  314. Correspondence / Shepard Traube
  315. General correspondence, "T"
  316. General correspondence, "U"
  317. Correspondence / Rudy Vallee
  318. Correspondence / Bobby Van
  319. General correspondence, "V"
  320. Correspondence / Mrs. Morton Blaine Walker
  321. Correspondence / William S. Warford
  322. Correspondence / Jerome Weidman
  323. Correspondence / L. Arnold Weissberger
  324. White House (Washington, D.C.) correspondence
  325. Correspondence / Whitney Museum of American Art
  326. Correspondence with various Who's Who
  327. Correspondence / Edwin Wilson
  328. Correspondence / Adele Wolman
  329. Correspondence / Audrey Wood
  330. Correspondence / Herman Wouk
  331. Correspondence / Gretchen Wyler
  332. General correspondence, "Wa"
  333. General correspondence, "We"
  334. General correspondence, "Wh"
  335. General correspondence, "Wi"
  336. General correspondence, "Wn-Wy"
  337. Correspondence / Henny Youngman
  338. General correspondence, "Y"
  339. Correspondence / John Zacherle
  340. Correspondence / Marc Alan Zagoren
  341. Correspondence / Franco Zeffirelli
  342. Correspondence / Maurice Zolotow
  343. Correspondence / Albert Zuckerman
  344. General correspondence, "Z"