Found 18 collections related to Contracts

The John Steinbeck and George Bernard Shaw legal files collection dates from 1926 to the 1970s, and contains correspondence and legal documents exchanged between the partners at Stern & Reubens, a law firm, and their clients. The bulk of the collection is made up of personal and professional letters from Steinbeck to his personal lawyer, Harry Buchman. less

Joe Smith and Charlie Dale were a well-known vaudeville duo known as Smith and Dale who performed around the United States for over seventy years. The collection contains an extensive run of scripts for Smith and Dale sketches, material reflecting the later life and career of Joe Smith following Charlie Dale's death, and early material relating to their other comedy team The Avon Comedy Four. less

The Danspace Project was founded in 1974 at the St. Mark's Church In-The-Bowery in New York City to present, support, and encourage new work in dance and performance within a supportive environment. The Danspace Project records document over four decades of dance performances produced by, or affiliated with, the Danspace Project, as well as document the day-to-day management of a non-profit arts organization. less

Lesley Gore (1946-2015) was an American popular singer and songwriter who had major hit singles in the early to mid-1960s, including the songs "It's My Party," "You Don't Own Me," "Judy's Turn To Cry," "Maybe I Know," and "She's A Fool," among others. The Lesley Gore papers, dating from 1900 to 2017 (bulk dates from 1946 onward), document her life and career through sound and video recordings; notated music and lyrics; personal files of photographs, writings, clippings, posters, and scrapbooks; and business files. less

David Dorfman (born 1955) is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, musician, and activist, and the artistic director of David Dorfman Dance, a modern dance company. The David Dorfman papers (1980-2017) document Dorfman's performance and teaching career, as well as the activities of David Dorfman Dance, through video and sound recordings; photographs; programs, clippings, and publicity files; and the files of Art Sweats, Inc. (Dorfman's non-profit management company). less

Gustav Blum (d. 1963) was an American theater director, producer, actor, and teacher. In 1916, he founded the East-West Players, a group that performed one-act plays, including English translations of Yiddish plays. The East-West Players won the Belasco Cup at the first Little Theater Tournament in 1923. Blum also produced and staged Broadway plays and worked as a drama teacher in high schools from 1909 until his retirement in 1958. The Gustav Blum papers (1912-1988, bulk 1915-1953) contain a scrapbook, contracts, scripts, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and other papers documenting Blum's career. The scrapbook dates from 1916 to 1923 and contains clippings and programs of the East-West Players. There are scripts for four plays that Blum produced: The Shame Woman (1923), Gertie (1926), My Son (1924), and Walk Hard (1946). The script for Walk Hard is a heavily annotated prompt copy; the other scripts have minimal or no annotation. There are also three scripts written or co-written by Blum: Against the Current, Eden, and A Sleepless Night. Contracts date from 1927 to 1946. The collection includes a statement of receipts and disbursements for Walk Hard and an estimated budget for Laughter in the Courtyard. Photographs consist of images of Blum, an unidentified production photograph, and signed photographs of Bertha Kalich and David Belasco. The collection also contains biographical information, clippings, and copyright records related to Blum's career, dating from 1912 to 1988. less

The Martha Graham Dance Company collection, dating from 1900 to 2017, is comprised of materials that document the career of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham and trace the history of the development of her company and school. The collection is a significant assembly of personal artifacts, correspondence, business documentation, costume designs, photographs, touring files, publications, posters, performance programs, and audio and moving image recordings. less

Remy Charlip (1929-2012) was an American dancer, choreographer, theater director, costume and set designer, educator, visual artist, and children's book author and illustrator. The Remy Charlip papers, dating from the 1900s to 2016 (bulk dates 1940s-2016), chronicle his multi-faceted career and personal life with subject files, original choreography drawings, costumes, children's book illustrations, professional writings, notebooks and journals, artwork and poster designs, teaching materials, photographs, press clippings, programs, correspondence, and audio and moving image recordings. less

The Dennis Parichy lighting designs and papers, dated 1964 to 2009, document Dennis Parichy's career as an American lighting designer for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatres. This collection holds lighting designs, scripts, contracts, playbills, memos, notes, production calendars, fabric swatches, and audio recordings. less

Benjamin F. McLaurin (1906-1989) was a Black labor leader and civic worker who held leadership positions within the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) during the 1920s and 1930s. He worked with A. Philip Randolph throughout the Civil Rights Movement, and later advocated for job equality and increased educational opportunities for minority communities while serving on New York City board committees. The collection, dated 1936 to 1989, showcases McLaurin's lifelong labor, civic, and political work through correspondence, project reports, meeting minutes, Senate committee statements and testimonies, convention and conference reports, and newspaper clippings. less

Metronome, an American magazine published from 1885 to 1961, is most known for its run from the 1930s onward as a publication for jazz fans and listeners, and for its production of "Metronome All-Stars" recordings. The magazine's library of photographs, dating from 1917 to 1996, documents the American jazz and popular music industry from the 1930s through the 1950s. The collection features hundreds of musicians, band leaders, vocalists, entertainers, and media and music business figures, including Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Count Basie, Harry James, and Louis Armstrong. less

The Ed Hall Papers consist of correspondence concerning professional and personal matters (1944-1983), and a poem authored by Owen Dodson. Several letters are from Ted Shine and George Rose, and one letter each are from director Lloyd Richards, Bobby Short, Thornton Wilder, Boston Globe drama critic Kevin Kelly, Vinnette Carroll, and a telegram from Lorraine Hansberry. There are also several contracts for the productions in which he acted, including television shows. A file for Zulu and the Zayda contains quarterly financial reports for 1965-1966, showing that Hall was a small investor in the production. The collection includes obituaries and other articles with information about Hall's career. less

Elizabeth Swados (1951-2016) was a theater composer, musician, director, writer, poet, and illustrator. The Elizabeth Swados papers, Additions (1950-2015) document her career and works through scripts, scores, contracts, photographs, publicity materials, posters, artwork, and audio and moving image recordings. less

The Builders Association is a New York City-based multimedia theater company founded in 1994 by Marianne Weems. The company creates original productions that examine contemporary human life. The Builders Association records, dating from 1983 to 2014, consist of production files from the company's works; administrative and financial materials; recordings of performances and rehearsals; audio and video components used for sound and video design; and production files from projects in which Weems was involved outside of the Builders Association. less

Eric Siday (1905-1976) was a British-American composer, arranger, producer, and violinist who pioneered the creative use of new technology and recording techniques in advertising and brand identification. One of the first composers to routinely employ the Moog synthesizer, his advertising jingles and broadcast identification sounds became widely known in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Eric Siday papers, dating from 1919 to 1996, reveal his career through audio and moving image recordings, scores, correspondence, contracts, technical notes, financial records, photographs, manuscripts, publicity files, and autobiographical essays. less