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Kallen, Lucille
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2000-026
21.44 linear feet (45 boxes)
Lucille Kallen was a published author as well as a prolific writer for radio, television, and stage. In the 1950s, she was the only female writer on the staff of Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows . Today she is best known... more
Green, Adolph
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2004-023
6 linear feet (14 boxes)
Adolph Green (1915-2002) was a lyricist and librettist of Broadway musicals, a Hollywood screenwriter and occasional performer. This collection contains his scripts and programs. The majority of the productions covered were written by Green and... more
Comden, Betty
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1986-004
12 linear feet (29 boxes)
Betty Comden and Adolph Green were lyricists, librettists, screenwriters and performers. This collection consists of scripts, production files, office files, financial records, awards, photographs and programs from 1933 to 2003.
Miner, Worthington, 1900-1982
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1993-034
Worthington Miner was the director and producer of the Studio One television program from 1948 to 1952. The Studio One production files consist of working scripts, shooting scripts, notes,... more
Mandeville, Betty
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2001-048
14.7 linear feet (35 boxes)
Betty Mandeville (1910-2001) was a producer-director for The FBI in Peace and War, a radio crime drama that aired on CBS from 1944 to 1958. Mandeville worked as a producer on the show for its entire run, and was the sole producer-director... more
Frankel, Doris, 1909-1994
Billy Rose Theatre Division
5.67 linear feet (14 boxes)
Doris Frankel (1909-1994) was an Emmy Award-winning American dramatist who wrote for television, radio, and theater production. The Doris Frankel papers (1922-1993) document Frankel's career as a dramatist and contain scripts, synopses outlining... more
Goodstein, Mel, 1934-
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2013-146
2.31 linear feet (6 boxes)
Mel Goodstein (1934-1987?) collected radio scripts that document the Golden Age of Radio.
Chevigny, Hector, 1904-1965
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2013-120
4.6 linear feet (11 boxes)
Hector Chevigny (1904-1965) was an American novelist, and radio and television dramatist. The collection, dating from 1928 to 1962, focuses on Chevigny's career as a novelist and dramatist. The files hold television and radio scripts and screenplays.
Brinkley, Don, 1921-2012
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2017-016
17.92 linear feet (43 containers)
Donald Brinkley (1921-2012) was an American television director, producer and writer. The Donald Brinkley collection, dating from 1946 to 1987, reflects Brinkley's success as a writer for many popular television shows.
Mosel, Tad
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1979-006
7.92 linear feet (19 boxes)
The papers document the career of Tad Mosel, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, performer, biographer, and writer for television and film.
Fraser, Elisabeth, 1920-2005
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1999-025
Elisabeth Fraser was a stage, screen and television actress. Her papers consist of correspondence, diaries and journals, scripts and ephemera documenting her career.
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1965-001
25 linear feet (49 boxes)
Burl Ives was a singer, an author and a film, television and theater actor from the late 1930s through the 1980s. This collection contains material from 1913 through 1975, but the majority of the materials are from the 1950s and 1960s. The... more
Merrill, Phyllis, 1908-
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1998-004
Phyllis Merrill, writer of scripts, speeches and advertising copy. Her papers include her writings from the J. Walter Thompson Co. Commercials for RCA, as well as scripts from radio and television programs form the bulk of the collection. There is... more
Bonnell, George
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1992-004
.42 linear feet (1 box)
George Bonnell was a Broadway actor who performed under the name Sam Bonnell from the 1930s to the 1950s. Bonnell worked in an uncredited production position for Your Show of Shows, a televised variety show broadcast on... more
Anderson, Arthur
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1992-044
.42 linear feet (1 box)
The Arthur Anderson collection of scripts contains scripts for the radio show Mark Trail, broadcast by the Mutual Broadcasting System, and for the radio and television shows Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, both broadcast by ABC. Mark Trail scripts date... more
Arent, Arthur
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2013-102
1.26 linear feet (3 boxes)
The Arthur Arent scripts (1943-1956) were written or adapted by Arent for radio and television. The bulk of the collection is radio scripts for The Theatre Guild on the Air, presented by United States Steel Corporation,... more
Shaw, David, 1916-2007
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2020-011
9.17 linear feet (22 boxes)
David Shaw (1916-2007, born Samuel David Shamforoff) was a writer for stage, screen and television. The David Shaw television and radio scripts, dating from 1941 to 1977, are mostly scripts that David Shaw wrote during the Golden Age of... more
Cohen, Alexander H., 1920-2000
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1969-001
189.75 linear feet (396 boxes)
The papers primarily document the career of theater and television producer Alexander H. Cohen and include some personal papers, as well as a number of materials by and about Cohen's wife and professional partner, Hildy Parks.
Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1996-024
Morrie Ryskind, poet, playwright, and columnist. Awarded the 1932 Pultizer Prize for drama for Of Thee I Sing co-written with George Kaufman, Ira Gershwin, and George Gershwin. Testified before the House Un-American... more
Donehue, Vincent J., 1915-1966
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-MSS 1967-002
Donehue was a director working primarily for the New York stage and television in the 1950s and 1960s. He also directed two films in Hollywood. The collection includes personal correspondence; production files containing notes, letters, partial... more
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