Found 4 collections related to Holliday, Judy

Alec Wilder (1907-1980), the composer and songwriter, lived at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City for most of his life. He wrote several hundred popular songs, composed sonatas, operas, a concerto, and a ballet, and was the author of one book and co-author of another. The collection contains incoming letters to Alec Wilder from fifty-eight friends and acquaintances (including John Cheever, Harper Lee, S. J. Perelman, and Frank Sinatra), letters from Wilder to his friend and collaborator William Engvick; correspondence between Engvick and Wilder's biographer, Desmond Stone and James Dean's biographer, Val Holley and others; and printed matter concerning Wilder. less

Lee Israel, born December 3, 1939 in New York City, is the author of "Miss Tallulah Bankhead," "Kilgallen" and "Estee Lauder--Beyond the Magic." She has also contributed articles to various magazines. The Lee Israel Research Notes were compiled for a book that was never written about Judy Holliday and contain information about Miss Holliday's family, career, politics and the illness which led to her death in 1965. The material is taken from interviews with family, friends and associates. less

This collection of personal papers, correspondence, production files, radio scripts, autobiographical writings, interviews, speeches, articles, songs, clippings, photographs and visual materials provides a wealth of documentation on the personal and professional life of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, lyricist, director, screenwriter, comedian and play doctor, Abe Burrows. less