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Creator
Frank, Gerold, 1907-1998
Call number
MssCol 1067
Physical description
8.5 linear feet (10 boxes, 58 sound recordings)
Preferred Citation

Gerold Frank papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply

Collection consists of materials relating to Frank's biographies (both published and unpublished). Papers include correspondence, typescripts, galley proofs, drafts, notes, source materials, and phonodiscs and tapes of interviews. Also, press clippings concerning subjects of the biographies; unpublished biography of John Barrymore by Diana Barrymore and Frank Singere; diary, 1951-1952, kept by Robert Wilcox; and screenplays of Frank's biography of Diana Barrymore.

Biographical/historical information

Gerold Frank (1907-1998), biographer and journalist, has written for newspapers and national magazines. His writings include biographies of prominent figures and non-fiction books. He has also written screenplays and taught at various schools.

Scope and arrangement

The papers contain material relating to Gerold Frank's published biographies of Lillian Roth (I'll Cry Tomorrow, 1954), Sheilah Graham (Beloved Infidel, 1958), Diana Barrymore (Too Much, Too Soon, 1959), and Zsa Zsa Gabor (My Story, 1960) and unpublished biographies of Constance Bennett, Bartley C. Crum, and Dick Haymes. Included are letters, manuscript drafts, final tyepscripts, notes, galley proofs, soure materials, and sound recordings of interviews. There are also press clippings concerning the subjects of the biographies, an unpublished biography of John Barrymore by Diana Barrymore and Frank Singere, a diary kept by Robert Wilcox (Miss Barrymore's husband), 1951-1952, and screenplays of "Too Much, Too Soon."

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Donated by Gerold Frank, 1961

Processing information

Compiled by Richard Salvato, 1982

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

Access restrictions

Sound recordings are unavailable until duplicated. Please contact the Division regarding access.