- Creator
- Pauker, Edmond, ca. 1880-1962
- Call number
- MssCol 2354
- Physical description
- 42 linear feet (44 boxes)
- Language
- Some materials in Hungarian and German
- Preferred Citation
- Edmond Pauker papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Edmond Pauker (ca. 1880-1962) was a Hungarian-born literary agent and play broker in New York who represented European, especially Hungarian, playwrights, as well as some American authors. Collection consists of Pauker's personal and business papers. Personal papers contain correspondence, 1926-1959; legal and financial documents; telephone books and calendar notes; and papers of Honora and Yolan Pauker (Edmund Pauker's sister and his wife.) Business papers include correspondence, 1926-1959, of Edmond Pauker Inc.; correspondence, 1923-1946, with prominent authors, playwrights, movie studios, theatre organizations, and agents. Also, correspondence regarding plays and scripts, advertising, copyright, and related topics; legal and financial documents including cash books, ledgers and journals; writings by authors; printed matter, such as programs and playbills; and photographs of playwrights and play.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Transfer, Theatre Collection, 1959Related Material
Related collection includes the Edmond Pauker Papers; Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Key terms
Names
- Pauker, Edmond, ca. 1880-1962
- Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960
- Benoit-Lévy, Jean, 1888-1959
- Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948
- Bohem, Endre, 1900-
- Bús-Fekete, László, b. 1896
- Csergo, Hugo
- Herczec, Geza
- Herzmansky, Bernard
- Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956
- Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974
- Miklos, Vitez
- Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-1952
- Pauker, Edmond, ca. 1880-1962
- Pauker, Honora
- Pauker, Yolan
- Puffy, Charles H
- Révész, Ferenc
- Sirmay, Albert
- Vajda, Ernest, 1887-1954
- Library of Congress. Copyright Office
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
- RKO Pictures
- Shubert Theatre Corporation
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- United States. Works Progress Administration
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Subjects
- Authors, American
- Authors, Hungarian
- European drama
- Hungarian drama
- Theater -- Hungary
- Theater -- United States
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328