- Creator
- Hayward, Brooke, 1937-
- Call number
- *L (Special) 07-45
- Physical description
- 23 sound cassettes, analog; 23 sound cassettes, analog
- Preferred Citation
- Brooke Hayward collection of noncommercial recordings, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Collection consists of recorded interviews, conducted by Brooke Hayward prior to the publication of her memoir titled Haywire in 1977. Interviewees generally speak about their memories of the Hayward family including Hayward's father Leland, and her mother Margaret Sullavan. Personalities interviewed include Truman Capote, Beverly Wood, Henry, Jane, and Peter Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Slim Hawks, and Willie Wyler, among others (see individual catalog records for complete list).
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Separated, from Theater Division collection *T-MSS 1997-021, 2007Key terms
Names
- Hayward, Brooke, 1937-
- Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 (Interviewee)
- Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (Interviewee)
- Fonda, Jane, 1937- (Interviewee)
- Fonda, Peter, 1939- (Interviewee)
- Hayward, Brooke, 1937- (Donor)
- Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971
- Keith, Slim, 1917-1990 (Interviewee)
- Stewart, James, 1908-1997 (Interviewee)
- Sullavan, Margaret, 1909-1960
- Wood, Beverly P. (Interviewee)
- Wyler, William, 1902-1981 (Interviewee)
Material types
Titles
Using the collection
Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Conditions Governing Use
No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Access restrictions
Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system.