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Creator
Zolotow, Sam
Call number
*T-Mss 2012-052
Physical description
.84 linear feet (2 boxes)
Preferred Citation

Sam Zolotow papers, *T-Mss 2012-052. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Access to materials
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Sam Zolotow was a theater reporter for the New York Times. The Sam Zolotow papers (1944-1967) contain press releases, clippings, correspondence, and draft articles from Zolotow’s work as a theater reporter. The materials mostly date from 1962 to 1967.

Biographical/historical information

Sam Zolotow was a theater reporter for the New York Times. He began working at the Times in 1919, and acquired a byline in the 1930s. He retired in 1969. Zolotow died in West Los Angeles, California, in 1993.

Scope and arrangement

The Sam Zolotow papers contain press releases, clippings, correspondence, and draft articles from Zolotow's work as a theater reporter for the New York Times. Most of the material dates from 1962 to 1967, and consists of press releases, clippings, and drafts of Zolotow's articles. The material is sorted by production; files are present for Barefoot in the Park, Funny Girl, Sherry!, Sweet Charity, and The Odd Couple, among others. The collection also contains a small file of letters and telegrams to Zolotow from colleagues and people he referenced in his articles, dating from 1944 and from 1953 to 1957.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into two categories: Correspondence and Productions.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of an unknown donor.

Processing information

Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2014

Using the collection

Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatrediv@nypl.org.