Research Catalog

Title

George S. Kaufman papers, [microform] 1918-1958.

Author

Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

4 microfilm reels.

Summary

Microfilm copy of the papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright-director, George S. Kaufman, consisting primarily of correspondence, scripts, and biographical scrapbooks.

Subjects

• Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980
• Arliss, George, 1868-1946
• Kaufman, George S (George Simon), 1889-1961
• Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964
• Davis, Robert H
• Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950
• Kahn, Otto H., 1867-1934
• Dramatists
• Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
• White, William Allen, 1868-1944
• Stimson, Henry L (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
• Correspondence
• Davies, Joseph Edward
• Motion picture plays
• Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
• MacGrath, Leueen
• Farley, James Aloysius, 1888-
• Television plays
• Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950
• Allen, Fred, 1894-1956
• Ames, Winthrop, 1870-1937
• Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943
• Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944
• Man who came to dinner
• Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977
• Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
• Goetz, Ruth
• Scrapbooks
• Dulcy
• Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963
• Photoprints
• Butter and egg man
• Teichmann, Howard
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
• Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
• Scripts
• Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985
• Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
• Late George Apley
• Theater
• Of thee I sing

Genre/Form

• Motion picture plays.
• Scripts.
• Photoprints.
• Correspondence.
• Scrapbooks.

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm.

Original Location (note)

• Originals in: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Film and Photo Archive

Source (note)

• State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Biography (note)

• George S. Kaufman was a noted playwright and director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1889.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available online and in repository.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

*ZC-264 (1-4)

OCLC

NYPW92-A5

Author

Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.

Title

George S. Kaufman papers, [microform] 1918-1958.

Reproduction

Microfilm. Madison, Wisconsin.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1990. 4 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

Original Location

Originals in: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Film and Photo Archive, Madison, Wisconsin.

Biography

George S. Kaufman was a noted playwright and director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1889. In the early years of his career, Kaufman was the drama critic for the New York Times. Later, as a playwright he collaborated with many famous writers including Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Morrie Ryskind and Howard Teichmann. Some of his works include: DULCY (1921), THE COCOANUTS (1925), ANIMAL CRACKERS(1928), THE BAND WAGON (1931), DINNER AT EIGHT (1932), STAGE DOOR (1936), THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1939), GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (1940), and SILK STOCKINGS (1955). Two of his plays OF THEE I SING (1931), and YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1936) received the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Kaufman also worked in Hollywood, writing both screenplays and adaptations of his work. Among these were COCOANUTS (1929), ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) and SOLID GOLD CADILLAC (1956).Kaufman died on June 2, 1961.

Indexes

Finding aid available online and in repository.

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Finding Aid

Research Call Number

*ZC-264 (1-4)