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Burl Ives papers

Title: Burl Ives papers, 1913-1975.
Author: Ives, Burl, 1909-1995.
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Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 51 - Academy award	Text	Restricted use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 51 - Academy award	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 50	Text	Restricted use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 50	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 49	Text	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 49	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 48	Text	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 48	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 47	Text	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 47	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 46	Text	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 46	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 45	Text	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1965-001 Box 45	Offsite
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Additional Authors

Amory, Cleveland

Description

26 lin. ft. (51 boxes)

Summary

The Burl Ives papers contain mainly professional files, pertaining to all aspects of his career.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Galley proofs.
Photographs.
Scores.
Scrapbooks.
Motion picture plays.
Television scripts.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Music Division, Library of Congress.

Biography (note)

Although perhaps best remembered for his work on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the multitalented folk singer Burl Ives (1909-1995) also achieved considerable success as a recording artist, actor, and author.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 1965-001

OCLC

NYPG06-A195

Author

Ives, Burl, 1909-1995.

Title

Burl Ives papers, 1913-1975.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Although perhaps best remembered for his work on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the multitalented folk singer Burl Ives (1909-1995) also achieved considerable success as a recording artist, actor, and author. Born in Hunt City Township, Illinois, Ives learned American folk songs at an early age, accompanying himself on the guitar and the banjo. After three years at Eastern Illinois State College, he embarked on a cross-country trip to collect traditional folk songs. In 1933, Ives moved to New York, where he attended both Julliard and New York University, studying acting and voice. He made his Broadway debut with a small role in The Boys from Syracuse (1938), appeared in This is the Army (1942), and later earned a major role in Walter Kerr's folk music revue, Sing Out, Sweet Land! (1944), for which he won a Donaldson Award. Ives' singing career also built steadily through radio appearances and a recording contract with Decca. As a recording artist, he promoted American folk songs and produced an impressive catalogue of hits, including Blue Tail Fly (1949), Lavender Blue (1949), and A Holly Jolly Christmas (1964). Ives would continue to record music in a wide array of genres, including children's albums. He made his film debut as a singing cowboy in Smoky (1946), but his breakthrough role came with the Disney film, So Dear to My Heart (1949). Ives' stage career flourished during the 1950s, culminating in his role as Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). This performance proved Ives' ability as a serious actor and it led to more prestigious film work, including East of Eden (1955) and The Big Country (1958), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also worked steadily in television during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably as a voice actor in the animated holiday special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), and eventually starred in his own situation comedy, OK Crackerby! (1965), created by Cleveland Amory. In later life, Ives continued to make recordings, as well as act in film and television, but slowed his pace, settling in Anacortes, Washington, where he remained until his death.

Location of Other Archival Materials

See also the Burl Ives collection in the Music Division, Library of Congress.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Actors.

Folk singers.

Added Author

Amory, Cleveland.

Ives, Burl, 1909-1995. Wayfaring stranger.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1965-001

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