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Oral history interview with LuEsther Mertz

Title
Oral history interview with LuEsther Mertz, 1987-03-11 [sound recording].
Author
Mertz, LuEsther T.
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
Turan, Kenneth.
Description
1 sound cassette : analog.
Summary
LuEsther Mertz, a businesswoman, philanthropist, and the chairman of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival from 1973 to 1987, talks about her support of the Festival and her experience helping Joseph Papp to move several of the Festival's productions from the Public Theater to Broadway, including Two gentlemen of Verona and A chorus line. She also talks about her relationship with Papp and his complicated personality.
Alternative Title
  • Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
  • Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Oral histories.
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview by Kenneth Turan, originally recorded for the book "Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told" which was published in 2009.
  • A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.
With (note)
  • On original cassette with an Oral history interview with Robert Whitehead (side B).
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Recorded [in New York?], Mar. 11 , 1987.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51933.
Call Number
*LDC 51933
OCLC
775374711
Author
Mertz, LuEsther T. Interviewee
Title
Oral history interview with LuEsther Mertz, 1987-03-11 [sound recording].
Imprint
1987.
Event
Recorded [in New York?], Mar. 11 , 1987.
Access
Access to original items restricted.
Additional Formats
Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51933.
With:
On original cassette with an Oral history interview with Robert Whitehead (side B).
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Added Author
Turan, Kenneth. Interviewer
Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor
Added Title
Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.
Research Call Number
*LDC 51933
*LTC-A 697
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