The Bill Dana Oral History Collection, 2005-2007, 2016-, consists of sixty-eight audio-visual interviews of a cross section of comedy experts, writers, producers, directors, and noted comedians who have had a direct influence on the history of the...
The Florence Markoff Collection consists of materials that span over 70 years, dating between 1937 and 2015. Over half of the collection consists of radio scripts for Markoff’s three radio programs: There’s a Word for It, Rhode Island Portraits in...
This collection contains materials collected by Howard Atlee Heinlen during his career as a press representative for New York theater productions from the 1950s to the 1980s. It also extends to his later return to acting in the 1990s and his conti...
This collection encompasses theatre programs, playbills, and memorabilia from hundreds of theatres throughout the United States and London, with the bulk of the materials from Boston, New York, and London. The materials range in date from 1855 thr...
The collection contains the proofs, notes, and cover designs of Frederick's book "Day for Night". There is also a bound uncorrected advance proof and a hardcopy of the published book.
The collection includes materials related to Sylvia Lewis' career including but not limited to: photographs, contracts, scripts, sheet music, publicity publications, magazines, lobby cards, posters, personal correspondence, 16mm films, VHS ta...
The Collection documents the career and professional achievements of Janis Paige, an actress and singer. The materials include every filmed episodes of It’s Always Jan along with the corresponding script. The collection also includes videos of fil...
The Dom DeLuise collection contains materials from the years 1964-2008. The collection includes scripts, screenplays, photographs, videocassettes, ¾ inch Umatic recordings, Umatic S recordings, CDs, DVDs, books, press releases, newspaper and magaz...
The papers of Bill Dana (1925- ) span the period (1940s- 2006) and focus primarily on his two most popular television series “The Steve Allen Show” and “The Bill Dana Show,” as well as material related to his most famous character, Jose Jimenez. ...
The collection consists of the original footage of several episodes of game shows hosted by Jan Murray on 16mm film reels. The footage was transferred from the original reels to Betacam tape, from which DVD reference copies were made. Most of the ...
The Ploughshares Collection includes materials that document the major functions of the magazine and its staff: administration, grant applications, production, distribution, marketing, and publicity. The collection also houses correspondence and o...
The Warren Debenham Comedy Sound Collection documents American comedy from the early 1930s through 2006 and consists of long playing albums and compact discs of live performances, spoken word recordings, humorous music, musical theater, and film s...
The collection consists of comedian clippings, magazines, and movie ephemera, such as sheet music, posters, and lobby cards. The extensive collection of magazines includes Harpoon, Just for Laughs, and Rave. The broad arrangement of sheet music ...
This collection contains scripts written for the “Let’s Pretend” radio program as well as the sheet music for the conductor’s score, cues, and orchestra parts for numerous “Let’s Pretend” episodes. The majority of the scripts were written by Nila ...
The collection contains the records of Henry Winkler. There are film reels of Run, Don’t Walk and I Can Handle It. There are also 345 VHS tapes, 17 U-Matic tapes, and 14 DVDs of his acting, directing, and producing projects. Photographs, newspaper...