The Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
Personal Papers and Special
Collections
DORIS COLE ABRAHAMS PAPERS: National tours and Broadway production of Equus, Tom Stoppard plays, and other productions.
HOLLIS ALPERT PAPERS: Articles and books by Alpert, long-time film critic and writer for the Saturday Review, The New York Times, New Yorker. Womens's Day, American Film, and Playboy. He is the author and editor of numerous books including Lana: the Lady, the Legend, the Truth; The Barrymores; Charleton Heston: The Actor's Life, Journals 1956-1976; and The Life and Times of Porgy and Bess.
ISABEL BIGLEY BARNETT PAPERS: Clippings, photographs, programs documenting her Broadway and London career in Oklahoma!, as the first Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls and in Me and Juliet.
MARY BISHOP PAPERS: Materials on theatre restoration, in particular for theatres worked on by Bishop including the Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio.
ALAN BRODY SCRIPTS COLLECTION: An American playwright whose plays were performed at several theatres throughout United States. He is the recipient of numerous theatrical awards, among them, Best play of 1995 for "The housewives of Mannheim", Lois and Richard Rosenthal Award, 1988 for "Invention for father and sons."
JARKA BURIAN PAPERS: Papers, posters, programs, and other materials assembled by the leading American scholar on Czech theatre.
ROBERT BREEN PAPERS: Extensive materials on Porgy and Bess production (1952-1956) with a cast including William Warfield, Leontyne Price, Cab Calloway and Maya Angelou, Blues Opera and other productions.
SAM COIT PAPERS: Scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence (including letters from Kate Douglas Wiggin), and other materials documenting his acting career, ca. 1900-1930.
JOHN COLMAN PAPERS: Music scores, manuscripts, and papers including Dalcroze and Blue Hill Troupe work of composer/music director Colman.
PAUL DENIS PAPERS: Working files of Denis -- writer, editor, and one-time assistant to Earl Wilson.
NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MACDONALD COLLECTION by Pat Griswold: Photographs and research materials on Eddy and Macdonald in such films as Naughty Maria, Rose Marie, Maytime, Girl of the Golden West, and others.
HAROLD EISENSTEIN PAPERS: Scripts, clippings, programs, and other materials documenting Eisenstein's career in television and theatre, including Gallery Players.
LINDA
EISENSTEIN COLLECTION: The Linda Eisenstein Collection is within
the International Centre of Women Playwrights Collection
Gift of Linda Eisenstein
TOM EYEN PAPERS: Materials documenting career of the writer of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman!, Dreamgirls, and many Off-Off-Broadway plays such as Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down.
PAULETTE GODDARD / BURGESS MEREDITH PAPERS: Correspondence before and during their marriage.
OTIS L. GUERNSEY COLLECTION: Programs collected by Guernsey of all productions seen for annual compilation of Best Plays.
JED HARRIS PAPERS: Correspondence, photographs, programs, and sketches of Ruth Gordon by Harris documenting this legendary producer/director's career.
EILEEN HECKART PAPERS: Personal papers, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and stage, film and television scripts of this major character actress and Ohio State alumna.
HENRY HEWES COLLECTION: Personal papers, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and other materials documenting Hewes career as a theatre writer.
HOLLY HILL PAPERS: Reviews, scrapbooks, interview tapes documenting Hill's career as a theatre critic including her books of theatrical interviews.
BILL HOLLAND PAPERS: Production files and papers of west coast stage manager Holland.
NORRIS HOUGHTON PAPERS: Manuscript drafts, sketches, photographs, books, and other materials from this theatre writer and designer, in particular documenting his interest in Russian theatre.
SANDRA L. HUGHES THEATRE PAPERS: administrative materials, programs, notes, reviews, production and other materials documenting Hughes's work as director, choreographer, performer, and playwright.
INTERNATIONAL AL JOLSON SOCIETY: Sheet music, sound recordings, and videotapes of Jolson productions collected by society members.
NANCY KELLY PAPERS: Correspondence, photographs, programs, box office documentation regarding the theatre work of this actress whose roles included the mother in The Bad Seed.
MADGE KENDAL PAPERS: Correspondence from actress Kendal to her agent.
WILLIAM F. KILMER VAUDEVILLE PAPERS: Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and other materials documenting Kilmer's vaudeville career and Gus Edwards' Night Birds, 1909- 1912.
SIDNEY KINGSLEY PAPERS: Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, blocking plans, and many other materials documenting Kingsley's plays including Pulitzer prize-winning Men in White, Dead End, The Patriots, Detective Story, Darkness at Noon and others.
TED LANGE PAPERS: African-American actor/director Lange's papers documenting his work in film, television, and stage, including Love Boat, Othello, and a one-man show on Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet.
JEROME LAWRENCE AND ROBERT E. LEE PAPERS: Extensive collection by and on the authors of Inherit the Wind, Auntie Mame, and The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. Finding Aid.
KATHERINE LOCKE PAPERS: Correspondence, contracts, and other materials documenting her acting career which included playing Ophelia to Maurice Evans's Hamlet.
SAM LOCKE PAPERS: Scripts and other materials by this writer/playwright.
ELIZABETH MAUPIN PAPERS: Programs for Florida productions covered by Maupin, Critic for the Florida Sentinel.
CHARLES H. MCCAGHY COLLECTION OF EXOTIC DANCE FROM BURLESQUE TO CLUBS: The history of the popular culture of burlesque performances and nightclub life from exotic dance to stripping is highlighted in this collection of magazines, photographs, books, sound recordings
BEBE MILLER PAPERS COLLECTION: Archives documenting the career of modern dance choreographer and OSU graduate Bebe Miller.
LAURA M. MUELLER BRITISH, AMERICAN AND CANADIAN THEATRE AND FILM COLLECTION: Documents of Columbus-born actress Elsie Janis, Columbus theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, spoken word sound recordings of great actors, and other theatre and film material.
DON NIGRO PAPERS: Scripts, programs and other materials from this Ohio playwright.
OYSHER FAMILY PAPERS: Scripts, sheet music, and other materials used by Moishe and Fraydele Oysher, Yiddish theatre actors.
JOHN PATRICK COLLECTION: Copies of documentary and feature films on which this prolific playwright, author of Teahouse of the August Moon, worked.
PLAYWRIGHTS COLLECTIONS: Scripts and other
materials from such playwrights as Adrienne Kennedy, Alan Brody, Linda
Eisenstein, and Joe Palka.
ROBERT POST PAPERS: Clippings, photographs, correspondence, videotapes, posters and other materials from this Columbus-based actor/humorist.
E. B. RADCLIFFE PAPERS: Papers of this theatre critic for the Cincinnati Inquirer.
PETER RANKIN COLLECTION: Materials documenting the Rankin-Drew-Barrymore acting family.
RANDY SKINNER PAPERS: Annotated scripts, photographs, programs, correspondence, clippings and other materials from this director/choreographer/dancer.
IRWIN SPECTOR PAPERS: Research materials for Spector's biography of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze as well as manuscripts of Spector's own musical compositions.
LEONARD SPIGELGASS PAPERS: Materials documenting the career of this playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood and New York. Among his works Spigelgass authored such popular and award-winning plays as I Was a Male War Bride (1949). Finding Aid.
MERIDEE STEIN PAPERS: Materials documenting Stein's career as a theatre producer and director, including The First All Children's Theatre, a professional youth theatre company which she founded.
TWYLA THARP ARCHIVE: Company records, photographs, posters, programs, choreographic notes, personal papers, book and audio research materials, and videotapes of rehearsals and performances from one of the world's outstanding dancer/choreographers of the 20th century.
ROBERT A. WACHSMAN PAPERS: Clippings, photographs, programs and other materials documenting the national tour by the first Porgy and Bess company.
CLIFTON WEBB PAPERS: Correspondence and scrapbooks documenting his stage and film career.
ELLA RICHEY WELLS PAPERS: Scrapbooks, photographs costumes, etc., documenting career of this Columbus actress, donated by Marjorie Clark and Joy Reilly.
EARL WILSON PAPERS: Working papers, research files, photograph, clippings, scrapbooks of the late Broadway columnist for the New York Post.
LUKE YANKEE PAPERS: Documenting career of this director, son of Eileen Heckart.
Note: Only the underscored items in the lists are linked to the web version of the Ohio State University Library Catalog. Others will be linked as the catalog web pages become available.
"Theatre is the universal means of expression. It embraces all of the arts through which human minds seek to reach one another."
Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee - November, 1986