Scott Meredith Research Files, 1971-1974


Summary Information
Title: Scott Meredith Research Files
Inclusive Dates: 1971-1974

Creator:
  • Meredith, Scott, 1923-
Call Number: Micro 1193

Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Research files of Scott Meredith, a literary agent and author, concerning his book George S. Kaufman and His Friends (1974). Included are clippings, reviews, notes, lists, photographs, and correspondence with Kaufman family members and with associates such as Marc Connelly, Max Gordon, Harold Rome, and Morrie Ryskind.

Language: English

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Scope and Content Note

The research materials compiled by authors' representative Scott Meredith for his biography of playwright George S. Kaufman have been arranged into three alphabetical files: PEOPLE, PLAYS AND SCREEN PLAYS, and SUBJECTS. The three types of files contain similar material however--primarily clippings, reviews, correspondence, handwritten and typed notes, data sheets, and correspondence. A large quantity of this material is not dated.

The PEOPLE files include research correspondence primarily carried out by Meredith during l97l. It seems unlikely, however, that these files represent the totality of Meredith's research correspondence. Included are letters from Marc Connelly, Frank Sullivan and Charles Friedman (in the file on Beatrice Kaufman), Charles Martin, Jo Mielziner, Harold Rome, Morrie Ryskind, Irwin Shaw, and Gertrude Tonkonogy. Especially valuable is a multi-page letter from Ruth Kaufman Friedlich. The files also contain copies of numerous exchanges between Kaufman and Max Gordon from l953 to l958. Although the source of this correspondence is not identified, the original material is believed to be part of the Gordon Papers held by Princeton University.

The SUBJECT FILES contain copies of photographs selected by the author for use in the book (not all of which were published), galley pages, and some publicity. The majority of the galleys received with the collection did not differ substantially from the published volume, and so they were not microfilmed. Because of the deteriorating condition of the paper, the original files were destroyed after filming. Original photographic prints, however, were separated to the WCFTR Names and Title File.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Use Restrictions

The deed of gift contains no language concerning transfer of copyright.


Acquisition Information

Presented by Scott Meredith, New York, New York, l976, l979. Accession Number: MCHC76-24, MCHC76-42, MCHC79-13


Processing Information

Prepared for microfilming by Carolyn J. Mattern, l990.


Contents List
Series: People
Reel   1
Frame   1
Adams, Franklin Pierce
Reel   1
Frame   22
Ames, Winthrop
Reel   1
Frame   31
Arliss, George
Reel   1
Frame   36
Astor, Mary
Reel   1
Frame   148
Bakrow, Leonard
Reel   1
Frame   153
Behrman, S.N.
Reel   1
Frame   164
Benchley, Robert C.
Reel   1
Frame   186
Berlin, Irving
Reel   1
Frame   188
Bloch, Bertram
Reel   1
Frame   190
Bloomingdale, Alfred
Reel   1
Frame   192
Bomoseen, Vermont
Reel   1
Frame   217
Bower, Roger
Reel   1
Frame   220
Broun, Heywood
Reel   1
Frame   242
Burrows, Abe
Reel   1
Frame   244
Byram, John
Reel   1
Frame   247
Cain, James M.
Reel   1
Frame   249
Campbell, Alan
Reel   1
Frame   251
Carlisle, Kitty
Reel   1
Frame   259
Chase, Mary
Reel   1
Frame   262
Chodorov, Jerome
Reel   1
Frame   264
Connelly, Marc
Reel   1
Frame   293
Corbin, John
Reel   1
Frame   297
Damrosch, Walter
Reel   1
Frame   299
Davis, Meyer
Reel   1
Frame   303
Davis, Owen
Reel   1
Frame   307
Dayton, Katharine
Reel   1
Frame   310
Dietz, Howard, 1970
Reel   1
Frame   323
Dreiser, Theodore
Reel   1
Frame   328
Drinkwater, John
Reel   1
Frame   330
Evans, Larry
Reel   1
Frame   334
Ferber, Edna
Reel   1
Frame   358
Fever, Cy
Reel   1
Frame   362
Fields, Joseph A.
Reel   1
Frame   371
Ford, Hugh
Reel   1
Frame   383
Frazee, H.H.
Reel   1
Frame   386
Friedman, Charles, 1971
Reel   1
Frame   408
Gaige, Crosby
Reel   1
Frame   410
Gershwin, George
Reel   1
Frame   432
Gershwin, Ira
Reel   1
Frame   438
Girardoux, Jean
Reel   1
Frame   440
Goetz, Augustus
Reel   1
Frame   442
Golden, John
Reel   1
Frame   448
Gordon, Max, 1972
Reel   1
Frame   801
Gordon, Ruth
Reel   1
Frame   806
Harris, Jed, 1974
Reel   1
Frame   823
Harris, Sam H.
Reel   1
Frame   831
Hart, Bernard
Reel   1
Frame   834
Hart, Lorenz
Reel   1
Frame   837
Hart, Moss
Reel   1
Frame   896
Hayes, Helen, 1971
Reel   1
Frame   898
Hecht, Ben
Reel   1
Frame   925
Heggen, Thomas O.
Reel   1
Frame   930
Heller, Franklin
Reel   1
Frame   937
Hull, Josephine
Reel   1
Frame   940
Jessel, George, 1971
Reel   1
Frame   953
Johnson, Nunnally
Reel   1
Frame   957
Kalmar, Bert
Reel   1
Frame   960
Kaufman, Anne (Schneider)
Reel   2
Frame   1
Kaufman, Beatrice Bakrow
Reel   2
Frame   90
Kaufman, Helen
Reel   2
Frame   95
Kaufman, Joseph S.
Reel   2
Frame   114
Kaufman, Nettie Myers
Reel   2
Frame   138
Kaufman, Richard
Reel   2
Frame   141
Kaufman, Ruth (Friedlich)
Reel   2
Frame   182
Kaufmann, George S., 1971
Reel   2
Frame   189
Kerr, Geoffrey
Reel   2
Frame   191
Lardner, Ring W.
Reel   2
Frame   220
Lee, Gypsy Rose
Reel   2
Frame   225
Leech, Margaret (Pulitzer), 1971
Reel   2
Frame   236
Lemaire, Rufus
Reel   2
Frame   239
Leontovich, Eugenie
Reel   2
Frame   245
Levant, Oscar
Reel   2
Frame   251
Lindsay, Howard
Reel   2
Frame   257
Loesser, Frank
Reel   2
Frame   259
Luce, Claire Boothe
Reel   2
Frame   262
MacArthur, Charles
Reel   2
Frame   275
MacGrath, Lueen
Reel   2
Frame   372
Mankiewicz, Herman J., 1971
Reel   2
Frame   423
Marquand, John P.
Reel   2
Frame   430
Martin, Charles, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   463
Martin, Ernest H.
Reel   2
Frame   465
Marx Brothers (Empty folder, See Star-Spangled Rhythm)
Reel   2
Frame   467
McFadden, William
Reel   2
Frame   469
McKenney, Ruth
Reel   2
Frame   473
McMein, Neysa
Reel   2
Frame   491
Merrick, David
Reel   2
Frame   494
Mielziner, Jo, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   500
Nathan, George Jean
Reel   2
Frame   509
Oppenheimer, George
Reel   2
Frame   519
Parker, Dorothy
Reel   2
Frame   565
Percival, Walter C.
Reel   2
Frame   568
Pichel, Irving
Reel   2
Frame   579
Porter, Cole
Reel   2
Frame   584
Rattigan, Terence
Reel   2
Frame   592
Rodgers, Richard
Reel   2
Frame   598
Rome, Harold
Reel   2
Frame   605
Ross, Harold W.
Reel   2
Frame   624
Ruby, Harry, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   630
Ryskind, Morrie, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   642
Schafer, Natalie
Reel   2
Frame   648
Schwartz, Arthur
Reel   2
Frame   650
Selwyn, Edgar
Reel   2
Frame   651
Shaw, Irwin
Reel   2
Frame   661
Sherwood, Robert E.
Reel   2
Frame   605
Short, Hassard
Reel   2
Frame   690
Sinclair, Robert B.
Reel   2
Frame   691
Smith, Alfred E.
Reel   2
Frame   693
Spewack, Bella and Sam
Reel   2
Frame   695
Stallings, Laurence
Reel   2
Frame   699
Steinbeck, John
Reel   2
Frame   717
Stern, Henry R.
Reel   2
Frame   721
Streger, Myra Hampton
Reel   2
Frame   725
Sullivan, Frank, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   733
Swerling, Jo
Reel   2
Frame   735
Swope, Herbert Bayard
Reel   2
Frame   749
Tarkington, Booth
Reel   2
Frame   751
Teichmann, Howard, l972
Reel   2
Frame   779
Thalberg, Irving
Reel   2
Frame   782
Thurber, James, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   787
Tonkonogy, Gertrude, 1971
Reel   2
Frame   796
Toohey, John Peter
Reel   2
Frame   800
Tyler, George C.
Reel   2
Frame   819
Ustinov, Peter
Reel   2
Frame   824
Valency, Maurice
Reel   2
Frame   826
Walden, William, 1971-1973
Reel   2
Frame   833
Woollcott, Alexander
Reel   2
Frame   912
Zolotow, Sam
Series: Plays
Reel   2
Frame   937
The American Way, 1938
Reel   2
Frame   983
The American Way (film)
Reel   2
Frame   985
Amicable Parting, 1957
Reel   2
Frame   988
And Baby Makes Two, 1952
Reel   2
Frame   999
Animal Crackers, 1928
Reel   2
Frame   1037
Animal Crackers (film)
Reel   2
Frame   1043
Apartment to Share, 1957
Reel   2
Frame   1054
The Band Wagon, 1930
Reel   2
Frame   1085
The Band Wagon (film)
Reel   2
Frame   1087
Be Yourself, 1924
Reel   3
Frame   1
Beggar on Horseback, 1924
Reel   3
Frame   29
Beggar on Horseback (film)
Reel   3
Frame   35
Beggar on Horseback (London)
Reel   3
Frame   37
Benedict Arnold, 1956
Reel   3
Frame   41
Born Yesterday, 1946
Reel   3
Frame   62
Bravo! 1948
Reel   3
Frame   91
Bring on the Girls, 1934
Reel   3
Frame   107
Business Is Business, undated
Reel   3
Frame   109
The Butter and Egg Man, 1925
Reel   3
Frame   130
The Butter and Egg Man (film)
Reel   3
Frame   135
The Butter and Egg Man (London)
Reel   3
Frame   137
The Channel Road, 1929
Reel   3
Frame   150
The Cocoanuts, 1925
Reel   3
Frame   175
Cocoanuts (film)
Reel   3
Frame   181
The Conning Tower, undated
Reel   3
Frame   183
The Dark Tower, 1933
Reel   3
Frame   201
The Dark Tower (film)
Reel   3
Frame   204
The Dear Queen, 1934
Reel   3
Frame   206
The Deep Tangled Wildwood, 1923
Reel   3
Frame   220
Dinner at Eight, 1932
Reel   3
Frame   266
Dinner at Eight (London)
Reel   3
Frame   296
Dinner at Eight (Paris)
Reel   3
Frame   298
Dinner Bridge, undated
Reel   3
Frame   300
Divided by Three, 1934
Reel   3
Frame   313
Dodsworth, 1934
Reel   3
Frame   319
The Doughgirls, 1941
Reel   3
Frame   341
Dream On, Soldier, 1943
Reel   3
Frame   344
Dulcy, 1921
Reel   3
Frame   399
Dulcy (film)
Reel   3
Frame   404
Eldorado, 1931
Reel   3
Frame   409
The Enchanted, 1950
Reel   3
Frame   426
Exile, 1954
Reel   3
Frame   436
The Fabulous Invalid, 1938
Reel   3
Frame   461
Face the Music, 1932
Reel   3
Frame   479
The Failure, 1903
Reel   3
Frame   482
Fancy Meeting You Again, 1952
Reel   3
Frame   505
First Lady, 1935
Reel   3
Frame   553
First Lady (film)
Reel   3
Frame   555
For Services Rendered, 1933
Reel   2
Frame   917
The 49'ers, 1922
Reel   3
Frame   562
Franklin Street, 1943
Reel   3
Frame   566
The Front Page, 1928
Reel   3
Frame   610
The Garden of Allah, undated
Reel   3
Frame   620
George Washington Slept Here, 1940
Reel   3
Frame   646
George Washington Slept Here (film)
Reel   3
Frame   649
George Washington Slept Here (London)
Reel   3
Frame   651
Going Up, 1916
Reel   3
Frame   655
The Good Fellow, 1926
Reel   3
Frame   670
Good Fellows (film)
Reel   3
Frame   672
The Green Pastures, undated
Reel   3
Frame   676
Guys and Dolls, 1950
Reel   3
Frame   719
The Hat, 1953
Reel   3
Frame   720
Helen of Troy, New York, 1923
Reel   3
Frame   777
Here Today, 1932
Reel   3
Frame   813
Hollywood Pinafore, 1945
Reel   3
Frame   843
The Hopkins Manuscript, 1941
Reel   3
Frame   845
I'd Rather Be Right, 1937
Reel   3
Frame   909
If Men Played Cards as Women Do, 1943
Reel   3
Frame   916
I Give It Six Months, 1961
Reel   3
Frame   923
Information Please, undated
Reel   3
Frame   934
Inside, U.S.A., 1944
Reel   3
Frame   962
In the Money, 1954
Reel   3
Frame   972
Jacques Duval, 1919
Reel   3
Frame   987
Joseph, 1930
Reel   3
Frame   1002
June Moon, 1929
Reel   3
Frame   1045
June Moon (film)
Reel   3
Frame   1053
Junior Miss, 1941
Reel   4
Frame   1
Keep 'em Rolling, 1941
Reel   4
Frame   8
Labor Leader, 1961
Reel   4
Frame   13
The Land Is Bright, 1941
Reel   4
Frame   57
The Late George Apley, 1944
Reel   4
Frame   100
The Late George Apley (film)
Reel   4
Frame   103
The Ledgendary Mizners, undated
Reel   4
Frame   105
Let 'em Eat Cake, 1933
Reel   4
Frame   137
The Lipstick War, 1956
Reel   4
Frame   216
The Little Show, 1929
Reel   4
Frame   231
Lunatics and Lovers, 1954
Reel   4
Frame   237
Madam, Will You Walk?, 1939
Reel   4
Frame   241
The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1939
Reel   4
Frame   374
The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)
Reel   4
Frame   407
Merrily We Roll Along, 1934
Reel   4
Frame   461
Merton of the Movies, 1922
Reel   4
Frame   482
Merton of the Movies (film)
Reel   4
Frame   488
Metropole, 1949
Reel   4
Frame   515
Minick, 1924
Reel   4
Frame   547
Minick (film)
Reel   4
Frame   551
Mr. Big, 1941
Reel   4
Frame   567
My Sister Eileen, 1940
Reel   4
Frame   606
My Sister Eileen (film)
Reel   4
Frame   608
The Naked Genius, 1943
Reel   4
Frame   630
The Naked Genius (film)
Reel   4
Frame   632
The Next Half Hour, 1945
Reel   4
Frame   645
A Night at the Opera, 1935
Reel   4
Frame   648
No, Siree!, 1922
Reel   4
Frame   667
Of Mice and Men, 1937
Reel   4
Frame   734
Of Thee I Sing, 1931
Reel   4
Frame   840
Once in a Lifetime, 1930
Reel   4
Frame   887
Once in a Lifetime (film)
Reel   4
Frame   894
Over 21, 1944
Reel   4
Frame   919
Pardon My English, 1932
Reel   4
Frame   922
Park Avenue, 1946
Reel   4
Frame   962
Pins and Needles, 1942
Reel   4
Frame   964
The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1936
Reel   4
Frame   976
Pretty Penny, undated
Reel   4
Frame   983
Quadrille, 1954
Reel   4
Frame   986
Retreat to Pleasure, undated
Reel   4
Frame   990
Romanoff and Juliet, 1957
Reel   4
Frame   1005
Roman Scandals, 1933
Reel   4
Frame   1034
'Round the Town, 1924
Reel   5
Frame   1
The Royal Family, 1927
Reel   5
Frame   60
The Royal Family (film)
Reel   5
Frame   63
Saratoga Trunk, 1959
Reel   5
Frame   74
Save Me the Waltz, 1938
Reel   5
Frame   81
The Senator Was Indiscreet, 1947
Reel   5
Frame   98
Seven Lively Arts, 1944
Reel   5
Frame   164
Sherry, undated
Reel   5
Frame   169
Silk Stockings, 1955
Reel   5
Frame   214
Silk Stockings (film)
Reel   5
Frame   219
Sing Out the News, 1938
Reel   5
Frame   236
Sleeper Jump, undated (empty folder)
Reel   5
Frame   237
The Small Hours, 1951
Reel   5
Frame   251
The Solid Gold Cadillac, 1953
Reel   5
Frame   302
The Solid Gold Cadillac (film)
Reel   5
Frame   305
Someone in the House, 1917
Reel   5
Frame   236
Spring Song, 1932
Reel   5
Frame   345
Stage Door, 1936
Reel   5
Frame   378
Stage Door (film)
Reel   5
Frame   387
Star-Spangled Rhythm (film)
Reel   5
Frame   394
Story of a Woman, 1954
Reel   5
Frame   399
Strike Up the Band, 1930
Reel   5
Frame   432
This Is Show Business, 1930
Reel   5
Frame   479
Tomorrow's a Holiday, 1936
Reel   5
Frame   487
To the Ladies, 1922
Reel   5
Frame   518
To the Ladies (film)
Reel   5
Frame   525
Town House, 1948
Reel   5
Frame   547
Under the Influence, 1954
Reel   5
Frame   550
Washington Jitters, 1938
Reel   5
Frame   555
Wedding in Paris, 1954
Reel   5
Frame   560
While the Sun Shines, 1944
Reel   5
Frame   572
White Haired Boy, undated
Reel   5
Frame   583
The Women, 1937
Reel   5
Frame   608
You Can't Take It With You, 1936
Reel   5
Frame   714
You Can't Take It With You (film)
Reel   5
Frame   731
You Can't Take It With You (London)
Series: Subjects
Reel   5
Frame   733
Acting
Reel   5
Frame   742
Advertisements featuring Kaufman
Reel   5
Frame   749
Algonquin Hotel
Reel   5
Frame   751
Analyses of plays
Reel   5
Frame   811
Anecdotes
Reel   5
Frame   839
Antibes
Reel   5
Frame   875
Attitude toward directing
Reel   5
Frame   884
Attitude toward writing
Reel   5
Frame   906
Beginnings
Reel   5
Frame   930
Biograpical articles
Reel   5
Frame   1000
Birth
Reel   5
Frame   1002
Bridge
Reel   5
Frame   1007
Chronology and lists
Reel   5
Frame   1060
Comments about Kaufman (as a director)
Reel   6
Frame   1
Comments about Kaufman (personal)
Reel   6
Frame   17
Comments about Kaufman (as a writer)
Reel   6
Frame   48
Death
Reel   6
Frame   68
Dramatists Guild
Reel   6
Frame   99
Early jobs
Reel   6
Frame   108
East 94th Street residence
Reel   6
Frame   112
Education
Reel   6
Frame   116
Errors in judgment
Reel   6
Frame   118
Family
Reel   6
Frame   121
Final years
Reel   6
Frame   140
Finances
Reel   6
Frame   152
Galley changes
Reel   6
Frame   170
Health
Reel   6
Frame   196
Holicong, Pennsylvania
Reel   6
Frame   211
Hollywood
Illustration for book
Reel   6
Frame   218
People
Reel   6
Frame   317
Stills
Reel   6
Frame   357
Unidentified
Reel   6
Frame   380
Katonah, New York
Reel   6
Frame   383
Kaufman as collaborator
Reel   6
Frame   390
Kaufman as reviewer
Reel   6
Frame   399
Lawsuits
Reel   6
Frame   418
Life Magazine
Reel   6
Frame   420
Lyceum Theatre
Reel   6
Frame   423
New York Mail
Reel   6
Frame   429
New York Times
Reel   6
Frame   475
New York Tribune
Reel   6
Frame   482
The New Yorker Magazine
Reel   6
Frame   494
Notes
Reel   6
Frame   500
Opening nights
Reel   6
Frame   502
Park Avenue apartment
Reel   6
Frame   509
Pasadena Playhouse Festival
Reel   6
Frame   511
Paterson, New Jersey
Reel   6
Frame   513
Personal characteristics
Reel   6
Frame   561
The Players Club
Reel   6
Frame   564
Politics
Reel   6
Frame   568
Public spirit
Reel   6
Frame   588
Publicity for book
Reel   6
Frame   598
Religion
Reel   6
Frame   614
Residences
Reel   6
Frame   621
Reviews
Reel   6
Frame   733
Ribbon salesman
Reel   6
Frame   737
Round Table
Reel   6
Frame   782
Sex life
Reel   6
Frame   801
Sources
Reel   6
Frame   805
Sources (periodicals)
Reel   6
Frame   873
Sports
Reel   6
Frame   882
Thanatopsis Literary and Inside Straight Poker Club
Reel   6
Frame   933
Washington Times
Reel   6
Frame   942
Will
Reel   6
Frame   952
Working Habits (as a director)
Reel   6
Frame   955
Working Habits (as a writer)
Reel   6
Frame   966
Writings