Marc Blitzstein Papers, 1918-1989

Container Title
Series: Operas
Triple-Sec, 1930 June 14
Note: One-act opera-farce; part of The Garrick Gaieties.
Box/Folder   18/12
Reel/Frame   19/326-352
Correspondence and contracts, 1929 October 12-1954 November 14
Box/Folder   18/13
Reel/Frame   19/353-363
Script and music sketch, undated
Box/Folder   18/14
Reel/Frame   19/364-372
Publicity and clippings, 1929-1930
Box/Folder   45/1
Reel/Frame   19/373-417
Piano transcription, vocal; Bar Chart
Language:
Text in German.
Box/Folder   45/2
Reel/Frame   19/418-543
Chamber Orchestra score, 1930
Box/Folder   45/3
Reel/Frame   19/544-672
Chamber Orchestra score: conductor's score, 1930
Box/Folder   45/4
Reel/Frame   19/673-694
Vocal parts, 1928
Box/Folder   45/5
Reel/Frame   19/695-805
Four-hand piano score and instrumental parts
The Cradle Will Rock (1937 June 16)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 1, 2, 4, 10.
Box/Folder   18/15
Reel/Frame   19/806-890
Correspondence, 1937 January 18-1963 August 5
Box/Folder   18/16
Reel/Frame   20/1-59
Financial correspondence, statements, contracts, 1930 November 16-1960 January 19
Box/Folder   18/17
Reel/Frame   20/60-102
Royalty statements, 1938 August 26-1963 June 30
Box/Folder   18/18
Reel/Frame   20/103-188
Cast lists, notes, script sketches, undated
Box/Folder   18/19
Reel/Frame   20/189-246
Historical analysis by John O. Hunter, and correspondence, 1963 October 29-1964 January 2
Box/Folder   18/20
Reel/Frame   20/247-339
Publicity, posters, playbills, 1937-1969
Box/Folder   19/1
Reel/Frame   20/340-390
Clippings, 1937 June 18-1965 March 28, undated
Box/Folder   19/2
Reel/Frame   20/391-417
Published libretto, 1938 (dated 1960 February 21)
Box/Folder   19/3
Reel/Frame   20/418-474
British production script, 1951
Box/Folder   19/4
Reel/Frame   20/475-479
Partial French script, undated
Box/Folder   19/5
Reel/Frame   20/480-544
Complete published script
Box/Folder   19/6
Reel/Frame   20/545-628
Proof for Random House book, 1938
Box/Folder   19/7
Reel/Frame   20/629-705
Photocopy of published book, proof for foreword / by Archibald MacLeish (Random House, 1938)
Box/Folder   19/8
Reel/Frame   20/706-762
Original playscript, 1938
Box/Folder   20/1-2
Reel/Frame   20/763-982
Early partial scripts and sketches
Box/Folder   20/3
Reel/Frame   21/1-70
Early scripts with corrections
Box/Folder   20/4-5
Reel/Frame   21/71-193
Scripts
Note: Contains two.
Box/Folder   20/6
Reel/Frame   21/194-230
Published songs, 1936
Box/Folder   46/1
Reel/Frame   21/231-358
Piano-vocal score, 1938
Note: Used in New York City Opera Production, 1960.
Box/Folder   46/2-3
Reel/Frame   21/359-561
Piano-vocal scores, with published songs from opera, 1938
Box/Folder   46/4
Reel/Frame   21/562-686
Conductor's score, 1938
Conductor's score, 1938
Note: Used in 1937 production, Mercury Theatre, New York.
Box/Folder   47/1
Reel/Frame   21/687-795
Act I, Scenes 1-2
Box/Folder   47/2
Reel/Frame   21/796-1040
Act I, Scenes 3-6
Box/Folder   47/3
Reel/Frame   22/1-232
Act II, Scenes 7-10
Box/Folder   48/1
Reel/Frame   22/233-303
Piano-vocal sketches, 1938
Box/Folder   48/2
Reel/Frame   22/304-426
Musical sketches, 1938
513A/1-3
The Cradle Will Rock recording
554A/1-3
The Cradle Will Rock recording, 1964 production
No for an Answer (1941 January 5)
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
Box/Folder   20/7
Reel/Frame   22/427-520
Correspondence, 1939 October-1969 February 7
Box/Folder   20/8
Reel/Frame   22/521-534
Contracts, royalty statements
Box/Folder   20/9
Reel/Frame   22/535-547
Production plan, narration, undated
Box/Folder   20/10-12
Reel/Frame   22/548-844
Notes, circa 1938-1940
Box/Folder   21/1
Reel/Frame   22/845-941
Working notes, working scripts, 1939
Box/Folder   21/2-8
Reel/Frame   23/1-926
Working notes, working scripts, 1939, undated
Box/Folder   21/9
Reel/Frame   23/927-1038
Early script, 1939
Box/Folder   22/1
Reel/Frame   24/1-49
Script, undated
Box/Folder   22/2
Reel/Frame   24/50-175
Complete script, annotated, undated
Box/Folder   22/3
Reel/Frame   24/176-298
Script with handwritten annotations, undated
Box/Folder   22/4-6
Reel/Frame   24/299-582
Dialogues, undated
Box/Folder   22/7
Reel/Frame   24/583-670
Petition, address lists, miscellaneous, 1940 February 20
Box/Folder   22/8
Reel/Frame   24/671-717
Publicity, 1939 February 11-1960 April 25
Box/Folder   22/9
Reel/Frame   24/718-785
Clippings
Box/Folder   22/10
Reel/Frame   24/786-791
“Blitzstein's Answer” / by Samuel L.M. Barlow, Modern Music, 1941 January-February, pp. 81-82
Box/Folder   48/3
Reel/Frame   24/792-985
Master sheets piano score
Box/Folder   49/1
Reel/Frame   25/1-220
Music sketches and unfinished songs
Box/Folder   49/2
Reel/Frame   25/221-403
Piano-vocal score, 1938-1940
Note: “In the Clear,” pp. 97-100, missing from this version.
Box/Folder   49/3
Reel/Frame   25/404-423
Incomplete piano-vocal score, undated
Box/Folder   49/4-10
Reel/Frame   25/424-503
Vocal parts for Bulge, Clair, Emanuel, Jimmie and Bobbie, Gina, Nick, and Mary, circa 1938-1941
Box/Folder   50/1-4
Reel/Frame   25/504-745
Bound choral scores, circa 1938-1941
Edited Chorus Parts, circa 1938-1941
Box/Folder   51/1-2
Reel/Frame   25/746-776
Act I (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Box/Folder   51/3-4
Reel/Frame   25/777-806
Act II (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Chorus parts, original Master
Box/Folder   52/1
Reel/Frame   25/807-836
Act I (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Box/Folder   52/2
Reel/Frame   25/837-866
Act II (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Songs
Box/Folder   52/3
Reel/Frame   25/867-872
“Fraught Song” piano-vocal score: negative photostat
Box/Folder   52/4
Reel/Frame   25/873-880
Songs, circa 1938-1941
513A/4
Recorded excerpts, 1941
1049A/14
Recorded excerpt - “Weep for Me” / Leonard Bernstein, artist
Note: Original: Disc 161A/27
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
Regina (1949 October 31)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 4-6, 8-9, 11.
Box/Folder   23/1
Reel/Frame   25/881-1012
Correspondence, 1949 November 11-1959 November 2
Box/Folder   23/2
Reel/Frame   26/1-82
Contracts and royalty statements, 1946 October 18-1959 September 21
Box/Folder   23/3
Reel/Frame   26/83-130
Outlines and synopses
Box/Folder   23/4
Reel/Frame   26/131-143
Criticism by Lillian Hellman, 1949 September 8-1949 June 27
Box/Folder   23/5
Reel/Frame   26/144-292
Scene outlines, circa 1946-1948
Box/Folder   23/6-7
Reel/Frame   23/293-538
Notes, working scripts, 1946-1949
Box/Folder   23/8
Reel/Frame   26/539-647
Script, first draft, circa 1949
Box/Folder   23/9
Reel/Frame   26/648-748
Script, (“old version”), undated
Box/Folder   23/10
Reel/Frame   26/749-846
Script, “Blitzstein's Copy,” with cast list and annotations, undated
Box/Folder   23/11
Reel/Frame   26/847-943
Script, undated
Box/Folder   23/12
Reel/Frame   27/1-45
Script, published copy, with Blitzstein's notes, 1953
Box/Folder   24/1
Reel/Frame   27/46-81
Partial script for television, 1949 November 13
Box/Folder   24/2
Reel/Frame   27/82-171
Clippings, 1949 May 10-1958 April 28
Box/Folder   24/3
Reel/Frame   27/172-320
Publicity, 1949 October 9-1962 October
Box/Folder   24/4
Reel/Frame   27/321-342
“Regina Concert” miscellaneous
Box/Folder   24/5
Reel/Frame   27/343-388
Notes and miscellaneous
Box/Folder   24/6
Reel/Frame   27/389-442
Works influenced by Regina, 1958 October 9
Box/Folder   24/7
Reel/Frame   27/443-572
Published score, 1942
Box/Folder   24/8
Reel/Frame   27/573-613
Published song sheets, 1949
Box/Folder   52/5
Reel/Frame   27/614-647
Songs from the Opera, circa 1949
Box/Folder   52/6
Reel/Frame   27/648-826
Early music sketches
Box/Folder   53/1
Reel/Frame   28/1-183
Working piano-vocal score, Act I, undated
Box/Folder   54/1
Reel/Frame   28/184-447
Annotated piano-vocal score, 1946-1948
Box/Folder   54/2
Reel/Frame   28/448-711
Piano-vocal score, 1946-1948
Note: Used in Cheryl Crawford production, 1949.
Box/Folder   55/1-2
Reel/Frame   28/712-828
Piano-vocal scores, Vols. I-II, 1946-1948
Box/Folder   55/5
Reel/Frame   29/1-26
Piano-vocal score, Act III (Rain Quartet)
Box/Folder   55/6
Reel/Frame   29/27-32
Piano-vocal score for Songs “Look at Me” and “Greedy Girl”
Conductor's Scores
Box/Folder   56/1
Reel/Frame   29/33-88
Act I, Scene 1
Box/Folder   56/2
Reel/Frame   29/89-335
Act I, Scene 2
Box/Folder   56/3
Reel/Frame   29/336-581
Act I, Scene 2, parts 1-5, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7b, 8
Box/Folder   57/1
Reel/Frame   29/582-770
Act I, Prelude to Scene 3; Scene 3, parts 1-6
Box/Folder   57/2
Reel/Frame   29/771-908
Act I, Scene 4, parts 1-4
Box/Folder   57/3
Reel/Frame   30/1-210
Act I, Scene 5, parts 3-9
Box/Folder   58/1
Reel/Frame   30/211-507
Act II, Scene 2
Box/Folder   58/2
Reel/Frame   30/508-576
Act III, Prelude and Scene 3
Box/Folder   58/3
Reel/Frame   30/577-660
Act III
Recorded excerpts
1049A/3
“What Will It Be,” “Zan” / sung by Priscilla Gillette
Note: Original: Disc 161A/9

Physical Description: Damaged. 
1049A/3
“The Best Thing of All,” “Regina” / sung by Jane Pickens
Note: Original: Disc 161A/9
1049A/3
“Finale, Scene V” / sung by Gillette and Pickens
Note: Original: Disc 161A/10
1049A/3
“Rain Quartette, Scene V” / sung by Gillette, Brenda Lewis as Birdie, William Wilderman as Horace, and Lillyn Brown as Addie
Note: Original: Disc 161A/10
1049A/3
“Lionnet,” parts 1-2 / sung by Lewis
Note: Original: Disc 161A/11
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
Let's Make an Opera (1950 December 13)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 4.
Box/Folder   24/9
Reel/Frame   30/661-691
Correspondence and contract, 1950 August 24-1952 August 22
Box/Folder   24/10
Reel/Frame   30/692-742
Notes and revisions, circa 1950
Box/Folder   24/11
Reel/Frame   30/743-749
Song lyrics for the audience
Box/Folder   24/12
Reel/Frame   30/750-867
Annotated scripts, 1949-1950
Box/Folder   24/13
Reel/Frame   30/868-943
Published score, vocal with piano duet; music by Benjamin Britten, 1950
Box/Folder   24/14
Reel/Frame   30/944-954
Publicity, 1950
1049A/3
Recorded excerpts
Note: Original: Disc 161A/11
The Harpies (1953 June)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 6.
Box/Folder   24/15
Reel/Frame   31/1-5
Correspondence, 1931 March 27-November 25
Box/Folder   24/16
Reel/Frame   31/6-21
Scripts, 1931
Box/Folder   24/17
Reel/Frame   31/22-88
Tablet with musical sketches, 1931
Box/Folder   24/18
Reel/Frame   31/89-166
Piano transcription, 1931
Early instrumental parts, 1931
Box/Folder   59/1
Reel/Frame   31/167-241
Piano-vocal score (Negative Photostat), 1931
Box/Folder   59/2
Reel/Frame   31/242-289
Instrumental parts, 1931
554A/5
Recorded excerpts
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
Reuben, Reuben (Boston, 1955 October 10)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 8.
Box/Folder   25/1
Reel/Frame   31/290-324
Correspondence and contract, 1953 August 6-1955 October 28
Box/Folder   25/2
Reel/Frame   31/325-330
Royalty statements, 1956 March 31-September 30
Box/Folder   25/3
Reel/Frame   31/331-481
Notes, Act I, i; II, iii, iv, 1951-1953
Box/Folder   25/4-5
Reel/Frame   31/482-615
Notes, 1950-1953
Box/Folder   25/6
Reel/Frame   31/616-973
Notes, circa 1952
Box/Folder   25/7
Reel/Frame   32/1-31
Notebook, circa 1955
Box/Folder   25/8
Reel/Frame   32/32-173
Notes and cuts, 1951-1955
Notes and scripts
Box/Folder   25/9
Reel/Frame   32/174-236
Act I, Scene 1, circa 1955
Box/Folder   25/10
Reel/Frame   32/237-348
Act I, Scene 2, circa 1954-1955
Box/Folder   25/11
Reel/Frame   32/349-362
Act I, Scene 3, 1954-1955
Box/Folder   26/1
Reel/Frame   32/363-394
Act I, Scene 4, 1951-1955
Box/Folder   26/2
Reel/Frame   32/395-447
Act I, Scene 5, 1954-1955
Box/Folder   26/3
Reel/Frame   32/448-496
Act I, Scene 6, 1954-1955
Box/Folder   26/4
Reel/Frame   32/497-532
Act I, Scene 7, 1955
Box/Folder   26/5
Reel/Frame   32/533-551
Act II, Scene 1, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   26/6
Reel/Frame   32/552-592
Act II, Scene 2, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   26/7
Reel/Frame   32/593-715
Act II, Scene 3, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   26/8
Reel/Frame   32/716-731
Act II, Scene 4, 1955
Box/Folder   26/9
Reel/Frame   32/732-924
Notes, partial scripts, revisions, circa 1955
Box/Folder   26/10
Reel/Frame   32/925-976
Production notes, synopsis, set designs, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   26/11
Reel/Frame   33/1-146
Script, 1955
Box/Folder   26/12
Reel/Frame   33/147-157
Publicity, 1955
Box/Folder   26/13
Reel/Frame   33/158-161
Orchestra score barring sheet
Box/Folder   26/14
Reel/Frame   33/162-171
Lyrics, undated
Box/Folder   26/15
Reel/Frame   33/172-191
Published songs
Box/Folder   60/1
Reel/Frame   33/192-615
Musical sketches
Box/Folder   60/2
Reel/Frame   33/616-654
Songs: finished manuscripts
Box/Folder   60/3
Reel/Frame   33/655-669
Songs: manuscripts for published songs
Box/Folder   61/1
Reel/Frame   33/670-947
Early piano-vocal score
Box/Folder   61/2
Reel/Frame   34/1-304
Second draft piano-vocal score
Piano-vocal scores
Box/Folder   62/1
Reel/Frame   34/05-419
Act I with revisions, 1953
Box/Folder   62/2
Reel/Frame   34/420-464
Act I, corrected, 1953
Box/Folder   62/3
Reel/Frame   34/465-581
Act I, Scenes 3-5, 8-9, with revisions
Box/Folder   62/4
Reel/Frame   34/582-621
Fragmentary score, undated
Box/Folder   63/1
Reel/Frame   34/622-874
Act I, Scenes 1-7, with later revisions, 1953
Box/Folder   64/1
Reel/Frame   34/875-end 8 35/1-373
Act I, Scenes 1-7, revised, 1955
Box/Folder   65/1-2
Reel/Frame   35/374-611
Act II, with revisions
Box/Folder   65/3
Reel/Frame   35/612-776
Act II, with later revisions, 1955?
Box/Folder   66/1
Reel/Frame   35/777-end 8 36/1-141
Act I, late version, 1955
Box/Folder   66/2
Reel/Frame   36/142-292
Act II, late version, 1955
Box/Folder   67/1
Reel/Frame   36/293-483
Act II, undated
Box/Folder   67/2
Reel/Frame   36/484-974
Act I, complete score
Conductor's scores
Box/Folder   68/1
Reel/Frame   37/1-99
Act I, Scene 1: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/2-3
Reel/Frame   37/100-259
Act I, Scene 2: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/4-5
Reel/Frame   37/260-348
Act I, Scene 3: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/6
Reel/Frame   37/349-375
Act I, Scene 5: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/7
Reel/Frame   37/376-417
Act I, Scene 5 (San Gennaro): vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/8
Reel/Frame   37/418-439
Act I, Scene 5: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/9-10
Reel/Frame   37/440-509
Act I, Scene 6: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/11
Reel/Frame   37/510-528
Act I, Scene 7 (Circus Finale): vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/12-13
Reel/Frame   37/529-613
Act I, Scene 7: vocal only, incomplete
Box/Folder   68/14
Reel/Frame   37/614-683
Act I, Scene 2, Dialogues 8 and 9
Complete original scores
Box/Folder   69/1
Reel/Frame   37/687-807
Act I, Overture-6A, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   69/2
Reel/Frame   37/808-1024
Act I, 6B-10, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   69/2
Reel/Frame   38/1-95
Act I, 11-12, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   69/3
Reel/Frame   38/96-383
Act I, 13-20
Box/Folder   70/1
Reel/Frame   38/384-599
Act I, 21-30, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   70/2
Reel/Frame   38/600-820
Act II, 31-36, undated
Box/Folder   70/3
Reel/Frame   38/821-996
Act II, 37-40, undated
Box/Folder   71/1-2
Reel/Frame   39/1-705
Act I, annotated copy of complete score
Box/Folder   72/1
Reel/Frame   39/706-981
Act I, annotated copy of complete score
Box/Folder   72/2
Reel/Frame   40/1-399
Act II, annotated copy of complete score
Recordings
513A/5
Act I, Scenes 1-6
513A/6
Act II, Scenes 1-4
513A/7
Reuben, Reuben
Four cuts from the score
1049A/12
10. a and b - Blitzstein
Note: Original: Disc 161A/25
1049A/12
11. Lear, Nambrust
Note: Original: Disc 161A/25
1049A/12
12. Ghostley
Note: Original: Disc 161A/25
1049A/12
13. Lear, Ghostley, Cass, Stewart
Note: Original: Disc 161A/25
Juno (1959 March 9)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 8-9.
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
Box/Folder   27/1
Reel/Frame   40/400-446
Correspondence, 1957 May 29-1975 October 9
Box/Folder   27/2
Reel/Frame   40/447-510
Contracts, 1956 July 16-1959 February 27
Box/Folder   27/3
Reel/Frame   40/511-550
Sally Lou Todd's analysis, 1975 June 3
Box/Folder   27/4
Reel/Frame   40/551-580
Critical comments, undated
Box/Folder   27/5
Reel/Frame   40/581-628
Audition notes, 1958
Box/Folder   27/6
Reel/Frame   40/629-673
Production notes and materials, circa 1957-1959
Box/Folder   27/7
Reel/Frame   40/674-703
Lyrics, 1957 June-July
Box/Folder   27/8
Reel/Frame   40/704-950
Notes and revisions of lyrics, 1957-1958
Box/Folder   27/9
Reel/Frame   40/951-1015
Revisions and notes on lyrics and book, 1958 August-December
Box/Folder   27/10
Reel/Frame   41/1-93
Notes and revisions of lyrics, partial scripts, 1959
Box/Folder   27/1
Reel/Frame   41/94-123
Miscellaneous working notes
Box/Folder   27/12
Reel/Frame   41/124-199
Outlines, notes, working script, 1957
Scripts
Box/Folder   27/13
Reel/Frame   41/200-237
First draft, 1957 June
Box/Folder   27/14
Reel/Frame   41/238-324
Second draft, 1957 July
Box/Folder   27/15
Reel/Frame   41/325-410
Third draft, 1957 July
Box/Folder   27/16
Reel/Frame   41/411-531
Full script, 1957 August
Box/Folder   28/1
Reel/Frame   41/532-658
Revision of Act I:1, 1957 August 12
Box/Folder   28/2
Reel/Frame   41/659-766
Script, 1958 August 25
Box/Folder   28/3
Reel/Frame   41/767-856
Complete script, circa 1959
Box/Folder   28/4
Complete script, circa 1959
Note: Not filmed.
Box/Folder   28/5
Reel/Frame   41/857-958
Revised script / by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1974
Box/Folder   28/6
Reel/Frame   42/1-56
Playbills, 1957-1959
Box/Folder   28/7
Reel/Frame   42/57-77
Published songs, 1959
Box/Folder   73/1
Reel/Frame   42/78-126
Conductor's score “Ireland's Eye,” “Ireland's Eye Dance,” circa 1959
Box/Folder   73/2
Reel/Frame   42/127-242
Musical sketches, undated
Box/Folder   73/3
Reel/Frame   42/243-264
Ballet music motifs
Box/Folder   74/1
Reel/Frame   42/265-489
Piano-vocal score, 1958
Box/Folder   74/2
Reel/Frame   42/490-667
Revisions of piano-vocal score, circa 1959
Box/Folder   75/1
Reel/Frame   42/668-841
Piano-vocal score, Act I, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   75/2
Reel/Frame   42/842-943
Piano-vocal score, Act II, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   75/3
Reel/Frame   43/1-109
Piano-vocal revisions
Box/Folder   75/4
Reel/Frame   43/110-132
Songs, piano-vocal scores and published piano-vocal score, 1959
Recordings
513A/8-9
Juno (1) and (2)
Demo songs on Dick Charles recording discs
1049A/4
“My True Heart,” Rosemary June, Gloria Shane, piano
Note: Original: Disc 161A/12
1049A/4
“I Wish It So,” Rosemary June, Gloria Shane, piano
Note: Original: Disc 161A/12
1049A/4
“One Kind Word,” Jack Carroll, Gloria Shane, piano
Note: Original: Disc 161A/13
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
“Parabola and Circula” (unproduced, dedicated to Eva Goldbeck, 1929)
Box/Folder   28/8
Reel/Frame   43/133-189
Script, undated
Box/Folder   28/9
Reel/Frame   43/190-447
Music tablets, 1929
Scores, 1929
Box/Folder   76/1
Volume 1: orchestra score
Box/Folder   76/2
Volume 2: conductor's score
Box/Folder   77/1
Reel/Frame   43/450-end
Piano-vocal scores, 1963 March 1
“The Traveling Salesman” (unproduced)
Box/Folder   28/10
Reel/Frame   44/1-81
Scripts, 1929 September 17, 1930 April
“The Killers” (unproduced)
Box/Folder   28/11
Reel/Frame   44/82-128
Musical sketches, 1931
“The Condemned” (choral opera, unproduced)
Box/Folder   29/1
Reel/Frame   44/129-135
Correspondence, 1931 November 11-1935 January 11
Box/Folder   29/2
Reel/Frame   44/136-152
Analysis, notes, undated
Box/Folder   29/3
Reel/Frame   44/153-163
Libretto
Box/Folder   77/2
Reel/Frame   44/164-210
Early piano version, 1932
Box/Folder   77/3
Reel/Frame   44/211-270
Piano-vocal score transcription; instrumental; music sketch
Box/Folder   77/4
Reel/Frame   44/271-334
Conductor's score: first draft, undated
Box/Folder   77/5
Reel/Frame   44/335-547
Conductor's score, 1932-1933
Box/Folder   77/6
Reel/Frame   44/548-746
Conductor's score
“Sacco and Vanzetti” (unproduced)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 10.
Box/Folder   29/4
Reel/Frame   44/747-816
Correspondence, 1932 November 21-1963 July 3
Box/Folder   29/5
Reel/Frame   44/817-837
Contracts, 1960 February 19-June 14
Research materials
Box/Folder   29/6
Reel/Frame   44/838-979
General, 1927 April 9-1960 December 29
Box/Folder   29/7
Reel/Frame   45/1-143
General, 1961 March 7-1963 September 1
Box/Folder   29/8
Reel/Frame   45/144-238
Massachusetts Legislative Judiciary Committee Hearing, 1959
Box/Folder   29/9
Reel/Frame   45/239-245
Television correspondence, 1960 May 3-1963 June 18
Television script and notes,
Box/Folder   29/10
Reel/Frame   45/246-447
First draft, 1960 April 6-28
Box/Folder   29/11
Reel/Frame   45/448-591
Third revision, 1960 May 9
Books: annotated
Box/Folder   29/12
Reel/Frame   45/592-597
American Heritage / edited by Bruce Catton, volume XI, no. 1, 1959 December pp. 89-93
Box/Folder   30/1
Reel/Frame   45/598-1021
Commonweal vs. Sacco and Vanzetti / by Robert Weeks, 1958
Box/Folder   30/1
Reel/Frame   45/598-1021
Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti / edited by Frankfurther and Jackson, 1928
Box/Folder   30/2
Reel   46
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case / by Osmond K. Frankel, 1931
Box/Folder   30/2
Reel   46
Tragedy in Dedham / by Francis Russell, 1962
Box/Folder   30/3
Reel   46
The Untried Case / by Herbert E. Ehrman, 1960
Box/Folder   30/3
Reel   46
Winterset / by Maxwell Anderson, 1946
Box/Folder   31/1
Reel/Frame   47/1-46
Plans and outlines, Acts I-III, 1960 July 7-1961 November 28
Notes
Box/Folder   31/2
Reel/Frame   47/47-267
Character and general, 1959 September 15-1963 March 2
Box/Folder   31/3
Reel/Frame   47/268-439
Acts I-III, 1959 November 10-1963 March 18
Notes and scripts
Box/Folder   31/4
Reel/Frame   47/440-641
Act I, i, ii, iii, 1960 June 3-1963 March 20
Box/Folder   31/5
Reel/Frame   47/642-767
Act I, iv, v, vi, 1961 January 7-1962 July 5
Box/Folder   31/6
Reel/Frame   47/768-810
Act II, i, ia, iii, iv, vi, 1960 June 13-1961 October 11
Box/Folder   31/7
Reel/Frame   47/811-825
Acts III, iv, ?, 1960 April 22-1962 April 14
Music sketches
Box/Folder   31/8
Reel/Frame   47/826-830
The Beit-Yannai notebook, 1962 June 22-August 22
Box/Folder   78/
Reel/Frame   47/831-890
All Acts, 1959 December 8
Piano-vocal score
Box/Folder   78/2
Reel/Frame   47/891-900
Opening
Box/Folder   78/3
Reel/Frame   48/1-54
Act I, Scene 1, 1960 December 8
Box/Folder   78/4
Reel/Frame   48/55-108
Overture, Act I, Scene 1: preliminary drafts, 1961 April 18
Box/Folder   78/5
Reel/Frame   48/109-202
Sketches, Act I, Scenes 2, 4a, 5, 6, 1961
Box/Folder   78/6
Reel/Frame   48/203-223
Act I, Scene 2, undated
Box/Folder   78/7
Reel/Frame   48/224-386
Act I, Scene 3: preliminary drafts
Box/Folder   78/8
Reel/Frame   48/387-427
Act I, Scene 3
Box/Folder   78/9
Reel/Frame   48/428-433
Act I, Scene 5
Box/Folder   78/10
Reel/Frame   48/434-444
Act I miscellaneous, 1963
Box/Folder   78/11
Reel/Frame   48/445-476
Act II, Scenes 1a, 2a, 2b, 1961 (Preliminary Drafts)
Box/Folder   78/12
Reel/Frame   48/477-484
Act II: draft of “With a Woman to Be”
Box/Folder   78/13
Reel/Frame   48/487-499
Act II: last scene
Box/Folder   78/14
Reel/Frame   48/500-510
Act III: musical drafts
Box/Folder   78/15
Reel/Frame   48/511-560
Act III, Scene 6: musical drafts
Box/Folder   78/16
Reel/Frame   48/561-565
Act III: score for Vanzetti and reporter scene
Box/Folder   78/17
Reel/Frame   48/566-595
Act III: drafts for Vanzetti's Last Aria, 1961
Opera analysis
Publicity, 1960-1962
763A/1
Recorded excerpts, circa 1977 August 26
Scope and Content Note: “A Woman To Be,” by Sacco, sung by tenor Peter Harvey; “If It Had Not Been for These Thing,” by Vanzetti, sung by Charles Fidlar. Piano by John Mueter. This version realized by Fidlar. Produced a few days prior to a Sacco-Vanzetti commemorative picnic held in Middlefield, Connecticut, circa August 26, 1977, when the tape was played.
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
“Tales of Malamud” (unproduced)
Box/Folder   31/9
Reel/Frame   48/596-605
Correspondence, 1962 November 2-1967 April 29
Box/Folder   31/10
Reel/Frame   48/606-676
Background materials, Bernard Malamud short stories, 1962
Box/Folder   31/11
Reel/Frame   48/676-726
“The Magic Barrel,” notes and scripts, 1962 November 2-1963 September 7
“Idiots First”
Box/Folder   31/12
Reel/Frame   48/727-850
Notes and scripts, 1963
Box/Folder   79/1
Reel/Frame   49/1-195
Piano-vocal score musical drafts, 1962 October-1963 August
Box/Folder   79/2
Reel/Frame   49/196-302
“The Magic Barrel,” piano-vocal musical drafts, 1962 November 3-1964 January 19
Box/Folder   79/3
Reel/Frame   49/303-385
“Idiots First,” conductor's score, 1963