Research Catalog

Title

S. J. Perelman collection of papers : 1924-1970 (bulk, 1928-1951).

Author

Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979

Publication

[Various places, 1924-1970]

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hirschfeld, Al.
• Kober, Arthur, 1900-1975
• Perelman, Abby
• Perelman, Laura
• Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.

Summary

• Perelman writings include carbon typescript of "Around the World in Eighty Days" ; 3 carbon typescript drafts of "Forty-Five Plus" (a.k.a. "Sweet Bye and Bye," the libretto co-written by Al Hirschfeld with dialogue by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke) ; ephemera and congratulatory cables related to "The Night Before Christmas."
• Works by others include the diary of Perelman's wife, Laura (nee Lorraine Weinstein/West) ; Nathaniel West's carbon copy typescript of a film treatment titled "Osceola" (1935) ; reviews of Perelman's works; and an original lithograph by Ben Shahn, signed, of a policeman singing "Silent Night" from sheet music.
• Laura West met S. J. Perelman through her brother Nathanael West, Perelman's Brown University roommate, in 1928, when she was 17 years old, and married Perelman in 1929.
• Correspondence by Perelman to Laura West (nee Weinstein) from 1928.

Alternative Title

• Forty-five plus.
• Sweet bye and bye.

Subject

• West, Nathanael, 1903-1940 > Anecdotes
• Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 > Anecdotes
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. > Anecdotes
• Paramount Pictures Corporation. > Anecdotes
• Random House (Firm). > Anecdotes
• Universal Pictures (Firm). > Anecdotes
• New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925). > Anecdotes
• Authors and publishers > United States > 20th century > Correspondence
• Ketubah > United States > 20th century
• Motion picture authorship > California > Los Angeles > Anecdotes
• Musicals > Librettos > Specimens
• Publishers and publishing > United States > 20th century > Correspondence
• Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Description and travel
• Hong Kong (China) > Description and travel > 20th century
• Shanghai (China) > Description and travel > 20th century
• Singapore > Description and travel > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Book reviews – 20th century.
• Clippings – 20th century.
• Diaries – 20th century.
• Photographs – United States – 20th century.
• Scrapbooks – 20th century.
• Scripts (documents).
• Lithographs – United States – 20th century.

Note

• In 6 series: 1. Works by S. J. Perelman; 2. Works by Others; 3. Correspondence; 4. Scrapbooks; 5. Personal Documents; 6. Printed Material on S. J. Perelman and Nathaniel West.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Local note

• Shelved in Berg Collection downstairs vault.

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Perelman

OCLC

892551390

Author

Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979.

Title

S. J. Perelman collection of papers : 1924-1970 (bulk, 1928-1951).

Imprint

[Various places, 1924-1970]

Access

Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Local Note

Shelved in Berg Collection downstairs vault.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Hirschfeld, Al. Librettist

Kober, Arthur, 1900-1975.

Perelman, Abby.

Perelman, Laura.

Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979. Librettist

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969. Artist

Added Title

Forty-five plus.

Sweet bye and bye.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Perelman