Research Catalog

Title

Elaine Stritch papers, 1925-2012 (bulk 1943-2011).

Author

Stritch, Elaine

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Details

Description

4.61 linear feet (10 boxes)

Summary

Elaine Stritch was an actress and singer in theatre, film and television whose show business career spanned nearly seventy years. She was especially well-known for her leading roles in plays by Edward Albee, William Inge, Neil Simon and Tennessee Williams; musicals by Noel Coward and Stephen Sondheim; as well as for her own solo shows. The Elaine Stritch papers date from 1925 to 2012 (bulk dates 1943-2011), and contain correspondence, photographs, and promotional materials that chronicle her personal life and performance career.

Subjects

• Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 > Sail away
• Singers
• Musicals
• Theater programs
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
• Video recordings
• Motion picture actors and actresses
• Sondheim, Stephen > Little night music
• Actresses
• Birmingham (Mich.)
• Theater > United States > 20th century
• Sondheim, Stephen > Company
• Sound recordings
• Television actors and actresses
• Photographs
• Correspondence
• Scripts (documents)
• Clippings
• Musical theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Photographs.
• Scripts (documents)
• Sound recordings.
• Theater programs.
• Video recordings.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Sound and video recordings are unavailable pending digitization. For more information, please contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.

Terms of Use (note)

• The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.

Source (note)

• Donated by Elaine Stritch Bay Trust, 2015.

Call Number

*T-Mss 2014-172

OCLC

936448662

Author

Stritch, Elaine.

Title

Elaine Stritch papers, 1925-2012 (bulk 1943-2011).

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Sound and video recordings are unavailable pending digitization. For more information, please contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.

Terms Of Use

The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.

Source

Donated by Elaine Stritch Bay Trust, 2015.

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Occupation

Actresses.

Singers.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 2014-172