Summary
Overview
1908-1971 (mostly 1950-1965)
17.05 linear feet, 36 boxes
Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
One Washington Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA
Abstract
Max Gordon (1892-1978) was an American theatrical producer. His collection contains personal correspondence with theater and film notables spanning the years 1942-1971. Also included are production materials, such as correspondence, contracts, summaries of earnings, financial sheets, and miscellaneous notes of plays Gordon produced, including Born Yesterday, The Solid Gold Cadillac, My Sister Eileen, and the film, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, as well as letters and script reports relating to Columbia Pictures.
Description
Description
Contains personal correspondence spanning the years 1942-1971, during which Gordon had achieved renown as a theatrical and film producer. Correspondents include theater and film notables, such as Fred Astaire, Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, Judy Holiday, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, Elmer Rice, and Edward Albee, writers like Arthur Krock and John O'Hara, and people in government including Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Senator Jacob Javits, and Governors Nelson Rockefeller and James F. Byrnes. In addition, there are production materials, such as correspondence, contracts, summaries of earnings, financial sheets, and miscellaneous notes of plays Gordon produced, including Born Yesterday, The Solid Gold Cadillac, My Sister Eileen, and the film, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, as well as letters and script reports relating to Columbia Pictures.
Collection Creator
Biography
Max Gordon (1892-1978) was an American theatrical producer.
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Preferred Citation
Max Gordon Papers; 1908-1971 (mostly 1950-1965), Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Contents and Arrangement
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
In Series I-III and V, folder headings and names of principle correspondents are listed first (un-indented), while names of subsidiary or less important correspondents are indented and follow the heading or principle correspondent with which they are associated. In Series IV, the titles of the scripts are listed first (un-indented), while the names of the author(s) of each script are indented and follow the title.
Series 1: Personal Correspondence, 1929-1971
Series 2: Business Files, 1935-1968
Series 3: Columbia Pictures Correspondence, 1951-1968
Series 4: Scripts, undated
Series 5: Production Materials, 1930-1967
Series 6: Photographs, 1930-1936
Series 7: Ledgers, 1930-1951
Series 8: Press Books, 1945-1949
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