Max Gordon Papers, 1908-1971 (mostly 1950-1965)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Gordon, Max (1892-1978)

Title:

Max Gordon Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rj430457s

Dates:

1908-1971 (mostly 1950-1965)

Size:

37 boxes

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-37

Language:

English

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.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

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.

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.

Collection Creator Biography:

Gordon

Max Gordon (1892-1978) was an American theatrical producer.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of the author in 1964.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.

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