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.