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Additional authors

1. Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985.
2. Galen, Frank.
3. Guare, John.
4. Heller, Joseph.
5. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.
6. Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007.

Description

1. .1 lf. (1 portfolio of correspondence)

Summary

1. The collection consists of six folders of correspondence to Edgar Dannenberg, from Abe Burrows, television producer Frank Galen, playwrights John Guare and Lillian Hellman, novelist Joseph Heller, and choreographer Michael Kidd. Most of the letters are to Edgar Dannenberg from these correspondees, although there is a copy of one letter from Mr. Dannenberg to John Guare, and a xerox of a letter from Mr. Dannenberg to The New York Times concerning the 1970 film version of Joseph Heller's CATCH-22.

Subject

1. Guare, John > Correspondence
2. Galen, Frank > Correspondence
3. Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985 > Correspondence
4. Correspondence
5. Heller, Joseph > Correspondence
6. Dannenberg, Edgar > Correspondence
7. Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007 > Correspondence
8. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 > Correspondence

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2001-002

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. Dannenberg, Edgar

Biography (note)

1. Edgar Dannenberg, broker and investment company vice president, met playwright Abe Burrows (1910-1985) when they were order clerks at a Wall Street firm.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed

Author

1. Dannenberg, Edgar.

Title

1. Edgar Dannenberg correspondence, 1952-1994.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Edgar Dannenberg, broker and investment company vice president, met playwright Abe Burrows (1910-1985) when they were order clerks at a Wall Street firm. Although Dannenberg chose a career in finance, the men remained friends and corresponded in later life. Mr. Dannenberg also corresponded with other literary and theatrical figures, including Joseph Heller, John Guare, Lillian Hellman, and Michael Kidd.

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1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985.
2. Galen, Frank.
3. Guare, John.
4. Heller, Joseph.
5. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.
6. Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2001-002