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Description

1. 58 lin. ft. (116 boxes)

Summary

1. The Edmond Pauker's papers consist of correspondence, scripts, box office statements and professional papers. The correspondence document the Pauker's career as U.S. representative for a number of agencies in Germany, Hungary, and Austria. There are scripts, outlines and summaries received by Edmond Pauker's office written in English, German and Hungarian languages. There are also box office statements for a several productions, clippings, photographs, Edmund Pauker's notebook, programs, postcards and two scrapbooks of clippings.

Subject

1. Pauker, Edmond, approximately 1880-1962.
2. Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960.
3. Chodorov, Edward, 1904-1988.
4. Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966.
5. Janney, Russel.
6. Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-1952.
7. Laszlo, Miklos.
8. Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974.
9. European drama.
10. Hungarian drama.
11. Theater -- United States.
12. Theater -- Germany.
13. Theater -- Hungary.
14. Theatrical productions -- United States.

Genre/Form

1. Motion picture plays.
2. Administrative records.
3. Clippings.
4. Correspondence.
5. Financial records.
6. Legal records.
7. Notes.
8. Photographs.
9. Programs.
10. Scrapbooks.
11. Scripts.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1960-001

Language

1. Multiple languages

Access (note)

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

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library; and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Language (note)

1. This collection contains material written in English, German and Hungarian.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Biography

1. Edmond Pauker, literary agent and play broker, was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1887 or 1888. He became associated with the theater after an early career as a professor of law and economics. Pauker came to the United States in 1922 and established an agency in New York City. During the 1920s and 1930s, much of Pauker's business came from his relationships with European colleagues. Early in his career, Pauker was the U.S. representative for a number of agencies in Germany, Hungary, and Austria. His business arrangements with Felix Bloch Erben, Dr. Alexander Marton, G. Marton Verlag, the Society of Authors and Playwrights of Hungary, and the International Copyright Bureau, Ltd., enabled him to arrange for the production and sale of rights to numerous plays by European authors, including Ferenc Molnár, Miklos Laszlo, and Melchior Lengyel. His American clients included Vicki Baum, Edward Chodorov, Joseph Fields, and Russell Janney, and he was also instrumental in arranging for the sale of European rights for works of a number of other American writers including S. N. Behrman, Theodore Dreiser, and Robert Sherwood. Pauker gave up his practice in 1959. He died on May 6, 1962.

Location of other archival materials

1. Edmond Pauker papers; located at Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library; and Edmond Pauker Papers; located at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Literary agents.