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The Citizen Kane book: Raising Kane, by Pauline Kael. The shooting script, by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles, and the cutting continuity of the completed film.

Book/Text

Boston, Little, Brown [1971]

1971

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMFLK 72-232Item locationOffsite
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Orson Welles / Nemes Károly.

Book/Text

Budapest : Gondolat, 1977.

1977

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWES (Wells, O.) 80-1577Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

The airborne [sound recording] : symphony.

Musical recording

New York, NY : Columbia, p1976.

1976

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LSRX 2698Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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The Mercury Shakespeare / edited for reading and arranged for staging by Orson Welles, and Roger Hill.

Book/Text

New York : Harper, 1939.

1939

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*NCP 85-2391 (Shakespeare, W. Merchant of Venice. New York, 1939) Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*NCM (Welles) (Shakespeare, W. Mercury Shakespeare)Item locationOffsite

Dorothy Schiff papers, 1904-1989, bulk (1950s-1970s)

Archival Mix

1904-1989

1 resource

Available online

NYPL Digital Collections

World War Two [sound recording] : [the original cast]

Musical recording

[S.l.] : History in Sound, [196-?]

1960-1969

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 6689Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Orson Welles / dargestellt von Eckhard Weise.

Book/Text

Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, 1996.

1996

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWES (Welles, O.) 96-16543Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Everybody's Shakespeare; three plays edited for reading and arranged for staging by Roger Hill and Orson Welles.

Book/Text

Woodstock, Ill., The Todd press [c1934]

1934

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*NCM (Hill) (Shakespeare, W. Everybody's Shakespeare)Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

Native son, by Paul Green & Richard Wright.

Manuscript

New York, 1941.

1941

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOF+ (Green, P. Native son)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

Native son. (The biography of a young American). A play in three acts by Paul Green and Richard Wright, from the novel by Richard Wright. A Mercury production by Orson Welles, presented on March 24, 1941, St. James Theatre.

Manuscript

[New York, 1941]

1941

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOF+ (Green, P. Native son. The biography of a young American)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Orson Welles' "War of the worlds" [sound recording] : radio play / by Howard Koch.

Spoken word recording

New York, NY : Evolution Records, [1969?]

1969-1938

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LSRX 6028 (C)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Complete working script, The tragical history of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. (First produced in 1589). Revised by Federal Theatre, 1937. Manuscript assembled by Elsa Ryan ...

Manuscript

[1937]

1937

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOF+ p.v. 22Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

Complete working script of "Horse eats hat" / by Edwin Denby and Orson Welles.

Book/Text

[New York] : Federal Theatre, 1936.

1936

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNCOF+ p.v. 23Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

Julius Caesar.

Manuscript

[New York, 1937]

1937

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall number*NCP+ (Shakespeare, W. Julius Caesar. New York, 1937)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

"The green goddess" ...

Manuscript

[New York] 1939.

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Archer, W. Green goddess)Item locationOffsite

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A Christmas carol, by Charles Dickens. December 23, 1938.

Manuscript

[New York, 1938]

1938

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Dickens, C. Christmas carol)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

I lost my girlish laughter: typescript.

Manuscript

[New York, 1939]

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Lardner, S. S. I lost my girlish laughter)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

Call it a day ...

Manuscript

[New York, 1939]

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Smith, D.G. Call it a day)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

Counsellor at law, by Elmer Rice. January 6, 1939. Guest: Aline Macmahon, Mrs. Gertrude Berg, Samuel S. Leibowitz.

Manuscript

[New York, 1939]

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Rice, E.L. Counsellor at law.)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

Burlesque ...

Manuscript

[New York, 1939]

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Watters, G. M. Burlesque)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

Five kings [microform] : incidental music / [Aaron Copland].

Microform

[1939].

1939

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMicroformCall numberJPB 83-160Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music
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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMicroformCall number*ZB-3615Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Citizen Kane [sound recording] : original 1941 motion picture score / [composed by] Bernard Herrmann.

Music CD

[Australia] : Bourne Co., p1991.

1991

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 24348 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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[Call it a day.]

Manuscript

[1939?]

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Smith, D.G. Call it a day)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

Counsellor at law / Rice, Elmer L.

Manuscript

[1938]

1938

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall numberNCOH+ (Rice. Counsellor at law.)Item locationOffsite

Available by appointment.

Twelfth night, edited for reading and arranged for staging by Orson Welles and Roger Hill.

Book/Text

New York : Harper, [c1939]

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall number*NDB 04-1328Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

A King's story [sound recording] : original motion picture soundtrack.

Musical recording

[New York] : DRG Records, [1980]

1980

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 20061 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Original soundtrack from Jack LeVien's production of The finest hours [sound recording].

Spoken word recording

[Chicago] : Mercury, [1964]

1964

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 33860 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Calling all stars. Volume #1 [sound recording] : (previously unreleased performances)

Musical recording

[United States] : Star-Tone Records, [197-]

197

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall number*LZR 44257 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Welles raises Kane [sound recording] ; The Devil and Daniel Webster / Herrmann.

Musical recording

[S.l.] : Virtuoso Series ; London : Distributed by Pye Records, c1968.

1968

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 47721 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

War of the worlds [sound recording] : an educational aid for drama students.

Spoken word recording

[New York?] : Audio Rarities, [195-?]

1950-1959

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LZR 52851 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

The small one [sound recording] / Charles Tazewell. The happy prince / adapted and directed by Orson Wells.

Spoken word recording

New York : Decca, [1949]

1949

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LZO 3531 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Citizen Kane: typescript, circa 1941.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberCTR 339AItem locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

Orson Welles' "War of the worlds" [sound recording].

Spoken word recording

Larchmont, N.Y. : Longines Symphonette Society, [196-?]

1960-1938

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LZR 63856 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Genocide [sound recording] : rough mix audio / [produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.].

Spoken word recording

[1981]

1981

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LTC 6748 [Cassette]Item locationOffsite

Not available - Please for assistance.

Five kings : photographs.

Picture

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatPictureCall number*T-Pho B (Five kings)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

Twelfth night [sound recording] / Shakespeare.

Spoken word recording

New York : Columbia Masterworks, [194-?]

194

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LRA 3432Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound.

Voices and piano [electronic resource] / Peter Ablinger.

Web Resource

[Vienna, Austria] : Kairos Music, p2009.

2009-2005

1 resource

The magnificent Ambersons / a Mercury production ; from the novel by Booth Tarkington ; written and directed by Orson Welles.

Film, Slide, etc.

[Atlanta] : Turner Home Entertainment, [1996], ©1996.

1996-1942

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatFilm, Slide, etc.Call numberVIDEORES00038Item locationOff-site

War of the worlds [sound recording]

Spoken word recording

Plymouth, Minn. : Metacom, p1994.

1994

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall numberPR5774 .W3 1994Item locationOff-site

Jane Eyre / Twentieth Century Fox.

Film, Slide, etc.

Beverly Hills, Calif. : FoxVideo, 1993.

1993-1944

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatFilm, Slide, etc.Call numberLF284Item locationOff-site

Memoirs of a bullfighter / With an introd. by Orson Wells.

Book/Text

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1968]

1968

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberGV1108.C5 A33Item locationOff-site

Chimes at midnight / Orson Welles, director ; Bridget Gellert Lyons, editor.

Book/Text

New Brunswick [N.J.] : Rutgers University Press, [1988], ©1988.

1988-1988

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberPN1997 .C46437 1988Item locationOff-site

Voices and piano / Peter Ablinger.

Musical recording

[Vienna, Austria] : Kairos Music, [2009], ℗2009.

2009-2005

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusical recordingCall numberCD18438Item locationOff-site

Orson Welles on Shakespeare : the W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre playscripts / edited with an introduction by Richard France.

Book/Text

New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.

1990

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberPR2877 .W45 1990Item locationOff-site

Touch of evil [videorecording] / Universal Pictures Co.

Film, Slide, etc.

Universal City, Calif. : MCA Home Video, Inc., c1990, 1958.

1990-1958

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall numberVCASS 123Item locationOff-site

The Mercury Shakespeare; edited for reading and arranged for staging by Orson Welles and Roger Hill ...

Book/Text

New York, London, Harper & Brothers [c1939]

1939

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberPR2759 .H5 1939 vol.3 Item locationOff-site
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberPR2759 .H5 1939 vol.2Item locationOff-site

The magnificent Ambersons [videorecording] / an RKO Radio picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles.

Film, Slide, etc.

[Atlanta] : Turner Home Entertainment, [1996]

1996-1942

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatFilm, Slide, etc.Call numberVCASS 261Item locationOff-site

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