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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

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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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Complete working script of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare Negro version [Voodoo Macbeth], conceived, arranged [and] staged by Orson Welles : opened on April 14, 1936 at Lafayette Theatre / manuscript assembled by Elsa Ryan, of Federal Theatre.

Manuscript

[1936]

1936

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall number*ZC-176Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatManuscriptCall number*NCP+ (Shakespeare, W. Macbeth. New York, 1936) Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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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

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

Command performance [sound recording].

Archival Mix

1942-1951

0 resources

Mail call, radio program [sound recording].

Archival Mix

1940-1949

0 resources

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

Archival Mix

1904-1989

1 resource

Collection information

Finding aid

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Theatre of the imagination [sound recording] : [radio stories by Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre].

Spoken word recording

Santa Monica, Calif. : Voyager Company, c1988.

1988-1938

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LTCO 113 (F) Program notes on fileItem locationOffsite

Not available - Please contact a librarian for assistance.

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

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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.

Arts & Entertainment revue [videorecording] / produced by King World in association with the Arts & Entertainment Network ; directed by Mark Gentile ; senior producer, Susan Lester ; broadcast producer, Lisa Zeff.

VHS

U.S. : Arts & Entertainment Network, c1990.

1990

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatVHSCall number*MGZIA 4-3088Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance.

Handbook for teachers / by Roger Hill, Orson Welles.

Book/Text

New York : Harper, c1939.

1939

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNCO p.v. 863Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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

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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

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.

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

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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

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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

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"The green goddess" ...

Manuscript

[New York] 1939.

1939

1 item

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

Available by appointment.

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

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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

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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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Merchant of Venice [sound recording] ; Macbeth / William Shakespeare ; Orson Welles.

Spoken word recording

E. Sussex, England : Pearl : Pavilion ; p1998.

1998-1938

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LDC 21522 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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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.

Orson Welles : interviews / edited by Mark W. Estrin.

Book/Text

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2002.

2002

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWES (Welles, O.) 02-4365Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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[Folk dancing on television] [videorecording]

VHS

1976-1978.

1976-1978

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall number*MGZIA 4-7312Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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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

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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

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Trick [sound recording] : treat.

Spoken word recording

Houston, Tex. : Exxon Chemicals, p1972.

1972

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LZR 25948 [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.

Night of 100 stars [videorecording] / a Bentwood Television production ; directed by Clark Jones ; written and produced by Hildy Parks.

VHS

U.S. : ABC-TV, c1982.

1982

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatVHSCall number*MGZIA 4-8047Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatVHSCall number*MGZIA 4-8047Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance.

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Sophie Tucker private recordings collection [sound recording], 1925-1953.

Musical recording

1925-1953

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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

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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

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Song of myself [sound recording] : from Leaves of grass / by Walt Whitman.

Spoken word recording

London, England : BBC ; New York : Distributed by Westminster, [1970]

1970-1953

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LZR 48864 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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

Shakespeare in Hollywood [sound recording].

Spoken word recording

[S.l.] : Ariel, [195-]

195

4 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LRX 7725 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LRX 7725 [Notes]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LRX 7725 [Disc 2]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Round a common center [sound recording] / Lukas Foss. Intermezzi for piano quartet / Yehudi Wyner. Quartet for piano and strings (1950) / Aaron Copland.

Musical recording

Minneapolis, MN : Pro Arte, p1982.

1982

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatAudioCall number*LSRX 13038 [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.

A Lincoln treasury [sound recording] : Abraham Lincoln in poetry and prose.

Spoken word recording

New York : Decca, [1959]

1959

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatSpoken word recordingCall number*LZR 58786 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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

A critical edition of two modern plays on the dramatic character of Sir John Falstaff : Chimes at midnight, by Orson Welles, and The knight of the moon, or Sir John Falstaff, by Fernand Crommelynck / edited, introduced, and translated by Bert Cardullo.

Book/Text

Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, c2006.

2006

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberJFE 07-4499Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Around the world: typescript.

Manuscript

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberRM 839 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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