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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents and printed materials documenting the career of Aaron Frankel. The correspondence is by Lynn Fontanne, Greer Garson, Lorne Greene, Alfred Lunt, Frederick Marshall, Robert Penn Warren and others. The manuscripts include l4 drafts of Frankel's "Writing the Broadway Musical" as well as manuscripts by Robert Penn Warren and Myron Galewski for two plays"Willie Stark: His Rise and Fall" and "Brother to Dragons". One of the documents is a collaboration agreement signed by Warren and Frankel. The printed materials include galleys of "Writing the Broadway Musical" and items relating to Frankel's productions of Warren's plays.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Aaron Frankel papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Source of acquisition--Frankel, Aaron. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/29/90. Accession number--M-90-01-29.
Theatrical producer, author, and adjunct professor of Theater Arts at Columbia University, 1942.
Gift of Aaron Frankel, 1990.
Processed JHR 02/16/90.
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