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Tony Kushner papers, 1920, 1961-2018

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Series IV: Personal and Biographical Files, 1920, 1980s-2016

This series contains address books, class notes, contact lists, diplomas, family materials, and transcripts, as well as files with art, articles, clippings, programs, and other personal materials.

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Subseries IV.1: Personal, 1961, 1980s-2016

Files are arranged alphabetically.

Address and Contact Lists


Box 124 Folder 13 Address / Memo Book, 2002 April 13

This is a computer printout.

Box 124 Folder 14 Media Contacts Lists, 2002-2003, undated

Box 124 Folder 15 Contact Information and Notes--Miscellaneous, circa 2001-2004

Various handwritten notes, business cards, envelopes; primarily with contact information.

Box 124 Folder 16 Miscellaneous Contact Information, 1990s-2000s


Box 125 Folder 1 American Songbook/Jeanine Tesori--Program and Ticket, 2010


Box 165 Folder 15 Art, 1994, undated

Two small pieces of art on paper, including an angel.

Box 165 Folder 16 Art--"More Life", undated

Art work by Yuko Yonemitsu.


Box 125 Folder 2 Miscellaneous Art, 1997, undated

Includes two cards and a print.


Box 169 Folder 2-3 Miscellaneous Art, 2 folders

Includes a signed and inscribed print of angels from Marcia Lippman, and a painting by Nadira Wallace.


Box 125 Folder 3 Richard Berkowitz--Correspondence and related materials, 1994

Box 125 Folder 4 Tony Kushner Birthday Horoscope, undated

Box 125 Folder 5 A Book from Gada to Tony, 2011

By Gada Robinson.


Box 164 Anthony Robert Kushner--The Book of Life, 2014

This is the "Book of Life" given to Kushner by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. during his appearance on "Finding Your Roots" on PBS (Season 2, Episode 7, which aired on November 4, 2014). The book includes family photographs and genealogical information.


Box 125 Folder 6 Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, 2007

Box 125 Folder 7 Class Notes, 1974-1984

Includes notes, and photocopies of materials.

Box 125 Folder 8 Clippings--Theatre Clippings, 2007

Box 125 Folder 9 Clippings, Art, and Cards, 1980s-2000s

Box 125 Folder 10 Court Papers, 1986-1993

Includes papers related to Kushner's arrest at the St. Patrick's Day parade.

Box 125 Folder 11 Critic Poem Notes, undated

Box 125 Folder 12 Domestic Partnership Registration, 2006-2008


Box 126 Folder 1-7 Kimberly Flynn, 1980s-1990s, 7 folders

Various papers, possibly related to graduate school, research materials, ant other materials.


Box 127 Folder 1-3 Kimberly Flynn, circa 1987-1994, 3 folders

Collection of notebooks, letters, research related to Kimberly Flynn.

Box 127 Folder 4 Kimberly Flynn, circa 1987-1992

Includes notes, poems, photograph, and other materials.

Box 127 Folder 5 Kim[berly Flynn], 1995, undated


Box 126 Folder 8 Kimberly Flynn --Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk Study Guide, 1996


Box 125 Folder 13 Group, 1991

Includes poem "Group (on the occasion of Tony Kushner's ending therapy" by Sam Sommer, along with a group photographs and contact sheets.

Box 125 Folder 14 How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, 1983

Box 125 Folder 15 Israel, 1993

Tourist maps, etc.

Box 125 Folder 16 Jewish/Israeli Issues--Articles, 2003-2004

Box 125 Folder 17 Katrina, 2005, undated

Box 125 Folder 18 Jules Kroll Research, 2010


Box 127 Folder 6 Lake Charles High School Scrapbook, 2013

Includes both Tony Kushner and his father, William Kushner.

Box 127 Folder 7 Remembering Leo Lerman, 1994 November 7

Includes program and booklet.

Box 127 Folder 8 Mormon Pioneer Songbook

Box 127 Folder 9 New York University ID Card, circa 2002


Box 166 Folder 3 New York University--Master of Fine Arts Diploma, 1984


Box 128 Folder 1-2 Newspaper and Magazine Articles--Miscellaneous, circa 1996-2006, 2 folders

Box 128 Folder 3-5 Articles and Clippings, etc., circa 1998-2002, 3 folders

Box 128 Folder 6 Articles and Clippings and Other Printed Materials, circa 1987-2007

Box 128 Folder 7 Magazines--Marxism Today, 1991 December / 1992 January

Final issue.


Box 169 Folder 21 New York Times--Weddings/Celebrations: Vows--Mark Harris and Tony Kushner, 2003 May 4, 11 x 17"

Reproduction of the article. 2 copies.


Box 128 Folder 8 Pearl Watson Junior High School Yearbook, 1971

Personal Files--Miscellaneous


Box 129 Folder 1-5 Daily Memos, 1994-1996, 5 folders

These appear to be exchanges between Tony and a personal assistant.

Box 129 Folder 6 CalArts Award Speech, 1995

Includes drafts.

Box 129 Folder 7 Correspondence: Intros, Blurbs, 1995

Box 129 Folder 8 No Thank Yous, 1995

Box 129 Folder 9 Personal Miscellany, 1995

Box 129 Folder 10-11 Seder, 1995-1996, 2 folders

Box 129 Folder 12 Signed Books, 1995

Box 129 Folder 13 United Airlines Mileage and Statements, 1994-1996

Box 129 Folder 14 Mark Bronnenberg 40th Birthday Invite, 1990s

Several copies of the invitation, with draft.

Box 129 Folder 15 Tony Kushner's 40th Birthday, 1996

Phonograph Records


Box 180 Ben Bagley's Noel Coward Revisted

Box 180 The Noel Coward Album

Box 180 Alexander H. Cohen Presents Beyond the Fringe

Box 180 An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Box 180 The Persecution and Assassination of Mozart as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade

Box 180 Moms Mabley Moms the Word

With digited version on CD


Box 129 Folder 16 Programs, 1980s

Programs; works by others.

Box 129 Folder 17 Programs, 2009

Programs from exhibits and other events that did not include Kushner.

Box 129 Folder 18 Programs and Tickets, 2011-2012

For performances at Lincoln Center, including a memorial for Nora Ephron.


Box 128 Folder 9 Protest at St. Patrick's Cathedral (December 10, 1989), 1989-1990

Includes fliers, clippings, court summons, and mass program.

Box 128 Folder 10 Research--USRR/Gorbachev, 2005

Box 128 Folder 11 Memorial for Paul Schmidt, 1999

Programs.

Box 128 Folder 12 Serendipity Books--Invoice for Duncan Broadhurst's My Mother Would be a Falconress, 1994


Box 130 Folder 1 Abbot Suger. De Consecratione

Annotated photocopies.


Box 128 Folder 13 Theatre Library Association Awards, 2015

For Mark Harris.

Box 128 Folder 14 Transcripts--Columbia College and New York University, 1984

Unofficial student copies. Student number was redacted for research use.


Box 178 Folder 37 Rufus Wainwright--Signed Posters from His Judy Garland Concert at Carnegie Hall, 2006, 14 x 22"

2 copies.


Box 130 Folder 2 Nadira Wallace--Correspondence and Art, undated

Box 130 Folder 3 Nadira Wallace--Painting of Kushner, undated

Box 130 Folder 4 Wedding Toast from Kushner-Harris Wedding, 2008

Handwritten toast is by Kushner's aunt, Martha Deutscher. Appears incomplete.


Box 161 Wizard Cape, 1961

Wizard cape made by Kushner's mother, Sylvia Kushner, for him when he was five years old.


Box 130 Folder 5 Miscellaneous, 1989, undated

Includes clippings, notes, and typescript pages.

Box 130 Folder 6 Miscellaneous, 2007-2009, undated

Includes a list of pen manufacturers, notes, Writers Guild Strike Rules, etc.

Subseries IV.2: Family, 1920, 1984-2016

Box 130 Folder 7 Kushner Family, 1990s, undated


Box 164 Anthony Robert Kushner--The Book of Life, 2014

This is the "Book of Life" given to Kushner by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. during his appearance on "Finding Your Roots" on PBS (Season 2, Episode 7, which aired on November 4, 2014). The book includes family photographs and genealogical information.


Box 130 Folder 8 Martha Deutscher, 2006

Deutscher was Kushner's aunt. Includes death notice, obituaries, tributes, a eulogy, and condolence cards.

Box 130 Folder 9 Martha Deutscher--Headstone Design, 2007


Box 149 Lily Donn--Central Evening High School Diploma, 1920 February 6, 14 x 17"

Item is rolled. It can be unrolled, but is somewhat fragile.

Donn was Kushner's grandmother.


Box 130 Folder 10 Eric Kushner--Journal from a trip to Bosnia, 1995

Box 130 Folder 11 Florence Kushner--Eulogy, 1984

Box 130 Folder 12 Lesley Kushner--Exhibit Cards, 1993

For gallery exhibit of her paintings.

Box 130 Folder 13 Sylvia Kushner, 1990-1991

File contains materials related to Sylvia Kushner's death in 1990. File includes a short biography, eulogy, and gravestone design, as well as programs from two 1991 memorial concerts.


Box 161 Sylvia Kushner--"Freudian Slip" Halloween Costume, early 1960s


Box 130 Folder 14 William Kushner, 1988-2013

Includes two letters from Kushner to his father.

Box 130 Folder 15 William Kushner Tribute--McNeese State University, 2007-2008

Box 130 Folder 16 William Kushner--Invitation to Sculpture Dedication, 2016

Invitation to dedication of sculpture honoring William Kushner, conductor of the Lakes Charles Symphony Orchester from 1978-2008.