Samson Raphaelson papers, 1916-1982
Samson Raphaelson papers, 1916-1982
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1050
- Bib ID:
- 4078548 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 19.5 linear feet (41 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Scope and Content
Correspondence, playscripts, screenplays, scenarios, short stories, and other manuscripts, drafts, photocopies, contracts and other documents, tearsheets, clippings, and other materials relating to his career as a screenwriter, playwright, and author of short stories. Correspondence with friends, students, admirers, and professional colleagues concern his teaching, playwriting, films, articles, photography, and literary topics. There are also two groups of letters from students and readers about his textbook, "The Human Nature of Playwriting" (1949). Among the cataloged correspondence are William Gibson, MacKinlay Kantor, Anna Louise Strong, Louis Untermeyer, and Carl Van Doren. Included are manuscripts, drafts, or photocopies of almost all his films, plays, and short stories, such as playscripts and drafts of his plays, "The Jazz Singer" (1922), "Skylark" (1939), "Jason" (1942), and others; screenplays and scenarios, many in photocopy, of "Trouble in Paradise" (1932), "The Merry Widow" (1934), "The Shop Aroung the Corner" (1940), "Suspicion" (1941), "Heaven Can Wait" (1943), and many other films; and manuscripts, drafts, tearsheets, and printed copies of his short stories and articles of film and television criticism. There are also many clippings and reviews, programs, and other printed materials about his plays and films.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 10 series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Samson Raphaelson papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Joel Raphaelson, 1987, 1990& 1992.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Raphaelson, Joel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/06/87. Accession number--M-87-10-06.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Raphaelson, Joel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--06/25/92. Accession number--M-92-06-25.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Processed HR 06/20/88.
Processed by HR- 10/6/87; HR-2/12/91; Papers Processed HR 08/14/92.
Revision Description
2010-02-24 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical sketch
Samson Raphaelson, playwright, screenwriter, and teacher, wrote scenarios for many of the films directed by Ernst Lubitsch from 1931 until 1947. Raphaelson taught screenwriting at Columbia from 1976 until 1982, and also taught at the University of Illinois in 1920/21 and in 1948.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
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Series II: Arranged Correcpondence
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Series III: Manuscripts by Raphaelson
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[Submitted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1949]
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["Final OK version"]
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["First draft final version"]
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["Next to last version"]
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["As produced in Dallas"]
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["Act One"]
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["1st draft act one"]
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["Rejected"]
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[unproduced.]
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[Earliest Version of The Jazz Singer]
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[See also: Beautiful Morning [Short Story] -- Jingle Bells [Short Story] -- Lost on 44th Street [Short Story] -- My Shining Palace [Short Story] -- Not the Cushion and the Slipper [Short Story] -- The Parson's Waiting [Short Story] -- Song At Twilight [Short Story]]
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[Samson Raphaelson did not write the film adaptation]
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[Intermediate version (mimeograph copy)]
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[See also: OVERSIZE]
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[Adapted by Edward Nolan for NBC 1957]
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[See also: Israeli-American Play [film]]
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[See also: Rough Treatment [Short Story]]
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["Die Vollkommene Ehe" (German translation of SR's play)]
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[See also: Israeli-American Play [film]]
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[Adaptation by Harriet Weber. See also: Mother's Day [Short Story]]
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[Agent's copy]
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[Screenplay by Boris Ingster & Nathanael West]
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[Screenplay by Joan Harrison]
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[Edited for publication]
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Series IV: Miscellaneous Papers
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[See also: OVERSIZE]
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Series VI: Original Inventory
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Series VII: Arranged Correspondence
1990 Gift
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Series VIII: Manuscripts and Documents
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Series IX: Miscellaneous Papers
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Series X: 1992 Gift
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