Joseph Urban papers, 1893-1998

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Series V. Reproductions and Other Donations


Subseries V.1 Gretl Urban



Box 34 Folder 7 Mementos



Box 35 Folder 1-2 Biographical files


Box 35 Folder 3 24 family photographs, 1903-1932


Box 35 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1979-1988



Box 40 Gretl Urban correspondence with Joseph Urban biographers Carter and Cole, 1946-1989

Added 2020. Accession number 2019.2020.170

(Also, "Carl Fischer, Inc. 1872-1972: 100 Years of Progress", as well as Columbia University. Columbia Library Columns, Feb. 1991 (Vol. 40, No 2) two copies; May 1988 (Vol. 37, No. 3)



Box 41 Gold plated cigarette case with seven diamond chips on clasp, 1 items; (10.5 x 7.5 x 1.5 cm)

(Given to Urban by Tony Biddle ca. 1925-1933, with Biddle's engraved inscription and signature inside the lid)

Gift of Gretl Urban, 9 October 1992


Subseries V.2: Cole, Robert & Randolph Carter [Urban biographers]



Box 35 Biographical notes



Box 36 Biographical notes


Box 36 Folder 4 Letters from Gretl Urban, 1980-1991


Box 36 Photographs for Urban biography



Box 37 Photographs for Urban biography



Box 39 24 Audiocassettes of Carter and Cole interviews with Gretl


Subseries V.3: Urban, Mary, 1928-1966



Box 37 Folder 3-8 Biographical notes



Box 38 Folder 1 Douggie [Donald M. Douglass] biography


Box 38 Folder 2 9 photographs of Urban rooms


Box 38 Folder 3 Urban Assoc., 1921-1937


Box 38 Folder 4 Guest lists, 1934-1946


Box 38 Folder 5-8 Exhibits, 1959-1966


Box 38 Folder 9 65 Slides of Mary Urban's paintings, 1964



Box 39 Folder 1 Banks, 1962-1964


Box 39 Folder 2 Wages, domestic staff, 1964-1966


Box 39 Folder 3 Reel to reel tape of Mary reading articles on Urban


Subseries V.4: Other Donations


Box 39 Folder 4 Other Donations



Box 14-E-11 Folder B.10 Japanese Calendar, 1994



Box 39 Folder 5 Video of Show Boat Documentary, 1994


Box 39 Folder 6 Exhibit blowups, Museum of City of New York


Box 39 Marion Davies: When Knighthood was in Flower. New musical score by Ben Model. [DVD Blu-Ray], 2017

Gift of The Publisher, 2019. Accession number 2019.2020.M054



Box 43 Ziegfeld Theatre Mural Section, 1926-1927

Oil in canvas, plus fireproofing retardant spray Painted by Lillian Gaertner. Gift of Hilary Knight


Subseries V.5: Transparencies



Box 42 Ziegfeld/Metropolitan Opera

A binder of 4x5 transparent images of items relating to Ziegfeld/Metropolitan Opera from the collection.


Box 42 Film/Architecture and Design

A binder of 4x5 transparent images of items relating to Film/Architecture and Design from the collection.


Box 42 Vienna/Boston/NY Theater

A binder of 4x5 transparent images of items relating to Vienna/Boston/NY Theater from the collection.


Box 42 Second set of three binders


Box 42 Images for "Joseph Urban" by John Loring (2010)

These transparencies were assembled by the publisher Abrams for the 2010 John Loring book "Joseph Urban."


Box 42 DVD of images for "Joseph Urban" by John Loring (2010)

These DVDs have digital images of the transparencies assembled by Abrams for the Loring book. Patrons should use the binder to review the images, and request digital images based on the numbers in the binder. The images have been ingested in CUL's system for preservation. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.