Otto Harbach papers, 9999
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1880
- Bib ID:
- 5419977 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 6 Linear Feet (6 record storage cartons)
- 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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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
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.
Description
Summary
Typescripts, manuscript drafts, handwritten scores, notes, and other papers for Harbach's musicals. Manuscript and typed drafts and notes of Harbach's memoirs. Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records regarding personal and professional issues. Playbills, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs, and other materials about his career. Also song sheets of other composers works, several with inscriptions and autographs.
Warner Brothers; Oscar Hammerstein; Knox College; Arthur Hauerbach; Knickerbocker Theatre; Irving Caesar; Andre Hauerbach; Frances Calfrisco.
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.
Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
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.
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); Otto Harbach 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
accn number: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Date of acquisition--date.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
Papers sent off-site PL 9/13/2005.
Biographical / Historical
American pop and Broadway lyricist-librettist Otto Harbach was in songwriting teams with Karl Hoschna, Rudolf Friml, and, most successfully, with Oscar Hammerstein II.
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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| Name | ||
|---|---|---|
| Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Subject | ||
| Lyricists | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Lyricists | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |