Research Catalog

Title

Jerome Robbins Papers, 1930-2001 (bulk 1940-1998)

Author

Robbins, Jerome.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

241 ln. ft. (581 boxes)

Summary

• Includes correspondence, scripts, productions materials, scores, and financial information on Robbins theatrical productions, ballets, films, and television work including Bells are ringing, Fiddler on the roof, Funny girl, Gypsy, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, the King and I, Mother Courage and her children, Oh, Dad, poor Dad, Mama's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad, On the town, Peter Pan, West Side story, the Ford 50th anniversary television show, and others. Also includes materials on some unproduced projects including, Exception and the rule, The office, and his autobiographical work Poppa piece.
• Includes correspondence and working files for Robbins' work with the dance companies Ballets: U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre, and the New York City Ballet and others, the Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy), the experimental American Theatre Laboratory, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, ann his personal properties.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Estate of Jerome Robbins.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Subjects

• Kopit, Arthur, 1937-2021 > Oh, Dad, poor Dad, Mama's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Funny girl (Musical)
• Ballets: U.S.A
• Musical comedies > Gypsy
• Musical comedies > King and I
• Bock, Jerry > Fiddler on the roof
• Correspondence
• New York City Ballet
• Musical comedies > Bells are ringing
• Musical comedies > On the town
• Musical comedies > West Side story
• Kopit, Arthur, 1937- > Oh, Dad, poor Dad, Mama's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 > Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Peter Pan
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Gypsy
• Festival of Two Worlds
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Bells are ringing
• Musical comedies > Funny girl
• West Side story (Motion picture)
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > On the town
• Musical comeides > Jerome Robbins' Broadway
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > West Side story
• American Ballet Theatre
• Musical comedies > Peter Pan
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)
• Musical comedies > Fiddler on the roof

Genre/Form

Correspondence.

Note

• Work files from the office of American dancer, choreographer and director Jerome Robbins.

Access (note)

• Series II, Unproduced theatrical productions (Boxes 90-122), requires permission of the Robbins Rights Trust.

Terms of Use (note)

• Photographing or photocopying of Series II, Unproduced theatrical productions, requires permission of the Robbins Rights Trust.

Source (note)

• NN-PD

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 130

OCLC

NYPY01-A3

Author

Robbins, Jerome.

Title

Jerome Robbins Papers, 1930-2001 (bulk 1940-1998)

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

Series II, Unproduced theatrical productions (Boxes 90-122), requires permission of the Robbins Rights Trust.

Terms Of Use

Photographing or photocopying of Series II, Unproduced theatrical productions, requires permission of the Robbins Rights Trust.

Biography

American dancer, choreographer, and director, 1918-1998.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Bells are ringing.

Musical comedies. Fiddler on the roof.

Musical comedies. Funny girl.

Musical comedies. Gypsy.

Musical comeides. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

Musical comedies. King and I.

Musical comedies. On the town.

Musical comedies. Peter Pan.

Musical comedies. West Side story.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 130