Research Catalog
Harry Ruby papers
- Title
- Harry Ruby papers, 1917-2004 (bulk 1917-1974).
- Author
- Ruby, Harry.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 11-18 box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 11-18 box 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 11-18 box 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 11-18 box 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 11-18 box 5 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 11-18 box 6 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kalmar, Bert, 1884-1947.
- Description
- 1.8 linear feet (6 boxes)
- Summary
- Harry Ruby was an American composer, songwriter, librettist and screenwriter. This collection documents Ruby's personal and professional life through scrapbooks, press clippings, musical scores, songbooks and sheet music, publishing and copyright agreements, writings, correspondence, telegrams, lyrics scripts, theatre programs and photographs. Also included are copies of the eulogy read at Ruby's funeral, as well as letters of condolence to Ruby's family after his death. The sole audio recording in the collection, a compilation LP titled "A noteworthy occasion" has been separated to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound, and cataloged separately.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Scores.
- Scrapbooks.
- Scripts.
- Sheet music.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio materials in this collection may be directed to the Music Division (musicdiv@nypl.org). Audio may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.
- Terms of Use (note)
- For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library.
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
- Music Division, The New York Public Library.
- Wisconsin Historical Society Archives/Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.
- Columbia University Libraries.
- Provenance (note)
- These materials arrived as part of a larger collection of combined materials belonging to Harry Ruby and Gerard Oestreicher. Although the two men were related through Oestreicher's marriage to Ruby's daughter, the consolidated material has been divided into two collections. Ruby and Oestreicher never collaborated professionally and had no documentation suggesting a personal relationship.
- Call Number
- JPB 11-18
- OCLC
- 770690359
- Author
- Ruby, Harry.
- Title
- Harry Ruby papers, 1917-2004 (bulk 1917-1974).
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio materials in this collection may be directed to the Music Division (musicdiv@nypl.org). Audio may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.
- Terms Of Use
- For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Abe Burrows collection; Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library.Abe Burrows papers; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.Edward Jablonski and Lawrence D. Stewart collection; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.Gerard Oesreicher papers; Music Division, The New York Public Library.Harry Ruby papers; Wisconsin Historical Society Archives/Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.Reminiscences of Harry Ruby: Oral History; Columbia University Libraries.Richard and Edith Barstow papers; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.Richard Rodgers papers; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.Zero and Kate Mostel papers; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.
- Provenance
- These materials arrived as part of a larger collection of combined materials belonging to Harry Ruby and Gerard Oestreicher. Although the two men were related through Oestreicher's marriage to Ruby's daughter, the consolidated material has been divided into two collections. Ruby and Oestreicher never collaborated professionally and had no documentation suggesting a personal relationship.
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- Occupation
- Lyricists United States.
- Added Author
- Kalmar, Bert, 1884-1947.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 11-18