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Clare Beecher Kummer Papers
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Born Clare Rodman Beecher in Brooklyn, New York, Kummer was a granddaughter of Edward Beecher and a niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. She became a song-writer, playwright, and poet.
The collection consists of the papers of Kummer: manuscript plays, musical compositions, songs, verse, and correspondence. The manuscripts span Kummer's career, from her early popular songs, such as "The Summerland Song" (1901) and "Dearie" (1905), to her many dramatic works.
Included are The Opera Ball (1912), a musical comedy written in collaboration with Sydney Rosenfeld; A Successful Calamity (prod. 1917) in which her cousin, William Gillette performed; Rollo's Wild Oat (prod. 1920); Good Gracious Annabelle (1916), later produced by Florenz Ziegfeld as a musical entitled Annie Dear; and her last Broadway success, Her Master's Voice, produced by Max Gordon in 1933.
Gift of Mrs. William F. Murdoch Jr. in 1995 (TH1995-01).
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
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Collection Inventory
Consists of the works of Kummer, including plays, orchestration for Noah's Ark, poems, sketches, manuscript music, and notes.
This series is arranged into five subseries: Plays, Orchestration for Noah's Ark, Poems and Sketches, Notes, and Manuscript Music.
Physical Description13 boxes
Consists of the plays of Kummer, including "Annabell," "Noah's Ark," and "The Yogi Man," as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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Consists of the orchestration for Noah's Ark.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of the poems and sketches of Kummer.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of miscellaneous notes.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of manuscript music.
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Consists of the correspondence of Clare Beecher Kummer.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of the documents of Clare Beecher Kummer, primarily including photographs and business contracts.
This series is arranged into two subseries: Photographs and Business Contracts, and Oversive Photographs.
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Consists of photographs and business contracts of Clare Beecher Kummer.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of oversized photographs of or related to Clare Beecher Kummer.
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Consists of published materials, including Samuel French plays, clippings, Finizio's dissertation, music sheets, and scrapbooks.
This series is arranged into four subseries: Samuel French Plays, Newspaper Clippings and Finizio's Dissertation, Music Sheets, and Scrapbooks.
Physical Description4 boxes
Consists of plays by Samuel French.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of Finizio's Dissertation as well as newspaper clippings.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of music sheets.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of scrapbooks.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of papers of other various persons.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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