Zvee Scooler

Brief Description: The papers reflect Scooler's career as a radio and theater personality and communal activist. Correspondence with listeners, with family, with individuals active in the theater. Included are Joseph Papp, Ira Gershwin, Jan Peerce, Molly Picon, Harold Prince, Paul Muni. WEVD material: radioscripts of weekly broadcasts, typed in Yiddish, 1934-1939. Weekly radioscripts of the "Gram- meister,", written and read by Z. Scooler, arranged chronologically 1939-1983. Radioscripts of "Tsvishn di shures," (Between the Lines). Radioscripts of the "Forward Hour." Announcements of the Forward Hour. Play and film scripts. Personal documents. Theater programs. Clippings. Financial papers. Photographs: of personal life, of theater activities, of family members. Printed music: folksongs and Yiddish theater music. Materials on Zvee Scooler's role as master of ceremonies at various private functions. Materials relating to Scooler's activities in various summer camps.

Held at:

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Record Series Number: RG 1262/RG 1262

Created by: Scooler, Zvee (1889-1985)

Volume: 0.0

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in 17 series: I) Corres. (folders 1-66); II) WEVD material (67-248); III) Playscripts (249-275); IV) Rolescripts (276-285); V) Film Scripts (286-328); VI) Dramatizations (329-398); VII) Master of Ceremonies (399-407); VIII) Summer Camp Activities (408-422); IX) Source Material (423-535); X) Promotional Material (536-561); XI) Theater Programs (562-583); XII) Clippings (584-593); XIII) Personalia (594-604); XIV) Financial documents (605-616); XV) Photographs (617-630); XVI) Misc. (631-638); XVII) Sheet Music (639-649)

Subject Index

Film and Cinema
Literature
Music
Radio, Yiddish
Summer Camps
Theater
United States
Writers

Genres/Forms of Material

Documents - Papers

Finding Aid Revisions: 1994/11/23 ; 1999/07/12 ; GB, yat