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Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page five of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
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Arthur Kramer Notes on "A Raisin in the Sun"

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Description: Page one of typewritten notes by Arthur Kramer on the screenplay for "A Raisin in the Sun" from meetings between Kramer, David Susskind, Sam Briskin, James...
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Arthur Kramer Notes on "A Raisin in the Sun"

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Description: Page two of typewritten notes by Arthur Kramer on the screenplay for "A Raisin in the Sun" from meetings between Kramer, David Susskind, Sam Briskin, James...
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King Ghazi Cinema Takings Summary Sheet for "Spellbound"

Date: 09 03 1949
Description: Takings summary sheet of the box office receipts for the film "Spellbound" at the King Ghazi Cinema in Baghdad, Iraq on September 3, 1949.
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Joseph Aizer Letter

Date: 05 31 1949
Description: Letter from Joseph Aizer to H.W. Schroeder of United Artists concerning his brother and his efforts to protect United Artists' interests in Iran and Iraq. ...
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Microfilm Card with Positive Image of "Killed Negative"

Date: 1950
Description: Microfilm card containing positive image of "killed negative" of photograph. This card has a negative number of A-3001.
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Green Bay Public Land Sale

Date: 1838
Description: Broadside advertising the public sale of land at Green Bay, issued by Martin Van Buren.
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Script Page for "The Threepenny Opera"

Date: 1954
Description: A page from the working script for "The Threepenny Opera" production at the Theatre de Lys in New York City in 1954. The page is from the start of the oper...
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Script Page for "The Threepenny Opera"

Date: 1954
Description: Reverse side of a script page for "The Threepenny Opera" with two possible alternate stanzas for the song Mack the Knife; one stanza is typewritten and the...
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A.A. Rowley, State of Wisconsin Certificate

Date: 09 29 1870
Description: State of Wisconsin certificate for A.A. Rowley, signed by Lucius Fairchild, Governor, that appoints him as Second Lieutenant of the "Middleton Guards" with...
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Letter to Dan Talbot

Date: 1974
Description: Letter to Dan Talbot from Emile de Antonio. The letter is on Manger Hay-Adams Hotel letterhead and concerns a possible retrospective of de Antonio's films.
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1849 Assembly Bill 122

Date: 03 1849
Description: Section 1 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote....
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1849 Assembly Bill 122

Date: 03 1849
Description: Section 2 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote....
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Prescription for Medicinal Alcohol

Date: 11 01 1924
Description: A prescription for alcohol written out to Mrs. Anna Steinberg of Kenosha, Wisconsin to treat her bronchitis.
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Sons of Temperance Withdrawal

Date: 1857
Description: A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance.
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Band of Hope Membership Certificate

Date: 1883
Description: A colorful certificate that acknowledges the membership of Willie Diederich of Waukesha, Wisconsin into Band of Hope, a temperance organization.
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Letter to Howard Da Silva

Date: 10 20 1953
Description: Typewritten letter from Ring Lardner, Jr to Howard Da Silva after Lardner saw the play "The World of Sholom Aleichem." Lardner praises the production and t...
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Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra

Date: 08 31 1945
Description: Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra dated August 31, 1945. Sinatra is telling Maltz how moved he was after seeing the film "The Pride of the Marines...
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Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo dated February 2, 1948. Trumbo is explaining to Tugend that because he has been blacklisted he does not have the ...
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Patriotic Rally of S.G.A. Program

Date: 10 18 1917
Description: Single sheet program for a patriotic rally held by the University of Wisconsin Student Government Association called by The Women Students' War Work Counci...

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