Collection Summary
Alan Jay Lerner Papers
1880-1997
(bulk 1943-1986)
1880-1997
(bulk 1943-1986)
ML31.L475
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986
2500 items
38 containers
19.0 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Music Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist, librettist, playwright and screenwriter. The papers include stage scripts and screenplays in multiple drafts, music, correspondence, photographs, writings, programs, biographical materials, clippings and collected lyrics.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Andrews, Julie--Photographs.
Barry, John, 1933-2011. Lolita, my love.
Barry, John, 1933-2011. Lolita, my love.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Burton, Richard, 1925-1984--Photographs.
Lane, Burton, 1912-1997.
Lane, Burton, 1912-1997. On a clear day you can see forever.
Lane, Burton, 1912-1997. On a clear day you can see forever.
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986--Archives.
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986--Correspondence.
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986--Photographs.
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986.
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Brigadoon.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Brigadoon.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Camelot.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Camelot.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Gigi (Motion picture music)
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Gigi (Motion picture music)
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Gigi (Stage work)
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Gigi (Stage work)
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Little prince.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Little prince.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. My fair lady.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. My fair lady.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Paint your wagon.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Paint your wagon.
Previn, André, 1929-2019.
Previn, André, 1929-2019. Coco.
Previn, André, 1929-2019. Coco.
Streisand, Barbra--Photographs.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Love life.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Love life.
Subjects
Drama--20th century.
Dramatists, American--20th century.
Librettists--United States.
Lyricists--United States.
Motion picture authorship--United States.
Motion picture music--Excerpts--Scores.
Motion pictures--United States.
Musical films.
Musical theater--United States--20th century.
Musicals--Librettos.
Musicals--Production and direction.
Musicals--Scores.
Musicals.
Screenwriters--United States.
Songs--Texts.
Theater--United States.
Places
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs.
London (England)--Social life and customs.
Titles
American in Paris (Motion picture)
American in Paris (Motion picture)
Brigadoon (Motion picture)
Brigadoon (Motion picture)
Camelot (Motion picture)
Camelot (Motion picture)
Gigi (Motion picture)
Gigi (Motion picture)
Little prince (Motion picture : 1974)
Little prince (Motion picture : 1974)
My fair lady (Motion picture)
My fair lady (Motion picture)
On a clear day you can see forever (Motion picture)
On a clear day you can see forever (Motion picture)
Paint your wagon (Motion picture)
Paint your wagon (Motion picture)
Form/Genre
Articles.
Clippings (Information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drafts (Documents)
Notes.
Photographic prints.
Programs (Documents)
Promotional materials.
Scores.
Screenplays
Scripts (Documents)
Writings.
Provenance
Gift of The Alan Jay Lerner Testamentary Trust in 2005.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Alan Jay Lerner Papers were processed by Dominic McHugh and Mark Horowitz in 2016. Shantel Lambert coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2016.
Transfers
Audiovisual materials have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. An inventory of this material is available in the Music Division's collection file.
Related Material
Additional materials related to Alan Jay Lerner can be found in the following Library of Congress Music Division collections: [Leonard Bernstein Collection] , Burton Lane Collection, [Frederick Loewe Collection] , André Previn Collection, [Richard Rodgers Collection] , and the Oliver Smith Collection.
Copyright Status
Materials from the Alan Jay Lerner Papers are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Alan Jay Lerner Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Alan Jay Lerner Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1918, Aug. 31
Born, New York City
1920's
Attended Columbia Grammer School, New York City
Attended Bedales School, Hampshire, England
1930's
Attended Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut
1936
1940
Attended Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1936
1937 (summers)
Attended Juilliard School, New York
1938, Mar. 29
Premiere of
So Proudly We Hail!
1938, Apr. 8
New York debut of
Fair Enough
1940, June 26
Married Ruth Boyd (divorced 1947)
1942, Oct. 8
Life of the Party
closed during tryout in Detroit (lyrics by Earle Crooker, book by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe)
1943, Nov. 11
What's Up
opened on Broadway (lyrics by Lerner, book by Lerner and Arthur Pierson, music by Frederick Loewe)
1945, Nov. 22
The Day Before Spring
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe)
1974, Mar. 13
Brigadoon
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe)
1947 Apr.
Severed collaboration with Frederick Loewe
1947 July
Announced new collaboration with Kurt Weill
1947 Sept.
Married Marion Bell (divorced 1949)
1948, Oct. 7
Love Life
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Kurt Weill)
1950, Mar. 19
Married Nancy Olson (divorced 1957)
1950 May
Reunited with Frederick Loewe
1951 Mar.
Royal Wedding
(film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Burton Lane)
1951 Oct.
An American in Paris
(film) released (screenplay by Lerner)
1951, Nov. 12
Paint Your Wagon
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe)
1951
1953
Worked on screenplay and lyrics for
Huckleberry Finn
(never filmed) (music by Burton Lane)
1952, Mar. 20
Won Academy Award for
An American in Paris
screenplay
1952
Began working on
My Fair Lady
Considered writing musical version of
Casablanca
with Loewe
Considered writing musical version of
The Girl of the Golden West
Abandoned
My Fair Lady
and severed collaboration with Loewe
1953 Feb.
Started work on new songs for film version of
Paint Your Wagon
with Arthur Schwartz
1953 Mar.
Signed contract to write muscial of
Li'l Abner
with Schwartz
1953 Oct.
Started writing screenplay for
Green Mansions
(non-musical film) for MGM
1953 Nov.
Ended collaboration with Schwartz; Burton Lane took over as composer of
Li'l Abner
1954 Aug.
Resumed work with Loewe on
My Fair Lady
Abandoned
Li'l Abner
1954 Sept.
Brigadoon
(film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe)
1955 Apr.
Planned musical adaptation of
Saratoga Trunk
1956, Mar. 15
My Fair Lady
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe)
1956 May
Began work on screenplay of
Gigi
without Loewe
1957 Feb.
Loewe agreed to write score for
Gigi
Lerner directed rehearsals of national tour of
My Fair Lady
1957, Mar. 15
World premiere at Carnegie Hall of songs dedicated to Harvard (music by Leonard Bernstein)
1957 Apr.
My Fair Lady
won six Tony Awards
Lerner moved to Paris to work on
Gigi
1957 Oct.
Announced work on
Father of the Bride
with Loewe
1957, Dec. 25
Married Micheline Muselli Pozzo di Borgo (divorced 1965)
1957 Dec.
Abandoned
Father of the Bride
1958
World premiere of
Gigi
(film) (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe)
Lerner and Loewe considered musical version of
Life with Father
1959 Feb.
Lerner and Loewe started working on
Camelot
1960, Feb. 18
Elected president of
Dramatists Guild
1960, Oct. 4
Hospitalized for bleeding ulcer
1960, Oct. 14
Took over direction of
Camelot
1960, Dec. 3
Camelot
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe)
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(film) released (featuring four songs by Lerner and Lane)
1961, Apr. 6
Announced new collaboration with Richard Rodgers on
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1963, May 23
Produced birthday celebration for President Kennedy at the Waldorf-Astoria
1963 July
Collaboration with Rodgers collapsed
Burton Lane took over as composer of
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1963
Lerner worked on screenplay of
My Fair Lady
1964 Jan.
Agreed to write screenplay and lyrics for
Doctor Dolittle
1964 Oct.
My Fair Lady
(film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe)
1965, Oct. 17
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Lane)
1966 Jan.
Announced collaboration with André Previn on
Coco
1966, Nov. 15
Married Karen Gundersen (divorced 1974)
1967 Oct.
Camelot
(film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe)
1968
Wrote new songs with Previn for film version of
Paint your Wagon
Wrote screenplay and lyrics for new songs for film of
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1969, Oct. 16
Premiere of
Paint your Wagon
(film) (book and lyrics and produced by Lerner, music for additional songs by Previn)
1969, Dec. 18
Coco
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Previn)
1970, June 17
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Lane)
1971, Mar. 15
Lolita, My Love
closed in Boston before reaching Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by John Barry)
1971
Lerner and Loewe wrote score for
The Little Prince
and revised
Gigi
for the stage
1973, Nov. 13
Gigi
(stage version) opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe)
1973 Nov.
Began working with Leonard Bernstein on
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
1974, Nov. 7
The Little Prince
(film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe)
1974, Dec. 10
Married Sandra Payne (divorced 1976)
1976, Mar. 25
Anniversary revival of
My Fair Lady
opened on Broadway
1976, May 4
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Bernstein)
1976
Began work on
Carmelina
1977, May 30
Married Nina Bushkin (divorced 1981)
1978
Published
The Street Where I Live
. New York: W.W. Norton
1979, Apr. 8
Carmelina
opened on Broadway (lyrics by Lerner, book by Lerner and Joseph Stein, music by Lane)
1979, May 14
Tribute to Lerner and Loewe at Museum of the City of New York
1979 Nov.
Directed major revival of
My Fair Lady
in London
1979
Discussed collaboration with Michel Legrand in Peru
1980, July 8
Revival of
Camelot
opened on Broadway
1980, Oct. 16
Revival of
Brigadoon
opened on Broadway
1980
Tribute
(film) released (the song "It's All for the Best" written by Lerner and Jack Lemmon)
1981 Apr.
Began work on film adaptation of
The Merry Widow
Worked briefly on
Copperfield
1981 May
Announced
Dance a Little Closer
with Charles Strouse
1981, Aug. 18
Married Liz Robertson
Revival of
My Fair Lady
opened on Broadway
1982
Agreed to direct
Dance a Little Closer
1983, May 11
Dance a Little Closer
opened on Broadway (book, lyrics and direction by Lerner, music by Strouse)
1983 Aug.
Suffered injuries in a car accident
1983 Aug.
Dec.
Researched history of the musical theater
1984 Summer
Began work on London production of
My Man Godfrey
(unfinished) (lyrics by Lerner, music by Gerard Kenny and book by Kristi Kane)
1984 Oct.
1985 Jan.
Revised
Gigi
for London stage premiere
1985, Jan.
Joseph Stein took over revisions of
Carmelina
1985, Feb. 15
Commissioned to write official lullaby for Prince Harry, entitled "Brocades and Coronets" (music by Gerard Kenny)
1985 Mar.
My Man Godfrey
announced to the press
1985 Apr.
Completed some initial work on
Teddy and Alice
1985, Sept. 17
Gigi
premiered in London
1985, Dec. 8
Received Kennedy Center Honors award with Loewe
1986 Jan.
Discussed collaborating with Andrew Lloyd Weber on
Phantom of the Opera
1986, Mar. 31
Withdrew from
Phantom of the Opera
after diagnosis of lung cancer
1986, June 14
Died, New York City
Scope and Content Note
The Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) Papers span the years 1880 to 1997 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1943 to 1986. While the collection is not a comprehensive record of Lerner's career, it covers the latter portion extensively, particularly with regard to the show
Lolita, My Love
. There is no other significant collection of Lerner's materials at any other institution.
The Scripts series is the largest in the collection. Scripts are organized alphabetically by show title regardless of whether they were written for stage or film; and arranged mostly chronologically within shows. In most instances, Lerner was the author of both the libretto or screenplay and the lyrics for shows. Several shows were originally written for the stage and then made into films, often with additional songs, and in the case of
Paint Your Wagon
, with a different collaborating composer. In addition, there are scripts for some shows that were never produced.
The second largest series, Music, is organized alphabetically by show title, and alphabetically therein by song title. Most of the scores are photoreproductions of copyist’s and arranger's manuscripts, and published sheet music. There are also a handful of music manuscripts and sketches in the hands of most of Lerner’s collaborating composers. The collection does not contain copies of every song that Lerner wrote, and it lacks music for some of the shows.
Camelot
,
My Fair Lady
, and
Paint Your Wagon
are the only shows for which there are published piano-vocal scores for all the songs. There are also piano-vocal scores for the individual songs from
The Little Prince
. The collection includes some unused and cut songs from various projects, but not all those known to exist. Some of these unused or cut songs exist elsewhere in the Library’s collections, such as the
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
materials in the Leonard Bernstein Collection, and various shows in the Frederick Loewe Collection.
The following series round out the collection: Correspondence, Family and Personal Papers, Non-Show Writings, Collected Lyrics, Souvenir Programs, Photographs, and Miscellaneous Materials. A significant portion of the Correspondence consists of carbons and copies of letters from Lerner. The production shots for
Camelot
and
Coco
in the Photographs series are particularly distinctive. An inventory of the small amount of audiovisual recordings that have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound Division can be supplied upon request.
Organization of the Alan Jay Lerner Papers
The Alan Jay Lerner Papers are organized in nine series:
-
[Scripts, 1945-1985](scr)
-
[Correspondence, 1956-1985](corr)
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[Family and Personal Papers](fapp)
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[Non-Show Writings, 1943-1985](nswr)
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[Collected Lyrics](lyri)
-
[Souvenir Programs, 1956-1987](soupr)
-
[Photographs, 1933-1980](phot)
-
[Music, 1945-1983](mus)
-
[Miscellaneous Materials](misc)
Container List
Container
Contents
1-14, 36-38
Scripts, 1945-1985
1945-1985
Arranged alphabetically by show title.
An American in Paris (film musical), 1951
1951
Screenplay by Lerner, using pre-existing songs by George and Ira Gershwin.
36
Typescript, bound in leather
36
Typescript, bound in leather
Presentation copy from the Screen Writers' Guild for the best-written American musical of 1951.
The Best of Broadway (unproduced stage special), 1975
1975
Script by Lerner framing various popular Broadway songs.
1/1
Draft script, Aug. 6, 1975
Aug. 6, 1975
Brigadoon (stage musical), 1947 and (film musical), 1954
1947
1954
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
36
Typescript, bound in leather
1/2
Typescript
1/3
Tams-Witmark prompt script
1/4
Tams-Witmark rental prompt script, later copy
1/5
Tams-Witmark script, Spanish translation
1/6
Sceenplay,
Oct. 14, 1953
Oct. 14, 1953
Marked "temporary complete."
Camelot (stage musical), 1960 and (film musical), 1967
1960
1967
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
1/7
Tams-Witmark rental prompt script,
Nov. 22, 1962
Nov. 22, 1962
38
Script (published)
2 copies
One copy annotated by Lerner, the other inscribed by Lerner.
1/8
Screenplay, complete draft, undated
undated
2/1
Screenplay, marked "final"
2/2
Screenplay, marked "revised final"
2/3
Script for Richard Burton revival,
1980
1980
Contact sheet laid in.
2/4
Script for Richard Harris revival,
1981
1981
2/5
Typed lyric sheets
Includes My fair lady and Gigi, incomplete.
Carmelina (musical), 1979
1979
Lyrics by Lerner, book by Lerner and Joseph Stein, music by Burton Lane.
2/6
Final script with corrections
Notes laid in.
2/7
Final script
Notes laid in.
3/1
Stage manager's script
Numerous corrections, annotated.
3/2
First draft of revised script,
Jan. 1986
Jan. 1986
Titled Someone in April.
Coco (musical), 1969
1969
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by André Previn.
36
Typescript, bound in leather
3/3
Draft script,
Nov. 1966
Nov. 1966
3/4
Draft script,
Aug. 1967
Aug. 1967
Revisions laid in.
3/5
Draft script,
Sept. 14, 1967
Sept. 14, 1967
3/6
Draft script 1,
July 1968
July 1968
3/7
Draft script 2,
July 1968
July 1968
With later revisions.
3/8
Incomplete draft script,
Mar. 1969
Mar. 1969
4/1
Draft script,
July 24, 1969
July 24, 1969
4/2
Script,
Nov. 1969
Nov. 1969
Schedule laid in.
4/3
Script,
Dec. 18, 1969
Dec. 18, 1969
4/4-5
Script, marked "Insel,"
Dec. 18, 1969
Dec. 18, 1969
Production schedules and audition sheets laid in.
4/6
Script fragments.
circa 1966
circa 1966
4/7
Script fragments,
Oct., 1968
Oct., 1968
4/8
Script fragments,
1969
1969
5/1
Miscellaneous materials
Including Chanel quotations and a story about Chanel by Lerner.
Dance a Little Closer (musical), 1983
1983
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Charles Strouse.
5/2
Working script, numerous annotations
The Day Before Spring (musical), 1945
1945
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
36
Typescript, bound in leather
5/3
Typescript
Five Slices of the Big Apple (TV special), 1977
1977
Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner, Eleanor Perry, Miguel Piñero, Alfred Hayes, and Charles Gordone.
5/4
Draft script of 'Annabel Lee,'
circa 1976
circa 1976
Correspondence and notes laid in.
5/5
Final complete screenplay
Correspondence laid in.
Gigi (film musical), 1958 and (stage musical), 1973
1958
1973
Screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
5/6
Screenplay with numerous annotations and changes, some in Lerner's hand
36
Stage script, bound in leather
5/7
Stage script,
Nov. 1973
Nov. 1973
Production materials laid in.
6/1
Stage script with numerous annotations (not in Lerner's hand),
1980's
1980's
Marked "amateur," possibly from revival.
Huckleberry Finn (unproduced film musical), 1951-1953
1951-1953
Screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Burton Lane.
6/2
Screenplay,
July 30, 1951
July 30, 1951
The Little Prince (film musical), 1974
1974
6/3
Draft screenplay (complete) with a few additions and corrections,
Feb. 1972
Feb. 1972
Lolita, My Love (stage musical), 1971
[
see also Light of My Life](ligoml)
1971
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by John Barry.
6/4
Lolita, screenplay by Vladimir Nabokov,
1960
1960
6/5
Draft script,
Dec. 24, 1970
Dec. 24, 1970
6/6
Script, Philadelphia version,
Feb. 16, 1971
Feb. 16, 1971
6/7
Script, New York rehearsal version,
circa Mar. 1971
circa Mar. 1971
Marked "never performed."
6/8
Working script used in Boston,
Mar. 1971
Mar. 1971
Includes production notes.
7/1
Script, Boston version,
Mar. 1971
Mar. 1971
7/2
Script, Boston version, undated
undated
7/3
Light of My Life, revised version of Lolita, New York,
Apr. 1971
Apr. 1971
7/4
Light of My Life, revised version of Lolita,
July 1971
July 1971
7/5
Draft script for Prologue,
Apr. 23, 1971
Apr. 23, 1971
7/6-9
Draft script for Act I, scene 1,
Dec. 21, 1970-June 3, 1971
Dec. 21, 1970-June 3, 1971
7/10-13
Draft script for Act 1, scene 2,
Nov. 19, 1970-June 3, 1971
Nov. 19, 1970-June 3, 1971
8/1-3
Draft script for Act 1, scene 3,
Mar. 7-Mar. 23, 1971
Mar. 7-Mar. 23, 1971
8/4-6
Draft script for Act 1, scene 4,
Jan. 13, 1971- Apr. 23, 1971
Jan. 13, 1971- Apr. 23, 1971
8/7-8
Draft script for Act 1, scene 5,
Feb. 25, 1971 and Apr. 7, 1971
Feb. 25, 1971 and Apr. 7, 1971
8/9-10
Draft script for Act 1, scene 6,
Apr. 7, 1971 and Dec. 3, 1971
Apr. 7, 1971 and Dec. 3, 1971
8/11-12
Draft script for Act 1, scene 7,
Jan. 28, 1971 and Apr. 7, 1971
Jan. 28, 1971 and Apr. 7, 1971
8/13-15
Draft script for Act 1, scene 8,
Dec. 22, 1970- Apr. 7, 1971
Dec. 22, 1970- Apr. 7, 1971
8/16-18
Draft script for Act 1, scene 9,
Feb. 8- Apr. 7, 1971, undated
Feb. 8- Apr. 7, 1971, undated
8/19-21
Draft script for Act 1, scene 10,
Nov. 18, 1970-Apr. 12, 1971
Nov. 18, 1970-Apr. 12, 1971
8/22
Draft script for Act 1, scene 11,
Feb. 3, 1971
Feb. 3, 1971
9/1
Draft script for Act 1, scene 12
Various drafts.
9/2
Draft script for Act 1, scene 13
Various drafts.
9/3
Draft script for Act 1, scene 14
Various drafts.
9/4-6
Draft script for Act 2, scene 1,
Dec. 28, 1970-Apr. 4, 1971
Dec. 28, 1970-Apr. 4, 1971
9/7-9
Draft script for Act 2, scene 2,
Feb. 7, 1971-Apr. 9, 1971
Feb. 7, 1971-Apr. 9, 1971
9/10-11
Draft script for Act 2, scene 3,
Jan. 23, 1971 and Mar. 9, 1971
Jan. 23, 1971 and Mar. 9, 1971
9/12-10/1
Draft script for Act 2, scene 4,
Jan. 27, 1971-Apr. 5, 1971
Jan. 27, 1971-Apr. 5, 1971
(3 folders)
10/2-4
Draft script for Act 2, scene 5,
Dec. 2,1970-Apr. 19, 1971
Dec. 2,1970-Apr. 19, 1971
10/5-6
Draft script for Act 2, scene 6,
Dec. 4, 1970 and Mar. 7, 1971
Dec. 4, 1970 and Mar. 7, 1971
10/7
Draft script for Act 2, scene 7,
Mar. 12, 1971
Mar. 12, 1971
10/8
Miscellaneous pages from Act 1
10/9
Original outlines,
circa June 1970
circa June 1970
Production schedule laid in.
10/10
Script, Act 1, marked 'first draft'
10/11
Script, Act 1, incomplete,
Jan. 27, 1971
Jan. 27, 1971
10/12
Script marked "second mimeo version," incomplete, annotated,
Jan. 28, 1971
Jan. 28, 1971
Titled Always Lolita.
Light of My Life (revised version of Lolita)
[
see also Lolita, My Love](lolml)
10/13
Draft script for Act 1, scene 1,
July 13, 1971
July 13, 1971
10/14
Draft script for Act 1, scene 2,
July 13, 1971
July 13, 1971
10/15
Draft script for Act 1, scene 3,
July 13, 1971
July 13, 1971
10/16
Draft script for Act 1, scene 4,
July 14, 1971
July 14, 1971
10/17
Draft script for Act 1, scene 6
10/18
Draft script for Act 1, scene 7,
July 19, 1971
July 19, 1971
10/19
Draft script for Act 1, scene 8,
July 19, 1971
July 19, 1971
10/20
Draft script for Act 1, scene 9,
July 20, 1971
July 20, 1971
10/21
Draft script for Act 1, scene 10,
July 20, 1971
July 20, 1971
11/1
Various scene fragments
Love Life (stage musical), 1948
1948
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Kurt Weill
11/2
Typescript,
undated
undated
The Merry Widow (unproduced screenplay), 1982-1985
1982-1985
11/3
First draft screenplay,
Jan. 1982
Jan. 1982
11/4
Second draft screenplay,
Feb. 5, 1985
Feb. 5, 1985
Titled The Waltz Goes On.
Music! Music! (stage special), 1974
1974
Script by Lerner.
11/5
Draft annotated script
11/6-7
Complete script with annotations
11/8
Typed lyric sheets
My Fair Lady (stage musical), 1956 and (film), 1964
1956
1964
11/9
Stage manager's annotated script,
1956
1956
Marked 'Greg Kayne.'
12/1
Stage manager's annotated script,
undated
undated
From Broadway?
38
Published script
London edition.
38
Published script
Danish translation and edition.
12/2
Screenplay,
June 24, 1963
June 24, 1963
Includes some changes and annotations.
12/3
Stage manager's annotated script,
1976
1976
12/4
Typescript, cut,
1979
1979
Reno version.
12/5
Stage manager's annotated script,
1981
1981
My Man Godfrey (unproduced stage musical), 1985
1985
Lyrics by Lerner, book by Kristi Kane, music by Gerard Kenny.
12/6
Second draft script of Act 1
Miscellaneous annotated lyrics, synopsis and correspondence with Lerner laid in.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (stage musical), 1965 and (film musical), 1970
1965
1970
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Burton Lane.
13/1
Master Broadway script,
Sept. 1965
Sept. 1965
Heavily annotated with numerous revisions and inserts.
13/2
Copy of master Broadway script
Includes additional material.
13/3
Second copy of master Broadway script
Some pages more legible than other copy.
13/4
Script, Broadway opening,
Oct. 17, 1965
Oct. 17, 1965
13/5
Script, copy of Broadway opening,
Oct. 17, 1965
Oct. 17, 1965
13/6
Script, first road version,
Jan. 24, 1966
Jan. 24, 1966
13/7
Script, road version,
circa Aug. 1966
circa Aug. 1966
13/8
Script, revised road/rental version,
Dec. 1966
Dec. 1966
14/1
Screenplay, final draft,
Nov. 18, 1968
Nov. 18, 1968
37
Screenplay
Bound in leather.
Paint Your Wagon (stage musical), 1951 and (film),
1969
1951 and (film),
1969
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe; additional music for film by André Previn.
14/2
Script, tour version,
1952
1952
Incorrectly marked 'Broadway opening.'
14/3
Script, tour version,
1952
1952
Rental copy.
14/4
Script, Club version,
Dec. 30, 1966
Dec. 30, 1966
14/5
Draft screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky,
undated
undated
14/6
Screenplay, final draft,
May 16, 1968
May 16, 1968
37
Screenplay
Bound in leather.
14/7
Script,
1981
1981
Revised version.
Royal Wedding (film musical), 1951
1951
Screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Burton Lane.
37
Screenplay
Bound in leather.
15-16
Correspondence, 1956-1985
1956-1985
Letters, telegrams, postcards, notes, and other communications received by Lerner. Also includes carbons or photocopies of communications sent by Lerner.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
15/1
Aherne, Brian, 1964, 1973, 1979
1964, 1973, 1979
(4 items)
15/2
Allers, Franz, 1964, 1979
1964, 1979
(2 items)
15/3
Andrews, Julie, 1979
1979
15/4
Arlen, Harold, 1960
1960
15/5
Barnes, Billy, circa 1969
circa 1969
15/6
Barry, John, 1971
1971
15/7
Beaton, Cecil, undated
undated
(3 items)
15/8
Behrman, S.N., 1959
1959
15/9
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1965
1965
(2 items)
Two typescripts laid in.
15/10
Bennett, Robert Russell, 1974-1975
1974-1975
(2 items)
15/11
Berlin, Irving, 1970, 1973
1970, 1973
15/12
Berliner, Milton L., 1977
1977
15/13
Bernheim, Alain
15/14
Bernstein, Leonard, 1977
1977
15/15
Bevan, Don, 1963
1963
15/16
Blackwell, Earl, 1979
1979
15/17
Bluhdorn, Charles, 1978
1978
15/18
Bocher, Main, 1960
1960
15/19
Bogarde, Dirk, 1962
1962
(2 items)
15/20
Brown, Edward G., 1974
1974
(2 items)
15/21
Bruce, Morys, 1957
1957
(2 items)
15/22
Burton, Richard, 1964, 1979, undated
1964, 1979, undated
15/23
Cahn, Sammy, 1978
1978
(4 items)
15/24
Caniff, Milton, 1957-1958, 1973
1957-1958, 1973
15/25
Carmichael, Hoagy, 1962
1962
(2 items)
15/26
Cerf, Bennett, 1963
1963
(2 items)
15/27
Charnin, Martin, 1974
1974
15/28
Clayton, Jan, undated
undated
15/29
Coward, Noel, 1957
1957
(2 items)
15/30
Crooker, Earle T., 1963
1963
15/31
Cukor, George, 1965, 1974
1965, 1974
(2 items)
15/32
De Liagre, Alfred, undated
undated
15/33
De Mille, Agnes, 1979
1979
15/34
De Rothschild, 1957
1957
15/35
Di Gioia, John J., 1963
1963
15/36
Dietz, Howard and Lucinda, 1973-1974
1973-1974
(2 items)
15/37
Dolan, Casey, undated
undated
15/38
Donen, Stanley, 1973-1974
1973-1974
(3 items)
15/39
Downing, Robert, 1961
1961
15/40
Engel, Lehman, 1973-1974
1973-1974
(4 items)
15/41
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1969-1979
1969-1979
15/42
Feuer, Cy, 1972
1972
15/43
Financial correspondence, mainly 1980's
mainly 1980's
15/44
Fisher, J. W., 1979
1979
(5 items)
15/45
Fosse, Bob, 1973
1973
(2 items)
15/46
Foster, Gladys, 1963
1963
15/47
Frank, Melvin, 1971
1971
15/48
Frosch, Aaron, 1978
1978
15/49
Furth, George, 1979
1979
15/50
Gardner, Marvin Dale, 1963
1963
15/51
Glenville, Peter, 1964
1964
15/52
Grunwald, Henry, 1961
1961
15/53
Gruson, Sidney, 1973
1973
Tribute laid in.
15/54
Guber, Lee, 1974
1974
(3 items)
15/55
Hagedorn, Hermann, 1963
1963
15/56
Harnick, Sheldon, 1979
1979
15/57
Harrison, Rex, 1979 and undated
1979 and undated
15/59
Hart, Dorothy, undated
undated
15/58
Hart, Kitty Carlisle, undated
undated
15/60
Hepburn, Katharine, 1979
1979
15/61
Javits, Jacob K., 1974
1974
15/62
Kiley, Richard, 1974
1974
(2 items)
15/63
Knill, C. Edwin, undated
undated
15/64
"L" miscellaneous
15/65
Lahr, John, 1970
1970
(2 items)
15/66
Lane, Burton, 1963, 1977
1963, 1977
(3 items)
15/67
Lane, Lynn, undated
undated
15/68
Lantz, Robert, 1978
1978
15/69
Lazar, Irving, 1969-1977
1969-1977
15/70
Lee, Raymond E., 1970
1970
15/71
Lerner, Helen (aunt), 1978
1978
15/72
Lerner, Michael (uncle), 1978
1978
15/73
Leshner, Don, 1960
1960
(2 items)
15/74
Levin, Herman
15/75
Levine, Maurice, 1977
1977
15/76
Levy, Hal, undated
undated
15/77
Lilley, John J., 1970
1970
(2 items)
15/78
Littler, Prince, 1970
1970
15/79
Lloyd, Allan, 1960
1960
(2 items)
15/80
Loewe, Frederick, 1956, undated
1956, undated
15/81
Logan, Josh, 1978, undated
1978, undated
15/82
Loopuyt, Peter, 1963
1963
Letter regarding Lerner's father, photograph laid in.
15/83
Loos, Anita, 1963
1963
(2 items)
15/84
Loudon, Dorothy, 1977
1977
15/85
"M" miscellaneous
15/86
Mackintosh, Cameron, 1982
1982
(3 items)
15/87
Maney, Richard, undated
undated
15/88
Markel, Lester, 1961
1961
15/89
Merrick, Mike, 1980
1980
15/90
Miller, Stanley, 1960
1960
(6 items)
15/91
Mills, Andrew, 1978
1978
15/92
Minow, Newton, 1956-1957
1956-1957
(4 items)
16/1
Miscellaneous business correspondence
Includes contracts for Five Slices of the Big Apple and Melissa.
16/2
Moses, Robert, 1971
1971
(5 items)
16/3
Nathan, Theodore R.
16/4
Neff, Perry, 1973
1973
(2 copies)
16/5
Nixon, Richard, 1960
1960
16/6
Nizer, Louis, 1973
1973
16/7
Numier, Richard M., 1960
1960
(3 copies)
16/8
O'Donnell, Kenneth, 1962
1962
Special assistant to President John F. Kennedy.
16/9
Orsag, Carol, 1978
1978
(2 items)
16/10
Paley, William S., 1978
1978
16/11
Pelletier, Emile, 1961
1961
16/12
Previn, André, 1969-1970
1969-1970
(6 items)
16/13
Pringle, John, 1982
1982
16/14
Pusey, Nathan M., 1957
1957
16/15
"R" miscellaneous
16/16
Redgrave, Michael, 1979
1979
16/17
Robbins, Jerome, 1977
1977
16/18
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1960
1960
16/19
"S" miscellaneous
16/20
St. John, Seymour, 1974
1974
16/21
Schlatter, George, 1970
1970
(2 items)
16/22
Schlesinger, John, 1967
1967
16/23
Schlessinger, Arthur, 1978
1978
16/24
Schwartz, Arthur, 1965, undated
1965, undated
(2 items)
16/25
Selznick, Daniel M., 1965
1965
16/26
Selznick, Irene Mayer, 1956, 1973
1956, 1973
16/27
Shaw, Irwin, 1963
1963
16/28
Sillman, Leonard, 1967
1967
16/29
Sinatra, Frank, 1970
1970
16/30
Sondheim, Stephen, 1963
1963
16/31
Sosenko, Anna, 1979
1979
16/32
Springer, John, 1978
1978
16/33
Stein, Joseph, 1958
1958
16/34
Stevenson, Adlai, 1961, 1963
1961, 1963
16/35
Stout, Rex, 1957
1957
16/36
Streisand, Barbra, 1969
1969
16/37
Strouse, Charles, undated
undated
16/38
Swift, William N., 1960
1960
(2 items)
16/39
Tynan, Kenneth, 1972
1972
(2 items)
16/40
Warde, George, 1973
1973
16/41
Weissberger, Arnold, 1974
1974
(2 items)
16/42
Welles, Ben, 1960
1960
16/43
White, Theodore, 1977
1977
(2 items)
16/44
Wilk, Max, 1972
1972
(3 items)
16/45
Wouk, Herman, 1957-1979
1957-1979
16/46
Yablans, Frank, 1974
1974
16/47
Unidentified
16-17
Family and Personal Papers
16/48
Biographical information, including obituary
16/49
Birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates, divorce papers, and more
16/50
Lerner, Grandfather
16/51
Lerner, Jenny
16/52
Lerner, Karen Grunderson
17/1
Lerner, Karen Grunderson, divorce papers
17/2
Lerner, Liz Robertson
17/3
Lerner, Liza
17/4
Lerner, Michael
Includes photograph with the Beatles.
17/5
Lerner, Micheline
17/6
Lerner, Nina Bushkin
17/7
Personal and domestic finances
17-19, 38
Non-Show Writings, 1943-1985
1943-1985
17/8
"50 golden years of Oscar" -- Lerner comments
17/9
AADA tribute to Lerner,
Americana
newsletter, 1969
1969
17/10
Advice to young musical writers, Jan. 1952
Jan. 1952
(2 items)
17/11
Article on Cole Porter, undated
undated
17/12
Article on collaboration with Loewe, Sept. 1960
Sept. 1960
17/13
Article on extrasensory perception, undated
undated
(4 versions)
17/14
Article on Frank Sinatra from
Cue Magazine
, 1970
1970
Two versions with correspondence to Sinatra laid in.
17/15
Article on Irving Berlin, 1978
1978
17/16
Article on Julie Andrews, 1965
1965
17/17
Article on Katharine Hepburn, circa 1970
circa 1970
17/18
Article on Maurice Chevalier, 1972
1972
From The Washington Post.
17/19
Article on Moss Hart, 1959
1959
17/20
Article on Richard Rodgers for
TV Guide
, 1976
1976
17/21
Article for
The Saturday Review
, 1961
1961
17/22
Biography of Lerner
17/23
Cable television show script, undated
undated
17/24
Chasamba, ideas for book
Correspondence laid in.
17/25
Column for the
New York Post
, Aug. 8, 1958
Aug. 8, 1958
17/26
Comment on
Paint Your Wagon
from
Mademoiselle
magazine, 1969
1969
17/27
"Creation of a Lady," from
Alpha RHO Journal
, 1960
1960
18/1
"The creative environment," from
Town and Contry
magazine
(7 items)
Several drafts.
18/2
"The dolls of Long Island," Dec. 1971
Dec. 1971
18/3
"Fantasy in the theatre," from the
Grolier Encyclopedia Yearbook
, 1948
1948
18/4
"Favorite recipes of famous men," 1967
1967
18/5
Foreword to Howard Dietz's autobiography, 1974
1974
18/6
Foreword to Vincente Minnelli's autobiography, undated
undated
18/7
Friars Club tribute to Barbra Streisand, Apr. 8, 1969
Apr. 8, 1969
18/8
"Le Grand at the Grand"
(4 copies)
18/9
Graduation speeches, Harvard University, 1963
1963
(3 versions)
18/10
Harvard article, June 1957
June 1957
18/11
"Illuminate but don't eavesdrop," from
New York Times
, Aug. 25, 1963
Aug. 25, 1963
(3 versions)
18/12
Interview with Lerner from the
Beverly Hills Courier
, 1972
1972
18/13
Interview with Lerner from the Five O'Clock News, Aug. 5, 1966
Aug. 5, 1966
18/14
Interview with Lerner from
McCall's
, circa 1960
circa 1960
18/15
Introduction to
Coco
at the Tony Awards
18/16
Introduction for Mark Shaw's photography exhibition, undated
undated
18/17
Kennedy Center Honors
18/18
"Life and love and Lerner and Loewe," 1960
1960
18/19
Lists of Lerner's lyrics, 1943-1969
1943-1969
(2 items)
18/20
Lorenz Hart, an appreciation, June 1985
June 1985
18/21
"Love from Lerner, thank heaven for little girls," undated
undated
Script for Robert Goulet.
18/22
Lyrics speech, 1977
1977
18/23-24
Lyrics speech, 1982
1982
18/25
Lyrics talk, circa 1970
circa 1970
(3 versions)
18/26
Memories of
My Fair Lady
, Detroit, 1973
1973
Detroit
18/27
"The modern musical," 1949
1949
Article in the Grolier Encyclopedia Yearbook.
18/28
The musical theatre, circa 1980
circa 1980
16-page draft
18/29
New York Times Great Songs of Broadway
, 1973
1973
Lerner's introduction.
18/30
Notes on songs for newsletter
18/31
"Oh, what a beautiful musical," from
New York Times
, May 12, 1963
May 12, 1963
18/32
Opening Night
, sketches for a play
19/1
"
Pygmalion
and
My Fair Lady
," from
The Shaw Bulletin
, Nov. 1956
Nov. 1956
19/2
"The rhymes that try men's souls"
19/3
Roger Stevens, the Kennedy Center Honors script, 1976
1976
19/4
Script for George McGovern nomination event, circa 1972
circa 1972
19/5
"Shavian musical notes," from
New York Times
, Mar. 11, 1956
Mar. 11, 1956
19/6
Smithsonian speech on Kurt Weill, Dec. 14, 1972
Dec. 14, 1972
19/7
Song for Irving Lazar's birthday, undated
undated
19/8
Speech for the opening of the Kennedy Center
19/9
Speech honoring Rex Harrison, 1979
1979
19/10
Speech on Lerner's father, 1968
1968
Correspondence laid in.
19/11
Speeches for tribute to Lerner by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Feb. 9, 1969
Feb. 9, 1969
19/12
Stages of love, ideas for book
19/13
Statement for the
Dramatists Guild Bulletin
, May 11, 1961
May 11, 1961
(3 copies)
38
The Street Where I Live
, 1980
1980
Lerner's memoir, published, London paperback.
19/14
Tribute to Kitty Carlisle Hart
(2 items)
19/15
Tribute to Richard Rodgers, 1962
1962
19/16
"The words and the music -- Moss Hart"
19-20
Collected Lyrics
19/17-19
Collected lyrics
19/20--20/2
Complete lyrics (typed), circa 1985
circa 1985
(4 folders)
20/3-4
Lolita, My Love
lyrics
21
Souvenir Programs, 1956-1987
1956-1987
21/3
Brigadoon
, Wolf Trap revival
21/4
Camelot
, 1960, 1980
1960, 1980
21/16
Coco
, 1969
1969
21/5
An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner,
1987
1987
21/6
Gigi
,
1973
1973
21/7-8
The Kennedy Center Honors,
1985
1985
21/9
Lerner and Loewe, a very special evening
21/10
My Fair Lady
,
1956, 1979, 1981
1956, 1979, 1981
Includes undated French production.
21/11
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
,
1965
1965
21/12
Paint Your Wagon
movie souvenir program,
1969
1969
21/13
Silver anniversary tribute to Alan Jay Lerner,
1969
1969
21/14
Tribute to Lerner and Loewe on the
Ed Sullivan Show
,
1961
1961
21/15
The Wonderful World of Lerner and Loewe,
1961
1961
22-23, 35
Photographs, 1933-1980
1933-1980
22/1
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
rehearsal photographs
22/2
Bernstein, Leonard, with Lerner
22/3
Brigadoon
, Broadway production, 1947
1947
35/17
Brigadoon
, Broadway production (oversize),
1947
1947
22/4
Camelot
rehearsal photographs,
1960
1960
22/5-6
Camelot
production photographs,
1960
1960
22/7
Camelot
recording session photographs,
1960
1960
22/8
Camelot
Broadway replacement cast photographs,
1960
1960
22/9-10
Camelot
costume designs,
1960
1960
22/11-12
Camelot
set designs,
1960
1960
22/13
Camelot
London production photographs,
1964
1964
22/14
Camelot
Broadway revival photographs,
1980
1980
35/18
Chanel, Coco (oversize)
22/15
Chevalier, Maurice
22/16
Coco
costume designs
22/17
Coco
general photographs
22/18
Coco
production photographs
35/19
Coco
promotional photographs (oversize)
23/1
The Day Before Spring
23/2
An Evening with Lerner and Loewe
television special,
1961
1961
23/3
Family photographs
23/4
Ferrer, Jose with Lerner
23/5
Freed, Arthur, with Lerner,
1957
1957
23/6
Gigi
movie photographs,
1957
1957
23/7
Gigi
Paris opening,
1958
1958
23/8
Gigi
Broadway production photographs,
1973
1973
23/9
Harrison, Rex with Lerner
23/10
Hart, Kitty Carlisle with Lerner
23/11
Harvard brief,
1933-1934
1933-1934
23/12
Hasty Pudding show
23/13
Hayes, Helen with Lerner
23/14
Hepburn, Katharine with Lerner
23/15
Holloway, Stanley with Lerner and Cathleen Nesbitt
23/16
Lamb's Club
23/17
Lerner portraits
23/18
Life of the Party
playbill cover
23/19-20
Loewe, Frederick with Lerner and others
35/20
Loewe, Frederick with Lerner and others (oversize)
23/21
Maney, Richard with Lerner
23/22
My Fair Lady
Broadway production,
1956
1956
23/23
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Broadway rehearsal and production photographs
Includes Louis Jourdan.
23/24
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
movie stills
35/21
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
movie promotional materials (oversize)
23/25
Paint Your Wagon
Broadway production,
1951
1951
23/26
Paint Your Wagon
movie stills and design negatives,
1969
1969
23/27
Rodgers, Richard with Lerner
23/28
Royal Wedding
stills
23/29
Sinatra, Frank with Lerner
23/30
Sullivan, Ed with Lerner and Loewe,
1961
1961
23/31
What's Up?
23/32
Yablans, Frank with Lerner
23/33
Unidentified
24-35, 37
Music, 1945-1983
1945-1983
Unless otherwise noted, items are piano-vocal scores and/or lead sheets. Folders may contain multiple versions. Typed lyric sheets are sometimes included.
Arranged alphabetically by show title.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (stage musical), 1976
1976
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Leonard Bernstein.
24/1
10 square miles and Dove; Bridge to 10 square miles
Bernstein holograph sketch
24/2
Forty acres and a mule
24/3
I love my wife
Includes Bernstein holograph lead sheet.
24/4
If I was a dove
24/5
The little white lie
24/6
Lud's reply
Bernstein holograph sketch
24/7
Mark of a man
24/8
Red white and blues
Includes Bernstein holograph sketch.
24/9
Seena
24/10
Sonatina
24/11
Uncle Tom
24/12
We must have a ball
24/13
Welcome home Miz Adams
Brigadoon (stage musical), 1947 (film musical), 1954
1947
1954
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
24/14
Brigadoon
24/15
Come to me, bend to me
24/16
Down on MacConnachy Square
24/17
From this day on
24/18
The heather on the hill
24/19
I'll go home with Bonnie Jean
24/20
The love of my life
24/21
My mother's weddin' day
24/22
There but for you go I
24/23
Waitin' for my dearie
24/24
Piano-vocal score
Camelot (stage musical), 1960 (film musical), 1967
1960
1967
Book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
25/1
Camelot
25/2
Fie on goodness
25/3
Follow me
Includes lyric sheets, one with Lerner annotations.
25/4
How to handle a woman
25/5
I loved you once in silence
25/6
If ever I would leave you
25/7
The lusty month of May
25/8
Overture
25/9
The simple joys of maidenhood
25/10
Then you may take me to the fair
25/11
What do the simple folk do
25/12
Piano-vocal selections (film)
25/13
Piano-vocal score (stage)
Carmelina (stage musical), 1979
1979
Lyrics by Lerner, book by Joseph Stein, music by Burton Lane.
25/14
Carmelina
25/15
I must have her
25/16
I'm a woman
25/17
The image of me
25/18
It's time for a love song
25/19
Love before breakfast
25/20
One more walk around the garden
25/21
Signora Campbell
25/22
Someone in April
25/23
Why him?
Coco (stage musical), 1969
1969
Lyrics and book by Lerner, music by André Previn.
26/1
Always Mademoiselle
[
see also Why why](why)
26/2
A brand new dress
26/3
But that's the way you are
26/4
Chanel #5
Previn holograph lead sheet, without lyric
26/5
Coco
26/6
Gabrielle
26/7
George's verse
Previn holograph lead sheet, without lyric
26/8
Let's go home
26/9
Mademoiselle cliché de Paris
26/10
The money rings out like freedom
26/11
My mind's made up
Previn holograph sketches
26/12
Ohrbach's, Bloomingdale's and Best and Saks
26/13
Personal history
26/14
Someone on your side
Includes Previn holograph sketch and lead sheet, no lyric.
26/15
Turn on the lights
26/16
What a wonderful world
Previn holograph sketch
26/17
Whatever happened to me
Includes Previn holograph lead sheet, without lyric.
26/18
When your lover says goodbye
26/19
Why why; Always Mademoiselle
Previn holograph lead sheets, without lyric
26/20
A woman is how she loves
26/21
The world belongs to the young
26/22
The world loves a winner
Previn holograph piano-vocal score, without lyric
Dance a Little Closer (stage musical), 1983
1983
Lyrics and book by Lerner, music by Charles Strouse.
27/1
Another life
27/2
Dance a little closer
27/3
I never want to see you again
27/4
It never would have worked
27/5
No man is worth it
27/6
On top of the world
27/7
There's always one you can't forget
The Day Before Spring (stage musical), 1945
1945
Lyrics and book by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
27/8
The day before spring
27/9
God's green world
27/10
I love you this morning
27/11
A jug of wine
27/12
My love is a married man
27/13
This is my holiday
27/14
You haven't changed at all
28
Piano-conductor score
Bound, Act I only.
Gigi (film musical), 1958 (stage musical), 1973
1958
1973
Lyrics, book and screenplay by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
27/15
A toujours (till always)
27/16
Aunt Alicia's march
Piano score
Buzzing number
[
see Gossip](gos)
27/17
The earth and other minor things
27/18
Gigi
Includes script pages.
27/19
Gossip ; Buzzing number
27/20
I never want to go home again
27/21
I remember it well
Includes French and German versions.
27/22
I'm glad I'm not young anymore
Includes German version.
27/23
Ice skating sequence
Piano score
Includes sketch in Trude Rittmann's hand.
27/24
In this wide, wide world
27/25
It's a bore
Includes Loewe holograph lead sheet without lyric
29/1
The night they invented champagne
Includes German version.
29/2
The Parisians
Includes German version.
29/3
Say a prayer for me tonight
Includes German version.
29/4
Thank heaven for little girls
Includes German version.
29/5
Waltz at Maxim's (She is not thinking of me)
Includes German version.
29/6
Piano-vocal selections (stage version)
29/7
Lyric sheets in French and German
Huckleberry Finn (unproduced film), circa 1951-1953
circa 1951-1953
Lyrics and screenplay by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
29/8
Cornstalk fiddle and the buckeye bow
29/9
Give me a horse
29/10
Headin' for New Orleans
29/11
Huckleberry Finn
29/12
I ain't never felt so good before
29/13
I'll wait for you by the river
29/14
Pittsburgh blue
29/15
When you grow up you'll know
29/16
The world's full of suckers
29/17
Typed lyric sheets
The Little Prince (film), 1973
1973
Lyrics and screenplay by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
30/1
Be happy
Closer and closer and closer
[
see Piano-vocal selections](pvs)
30/2
I need air
30/3
I never met a rose
30/4
I'm on your side
30/5
Little Prince
30/6
Matters of consequence
30/7
A snake in the grass
30/8
Why is the desert
You're a child
[
see Piano-vocal selections](pvs)
30/9
Piano-vocal selections
Includes: Closer and closer and closer; You're a child.
Lolita, My Love (stage musical, closed out-of-town), circa 1970-1971
circa 1970-1971
Lyrics and book by Lerner, music by John Barry.
30/10
All you can do is tell me you love me
30/11
Beardsley School for Girls
Barry [?] holograph lead sheet, no lyric.
30/12
Farewell little dream goodbye
30/13
Going, going, gone
30/14
How far is it to the next town
30/15
In the broken promise land of fifteen
30/16
Like a fool I always believe me
Barry [?] holograph lead sheet, no lyric.
30/17
Lolita
30/18
The same old song
30/19
Saturday
30/20
Tell me, tell me
30/21
There's no one at the organ
30/22
End of scene eight, Act one
Script pages with lyrics, no music.
30/23
Lyric sheets
Love Life (stage musical), 1948
1948
Lyrics and book by Lerner, music by Kurt Weill.
31/1
Blues
31/2
Economics
31/3
Finale
31/4
Green-up time
31/5
Green-up time (double quartette)
31/6
Here I'll stay
31/7
I remember it well
31/8
I'm your man
31/9
Is it him or is it me
31/10
Love song
31/11
Madrigal
31/12
Minstrel show
31/13
Mother's getting nervous
31/14
Mr. Right
31/15
My kind of night
31/16
Progress
31/17
Susan's dream
31/18
This is the life
31/19
Who is Samuel Cooper
My Fair Lady (stage musical), 1956 (film musical), 1964
1956
1964
Lyrics and book by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.
32/1
Come to the ball
32/2
Get me to the church on time
32/3
I could have danced all night
32/4
I've grown accustomed to her face
32/5
Just you wait
32/6
On the street where you live
32/7
The rain in Spain
Includes one page with lyric in Loewe's hand, and music in the hand of Trude Rittmann.
32/8
Show me
32/9
Why can't the English
32/10
With a little bit of luck
32/11
Wouldn't it be loverly
32/12
Piano-vocal selections (film)
32/13
Voice parts
32/14
Piano-vocal score (stage)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (stage musical), 1965 (film musical), 1970
1965
1970
Lyrics, book and screenplay by Lerner, music by Burton Lane.
34/3
Come back to me
34/4
Go to sleep
34/5
Hurry! It's lovely up here!
34/6
I'll not marry
34/7
Love with all the trimmings
34/8
Melinda
34/9
On a clear day
34/10
On the S.S. Bernard Cohn
34/11
Ring out the bells
34/12
She wasn't you
34/13
Tosy and cosh
34/14
Wait till we're sixty-five
34/15
What did I have that I don't have?
34/16
When I'm being born again
34/17
Who is there among us who knows?
34/18
Organ-vocal selections (stage)
Paint Your Wagon (stage musical), 1951 (film musical), 1969
1951
1969
Lyrics and book by Lerner; music by Loewe; screenplay by Lerner; music for additional songs by André Previn.
33/1
Another autumn
33/2
Best things
33/3
Cariño mio
33/4
The first thing you know
33/5
Gold fever
33/6
The gospel of No Name City
33/7
I still see Elisa
33/8
I talk to the trees
33/9
I'm on my way
33/10
A million miles away behind the door
33/11
Sh!
33/12
Take the wheels off the wagon
33/13
They call the wind Maria
33/14
Wandrin' star
33/15
Piano-vocal selections (film)
33/16
Piano-vocal selections (film, song album version)
33/17
Easy to play piano selections (film)
34/1
Piano-vocal score (stage)
With inserts for 1952 national tour.
34/2
Piano-vocal score (stage)
Royal Wedding (film musical), 1951
1951
Lyrics and screenplay by Lerner, music by Burton Lane.
35/1
Ev'ry night at seven
35/2
The happiest day of my life
35/3
How could you believe me when I said I love you...
35/4
I left my heart in Haiti
35/5
Open your eyes
35/6
The Sunday jumps
35/7
Too late now
35/8
You're all the world to me
Tribute (film), 1980
1980
35/9
It's all for the best
Lyric by Lerner, music by Jack Lemmon; written for the film, but perhaps not used.
What's Up (stage musical), 1943
1943
Lyrics by Lerner, book by Lerner and Arthur Pierson, music by Frederick Loewe.
35/10
You wash and I'll dry
35/11
You've got a hold on me
Lerner and Loewe Songbook
37
Published song book
Bound in leather
Non-Show Songs
35/12
Between friends
Words and music by Lerner, Ted Straeter, and Stanley Miller.
35/13
Choate football song
Lyrics only
35/14
Lonely men of Harvard ; Dedication
Lyrics only
Letter from Nathan Pusey laid in.
20-21, 24, 35, 38
Miscellaneous Materials
20/5
An epilogue for President Kennedy, by T.H. White
20/6
A celebration of Alan Jay Lerner, July 10, 1986
July 10, 1986
Includes playbills, caricature design, seating plan, and stage manager's script.
35/15
Clippings and articles
20/7
Coco
production file
20/8
Coco
research materials, 1960s
1960s
Includes lyric drafts.
24/25
"Coco,"
The Daily Telegraph
, 1970 February 20
1970 February 20
20/9
George Bernard Shaw postcard, 1923
1923
20/10
The Lerner Letter
35/16
New York Times
promotional supplement for
My Fair Lady
fourth anniversary
38
New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets Handbook
, by Burgess Johnson, 1957
1957
Heavily annotated by Lerner.
20/11
News from Alfred Productions,
Nov. 1960
Nov. 1960
20/12
Paint Your Wagon
movie release schedule
20/13
Playbills,
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
-
Gigi
21/1
Playbills,
Gigi
-
What's Up?
21/2
Poster negatives for
The Little Prince
,
My Fair Lady
,
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(movies)