Richard Adler collection
Contributors: Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990; Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959; Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950; Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943; Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994; Harris, Julie, 1925-; Porter, Cole, 1891-1964; Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960; Adler, Clarence, 1886-1969; Green, Paul, 1894-1981; Ross, Jerry, 1926-1955; Abbott, George, 1887-1995; Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987; Prince, Harold, 1928-
Published: 1950
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2000
Description: This collection of Richard Adler's papers is rich in correspondence with notable figures of the 20th century. Also included are scrapbooks, sound recordings, photographs, theatrical ephemera, production and publicity materials, and personal memorabilia. Names associated with the collection: Ernest Bloch, Aaron Copland, Walter Damrosch, Fannie Hurst, Albert Einstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Julie Harris, Cole Porter, Oscar Hammerstein, Clarence Adler, Paul Green, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, Bob Fosse, and Harold Prince.
Notes: Richard Adler collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Richard Adler is an American composer and lyricist, the son of the distinguished pianist and pedagogue Charles Adler. He produced the Pajama Game and Damn Yankees on Broadway. Richard Adler was the producer and director for various celebrity productions in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.