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Series II: David J. Oppenheim

Subseries A: Career at CBS; Oppenheim's general correnspondence while at CBS

Sub Subseries A: General

David Oppenheim Correspondence, 1964-1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Programming Correspondence: Charlie Chaplin, 1964-1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Notes and Correspondence, 1964-1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Notes and Correspondence, 1964-1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim California Addresses, Phone Numbers, Correspondence, 1965-1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Correspondence, 1966-1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Correspondence, 1966-1968, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lucy Gerringer Correspondence, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim "Theater Doodles", undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries B: Research/programming

Scope and Contents note

Provides information on the background work and research Oppenheim oversaw on his productions while at CBS. The broadcasts for which there is such information include "Casals at 88," Oppenheim's show on Igor Stravinsky, and "Pop Life: The Rock Revolution."

Dance and Film, 1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Background: African-American/Youth Theater, 1965-1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stravinsky Project, 1965-1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Interviews with Stravinsky, May 1965

Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oppenheim Interviews with Stravinsky, 1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stravinsky Clippings, 1965-1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Music Education, 1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soviet Broadcast, 1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rubinstein Project, 1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rock/Folk Music and Teen-agers, 1965-1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop" Notes and Correspondence, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tandyn Almer Songs, 1965-1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. on Teens and Pop Culture, 1966-1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Herman Bull Session" for "Inside Pop", undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes from Underground II, 1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop" Budgeting, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes on Film and Theater, 1964-1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theatre: Film Research and Notes, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater: Correspondence with Producers and Directors, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater Research, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater: Quotes and Facts, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater: Misc. Correspondence, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater: Misc. Correspondence, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. New York Theater Companies, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vanguard Theater, Pittsburgh, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bergen Mall Playhouse, Paramus, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minnesota Theater Co., 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inner City Repertory Company, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Yale University File, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Regional Theater: Background and Programming Notes for TV, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Theater Groups, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commentary on Theater: Oppenheim and Others, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater: Celebrity Service, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State of the Theater: Appointments and Phone Call Sheet, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Playbills, undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Clippings, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Herman Levin/Stella Adler Projects, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Projects: "Janis Ian" and "The Last of the Crazy People", undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Programming, 1967, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Buffalo Shot Lists, 1968, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries C: Scripts and Transcripts

Teleplay for "The Corn is Green", 1956, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Dial `M' for Murder" Script and Notes, 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Christmas Tree" Cast List, Notes, and Script, 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Script from "The Christmas Tree", 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Fall of Fame: "Johnny Belinda," Script, 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Johnny Belinda," Second Revision, 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Script from "Berkeley Square", 1959, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures", 1959, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures," Script and Notes, 1959, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Ah, Wilderness", 1959, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Ah, Wilderness," Script and Notes, 1959, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Alice and Wonderland," Television Adaptation, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Devil's Disciple," Notes and Script, 1959, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Devil's Disciple", 1959, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Give Us Barabbus," Script, 1961, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Cyrano de Bergerac", 1962, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Invincible Mr. Disraeli," Cast List and Script, 1963, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," Cast List and Script, 1963, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror," Cast List and Script, 1964, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Casals at 88," Transcript and Reviews, 1964-1965, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Inherit the Wind," Cast List and Script, 1965, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stravinsky Transcript, 1966, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Igor Stravinsky and Students, Transcript from Rolls 9B-23, 1966, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transcript from Stravinsky Show, 1965, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution", 1967, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution", 1967, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop," Transcript from the First Reels, 1967, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop," Reels 16-37, 1967, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop," Reels 38-46, 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop," Reels 51-77, 81-90, 105, 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Inside Pop," Reels 106-116, 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. "Inside Pop", 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transcript from "Stella Adler", undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Incomplete Script, no title or date, undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries D: Administrative Matters at CBS

CBS Personnel, 1961, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CBS Expense Reports, 1966, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CBS Publicity Contacts, 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries E: Reports and Conferences

Personnel: Outside Producers, 1967-1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Federal Communications Commission and Testimony of CBS, Oct 2, 1961

Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cleveland Conference on Public Service Programming, 1963, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries F: Promotional Material: "Play of the Week"

New Dramatist Committee, 1966-1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Play of the Week, Promotional, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Play of the Week, Promotional, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Play of the Week, Promotional, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Play of the Week, Promotional, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries G: Press Clippings, most of which are reviews of different Oppenheim broadcasts

CBS Storyline Summaries,, 1966, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reactions to Stravinsky,, 1966, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Research and Programming

Sub Subseries A: General Correspondence at PBL

Reviews, 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. PBL Notes and Correspondence, 1967-1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interoffice Memos, the Living Theater, 1967, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Boradcastng, 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young Audiences Inc., 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Notes and Memoes, 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Correspondence, 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Broadcastng, 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes and Accounts, 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Oppenheim, 1968, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries B: Research and Programming

Scope and Contents note

Included here is background information on a number of programs produced by Oppenheim, including his Jean-Luc Godard special, the broadcast about the Buffalo Arts Festival, and the Living Theatre.

PBL: Jazz Dance, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PBL: Dance File, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Background on Czechoslovakia, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ladislav Fialka--Czechoslovakia's Mime Theater, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Buffalo": Interviews at the Buffalo Arts Festival, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean Luc Godard Broadcast, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes and Correspondence: Jean Luc Godard, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean Luc Godard--Feature Film, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Programming: Poet Laureate, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hubley-Hutchins: "Zuckerkandl", 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Living Theater", 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Theater Announcements and Publicity, 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Faces of War," and Other Programming, 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fred Bohen, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Programming, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Programming, 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Programming, 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Programming, 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries C: Scripts and Transcripts

Frank Schwartz/"Love Lies Bleeding", undated, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transcript from "Tango", 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"William Ball Show," #2,, undated, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries D: PBL Administration

National Education Television,, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PBL Financial Records and Receipts,, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries C: Early Career at NYU

Sub Subseries A: Early NYU Correspondence

Oppenheim: Beginnings at NYU, 1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

School of the Arts Memoes, 1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries B: Early NYU Administration

SOA Faculty Lists, 1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proposal for MFA in Musical Theater, undated, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub Subseries C: NYU Sesquicentennial

Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1981, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1981, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1981, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1981, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sesquicentennial Celebration and Other Misc. SOA Business, 1981, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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