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Inventory of the Ruth and Augustus Goetz Papers, 1900-1996*T-Mss 1999-003Billy Rose Theatre DivisionThe New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsNew York, New YorkThe Billy Rose Theatre Division. New York Public Library.40 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, NY 10023-7498(212) h/lpa/the/the.htmlProcessed by: Camille Croce DeeDate Completed: June 2001Encoded by: Mary Ellen RoganEncoding of the finding aid sponsored by grant funding from The Gladys KriebleDelmas Foundation. 2001 The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Allrights reserved.
Descriptive SummaryTitle:Ruth and Augustus Goetz Papers, 1900-1996COLLECTIONID:*T-Mss 1999-003Creator:Goetz, Ruth .Creator:Goetz, Augustus .EXTENT:15 linear feet scrapbooks and oversizedRepository:The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.Billy Rose Theatre Division.Abstract:The Papers of Ruth and Augustus Goetz contain documentation of their lives andcollaboration as playwrights.Administrative InformationAccess:Collection is open to the public. Photocopying prohibited. Advance notice may berequiredPublication Rights:For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.Preferred Citation:Ruth and Augustus Goetz Papers, *T-Mss 1999-003, Billy Rose Theatre Division,The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsProcessingInformation:The collection was processed and cataloged in June 2001.Biographical NotePlaywright, adapter and translator, Ruth Goodman Goetz was born January 12,1912 in Philadelphia, the only child of Lily Cartun Goodman and Philip Goodman,a theatrical producer and writer. She grew up in New York City and waseducated at P.S. 93 and later at Miss Marshall's Classes for YoungGentlewomen. She left Miss Marshall's at the age of 15 and attended school inParis for two years, possibly at the Sorbonne. Mrs. Goetz studied scenic designwith Norman Bel Geddes and worked as a costume and scenic designer. After areversal in her family's finances, H. L. Mencken, a family friend, obtained a
position for Ruth around 1930 with Blanche and Alfred A. Knopf in theirpublishing house. One source indicates she also read scripts for SamuelGoldwyn.After Philip Goodman sold some properties to the movies, he and Ruth sailed forEurope on the DeGrasse. It was on this ship that she met a stockbroker namedAugustus Otto Goetz. They were married on October 11, 1932. Soon after theirmarriage, Augustus Goetz gave up his Wall Street job to pursue a writing career.He and Ruth returned to Europe, living in boarding houses for a year and a halfwhile attempting to write. After returning to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, wherethey purchased a farmhouse in Keller's Church, they began to write seriously.Their third play, Franklin Street, a comedy based on Philip Goodman'srecollections of his early life in Philadelphia, was produced at the NationalTheater, Washington, D.C. in September 1940. One Man Show, the Goetzes'next play, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 8, 1945. In 1946,their only child, Judith, was born.The Goetzes' most famous play, The Heiress, was adapted from the HenryJames novel, Washington Square. After a brief out-of-town run under the sametitle as the novel, the Goetzes revised the play and it opened on Broadway at theBiltmore Theatre, September 29, 1947 starring Basil Rathbone and Wendy Hiller.After the success of the play, Ruth and Augustus Goetz went to Hollywood aswriters on the Paramount lot. There they wrote the screenplay for The Heiress,directed by William Wyler, which was released in 1949. Their screenplay wasnominated for a Writers Guild of America Award that same year. They alsoadapted Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie for the screen; it was released asCarrie in 1952. Other screenplays include Rhapsody (MGM, 1954), and StageStruck (Buena Vista, 1958).After five years in Hollywood, Ruth and Augustus Goetz returned to New York,where they purchased a house at 1380 Lexington Avenue. They adapted André
Gide's novel, The Immoralist for the stage, which opened at the Royale Theatreon February 8, 1954. The last play they wrote together was The Hidden River.Based on Storm Jameson's novel, The Hidden River opened at the PlayhouseTheatre on January 23, 1957.Ruth Goetz continued writing subsequent to her husband's death in September1957. She collaborated with George S. Kaufman on Ring in the New, which wasnever produced. She also wrote Sweet Love Remember'd, which closed in NewHaven in 1959 following the death of its star, Margaret Sullavan. Mrs. Goetz alsoadapted and translated several French plays, including L'Amour Fou by AndreRoussin (produced out of town in 1963 and 1964 as Madly in Love). Shecollaborated with Bart Howard on Play on Love, which they adapted fromComme au Theatre by Francoise Dorin. The play opened at St. Martin's Theatre,London on January 14, 1970. Other plays include a number of unproducedworks, such as her adaptation of The Odyssey for a Cup of Tea by Jean MichelRibes (1974), Giving and Taking (1977), and C'Etait Comment Dejas (How ItWas and Is) by Jean Bouchaud, which she adapted (1980). Around 1962, RuthGoetz also wrote A Class of One, her unpublished memoir.Throughout the 1970s, Ruth Goetz spent extended periods of time in London,where her daughter Judith and her family lived. She also traveled frequently toEurope. A lifelong registered Democrat, she campaigned for Franklin D.Roosevelt, speaking and writing in 1940 and 1944 and later worked for the civilrights cause. Mrs. Goetz also served actively for several decades on the boardsand as an officer of several professional organizations such as The AuthorsLeague Fund, The Authors League of America, The Dramatists Guild, TheDramatists Guild Fund, the New York Institute for the Humanities, and YoungPlaywrights, Inc. She was appointed to Community Planning Board No. 8 of NewYork and worked as a volunteer at P.S. 9 in Harlem through the Public EducationAssociation, a group which attempted to raise reading scores in underprivilegedschools. Ruth Goetz currently lives in New York City.
Augustus Otto Goetz was born in Buffalo, New York in 1899, to Augustus, aninsurance man, and Blanche Goetz. He attended the University of Pennsylvania,where he was a member of the varsity crew. According to some sources, heattended a number of Catholic schools, such as Fordham University andGeorgetown University. Mr. Goetz served as a Navy flier in World War I. In 1930,he worked as a lifeguard in Atlantic City. He went to work as a bond salesmanand trader on Wall Street and began to think about becoming a writer. AugustusGoetz married Ruth Goodman in 1932 and they lived for several years in Paris,Vienna and elsewhere in Europe.In addition to his collaborations with Ruth Goetz, in 1939, Augustus Goetz wrotea series of humorous stories, including Home is Where You Hang Yourself withS.J. Perelman, which was published in the New Yorker. Augustus Goetz died atMount Sinai Hospital in New York City after a brief illness on September 30,1957.Producer and author Philip Goodman, father of Ruth Goetz, was born inPhiladelphia in 1885. As a young man, he came to New York and worked on amagazine edited by Theodore Dreiser. He later went into the advertisingbusiness and eventually owned his own agency and published The Ad News, atrade magazine. Although the exact year is unknown, it is known that PhilipGoodman married Lily Cartun sometime before 1912, when Ruth was born.Because of his admiration for the work of the writer Don Marquis, PhilipGoodman convinced him to write a play about his character Clem Hawley, TheOld Soak. In 1922, Arthur Hopkins produced the play with the same title at thePlymouth Theatre in New York on August 22, 1922. In 1923, Goodman producedthe musical comedy Poppy, which featured W.C. Fields and Madge Kennedy.Other Philip Goodman productions include Dear Sir by Edgar Selwyn, music byJerome Kern, lyrics by Howard Dietz (1924), The Ramblers by Guy Bolton, BertKalmar and Harry Ruby, featuring Clark and McCullough (1926), The Wild Man
of Borneo by Marc Connelly and Herman J. Mankiewicz (1927), the musicals TheFive O'Clock Girl by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby(1927), and Rainbow by Lawrence Stallings and Oscar Hammerstein II, music byVincent Youmans (1928). In 1929, Goodman produced Among the Married byVincent Lawrence.Philip Goodman's final production was Washington Heights also by VincentLawrence (1931). His final years were devoted to writing plays. One of these,Lady at Large was produced by the Shuberts out of town. He died of a heartailment on July 20, 1940 in New York City at the age of 55. Franklin Street, hismemoirs of his early years in Philadelphia, was published by Alfred A. Knopf twoyears after Philip Goodman's death. (It appears that Ruth Goetz completed thisbook.)Scope and Content NoteThe Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers span the years 1900-1996 and consist ofpersonal papers, including Goodman family papers, and Goetz family papers,correspondence, production materials, scripts, materials relating to otherprojects, photographs, clippings, ephemera, and several ledgers andscrapbooks. Because Augustus Goetz died in 1957, many of the materialspertain specifically to Ruth Goetz. The Goodman family papers date from theearly decades of the century, when Ruth's father, Philip Goodman, wasproducing Broadway shows. Since many of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's friendsand associates included working theater professionals and other writers, such asEnid Bagnold, Kitty Carlisle and Moss Hart, Lillian Hellman, and Florence andHarold Rome, the papers provide a valuable insight into the 20th century theaterand literary worlds.The papers are especially rich in scripts and contain early drafts and handwrittenrevisions for a number of plays by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, bothproduced and unproduced. Scripts by other playwrights and writers such as
James M. Cain, Don DeLillo, John Guare, Tina Howe, and Vincent Lawrence arealso included. Some correspondence and notes relating to the Goetzes' workscome from the files of their literary agent, Leah Salisbury. Until her death in 1975,Mrs. Salisbury continued to serve as Ruth Goetz's representative. These papersoffer a glimpse into the playwright/agent relationship and into the negotiationprocess.Personal papers consist of datebooks, journals and address books, biographicalmaterials, Goodman family papers, Goetz family papers, and articles, essays,and speeches by Ruth Goetz. The family papers include some writings by PhilipGoodman, photographs of Philip Goodman, Ruth and Augustus Goetz and theirdaughter, Judith, other family and friends, and the Goetzes' home in Keller'sChurch, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.The correspondence series includes personal and professional letters to andfrom Ruth and Augustus Goetz. Since Ruth Goetz often kept clippings and otherephemera relating to many of those with whom she corresponded, thesematerials have been included with their correspondence.Organization materials contain papers relating to professional associations withwhich Ruth Goetz was affiliated, such as The Authors Guild and The AuthorsLeague of America, The Dramatists Guild, The Dramatists Guild Fund, theEugene O'Neill Theater Center, New Dramatists, the Writers Guild of AmericaWest, and Young Playwrights Inc., as well as two institutions to which shedonated materials-New York Public Library and the Wisconsin Center for Filmand Theater Research.The production series consists largely of scripts, correspondence, contracts,royalty statements, some production materials and ephemera relating to theGoetzes' produced plays and films: Franklin Street, The Heiress, The HiddenRiver, The Immoralist, Madly in Love, One Man Show, Play on Love (Comme auTheatre), Stage Struck (Motion picture), Sweet Love Remember'd, and
Washington Square, an earlier and unsuccessful version of The Heiress.Because of its huge success, The Heiress is the most thoroughly documented ofthe productions and includes materials on productions of the play throughout theworld, as well as adaptations to musicals, an opera, film, television and radio.Other projects contain writings and background materials for script ideas,television show proposals, play fragments, and a China travel journal. Theprojects are mostly by Ruth Goetz, but there are also several by Augustus Goetz.The series includes A Class of One, an unpublished memoir by Ruth Goetz.Unproduced and other scripts encompass playscripts by Ruth and AugustusGoetz which were never produced as well as plays, poetry, one book proposaland a published book by other authors.The scrapbooks and ledgers series consists of two scrapbooks mostly ofclippings, probably belonging to Ruth Goetz and Philip Goodman and financialledgers of Ruth and Augustus Goetz.OrganizationThe collection is organized into eight series and 28 sub-series. They are: Series I : Personal Paperso Sub-series 1 - Journals, Diaries and Datebookso Sub-series 2 - Biographical Materialso Sub-series 3 - Goodman Family Paperso Sub-series 4 - Goetz Family Paperso Sub-series 5 - Articles, Essays and SpeechesSeries II : CorrespondenceSeries III : Organizationso Sub-series 1 - The Authors Guild/The Authors League of Americao Sub-series 2 - The Dramatists Guild, Inc.o Sub-series 3 - The Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc.o Sub-series 4 - Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National PlaywrightsConferenceo Sub-series 5 - New Dramatistso Sub-series 6 - The New York Institute for the Humanitieso Sub-series 7 - Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Researcho Sub-series 8 - Writers Guild of America West, Inc.
Sub-series 9 - Young Playwrights Inc.Series IV : Productionso Sub-series 1 - Franklin Streeto Sub-series 2 - The Heiresso Sub-series 3 - Here Todayo Sub-series 4 - The Hidden Rivero Sub-series 5 - The Immoralisto Sub-series 6 - Madly in Loveo Sub-series 7 - One Man Showo Sub-series 8 - Play on Love (Comme au Theatre)o Sub-series 9 - Stage Struck (Motion picture)o Sub-series 10 - Sweet Love Remember'do Sub-series 11 - Washington Squareo Sub-series 12 - Dramatists Play ServiceSeries V : Other ProjectsSeries VI Scripts : Unproduced and OthersSeries VII : Scrapbooks and Ledgerso Sub-series 1 - Ledgerso Sub-series 2 - ScrapbooksSeries VIII : Oversizedo Container Listing and Series DescriptionsSeries I: Personal PapersThis series is divided into five sub-series: Journals, Diariesand Datebooks, Biographical Materials, Goodman FamilyPapers, Goetz Family Papers, and Articles, Essays andSpeeches and includes correspondence, photographs,ephemera, clippings, financial documents, and legaldocuments relating to Ruth and Augustus Goetz and RuthGoetz's family, the Goodmans.Sub-series 1 - Journals, Diaries and Datebooks, 19321994.92 linear feetChronologicalArranged chronologically, this series consists mostly ofRuth Goetz's address books and datebooks. Often
written in Ruth Goetz's own hand, these books alsocontain clippings on various topics such as pregnancy,quotations, and book reviews. A blood sugar diary isincluded, since Mrs.Goetz is a diabetic. One journal andtwo pages from two address books have been placedwith Restricted Material, due to the personal nature of thewriting.b. 1f. 1Journal of quotations and clippings / Ruth Goetz1 folderNotepad of quotations and clippings [n.d.] in Ruth Goetz'shandwriting.b. 1f. 2Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz, ca. 1970-19891 folderb. 1f. 3Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz, ca. 19791 folderAddress book in Ruth Goetz's handwriting; first page containingpersonal information filed in Box 30, Folder 3.b. 1f. 4Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz, ca. 19941 folderAddress book including clippings; first page containing personalinformation filed in Box 30, Folder 3.b. 1f. 5Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz, ca. 19311 folderAddress book with clippings.b. 1f. 6Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz, ca. 1989-19901 folderAddress book and "Blood Sugar Diary" in Ruth Goetz's handwriting;"England - Chichester 1989 or 1990" written on first page of addressbook.b. 2f. 1Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz1 folderTwo address books [n.d.] in Ruth Goetz's handwriting.b. 2f. 2Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz1 folderTwo address books [n.d.] in Ruth Goetz's handwriting; one in fragilecondition.b. 2f. 3Address and telephone books / Ruth Goetz1 folderAddress book with additional loose pages [n.d.] in Ruth Goetz'shandwriting.
b. 2f. 4Datebooks / Ruth Goetz, 1970; 19741 folderTwo datebooks in Ruth Goetz's handwriting.b. 3f. 1Datebooks / Ruth Goetz, 1987-19881 folderTwo datebooks in Ruth Goetz's handwriting.b. 3f. 2Datebooks / Ruth Goetz, 1990-19941 folderFive datebooks in Ruth Goetz's handwriting.b. 30f. 1-2Datebooks / Ruth Goetz, 1979-19942 foldersClosed material: seven datebooks and two address books in RuthGoetz's handwriting containing personal information; includes pagesfrom address books in Box 2, folders 3 and 4.b. 30f. 3Journal / Ruth Goetz, ca. 1982-19871 folderClosed material: handwritten journal containing personalinformation.Sub-series 2 - Biographical Materials, 1918-19892 foldersThis series contains brief resumes written by both Ruthand Augustus Goetz, including a humorous one writtenby Augustus around 1951. There are also clippings,including an obituary of Augustus Goetz, correspondenceand a New Theater Review interview with Ruth Goetzand Garson Kanin by John Guare titled How to Cut aPlay.b. 3f. 3Biographical materials / Ruth and Augustus Goetz, ca. 1951-19681 folderBiographical sketches, includes a humorous autobiographical sketchwritten by Augustus Goetz, handwritten notes by Ruth Goetz and aclipping.b. 3f. 4Clippings / Ruth and Augustus Goetz, 1918-19891 folderClippings [1918; 1949-1989; 1 undated] on Ruth and AugustusGoetz.Sub-series 3 - Goodman Family Papers, 1900-1969.41 linear feet
This series consists of materials mostly on PhilipGoodman, but also includes one folder of material on LilyCartun Goodman. It includes correspondence, clippings,obituaries, photographs (mostly unidentified), programsfrom several of Philip Goodman's productions, passengerlists for several of the ocean liners on which the familytraveled, and miscellaneous writings by Philip Goodman.Ephemera includes materials from Goodman's schooldays and mock stationery he and others (possibly H.L.Mencken and Augustus Goetz) had printed. Of particularinterest are two scores from Franz Lehar operettas:Alone at Last (1915) and Paganini (1927), the latter ofwhich is inscribed by Lehar to Mrs. Goodman.b. 3f. 5Papers / Lily Cartun Goodman, 1937-19511 folderPersonal papers, correspondence, death certificate and obituary ofRuth Goetz's mother [1937; 1950-1951; 1 undated].b. 3f. 6Correspondence / Philip Goodman, 1918-19691 folderCorrespondence [ca. 1918, 1921, 1932-1933; 1958; 1969; 1 undated]to and from Philip Goodman, Ruth Goetz's father; includes letterfrom Howard Dietz to Ruth Goetz, copies of letters from H.L.Mencken, and letters to Benn Levy.b. 3f. 7-8Sheet music from productions / Philip Goodman, 1923-19282 foldersSheet music for Philip Goodman productions: The Five O'Clock Girl[1927], No Other Girl [1923], Poppy (Musical) [1923], Rainbow[1928] and The Ramblers [1926].b. 3f. 9Professional projects / Philip Goodman, 1918-19391 folderPrograms [1918-1938] for the Friars Second Winter Frolic[3/3/1918], The Five O'Clock Girl [ca. 1927], and Lady at Large,Shubert Theatre, New Haven [4/29-30/1938].b. 3f. 10Cruise ship passenger lists, 1907-19211 folderPassenger lists and Cunard Daily Bulletin for cruises taken byGoodman family [1907; 1913; 1920-1921].
b. 3f. 11Miscellaneous writings / Philip Goodman, 19421 folderMiscellaneous writings by Philip Goodman [1 item ca. 1942; othersn.d.], including an unidentified play fragment and poems. There is apoem written to Ruth Goetz on her 30th birthday [ca. 1942].b. 3f. 12Miscellaneous writings / Philip Goodman1 folderMiscellaneous writings by Philip Goodman [ca. 191?], includingshort pieces: "Album Leaf," "A Business Opportunity," "AChampion of Champions," "Fables of Frailty," "The Free Lunch inthe Golden Age," "A Glossary without Gloss," "Men of Beer," and"When Ersters Were in Season."b. 4f. 1Ephemera / Philip Goodman, 1900-19401 folderIncludes school news and clipping, U.S. State Dept. letter ofintroduction, death certificate, letterhead, and mock stationerycreated by Philip Goodman and others, possibly H.L. Mencken andAugustus Goetz.b. 4f. 2Clippings / Philip Goodman, ca. 1923-19421 folderClippings about Philip Goodman [ca. 1923-1942; some undated],including some of his writings, reviews of his play Lady at Large[1938)] his production Dear Sir [1924], and his autobiographicalbook Franklin Street [1942].b. 4f. 3Alone at last (Operetta) / Franz Lehar, 19151 folderPublished score.b. 4f. 4Paganini (Operetta) / Franz Lehar, 19271 folderPublished score inscribed by Franz Lehar to Mrs. Goodman; fragilecondition.b. 4f. 5Photographs / Goodman family, ca. 1900-19391 folderPhotographs of the Goodman family, including Philip Goodman andhis father and some unidentified.Sub-series 4 - Goetz Family Papers, 1905-1993.31 linear feetIncluded in this series are legal and financial documentssuch as estate papers, wills, living wills, appraisal of thecontents of Ruth's Goetz's East 72nd Street apartment,ephemera, correspondence and other papers from familymembers such as Judith Goetz Sanger, Harry Goetz,
Esther Goetz, and George "Sonny" Daniels, AugustusGoetz's ward. Photographs include a shot of Ruth andAugustus Goetz as extras in Sidney Lumet's film, StageStruck, for which they wrote the screenplay, shots ofConstance Cummings, Arlene Francis, Al Hirschfeld,Benn Levy, Samson Raphaelson, Florence and HaroldRome, Oliver Unger and L. Arnold Weissberger. Onefolder of Goetz Family Papers containing financial papershave been placed with Restricted Materials, becausethey contain personal information.b. 4f. 6Estate papers / Augustus Goetz, 1924-19611 folderIncludes last will and testament, other legal documents, memorialresolution from Dramatists Play Service, correspondence, and papersregarding his gravestone.b. 4f. 7Ephemera / Augustus Goetz1 folderIncludes Augustus Goetz's business cards, driver's licenses,Confederate States of America bill, "Vote for Gus Goetz '20" cardfrom Georgetown University, and menu from Delta Phi Chi annualbanquet, Fordham University, [ca. 1920-1937; 1956; some undated].b. 4f. 8Miscellaneous notes / Ruth Goetz, ca. 1957-19891 folderMiscellaneous handwritten notes and jottings [ca. 1957; 1989; someundated].b. 4f. 9Inventory and appraisal of apartment contents / Ruth Goetz, 19691 folderInventory and appraisal of apartment contents at 530 East 72ndStreet, New York City, 6/26/1969; includes cover letter 6/8/1976.b. 4f. 10Correspondence / Judith Goetz Sanger, ca. 1948-19591 folderCorrespondence including some from childhood, trust agreements,and vaccination certificate.b. 4f. 11Correspondence / Judith Goetz Sanger, 1961-19931 folderCorrespondence, clippings, wedding program and invitation;includes note from Katie Firth, Judith Goetz Sanger's daughter.b. 4f. 12Correspondence / George G. Daniels, 1946-19591 folderCorrespondence of George G. ("Sonny") Daniels, Augustus Goetz's
ward and possibly nephew; includes two letters from Sonia Daniels,George G. Daniels's first wife.b. 4f. 13Correspondence / Esther Goetz, 1953-19541 folderCorrespondence and ephemera of Esther Goetz and Harry Goetz,relatives of Augustus Goetz.b. 4f. 14Living will materials / Ruth Goetz, 1984-19851 folderBrochures, correspondence, printed materials, form signed by RuthGoetz and clippings relating to living wills.b. 4f. 15Lost ring appraisal and papers / Ruth Goetz, 1987-1988Appraisal, New York Times advertisements and miscellaneoushandwritten notes relating to a ring lost by Ruth Goetz.b. 4f. 16Merrily we roll along (Musical) / Stephen Sondheim, 19811 folderLimited partnership agreement and auditors' report for The MerrilyCompany [1981], which was the production company for MerrilyWe Roll Along (Musical); "Merrily Company - 1,000 to Hal Prince"written by Ruth Goetz on original folder.b. 4f. 17Ephemera / Ruth Goetz, ca. 1949-19911 folderCatalogues of art exhibits, memorial service programs for CathleenNesbitt and Irene Mayer Selznick, the Tinicum Bulletin fromErwinna, Pennsylvania, and miscellaneous clippings.b. 5f. 1Wills and related correspondence / Ruth Goetz, 1951-19771 folderCorrespondence, invoices, clippings, and documents related to RuthGoetz's will [1951; 1969-1977; 1 undated]; includes a copy of RuthGoetz's will dated 11/7/1973 and notated as current 1/25/1977.b. 5f. 2Photographs / Augustus Goetz, ca. 1905-19501 folderIncludes photographs of Augustus Goetz [ca. 1905; ca. 1936; 1950]with Al Hirschfeld, Benn Levy and Samson Raphaelson.b. 5f. 3Photographs / Ruth Goetz, ca.1930-19931 folderPhotographs of Ruth Goetz including a photo with Arlene Francisand Constance Cummings by L. Arnold Weissberger; includesphotos with Mel Calman and Florence and Harold Rome.b. 5f. 4Family photographs / Ruth and Augustus Goetz, ca.1930-19891 folderFamily photographs of Ruth and Augustus Goetz, including somewith their daughter Judith; includes a still photo of Ruth andAugustus doing a walk-on in the film Stage Struck [1958] and sittingin an empty theater.b. 5f. 5Photographs / Judith Goetz Sanger, ca. 1948-1999
1 folderPhotographs of Judith Goetz Sanger, Ruth and Augustus Goetz'sdaughter, and her family; includes photo with Constance Cummingsand photo of Katherine Firth, her daughter.b. 5f. 6Family photographs / Ruth and Augustus Goetz, ca. 19301 folderPhotographs of the Goetzes' Keller's Church, Bucks County,Pennsylvania home.b. 5f. 7Miscellaneous photographs / Ruth and Augustus Goetz, ca. 193819891 folderMiscellaneous photographs, including photographs of James Harity,Benn Levy, S.J. Perelman and his children, Oliver Unger, andConstance Cummings's cat.b. 30f. 4Ephemera / Ruth Goetz, 1948-19891 folderClosed materials: receipts for contributions and expenses,applications for exemption from French taxes and bankbook [19481956; 1965-1989].Sub-series 5 - Articles, Essays and Speeches, 1976-ca.19853 foldersThis series contains pieces written by Ruth Goetz,including an article on John Guare for Dramaticsmagazine, articles for The Dramatists Guild Quarterly,Equity News and a speech probably delivered at TheNew York Institute for the Humanities. Correspondence,rough drafts and a contract are included for several ofthese projects.b. 5f. 8Living playwrights in the living theatre : John Guare / Ruth Goetz,May 19831 folderProfile of John Guare published in Dramatics magazine, May 1983;includes correspondence, including a letter from Jerome Lawrence, acontract and drafts of the article.b. 5f. 9-10Articles and speeches / Ruth Goetz, 1976-ca. 19852 foldersSeries II: Correspondence, 1940-19941 linear foot
AlphabeticalThis series also contains ephemera such as clippings andmemorial service programs kept by Ruth Goetz forindividuals with whom she had some association. Frequentcorrespondents include Rebecca "Becky" Bernstein,Constance Cummings, Leah Salisbury (the Goetzes literaryagent), and Genevieve Ulmann of the Marguerite Scaltielliterary agency in Paris.Some notable correspondents arePeggy Ashcroft, Enid Bagnold, Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont,James M. Cain, Aaron Copland, Olivia de Havilland, JohnGielgud, Kitty and Moss Hart, Lillian Hellman, Al Hirschfeldand Dolly Haas Hirschfeld, S. J. Perelman, J.B. Priestley,Samson Raphaelson, Ralph Richardson, Florence Rome,Stephen Sondheim, Gore Vidal, and William Wyler. Somecorrespondents are unidentified or identified by first nameonly.b. 5f. 11Correspondence "A", 1959-19891 folderBusiness and personal correspondence [1959; 1978; 1989; someundated], including letters from Brooks Atkinson and MargaretAtwood.b. 5f. 12Correspondence / Dame Peggy Ashcroft, 1949-19911 folderCorrespondence and ephemera [1949; 1985; 1987; 1991; someundated] from Peggy Ashcroft including flyer for benefit, text of speechat Michael Redgrave's memorial service, eightieth birthday tributeprogram, and obituaries.b. 5f. 13Correspondence "B", 1954-19891 folderBusiness and personal correspondence including a letter from AbeBurrows and some unidentified correspondents.b. 5f. 14Correspondence / Enid Bagnold, 1959-19811 folderCorrespondence from Enid Bagnold; includes obituaries.
b. 5f. 15Correspondence / Ralph Barton, ca. 19321 folderLetter from and two articles about Ralph Barton.b. 5f. 16Correspondence / Hugh Beaumont, 1949-19731 folderCorrespondence on business and personal matters; includes obituaries.b. 5f. 17Correspondence / Lois Berman, 1961-19741 folderBusiness correspondence during Lois Berman's employment with LeahSalisbury's literary agency and one letter after she established her ownliterary agency.b. 5f. 18-19Correspondence / Rebecca Bernstein, 1937-19812 foldersPersonal correspondence and ephemera including clippings of articlesby Rebecca Drucker (Bernstein) and a note from Oscar Bernstein,Rebecca's husband and Ruth Goetz's attorney.b. 5f. 20Correspondence "C", 1941-19911 folderBusiness and personal correspondence including letters from BettyComden, Cheryl Crawford and Jerome Chodorov.b. 5f. 21Correspondence / James M. (James Mallahan) Cain, 1947-19781 folderPersonal correspondence including clippings and an untitled manuscriptexcerpt.b. 5f. 22Correspondence / Mel Calman, 1985-19941 folderPersonal correspondence including clippings of articles by Mel Calmanand cartoon sketch by Mel Calman for Ruth Goetz.b. 5f. 23Correspondence / Gerald Chapman, 1980-19881 folderCorrespondence from Gerald Chapman including a letter from hisparents after his death and a copy of correspondence to his parents fromthe Dramatists Guild; ephemera includes his memorial service programand obituaries.b. 5f. 24Correspondence related to his estate / Marc
Gide's novel, The Immoralist for the stage, which opened at the Royale Theatre on February 8, 1954. The last play they wrote together was The Hidden River. Based on Storm Jameson's novel, The Hidden River opened at the Playhouse Theatre on January 23, 1957. Ruth Goetz continued wri
