Robert Lewis papers, correspondence
Special Collections and Archives
Robert Lewis papers, correspondence
Special Collections and Archives
Robert Lewis papers, correspondence
Finding Aid for the Robert Lewis papers
Sub-series 3A: Correspondence: Chronological
Much of Robert Lewis' early correspondence relates to business. In later years, he combined both business and personal correspondence. Research note: See also Correspondence: Alphabetical.
Box 29
Folder -- Contents
- Correspondence: [1940s]
- Correspondence: 1950
- Correspondence: 1951
- Correspondence: 1953
- Correspondence: January-June, 1954
- Correspondence: July-December, 1954
- Correspondence: January-February, 1955
- Correspondence: March, 1955
- Correspondence: April, 1955
- Correspondence: May, 1955
- Correspondence: June, 1955
- Correspondence: July-December, 1955
- Correspondence: January-June, 1956
- Correspondence: July-August, 1956
- Correspondence: 1957
- Correspondence: 1958
- Correspondence: January-February, 1959
- Correspondence: March, 1959
- Correspondence: April-May, 1959
- Correspondence: June-December, 1959
- Correspondence: January-June, 1960
- Correspondence: July-December, 1960
- Correspondence: January-April, 1961
- Correspondence: May-December, 1961
- Correspondence: January-May, 1962
- Correspondence: June, 1962
- Correspondence: July-December, 1962
- Correspondence: January-August, 1963
- Correspondence: September-December, 1963
- Correspondence: 1964
- Correspondence: 1965
- Correspondence: 1966
- Correspondence: 1967
- Correspondence: January-June, 1968
- Correspondence: August-September, 1968
- Correspondence: 1969
- Correspondence: 1970
- Correspondence: 1971
- Correspondence: 1972
- Correspondence: 1973
- Correspondence: January-June, 1974
- Correspondence: July-December, 1974
- Correspondence: January-June, 1975
- Correspondence: July-December, 1975
- Correspondence: January-June, 1976
- Correspondence: July-December, 1976
- Correspondence: January-June, 1977
- Correspondence: July-December, 1977
- Correspondence: January-June, 1978
- Correspondence: July-December, 1978
- Correspondence: January-June, 1979
- Correspondence: July-December, 1979
- Correspondence: January-June, 1980
- Correspondence: July-September, 1980
- Correspondence: October-December, 1980
- Correspondence: January-April, 1981
- Correspondence: May-June, 1981
- Correspondence: July-December, 1981
- Correspondence: January-April, 1982
- Correspondence: May-July, 1982
- Correspondence: August-December, 1982
- Correspondence: January-June, 1983
- Correspondence: July-October, 1983
- Correspondence: November-December, 1983
- Correspondence: January-April, 1984
- Correspondence: May-October, 1984
- Correspondence: November-December, 1984
- Correspondence: January-March, 1985
- Correspondence: April-June, 1985
- Correspondence: July-December, 1985
Sub-series 3A: Correspondence: Chronological
Much of Robert Lewis' early correspondence relates to business. In later years, he combined both business and personal correspondence. Research note: See also Correspondence: Alphabetical.
Box 30
Folder -- Contents
- Correspondence: January-March, 1986
- Correspondence: April-June, 1986
- Correspondence: July-October, 1986
- Correspondence: November-December, 1986
- Correspondence: January-June, 1987
- Correspondence: July-October, 1987
- Correspondence: November-December, 1987
- Correspondence: January-March, 1988
- Correspondence: April-June, 1988
- Correspondence: July-September, 1988
- Correspondence: October-December, 1988
- Correspondence: January-April, 1989
- Correspondence: May-June, 1989
- Correspondence: July-October, 1989
- Correspondence: November-December, 1989
- Correspondence: January-June, 1990
- Correspondence: July-October, 1990
- Correspondence: November-December, 1990
- Correspondence: January-March, 1991
- Correspondence: April-June, 1991
- Correspondence: July-September, 1991
- Correspondence: October-December, 1991
- Correspondence: January-March, 1992
- Correspondence: April-June, 1992
- Correspondence: July-September, 1992
- Correspondence: October-December, 1992
- Correspondence: Christmas and New Years cards: Folder 1 of 2: 1992
- Correspondence: Christmas and New Years cards: Folder 2 of 2: 1992
- Correspondence: January-March, 1993
- Correspondence: April-June, 1993
- Correspondence: July-December, 1993
- Correspondence: January-March, 1994
- Correspondence: April-September, 1994
- Correspondence: October-December,1994
- Correspondence: January-February, 1995
- Correspondence: March-April, 1995
- Correspondence: May-August, 1995
- Correspondence: September-December, 1995
- Correspondence: Christmas and New Years cards: Folder 1 of 2: 1995
- Correspondence: 1996
- Correspondence: 1997
- Correspondence: Folder 1 of 3: [no dates]
- Correspondence: Folder 2 of 3: [no dates]
- Correspondence: Folder 3 of 3: [no dates]
- Correspondence: Postcards: [no dates]
Sub-series 3A: Correspondence: Chronological
Research note: See also Correspondence: Alphabetical.
Box 31
Folder -- Contents
- Postcard album: Postcards collected by or sent to Lewis: 1951-1972
Sub-series 3B: Correspondence: Alphabetical
Robert Lewis separated much of his correspondence with famous people, friends and family from his chronological correspondence. Lewis' corresponded with many well-known people including actors, playwrights, singers, dancers and composers. Material is organized alphabetically by the individual's last name. When the full name could not be determined, the correspondence has been filed under the first letter of the last name. Date Range: 1927-[1990s] Research note: See also Correspondence: Chronological.
Box 32
Folder -- Contents
- As (miscellaneous)
- Adler, Ellen
- Adler Rosenfeld, Lulla
- Adler, Pearl
- Adler, Stella
- Albee, Edward
- Albert, Eddie
- Amram, David and Lora Lee
- Anderson, Max
- Andrews, Herb
- Anthony, Mary
- Arlen, Harold
- Aronson, Boris, Lisa and Marc
- Ashcroft, Peggy
- Atkinson, Brooks
- Aumont, Jean Pierre
- Bs (miscellaneous)
- Bachardy, Don
- Baker, Charles Adams
- Baldridge, Harold
- Ball, June
- Ballard, Kay
- Bancroft, Anne
- Barker, Margaret
- Barnard, Henry
- Barrymore, John and Elaine
- Baxley, Barbara
- Beaton, Cecil
- Beaumont, Hugh
- Bell, Marion
- Bentley, Eric
- Bermel, Albert
- Berstein, Aline
- Berstein, Leonard
- Bey, Turhan
- Bing, Rudolf
- Blau, Herbert
- Blitzenstein, Marc
- Bloom, Leo (humorous correspondence signed "Ronald Nehru" but "Leo Bloom," written by Lewis)
- Bovasso, Julie
- Braff, Maria, Natasha and Nila
- Brando, Marlon (including playbills for The Men, A Streecar Named Desire and Viva Zapata)
- Brenman-Gibson, Margaret
- Brooks, Mel
- Brown, John Mason
- Brustein, Robert
- Buchholz, Horst
- Burke, Eddie (Robert Lewis' assistant)
- Cs (miscellaneous)
- Caldwell, Robert
- Campbell, Sandy
- Capote, Truman
- Carnovsky, Morris
- Cavett, Dick and Carrie Nye
- Chan, Jacqui
- Chapin, Schuyler
- Chaplin, Charles and Oona
- Chase, Mary
- Chinoy, Helen Krich
- Clift, Montgomery
- Clurman, Harold
- Coen, Fabio
- Cole, Jack
- Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle
- Conners, Edward
- Copland, Aaron
- Corey, Jeff (?)
- Corman, Roger
- Coward, Noel
- Craig, David
- Crawford, Cheryl
- Crawford, Joan
- Crosby, Bing
- Cronyn, Hume
- Cunard, Nancy
- Cusick, Edla
- Ds (miscellaneous)
- Dache, Lilly
- Darvis, Lili
- Dassin, Jules
- Dauphin, Claude,
- Davidson, Gordon
- De Lavallade, Carmen
- De Mille, Agnes Prude
- d'Erlanger, Catherine
- Diamond, David
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Dodson, Owen
- Driberg, Tom
- Ducrocq, Gabrielle
- Dufour, Val
- Durang, Christopher
- Edwards, Christine
- Ellis (?), Robert
- Engel, Lehman
- Epstein, Alvin
- Evans, Maurice
- Fs (miscellaneous)
- Feigay, Paul
- Feingold, Michael
- Ferber, Edna
- Ferrer, Mel
- Field, Sally
- Fishbein, Freida
- Fiske, Dwight
- Fitelson, William H.
- Flanner, Janet
- Fleming, Robert
- Ford, Ruth
- Gs (miscellaneous)
- Gabor, Eva
- Gardiner, James Ware
- Garfield, John and Julie
- Garrett, Betty
- Gassner, John
- Gaynor Gregory, Janet
- Gehry, Frank
- Guildgud, John
- Gingold, Hermione
- Glenville, P[eter]
- Goldman, Milton
- Gordon, Dennie
- Gordon, Ruth
- Gorelik, Mordecai "Max"
- Graham, Martha
- Grant, Cary
- Grant, David Marshall
- Green, Gerald
- Green, Paul
- Guare, John
- Guiness, Qileen
- Gutherie, Tyrone
- Hs (miscellaneous)
- Hageman, Larry
- Haigh (?), Kenneth
- Hansen, William
- Harburg, Edgar "Yip"
- Harris, Barbara and Arnold Weinstein
- Hayes, Helen
- Heinlein, Mary Virginia
- Helburn, Theresa
- Hellman, Lillian
- Hepburn, Katharine
- Hersey, John and Barbara
- Hessman, Howard and Caroline Ducrocq
- Hill, Lucienne
- Holder, Geoffrey
- Holman, Elizabeth ("Mrs. Ralph Holmes")
- Horne, Lena
- Howard, Ken and Margo
- Howe, Tina
- Howland, Beth
- Hughes, Elinor
- Hunt, Linda
- Hunter Wolf, Mary
- Hunter, Ross
- Hyman, Earle
- Ilyin, Eugene
- Inge, William
- Isaacs, Susan
- Jackson, Anne and Eli
- Jeanmarie, Zizi
- Jeffrey, Howard
- Johnson, Van
- Jones, TC and Connie
- Jones, Robert Edmond
- Kanin, Garson
- Katz, Sydney M.
- Kauffman, Stanley and Laura
- Kaufman Schneider, Anne
- Kazan, Elia "Gadg"
- Kerr, Walter
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- Knight, Easson
- Kneubuhl, John
- Kramer, Hilton
- Ls (miscellaneous)
- La Rosa, Julius
- Langtry, Lillie (not addressed to Lewis)
- Larson, Jack
- Lawrence, Jerome
- Laurents, Arthur
- Lavin, Linda
- Le Gallienne, Eva
- Lenya, Lotte
- Lerner, Alan J.
- Lewin, Albert
- Lewis, Benjamin and Sadie [Robert Lewis' parents]
- Lewis Cooper, Brenda
- Lewis, Frank [Robert Lewis' brother]
- [Lewis], Golda [Robert Lewis' sister] (including invitations to art exhibitions and Artnews, volume 74, number 2, February, 1975 featuring a Golda Lewis painting)
- Lewis, Robert (Christmas/New Year's card with Lewis' photograph, circa 1971)
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Levene, Sam
- Ley-Piscator, Marie
- Lloyd, George
- Loew, Arthur M.
- Logan, Joshua
- Long, Robert Emmet
- Loos, Anita
- Lortel, Lucille
- Luce, Claire
- Lumet, Gail "Mrs. Sydney"
- Lumet, Syndey
- Lunt, Alfred
Sub-series 3B: Correspondence: Alphabetical
Robert Lewis separated much of his correspondence with famous people, friends and family from his chronological correspondence. Lewis' corresponded with many well-known people including actors, playwrights, singers, dancers and composers. Material is organized alphabetically by the individual's last name. When the full name could not be determined, the correspondence has been filed under the first letter of the last name. Date Range: 1927-[1990s] Research note: See also Correspondence: Chronological.
Box 33
Folder -- Contents
- Ms (miscellaneous)
- MacMackin, David Alison
- MacMahon Stein, Aline
- MacRae, Sheila Stephens
- Malden, Karl
- Malina, Judith
- Mamet, David
- Manchester, Melissa
- Mann, Ted
- Manso, Peter
- Marowitz, Charles
- Martin, Mary
- Massee, Jordan
- Mathison, Holli
- Matthau, Walter and Carol
- McBride, Mary Margaret
- McClanahan, Rue
- McLendon, Rose
- McDowell, Roddy: Folder 1 of 2
- McDowell, Roddy: Folder 2 of 2
- McMullan, Fran
- Medlin, Rayford
- Meisner, Sandford
- Meredith, Burgess
- Merlo, Frank
- Merrick, David
- Messel, Olive
- Miller, Arthur
- Miles, Bernard
- Miller, Gilbert
- Miller, Rebecca
- Mills, John
- Mitchell, James
- Mooney, Ria
- Moore, Dick
- Morgan, Harry and Eileen
- Morgan, Harvey and Karen
- Morris, Mary
- Morrison, Hobe
- Mossman, Fred
- Mullen, Bill, Maralin, Robert and Stuart
- Murray, Natalia
- Nash, Richard
- Nathan, Robert
- Naya, Ramon
- Nelson, Ruth
- Newman, Paul
- Nicolesi, Lucie
- Nicoll, Allardyce (?)
- Noda, Mosao
- Norman, Itzhak
- Os (miscellaneous)
- O'Brien, Jack
- O'Casey, Sean and Eileen (including playbills for Cock-A-Doodle Dandy, periodical clippings and articles)
- O'Casey, Shivain (?)
- O'Conner Stern, Lindsay
- Olivier, Laurence
- Osato, Sono ("Sono Elmaleh" printed on the stationary)
- Ps (miscellaneous)
- Page, Geraldine
- Page (?), Tim
- Parks, Larry
- Patrick, John
- Peck, Gregory
- Peck, Seymour
- Perkins, Tony
- Petit, Roland
- Piel, Alice
- Pinter, Harold
- Piscator, Erwin
- Ponselle, Rosa
- [Porter], Katherine Anne
- Powell, Dawn
- Power, Tyrone
- Preston, Robert
- Prince, Harold
- Prince, William and Augusta
- Purdy, James
- Purl, Linda
- Randolph, John
- Rayfield, David
- Reed, Florence
- Reed, Joseph Verner
- Reisz, Betsy Blair
- Reisz, Karel
- Reynolds, Topper
- Ritt, Martin
- Rivers Rosenberg, Joan and Edgar Rosenberg
- Robbins, Jerome
- Robinson, Earl
- Rodgers, Richard
- Rogoff, Gordon
- Rorem, Ned
- Rose, Billy
- Ross-Jones, Arthur
- Rosso (?), Athos
- Rostova, Mira (including an oral history transcript regarding her friendship with Montgomery Clift)
- Roulet, William
- Rukeyser, Muriel
- Rule, Janice
- Ss (miscellaneous)
- Sanburg, Carl
- Sardi, Vincent
- Saroyan, William
- Sebastiani, Guido
- Seldes, Marion
- Shalala, Donna
- Shalet, Diane
- Shayne, Alan
- Sheen, Martin
- Sheldon, Sidney
- Sherman, Hiram "Chubby"
- Sidney, Sylvia
- Smith, Boyd
- Smith, Oliver
- Sokolow, Anna
- Solntsev, Nicholai (including booklet The Stanislavsky Museum)
- Sondheim, Stephen
- Spender, Stephen
- Stanley, Kim
- Stapleton, Jean
- Stapleton, Maureen and David
- Steengurgen, Mary
- Steiner, Ralph
- Sten, Anna
- Stern, Isaac
- Stern, Stewart
- Stevens, Roger
- Steiglitz, [Alfred]
- Straight, Beatrice
- Strasberg, Anna
- Strasberg, Lee and Paula
- Strasberg, Susan
- Strauss, Theodore
- Stone, Ezra
- Storch, Arthur
- Streep, Meryl (including flyer for The Pheonix Theatre)
- Styler, Trudie ("Mrs. Sting")
- Ts (miscellaneous)
- Taylor, Elizabeth
- Taylor, Laurette
- Thomson, Virgil
- Tighe, Kevin
- Toklas, Alice
- Tourel, Jennie
- Tynan, Elaine
- Vaccarino, Paolo
- Van Vechten, Carl
- Vanderbilt, Gloria
- Vidal, G[ore]
- Viertel, Berthold
- Viertel, Peter
- Von Italie, Jean-Claude
- Walker Craig, Nancy and David
- Wallach, Eli and Anne
- Wanamaker, Sam
- Watts, Richard
- Wayne, David
- Weatherby, William J.
- Weaver, Sigourney
- Webster, Margaret "Peggy"
- Weill, Kurt
- Welles, Orson [transcript of letter]
- Whitehead, Robert
- Wilder, Gene and Gilda Radner
- Wilder, Isabel
- Williams, Tennessee
- Windham, Donald
- Winkler, Henry
- Winters, Shelley
- Wolfson, John
- Wood, Peggy
- Woodard, Alfre
- Woodward, Joanne
- Worth, Irene