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TILLY LOSCH COLLECTION OUTGOING PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

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Box 17 File 1 Tilly Losch to Eugenia Losch, 1939-45
Sept., 1939 December, 1940
3 wires
18 letters, one with a message from Ann Astaire on one side and a message from TL on the other
1941 no letters
1942: six letters
1943: nine letters
1944: seven letters
1945: nine letters, one wire
File 2 TL to EL, 1946-1949: ten letters
File 3 TL to EL, undated letters (mostly from 1941?): 22 items
File 4 TL to Graf von Berchem, 1949 and n.d.: 3 items
File 5 TL to Lady Diane Butler, 1970, 1974, and n.d.: 3 items
File 6 TL to 6th Earl of Carnarvon, 1939-68: ten items, one not in TL's hand
File 7 TL to Billy Hamilton, 1971-74 and n.d.: 6 items include 1 wire and 2 photocopies of another letter, n.d.
File 8 TL to Edward James: 3 letters, undated but 1939 & 1941, incl. 2 drafts of one letter not in TL's hand
File 9 TL to Comte Antonin de Mun, 1964 and n.d.: 3 items
File 10 TL to Orson Welles, 10 items (all drafts of wires), n.d.
File 11 TL to various correspondents:
E.J. Allen July 16, 1970
Adele Astaire Aug. 3, 1968 June 28, 1971 n.d.
George Ballanchine(?) Mar. 14, 1975 July 10, 1962, w/attach.
Abraham Beame (wire) Mar. 9 1974 Resp. from Beame attach.
Cecil Beaton Mar. 9, 1939 (2 versions) n.d. (1950's?) incompl. n.d. (circa 1945) n.d. (2 items)
S.N. Behrman n.d. (2 items)
Herr Benatzky Mar. 11, 1935
Grafin Mechtilde n.d.; n.d. (draft letter)
Mechtilde von Berchem n.d. (dft. of let.) from P. Herbrich, TL's secretary
E. Bergner (see Kinross) Oct. 6, 1970 (2 versions)
Dr. Berry n.d.
Mr. Bodner June 20, 1974
Karl Bohm 1955 (prob. dft./by J. Crosby
Alan Brien n.d.
Al Brooks June 17, 1973
Edith Bry Mar. 11, 1974
Alvina, Lady Carnarvon (wire) n.d. (1939)
Earl of Carnarvon 2 items, n.d.
Randolph Churchill July 12, 1961, and n.d.
Anita Colby (wire) n.d.
Consul Gen. of Austria April, 1972
Mr. Cronan (lawyer) Aug. 13, 1944 (2 copies)
Maureen, Lady Dufferin & Ava Feb. 17, 1971 & July 4, 1975
Earl of Dundonald n.d.
Mr. Dykes Nov. 6, 1968
Miss Edwards Oct. 12, 1970
Queen Elizabeth n.d.
Sir Geo. Franckenstein n.d.
Helen Fruchtman Apr. 20, 1959
J. Paul Getty 8/3, & 6/28, 71, & 9/6/70
Harry Giessler n.d.
A.C. Goodyear n.d.
Harry F. Guggenheim May 29, 1952
F. Hacker n.d.
Norma Hall n.d.
Marcia Harkness n.d.
Gayelord Hauser July 12, 1961 Aug. 4, '68, w/attach. to E. Blackwell, 8/11/68; & att. dft. let., n.d. to R.Mazanec
Mrs. Heasley Feb. 4, 1967
Mrs. Robert L. Hoguet, Jr. Feb. 7, 1960
Lady John HopeSept. 26, 1945
(Lisa Maugham)Oct. 4, 1945
Mr. Irving June 15, 1974
Edward James n.d.
Jacob K. Javits 5/14, & 6/20, 1958
Lord Patrick Kinross, draft of let. to E. Bergner/verso July 3, 1971 2/21/67, 1/2/68 & n.d.
Irving Kolodin 11/6/55 (copy of press rel.)
Alexander Korda (wire) n.d.
Luis Kutner (wire) 1/9/55 & n.d.
A. Kuhne & Sohn Aug. 1947
Herbert Mayes n.d. (dft. for TL) 2 versions
Ronald Mazanec (?) 10/15/70 & 3/15/72
Mrs. Paul Mellon (Bunny) 5 items, n.d.
Paul Mellon n.d.
Maria Mindzenty 1 lt. ft/TL to MM, 1973 1 dft./TL to R. Ranninger 1 dft./TL to R. Sickinger 3 lt. Sickinger to TL 1943-74
All of above ref: to MM & TL's attemmpt to send her money
Tom Mitford probably 1935
Sir Terence O'Connor ?-1936; descript. dream/verso
Herr Ortner Aug. 25, 1950
William Paley n.d.
Lady Bridget Parsons 11/7/50, & 5/9/60
Reine Pitman (Mrs. Hugo) July 5, 1971, & n.d.
R. Ranninger Mar., 1973, & n.d.
Bruno Richter n.d.
Winthrop Rockefeller Nov. 17, 1952
John D. Rockefeller n.d.
John D. Rockefeller, III n.d.
Walter Rosen Aug. 7, 1937
Artur Rubenstein n.d.
Mr. Ruegg Jan. 17, 1963
Dr. Schreyvogel July 3, 1937
William S. Shirer Mar. 1, 1974
Mr. Steineman Dec. 4, 1974
Mrs. Stevenson (E. Borden?) Mar. 14, 1957
Miss Theodosius n.d.
Clint Wade July, 1970 w/attachments
Mrs. Kurt Waldheim Apr. 1973
Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, ie/ L. Lindsay n.d.
Hans, Graf Wilczek June 16, 1967
Unidentified corresp. 8 items, one 8/60, one 9/59
File 12 TL to Unidentified Correspondents: 29 items
File 13 Eugenia Losch to Mrs. Bean, 3 letters, 1931-33
Box 18 Legal & other docs.; Wills, Divorce papers, Passports, etc.
File 1 Corresp. and documents connected with both divorces
James vs. James: 6 letters, some w/attach. 1934-5
Carnarvon vs. Carnarvon: Decree, w/attach. letter 1947
Two affidavits, one signed, 1947 & 1948
1 letter w/copies of court order attached, 1970
1 copy of outgoing letter from TL, 1969
File 2 Wills, with correspondence
1 Handwritten will in German, Davos1939
2 copies of will, signed, Nov. 7, 1942
Handwritten will, May 24, 1948
Lawyer's let. (Roosevelt, Freiden & Littauer) Aug. 1951
Handwritten will, signed & witnessed July 24, 1962
Will, signatures torn off July, 1962
Draft of will, w/5/let., from lawyers (Wachtell Manheim & Grouf) & bill June, 1963
Draft of will Dec., 1968
Draft of will July 9, 1969
Photocopies of final will with 5 letters fr/lawyers, some w/attach.; & notes for disc. w/lawyers Nov. 25, 1975
File 3 Passports and other Legal Documents
3 British passports
a) expiring Oct. 31, 1944, renewed to Oct. 31, 1949
b) expiring Aug. 18, 1965, renewed to Aug. 18, 1970
c) expiring Aug. 17, 1980
1 Alien Registration Receipt Card, U.S. n.d.
3 U.S. Re-Ent. Permits, 5/3/38; 7/11/43, & 6/13/52
1 British customs declaration form, May 25, 1948
1 Br. Military permit to visit Vienna, June 27, 1949
2 Travel permits for Vienna, 14/7/50 & 19/7/49
1 U.S. Receipt of App. for Naturalization, 5/25/49
1 U.S. Immigrant ID Card, 12/9/38
1 Canadian Immigrant ID Card, 7/4/40
1 California Car Registration, 6/15/42
1 California Driver's License, 1946
1 Calif. Temp. Driver's License, 3/2/50
5 letters (some form) re: immigration 1936-41
1 Heimatschein, Vienna, for Eugenia Losch Misc. Credit Cards, Blue Cross Cards, etc. 1/8/36
File 4 Social Security documents
1 Social Security Account, Sept. 1968
1 let. from TL to SS Admin. orig. & copy May 15, 1968
File 5 Horoscopes (Vienna), typed in German with dates on last pages only, 1934-1939
Box 19 Misc. Corres., Auto-bio. Sketches, Calling Cards, etc.
File 1 Empty envelopes disassociated from corres. letters
File 2 Letters and other items relating to charity
1 signed Winthrop Rockefeller, 9/15/52
2 signed John D. Rockefeller 3rd., 4/7 & 5/26/60
1 inv. to Picasso show for Amer. Canc. Soc. 10/5/71
1 let. re: Anna Pavlova Mem. Fund, Feb. 1935
1 Red Cross Cert. for Eugenia Losch, July, 1943
1 let. of thanks, sgn./C. Nesbitt, for donation (1956?)
1 mimeo. 1/from Actors' Orphan Fund, London, Dec. 1955
1 sol. of painting fr/Ctry. Art, s/A. Colby 7/11/59
1 uncompl. blank for mem. in `Club Raffles'
1 form acknowlegement from Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., for costume donation 10/31/72
1 mimeo. let./w/attach., fr. Actors' Fund, NY? 4/9/74
1 let. of solicitation from “Fund for the Care of Gertrude Szentivanyi” 1/31/75
Corres. re: “Letters from American” program (pamphlet & let. /7/11/58, w/TL's dft. of poss. ex.; let. /2/19/52, signed E.W. Stone;, excerpt fr/ Congress. Record. Misc. Red Cross, cancer donation acknowlegements, etc.
File 3 Fan Mail items; inventory in file. Incl. letters from E. Sitwell and Jean Cocteau.
File 4 Misc. corresp. w/publ. & agts. re: Auto-Biogr. 7 items
File 5 Misc. auto.-biogr. items; copy of Current Biography for July, 1944; Losch entry on page 33.
File 6 Misc. drafts of Bios., w/drafts of Auto-bio., Sketches
Trans. of art. by Else Hofmann in Austro-Amer. Trib., 6/44
Clip of art. by B. Hudnut Boston, fr/Town & Ctry., 5/44
Draft of an article by Betsy Emmons, w/cover let. n.d.
3 bio. sketches; - authors unknown; n.d.
Bio. sketch, “Vaynol Summer”, presumably by Sir. M. Duff
Box 20 Banking Records - N.Y. (hundreds of items)
Box 21 Banking notices, cancelled checks, (hundreds of items)
Box 22 Banking records for London, Calif., and Vienna check stubs
Box 23 Addresses, etc.
1 leather autograph book, mostly empty, with few sigs.
3 address books (w/many scraps inserted)
3 notebks., contain. jots. of every sort, or drawn sketches Hundreds of addresses, collected in envelops or files
Box 24 Miscellaneous
Descrip. of auto trip to Spain w/David Herbert & Simon Fleet. Photos pasted in. Apparently written by Simon Fleet
1 sketch book; 1 book w/ names of var. authors & titles
Sev. files & envelopes, w/scraps of paper containing musings & jottings, aphorisms etc.; 1 bk. w/list of travel access.
Files of scraps of paper of all kinds 1 book of jottings
Box 25 Mementos, Programs, etc.
File 1 Acting scripts (typed, with cues only for other parts) Excerpts from “Camille” & “Temporary Island” (Two copies of pp 9-14 of “Camille”
File 2 Play excerpts. Covering letter from Henrietta Malkiel re: “three scenes” - prob. items fr/ “The Old Maid”, “The Animal Kingdom, ” and “Alien Corn”. Also excerpts from “Aunt Agatha's Xmas Present”, and “He Who Gets Slapped”. Two typed pages of single speeches from “Royal Familly”, “Cradle Song”, “Liliom”, and “Saint Joan”.
File 3 Synopsis, presumably for a movie, called “The Love Story of Amelie Lejeune and Maurice de Saxe, ” by Paul Lorenz and Rex Evans, taken from novel by Paul Lorenz.
File 4 Misc. mementos, theatre programs, Anta Album etc.
File 5 Programs, etc., relating to Mary Wigman
File 6 Manuscript of piece of music called “The Loves in My Life, ” by Paul Reif (piano reduction.)
File 7 Scenarios for Ballet-Pantomine in “Der Verschwender, ” with piano reduction of music by Bernhard Paumgartner.
File 8 Program for “Les Ballets 1933.”
File 9 Program for Fanny Ellsler ballet, “Die Ballnacht”, (1837) Misc. scraps w/addresses
File 10 Press releases, info., fr/TL's trip to Vienna, for reopening of opera house on assign. for The Saturday Review (1955).
Box 26 Engagement Books and Diaries
Engagement books as follows:
1935-37; 1943-(Jan.-Mar. only); 1944-47;
1948 - (not used much); 1948 (another); 1949-51;
1953) 1953) some overlap; 1954;
1955 (mid-June to early Dec.)
Diaries:
1. Dark leather cover, becoming unbound. 13 Aug. 1923-Feb. 16, 1927
2. Green cloth with red leather spine and corners. Sept. 23, 1934-Jan. 31, 1936. Mostly in German; add., n.d. entry in English, re: unidentified lover.
3. Black leather w/lock, 2/3 blank w/diary ent., 1936-38, (most in Ger.). Covers first long stay in Hollywood.
4. Brown child's notebk., plastic covers falling off. Mostly empty, diary ent. fr/1952 (not sequential) with brief entries, 4/1955 & 11/1951.
5. “Schoolife Composition Book” in spiral binder. Mostly blank, with a few diary ent. from Mar.-May 1956.
6. Brown Spiral child's notebook, contains parts of play by Wm. L. Shirer, in TL's hand; diary ent., 1955-56.
7. Red “Silvine Exercise Book” (British); diary entries dated for 1955-1957, not in sequence.
8. Another “Silvine Exercise Book” like the above; diary entries dated July 1958, to Mar., 1959; irreg.
9. “Century Notebook” much like the above; random diary entries dated 1956-58, not in sequence.
10. Bright yellow school-child's notebook, with fleurde-lys design; largely unused but with diary entries dated 1959-61, not in sequence.
11. Dull yellow notebook; entries dated 1965-73.
12. Small beige notebook, half used. Diary entries from 1961-63. Many dreams.
13. Grey notebook with “Ryman Group” logotype. Mostly empty. Diary entries from 1972.
14. Dull yellow notebk., similar to no.11, above, no label on cover. Entries, 1949-53, not in sequence.
15. Blue notebook, largely empty; “thoughts”, aphorisms, etc. A few diary entries dated 1965. Folder - diary entries on loose scraps of paper.
Box 27 Business, Legal, and Work-related Correspondence
File 1 Visiting cards, private and business
File 2 Invitations and formal announcements (commerical and charity announcements included). A-M
File 3 do. N-Z
File 4 Legal- R.F. Colin. (Rosenberg, Goldmark & Colin) 1935-6
3 let. no sig., one with two attachments
1 letter signed from John Hay Whitney
1 wire
1 notice of satisf. of judgment (O'Molveny, luller & Myers
File 5 Legal- A. Lindey & A. Rosenblum (Greenbaum, Wolf & Ernst)
9 letters, 1947-8, some with attachments
1 copy of wire, 1944
3 copies of letter, 1944
File 6 Legal- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips (London), 1948-51 25 items, incl. bills, some with attachments
File 7 Legal- Frere, Cholmeley 7 Co. (& or Nicohlsons) (London) 6 items (two letters, four others), 1940-51
File 8 Legal- Kaufman & Cronon (N.Y.), 1944
File 9 Legal- Luis Kutner (Chicago), 1951-57 8 items, some with attachments
File 10 Legal- L. Arnold Weissberger, 1952-3 7 letters, with attachments
Box 28 Materials concerning Apts. (letters, bills & notices)
File 1 Eaton Square, London
File 2 38 Central Park South, N.Y.
File 3 20 East 68th St., N.Y.
Box 29 Routine Business Papers
File 1 Insurance. Bills, appraisals, correspondence
File 2 Corresp.in Ger. w/Vienna storage co., & rel. items
File 3 Storage co. Bills, inventories, correspondence
File 4 Corresp. w/London accts. (Backer, Winter & Co.) 1960-75
File 5 Income Tax withholding statements
File 6 Income Tax forms, correspondence
Box 30 Bills, etc.
File 1 Medical and dental - bills, receipts, corresp., appt. notices, diagnoses, leg. notices re: law suits, etc.
File 2 Medical bills for Eugenia Losch (1948)
Files 3, 4, 5 & 6 Bills from tradespeople of every descript.
File 7 Travel items, incl. corresp. - hotel bills, plane ticket stubs, boat reservations, etc.