Guide to the Cole Porter Papers M0209

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1999 ; revised 2021

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Cole Porter papers

Identifier/Call Number: M0209

Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1936-1971

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, notes, tapes, reviews of productions, photographs, periodicals, and clippings.

Biographical / Historical

American composer and song writer known for countless standards of the stage and screen.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Cole Porter Papers, M0209, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Custodial History

Gift of Samuel Stark, 1971.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Composers -- United States.

Lyricists.

Porter, Cole

Stark, Samuel

Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE

Arrangement

Box 1 Folder 1-2. Miscellaneous & undated

Box 1 Folder 3. 1943-1945

Box 1 Folder 4. 1946

Box 1 Folder 5. 1947

Box 1 Folder 6. 1948

Box 1 Folder 7. 1949

Box 1 Folder 8. Fan Mail 1949

Box 1 Folder 9. 1950

Box 1 Folder 10. Trip to NY 1950

Box 1 Folder 11. Crank Letters 1950

Box 1 Folder 12. 1951

Box 1 Folder 13. 1952

Box 1 Folder 14. 1953

Box 1 Folder 15. 1954

Box 1 Folder 16. 1955

Box 1 Folder 17. 1956-1957

Box 1 Folder 18. 1958

Box 1 Folder 19. 1959

Box 1 Folder 20. 1960

Box 1 Folder 21. 1961

Box 1 Folder 22. 1962

Box 1 Folder 23. 1963

Box 1 Folder 24. 1964

Box 1 Folder 25. 1965

Box 1 Folder 26. 1966

Box 2 Folder 1. 1967

Box 2 Folder 2. USC Tribute 1967

Box 2 Folder 3. 1968

Box 2 Folder 4. 1969

Box 2 Folder 5. 1970

Box 2 Folder 6. Kate & Cole Porter Fellowship 1970

Box 2 Folder 7. 1971

Box 2 Folder 8. Kate & Cole Porter Fellowship 1971

box 1, folder 1

Miscellaneous

box 4, folder 2

Alba, Duke of (). 1954

box 4, folder 2

Berlin, Ellin (Mrs. Irving Berlin) (1903 -). 1954

box 1, folder 13

Blanchette, Paul G. (). 1952

box 4, folder 2

Canfield, Mary Cass (). 1954

Cole, Alice ().

box 1, folder 25

(2). 1965

box 1, folder 26

(1). 1966

box 2, folder 1

(1). 1967

Cole, James Omar (). Cousin of Cole Porter.

box 1, folder 24

(1). 1964

box 1, folder 25

(9). 1965

box 1, folder 26

(2). 1966

box 2, folder 1

(8). 1967

box 2, folder 3

(1). 1968

box 2, folder 4

(5), incl. 1 card. 1969

box 2, folder 5

(6). 1970

box 2, folder 7

(1). 1971

box 1, folder 2

Darling, Eddie (). undated

box 4, folder 2

Davis, Brian (). 1954

box 1, folder 2

d'Erlanger, Catherine (). undated

box 1, folder 16

deMenocal, Richard (). 1955

box 4, folder 2

Duff, Juliet (). 1954

Eells, George ().

box 1, folder 2

(2). undated

box 1, folder 25

(9). 1965

box 1, folder 26

(3). 1966

box 2, folder 1

(1). 1967

box 2, folder 3

(2), incl. 1 card. 1968

box 2, folder 5

(2). 1970

Egan, Tully (). Cole Porter's West Coast Secretary.

box 1, folder 23

(2). 1963

box 1, folder 24

(1). 1964

box 1, folder 25

(3). 1965

box 1, folder 26

(1). 1966

box 2, folder 1

(2). 1967

box 2, folder 3

(1). 1968

box 1, folder 4

Gertzen, S. S. (). (2). 1946

Green, Abel (1900 -).

box 1, folder 24

(1). 1964

box 2, folder 1

1967

box 1, folder 26

Hall, Benjamin M. (). 1966

box 2, folder 1

Halliday, Richard (). 1967

box 4, folder 2

Howard, Jean (). 1954

box 1, folder 15

Joffroy, William F. (.). 1954

Kanin, Garson (1912 -).

box 1, folder 7

(1). 1949

box 2, folder 4

(1). 1969

box 1, folder 24

Kaufman, Norma (). 1964

Kesler, Lew (). Cole Porter's pianist.

box 1, folder 2

(3). undated

box 1, folder 21

(1). 1961

box 1, folder 22

(1). 1962

box 2, folder 1

(1). 1967

box 2, folder 4

(2). 1969

box 2, folder 7

(1). 1971

box 1, folder 15

Knize, Peter A. (). 1954

box 4, folder 2

Loos, Anita (1893 -). 1954

Moore, Margaret (). Cole Porter's Secretary.

box 1, folder 4

(11), including 1 telegram. 1946

box 1, folder 5

(1). 1947

box 1, folder 17

Musgrove, Stanley (). 1956

box 1, folder 25

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison. 1965

Porter, Cole (1893 - 1965).

box 1, folder 2

(1). undated

box 1, folder 3

(22), incl. 3 cards, 4 telegrams. 1943 - 1945

box 1, folder 4

(8), incl. 1 telegram. 1946

box 1, folder 5

(24), incl. 8 telegrams. 1947

box 1, folder 6

(24), incl. 2 telegrams. 1948

box 1, folder 7

(28), incl. 1 card, 1 telegram. 1949

box 1, folder 8

fan mail. 1949

box 1, folder 9

(21), incl. 1 card, 8 telegrams. 1950

box 1, folder 11

crank mail. 1950

box 1, folder 10

trip to New York. 1950

box 1, folder 12

(14), incl. 2 telegrams. 1951

box 1, folder 13

(8), incl. 2 telegrams. 1952

box 1, folder 14

(17), incl. 4 telegrams. 1953

box 1, folder 15

(26), incl. 2 card, 4 telegrams. 1954

box 1, folder 16

(9), including 1 card, 1 telegram. 1955

box 1, folder 17

(14), incl. 1 card, 1 telegram. 1956 - 1957

box 1, folder 18

(4), incl. 1 card. 1958

box 1, folder 19

(11). 1959

box 1, folder 20

(8). 1960

box 1, folder 21

(5), incl. 1 card. 1961

box 1, folder 22

(8), incl. 1 card. 1962

box 1, folder 23

(7). 1963

box 1, folder 24

(7). 1964

box 1, folder 25

(1), excerpt of part of letter, typed by James Cole. [1965]

Porter, Linda (18 - 1954). Cole Porter's wife.

box 1, folder 3

(1). 1944

box 1, folder 4

(1). 1946

box 1, folder 6

(2). 1948

box 1, folder 7

(2). 1949

box 1, folder 9

(7), incl. 2 telegrams. 1950

box 1, folder 12

(6). 1951

box 1, folder 13

(1), card from Linda Porter's dog, Gracie, in Linda Porter's handwriting. 1952

box 1, folder 15

(1), telegram. 1954

box 1, folder 15

Rathbun, Lee Colgate (). Mrs. Porter's niece. 1954

Smith, Madeline P. (). Cole Porter's Secretary.

box 1, folder 6

(1). 1948

box 1, folder 9

(5). 1950

box 1, folder 12

(2). 1951

box 1, folder 14

(1). 1953

box 1, folder 15

(1). 1954

box 1, folder 16

(2). 1955

box 1, folder 17

(2). 1956 - 1957

box 1, folder 18

(4), incl. 1 telegram. 1958

box 1, folder 19

(6). 1959

box 1, folder 20

(5). 1960

box 1, folder 21

(7). 1961

box 1, folder 22

(7). 1962

box 1, folder 23

(7). 1963

box 1, folder 24

(13), incl. 2 telegrams. 1964

box 1, folder 25

(10). 1965

box 1, folder 26

(5). 1966

box 2, folder 1

(8). 1967

box 2, folder 3

(2). 1968

box 2, folder 4

(2). 1969

box 2, folder 5

(8). 1970

box 2, folder 7

(1). 1971

Southern California, University Of. Kate and Cole Porter Memorial

Fellowship.

box 2, folder 6

1970

box 2, folder 8

1971

Stark, Samuel ().

box 1, folder 4

(1), telegram. 1946

box 1, folder 6

(1). 1948

box 1, folder 14

(1). 1953

box 1, folder 17

(2). 1956 - 1957

box 1, folder 18

(4). 1958

box 1, folder 19

(8). 1959

box 1, folder 20

(4). 1960

box 1, folder 23

(1). 1963

box 1, folder 24

(1). 1964

box 1, folder 27

(1). 1966

box 1, folder 7

Sturges, Howard (). 1949

Sylvain, Faith ().

box 1, folder 24

(1). 1964

box 2, folder 4

(1). 1969

Sylvain, Hope ().

box 1, folder 24

(1). 1964

box 2, folder 5

(1). 1970

Sylvain, Laura ().

box 1, folder 15

(2). 1954

box 1, folder 19

(1). 1959

box 1, folder 25

(2). 1965

box 2, folder 3

(1). 1968

Sylvain, Paul (). Cole Porter's valet.

box 1, folder 12

(6). 1951

box 1, folder 13

(2). 1952

box 1, folder 15

(1). 1954

box 1, folder 16

(2). 1955

box 1, folder 17

(1). 1957

box 1, folder 18

(1). 1958

box 1, folder 19

(1). 1959

Series 2. MANUSCRIPTS, RADIO SCRIPTS, NOTES, ETC.

box 2, Folder 9

Smith, Madeline, What It's Like To Be Secretary To a Famous Man, 2 pp. carbon typescript, signed

box 2, folder 9

Cole Porter memo re Born To Dance 1936

Container Summary: Typescript, 16 pp. dictated notes.

box 2, Folder 9

How To Beget A Musical Comedy by Cole Porter as told to Richard G. Hubler (posthumously published in Angeles magazine in three installments 1964-1965)

box 2, folder 10

RADIO SCRIPTS

Scope and Contents

Luella Parsons 9-29-1946, 2-23-1949 ; Railroad Summer Hour undated, 5-9-1949 ; Philco 11-10-1948 ; Skyway to the Stars 11-14-1948

box 2, folder 11

COLE PORTER'S PROGRESS, short by George Eells

box 2, folder 12

Reviews of George Eell's book

box 2, folder 13

Biography-Discography

box 2, folder 14

DOCUMENTS

box 2, folder 15

ACCOUNTS

box 2, folder 16

NOTES

Series 3. CLIPPINGS & PUBLICATIONS

box 3, folder 1-2

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

REVIEWS & PROGRAMS

box 3, folder 3

Let's Face It 1943

box 3, folder 4

Mexican Hayride 1944

box 3, folder 5

Seven Lively Arts 1944

box 3, folder 6

Around the World 1946

box 3, folder 7

Night and Day 1946

box 3, folder 8

The Pirate 1948

box 3, folder 9

Kiss Me, Kate 1948

box 3, folder 10

Out Of This World 1950

box 3, folder 11

Can Can 1953

box 3, folder 12

Cole Porter Festival (1955)

box 4, folder 1

PERIODICALS

American Ballet Theatre. 1940-1970

Critics Choice 12/68.

Los Angeles, 12/64; 1/65; 2/65.

Parke Bernet Auction Catalog of Cole Porter Memorabilia.

Playbill, 5/66;11/67.

Reader's Digest, 8/66.

Saturday Review, 2/22/64.

Show Box, 2/65.

Time, 1/31/49.

Box 5

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings 1947-1948

Series 4. PHOTOGRAPHS

box 4, folder 2

Linda Porter scrapbook/photo album - family & friends

box 4, folder 3

Photographs

Series 5. MISCELLANEOUS

box 3, folder 13

Cole Porter's Cookbook.

Container Summary: Looseleaf, carbon typescript.

box 4, folder 4

Audio reels

Scope and Contents

Tape of the "Tribute to Cole Porter" 2/12/1967 at U.S.C. with Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Garson Kanin, Jimmie Stewart, Eadie Goetz, Stan Musgrove

Books received with Porter Collection but now shelved elsewhere

Boucicault, Dion L., The Yale University Dramatic Association Acting Version Of London Assurance, New Haven, annotated. 1910

General note

Felton Collection

Calahan, Harold Augustin, Geography For Grown-Ups, New York, Harper, Inscribed For Judy From Pep 1946

General note

Rare Book Collection

Crosby, Caresse, The Passionate Years, New York, Dial, Cole Porter letter, 9/1/53 in front. [Letter is in the collection] 1953

General note

Felton

Harriman, Margaret Chase, Take Them Up Tenderly, New York, Knopf, not inscribed. 1945

General note

Stacks?

Hubler, Richard G., (as told to), The Cole Porter Story, New York, World, not inscribed. 1965

General note

Stacks?

Lawrence, Gertrude, A Star Danced, Garden City, Doubleday, Inscribed Aug. 24, 1945/ Dear Kitty/ I hope you enjoy this./ Sincerely/ Cole Porter 1945

General note

Rare Book Collection

Vertes, It's All Mental, New York, Tudor, Inscribed by Vertes, and Paul Louis ---. inscribed to Cole Porter 1948

General note

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