University of Texas at Austin

William Stott:

An Inventory of His On Broadway Papers at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Stott, William, 1940-
Title: William Stott On Broadway Papers
Dates: 1977-1978
Extent: 2 document boxes (0.84 linear feet)
Abstract: The William Stott On Broadway Papers include a typescript for On Broadway and notes about the interviews, as well as more than 100 copy slides of images located in the Fred Fehl Theater Collection.
Call Number: Performing Arts Collection PA-00195
Language: English
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Administrative Information


Acquisition: Gift, 2007
Processed by: Helen Adair, 2007; Daniela Lozano, 2017
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Sketch


William Stott (1940- ), a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of Documentary Expression and Thirties America (1973) and a co-author of On Broadway (1978), a career retrospective of the New York theater photographer Fred Fehl (1906-1995). The generously illustrated On Broadway, with photographs by Fehl and text by William Stott and Jane Stott, is a chronological treatment of Fehl’s career photographing more than 400 premieres and revivals, from Liliom (44th Street Theatre, 1940) to Golden Rainbow (Shubert Theatre, 1968). Most of the text of On Broadway consists of excerpts from William Stott’s interviews with theater personalities such as George Balanchine, Harold Clurman, Hume Cronyn, and Jessica Tandy.

Scope and Contents


The William Stott On Broadway Papers, 1977-1978, include a typescript for On Broadway and notes about the interviews, as well as more than 100 copy slides of images located in the Fred Fehl Theater Collection.

Related Material


The Ransom Center’s Fred Fehl Theater Collection holds additional material for On Broadway including correspondence and multiple drafts.
Stott’s manuscripts and proofs of Documentary Expression and Thirties America are located at the University of Texas at Austin Briscoe Center for American History.

Separated Material


Twenty-five audio recordings, including the taped interviews mentioned above, were transferred to the Ransom Center Sound Recordings Collection. Four video tapes were transferred to the Ransom Center Moving Image Collection.

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