CONTAINER HOLDINGS

ARRANGEMENT

SUB-GROUP I:

• SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE
• SERIES 2: TEACHING CAREER
• SERIES 3: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & INTEREST
• SERIES 4: B.C. THEATRE DEPARTMENT -- PLAYBILLS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SCRAPBOOKS, PROMPT BOOKS AND SET DESIGN FILES

• SERIES 5: YIDDISH THEATRE

• SERIES 6: PERSONAL MEMORABILIA

• SERIES 7: BOOK COLLECTION

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE

BOX 1

• FILE #1 - LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION: MARCH 11, 1930 2 RESUMES 1930 AND 1976

 

 

• FILE #2 - PERSONAL: 1940-1980

 

 

• FILE #3 - CONGRATULATORY FOR BC PRODUCTIONS: 1947-1964

 

 

• FILE #4 - B.C. ADMINISTRATION: 1939-1980
• FILE #5 - PROMOTION GRIEVANCE: 1972
• FILE #6 - B.C. ALUMNI ASSOC. : 1971-1980

SERIES 2: TEACHING CAREER

BOX 2

• FILE #1 - CLASS ROLL BOOKS 1930-1941 [NOT INCLUSIVE]: NOTEBOOK - THEATRE AESTHETICS -- 1936
• FILE #2 - TEACHING MATERIALS
• FILE #3 - NOTES & PAPERS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -- 1928-32
• FILE #4 - CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION: 1965-1976
• FILE #5 - MEMORIAL SERVICE, MAY 18, 1981

SERIES 3: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

BOX 3

• FILE #1 - FLYERS ON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• FILE #2 - NEWSCLIPPINGS ABOUT PROF. DAVIDSON
• FILE #3 - NEWSCLIPPINGS & ACTIVITIES ON THEATRE
• FILE #4 - MISC. - THEATRE: VARSITY PLAYERS ROSTER 1959 PROSPECTUS FOR OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF "BOREK" 1959-60 PLAYBILLS FROM THEATRES OTHER THAN B.C. 1936-1980

SERIES 4: B.C. THEATRE DEPARTMENT

BOX 4: B.C. PLAYBILLS 1932-1980:

• MAY 1932- DECLARATION VARIETY RECITAL

 

 

• DEC. 1932- THE 13TH CHAIR
• DEC. 1936- PILLARS OF SOCIETY

 

 

• DEC. 1937- CRAIG'S WIFE

 

 

• DEC. 1938- IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM

 

 

• NOV. 1938- SATURDAY'S CHILDREN

 

 

• MAY 1940- OUR TOWN

 

 

• MAR. 1942- TIME OF YOUR LIFE

 

 

• NOV. 1942- OUT OF THE FRYING PAN

 

 

• DEC. 1943- WATCH ON THE RHINE

 

 

• NOV. 1945- THE SEA GULL

 

 

• MAY 1947- ANGEL STREET

 

 

• MAR. 1948- DEAR BRUTUS

 

 

• APR. 1948- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

 

 

• OCT. 1948- HOME OF THE BRAVE

 

 

• APR. 1950- JULIUS CAESAR

 

 

• DEC. 1950- DOWN IN THE VALLEY

 

 

• MAR. 1951- PAYMENT DEFERRED

 

 

• MAR. 1952- WINTERSET

 

 

• DEC. 1952- HARVEY

 

 

• OCT. 1953- UNCLE HARRY

 

 

• MAR. 1955- DETECTIVE STORY

 

 

• MAY 1955- ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS

 

 

• DEC. 1955- DEATH OF A SALESMAN

 

 

• MAR. 1956- THE WOULD-BE-GENTLEMAN

 

 

• APR. 1956- THE HAPPY TIME

 

 

• MAR. 1957- OH WILDERNESS

 

 

• MAR. 1958- MY THREE ANGELS

 

 

• NOV. 1959- SAINT JOAN
• MAR. 1960- DIAL M FOR MURDER

 

 

• DEC. 1960- THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

 

 

• NOV. 1961- MERCHANT OF VENICE

 

 

• MAR. 1962- CHARLEY'S AUNT

 

 

• MAR. 1962- A SHAKESPEARE PROGRAM

 

 

• MAY 1962- OKLAHOMA

 

 

• MAR. 1963- THE RAINMAKER

 

 

• MAY 1962- FIORELLO

 

 

• DEC. 1962- DR. KNOCK

 

 

• FEB. 1964- LOVE FOR LOVE

 

 

• MAR. 1964- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

 

 

• NOV. 1964- A SUNNY MORNING ON THE HARMFULNESS OF TOBACCO ZOO STORY

 

 

• FEB. 1965- HEDDA GOGLER

 

 

• DEC. 1965- THE WORLD OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM AND PERETZ

 

 

• NOV. 1966- MACBETH

 

 

• APR. 1966- MAJOR BARBARA

 

 

• OCT. 1966- A TALE OF HONEY

 

 

• MAR. 1967- SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY

 

 

• DEC. 1967- THE GOLEM

 

 

• APR. 1968- THE FROGS

 

 

• JAN. 1969- THE MISER

 

 

• MAY 1969- ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

 

 

• NOV. 1969- CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

 

 

• FEB. 1971- BLOOD WEDDING

 

 

• OCT. 1972- HOGAN'S GOAT

 

 

• MAR. 1974- AWAKE AND SINGS

 

 

• 1977- ONCE UPON A TIME

 

 

• FEB. 1980- DON JUAN IN HELL

 

 

• NOV. 1980- THE AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

 

 

BOX 5 SCRAPBOOKS:

• FILE #1 - 1930-1933

 

 

• FILE #2 - 1933 [INCLUDES IRWIN SHAW'S FAREWELL COLUMN]

 

 

• FILE #3 - 1934 - MARCH 1936

 

 

• FILE #4 - MARCH 1936 - MAY 1938

 

 

• FILE #5 - MARCH 1938 - FEBRUARY 1940

 

 

• FILE #6 - FEBRUARY 1940 - NOVEMBER 1941

 

 

• FILE #7 - DECEMBER 1941 - MAY 1944

 

 

• FILE #8 - FEBRUARY 1944 - APRIL 1945

 

 

• FILE # 9 - OCTOBER 1945 - JANUARY 1947

 

 

• FILE #10 - JANUARY 1947 - JANUARY 1948

 

 

• FILE #11 - FEBRUARY 1948 - DECEMBER 1948

 

 

• FILE #12 - DECEMBER 1948 - APRIL 1949

 

 

• FILE #13 - OCTOBER 1949 - APRIL 1950

 

 

• FILE #14 - SCRAPBOOK OF PLAY "IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM" 1938

 

 

• FILE #15 - B.C. THEATRE

 

 

• FILE #16 - MY THEATRE RECORD

 

 

BOX 6: PHOTOGRAPHS -- FRAMED WORKS

• FILE #1 - THEATRE

 

 

• FILE #2 - BROOKLYN COLLEGE

 

 

• FILE #3 - PERSONAL

 

 

• FILE #4 - SLIDES OF "HOGAN`S GOAT"

 

 

BOX 7: PROMPT BOOKS

BOX 8: PROMPT BOOKS

BOX 9: SET DESIGN FILE

• 266 CARDS & DRAWINGS

 SUB-GROUP: II

SERIES 5: YIDDISH THEATRE

BOX 10

• FILE #1 - PLAYBILLS & FLYERS

 

 

• FILE #2 - POEMS & SHORT STORIES, STUDENT PAPERS

 

 

• FILE #3 - MAGAZINE ARTICLES & CLIPPINGS, GENERAL INFO ON JUDAISM

 

 

• FILE #4 - CORRESPONDENCE & NOTES

 

 

• FILE #5 - NEWSCLIPPINGS ON YIDDISH THEATRE

 

 

• FILE #6 - PHOTOS

 

 

• FILE #7 - MISC. -- JEWISH THEATRE & PERFORMANCES

 

 

• FILE #8 - ETERNAL LIGHT RADIO PROGRAM

 

 

SUB-GROUP: III

SERIES 6: PERSONAL MEMORABILIA

• BOX 11 CUP PRESENTED TO PROF. DAVIDSON BY B.C. PLAYERS TO PROF. DAVIDSON BY B.C. PLAYERS EVENING SESSION. DEC. 20, 1930.

 BOX 12: AWARD PLAQUES & SON MICHAEL'S MUSIC NOTEBOOK [1953]

• FILE #1 - FROM COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS OF THE SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES FOR DIRECTING B.C. PLAYERS. DEC. 4, 1965.

 

 

• FILE #2 - 25 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP & GUIDANCE TO THE PLAYERS OF B.C. 1930-1955.

 

 

• FILE #3 - OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL. MAY, 1964.

 

 

• FILE #4 - MICHAEL DAVIDSON'S MUSIC NOTEBOOK [1953]

 

 

 SUB-GROUP: IV

SERIES 7: BOOK COLLECTION

BOX 13

• FILE #1: THEATER BOOKS
• YONATAN KUPERBERG, JOB THE HUNCHBACK, DORRANCE & COMPANY, PHIL., 1961, 1975

 

 

• RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, OKLAHOMA!, WILLIAMSON MUSIC, INC., N.Y., 1943

 

 

• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, COMEDY OF KATHERINE & PETRUCHI'S, WALTER H. BAKER CO., BOSTON, 1925

 

 

• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, TWELFTH NIGHT, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1936 [2 COPIES]

 

 

• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE WINTER'S TALE, THE MACMILLAN CO., 1923

 

 

• ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, THE COMING OF ARTHUR, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1923

 

 

• BOOTH TARKINGTON, THE GHOST STORY, WALTER H. BAKER CO., BOSTON, 1922

 

 

• ISRAEL ZANSWILL, KING OF SCHNORRERS, STORY CLASSIS, EMMAUS, PENN., 1954

 

 

FILE #2: BOOKS ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• DALE CARNEGIE, THE UNKNOWN LINCOLN, FOREST HILLS PUBLISHING CO., 1932

 

 

• JOHN DRINKWATER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A PLAY, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1919

 

 

• JOHN DRINKWATER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A PLAY, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1927

 

 

• STEFEN LORANT, THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY, 1955

 

 

• FREDERICK HILL MESERVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HARCOURT, BRACE, AND CO., N.Y., 1944

 

 

• FEDERICK W. OSBORN, AMERICAN PATRIOTIC SELECTIONS, MAYWARD, MERRILL & CO., 1898

 

 

• ROBERT E. SHERWOOD, ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC. N.Y., 1937 [2 COPIES]

 

 

• BENJAMIN P. THOMAS, PORTRAIT FOR POSTERITY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW BRUNSWICK, 1947

 

 

• ISAAC THOMAS, THE WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, CHICAGO WESTERN PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1898

 

 

• "THE CRIME AT FORD'S THEATER," A PICTURE PAMPHLET

 

 

• "LINCOLN MEMORIAL," WASHINGTON, D.C., A PAMPHLET

 

 

• "MR. LINCOLN AND THE RABBI," A RADIO BROADCAST BY THE ETERNAL LIGHT, SEPT. 23, 1957