1. VIENNA, 1897-1911 This series contains the records of the architecture and design projects from Urban's career in Vienna. It is arranged chronologically divided into five sections: General files-dated, General files-undated, Illustrations, Exhibits and Unidentified. It contains watercolor drawings, rough drawings, technical drawings, photographs, post cards, clippings, playbooks and exhibit catalogs. Of note are the catalogs from the 1902-1908 Hagenbund exhibits and the photographs of the 1908 Kaiserfest. 1.1: General Files Bicycle tournament, May 26, 1897 : Urban built a canopy for the tournament festival and made contributions to the program 1 1 Program & description
Kaiser Jubilee Bridge, 1898 : Urban won a competition to design this bridge between the Musikverein and the Künstlerhaus for the celebration of the emperor's 50th year of rule. 3 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
1 2 --Brucke 2 & 3, 29x22 cm., sig.
1 2 2 photographs
Bosnian Pavilion, 1898 : Also built for the Kaiserfest, the celebration of the emperor's 50th year of rule.
See also postcard at Avery Library
1 3 4 post cards
Rathauskeller, 1899 : With Heinrich Lefler. 4 drawings, watercolor/ink on board:
1 4 --Staircase, 30x20 cm.
1 4 --Die Sage vom Kussdenpfennig
B1 2 --Strauss table, 28x22 cm.
1 4 2 pencil sketches of murals
A 1 Lamps
1 5 Clipping, Councilmen's room
1 5 & 6 48 photographs, various views
A1 1 4 photographs, various views
1 7 51 prints, various views See also print and 4 photographs at Avery Library
Esterházy Estates, 1899, 1903 : Count Karl Esterházy saw Urban and Lefler's Lady's Room in the Winter Exhibit of 1897/98 at the Austrian museum and commissioned them to design an addition for his country chateau in St. Abraham in Hungary. In 1903 Urban designed a fountain for another Esterházy estate. 8 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
1 8 --II: Fireplace, 25x16 cm.
B1 3 --III: Bedroom, 22x23 cm., sig.
B1 4 --IV: Room with daybed, 26x21 cm., sig.
B1 5 --V: Corner of hall, 27x24 cm.
B1 6 --VI: Dining room, 27x24 cm., sig.
B1 7 --VII: Reception room, 28x24 cm., sig.
1 8 --Bedroom, 16.5x24 cm.
1 8 Wall Fountain, magazine print
C1 1 Wall Fountain, ink drawing, 42x30 cm. See also photograph of chateau at Avery Library
Memorial Chapel for Empress Elizabeth, 1901 : Kaiserin-Elizabeth-Kapelle at Baden bei Wien 4 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
B1 8 --Memorial, front elevation, 24x23 cm.
B1 9 --Memorial, view from gate, 25x17 (20x14) cm.
B1 10 --Memorial w/ front walkway, 25x17 (20x14) cm.
Wähner House, 1900 : Theodor Wähner was the Commissioner in charge of the Rathauskeller renovation and the editor of Deutschen Zeitung.
1 10 2 photographs of building
1 10 Easter note
1 10 Clock, watercolor on board, 27x14 (20x9) cm.
Goltz House, Alexander, 1902 : Urban built and furnished an addition to the house of artist and Hagenbund member, Alexander Goltz on Granzinger Street 87. 2 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink on board, sig.:
1 11 --Room, table in foreground, 29x21 (24x20) cm.
Von Wiener House and Office, 1902-1903 : Baron Ritter von Wiener was Minister of Art, director of the Museum for Culture and Teaching and director of the Museum of Arts and Crafts. Von Wiener was a major patron of Urban and Lefler who provided them with government projects. Baron von Wiener took Urban as a delegate to represent Austria at the 1900 Paris World's Fair. 3 drawings, watercolor and ink on board:
C1 2 --Study- floor and elevation, 30x15 cm.
C1 2 --Study corner, 30x15 cm.
D1 1 --North side elevation, 40x40 cm.
1 12 --Office of the Sectionschef von Stadler, 27x18 cm.
C1 3 5 plans
Spiesejaal Hotel Restaurant, 1905 : Katowice, Poland (formerly, Kattowitz, Prussia)
1 13 5 photographs of dining room
Zwischenspiel, 1905 Burgtheater comedy in 3 acts by Arthur Schnitzler
1 14
B1 11 Set sketch
Hopfner Restaurant, Paul, 1906 4 drawings, watercolor:
1 15 --Mantle detail, 20x28 cm.
B1 12 --Entrance elevation, 27x26 cm
B1 12 --Fireplace wall elevation, 26x29 cm.
C1 4 --Wall with mural elevation, 29x48 cm
1 15 4 photographs of restaurant
Hölle Cabaret, 1906 : With Heinrich Lefler. Cabaret in the cellar of the Theater an der Wien
1 16 3 elevations, Theater
4 drawings, watercolor on board:
B1 13 --Elevation, mask wall, 7/30/06, 25x29 cm., sig.
B1 13 --Elevation, devil waltz, 24x29 cm.
B1 13 --Elevation, mask wall, 34x24 cm.
B1 13 --Curtain elevation, 7/30/06, 26x27 cm., sig.
1 16 Photographs of theater and cabaret
1 16 Program
Urban Home, Nibelungengasse 8, 1906 : Donated by Robert Cole in 1995 1 17 Corner of dining room elevation, 30x20 cm.
A1 2 Salon ground plan, 34x23 cm.
A1 2 Children's room wall elevation, 26x35 cm.
Landau Villa, Dr. Max, 1906 : Villa am Semmering, Südbahnstr. 83 1 18 5 plans, detail drawing
C1 5 5 detail drawings
1 18 7 photographs of house and model See also drawing of furniture in Avery Library
12 6 6 photographs of set drawings
Redlich Villa, Carl, 1906-1907 : Country house of the owner of the construction contracting firm Redlich and Berger
2 1 Sketch of house exterior wall, pencil and ink
Set model
4 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
C1 6 --elevation of chair and divan, 23.5x34 cm.
C1 6 --elevation of hall, 22x44 cm.
2 1 --Garden lamp detail, 18x29 cm.
C1 6 Ground plan, ink, 26x24 cm.
C1 6 Ground plan, watercolor and pencil, 41x29 cm.
14-9-1 A.1 2 ground plans, 59x50 cm.
2 1 5 photographs
Faust I, II, 1906-07 : Directed by Paul Schlenther with Josef Kainz at the Burgtheater
2 2 Playbook, German
2 2 Set notes, 2 p.
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
2 2 --Prologue, Vienna, 1907, 17x21 cm.
2 2 --Gretchen's Room, 15x28 cm.
2 2 17 set sketches
2 2 3 postcards of actors in costume
Aschenbrödel (Cinderella), Vienna Hofoper, 1907 :
2 3 4 technical drawings
Kaiser Jubilee Festzug, June 12, 1908 : Celebrating the 60th year of rule of the Emperor Franz Josef.
2 4 & 5 103 photographs of festival
B1 14 Wiener Zeitung leaflet, 4 p.
2 5 Program, 12 p. See also photograph of pavilion at Avery Library
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1908, Vienna Hofoper :
2 6 --I: Church, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
B1 15 --I: Church B, 34x22 cm.
2 6 --II: Street, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
2 6 --III.1: workshop, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
2 6 --IV: Meadow, 18x24 (14x20) cm.
2 6 2 p. libretto cover
2 6 15 set elevations
C1 7 4 set elevations See also Vienna, 1909-11 and Boston January 23, 1914
Suburbs, 1909 :
2 7 7 plans
Tombstones and Chapels, 1909 :
2 8 5 sketches
2 8 18 photographs
B1 16 & 17 19 drawings and sketches
14-9-1 A3 Rough sketch
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), 1909, Leipzig Opernhaus :
2 9 Libretto
2 9 5 p. notes
2 9 12 plans and drawings
Der Fliegende Holländer, 1909, Vienna Volksoper, and Budapest :
2 10 Libretto
2 10 Volksoper program, 1909
2 10 2 plans
2 10 4 plans, Budapest
Tannhäuser, 1909 :
2 11 Libretto
2 11 9 set drawings
2 11 Program, Volksoper, 1909
Faust, 1909-11, Gounod, Brunswick : 2 watercolor drawings:
2 12 --Street, 20x26 cm.
2 12 Osterspaziergang set sketch See also Vienna (Goethe) 1906-07; Boston 2/26/13; Met 11/17/17 and 11/30/23
Quo Vadis?, 1909-11, Budapest, written by J. Nougués :
2 13 6 set drawings
Oberon, 1909-11, Charlottenburg : 2 14 Ground plan, island
A1 3 8 set drawings
C1 8 4 drawings & plans See also Met, 12/18/18
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1909-11, Budapest :
2 6 6 plans See also Vienna 1908 and Boston Opera January 23, 1914
Die Fledermaus, 1909-11, Cologne Opernhaus, written by Johann Strauss :
3 1 4 set drawings
Der Rosenkavalier, 1909-11, Cologne Opernhaus, written by Richard Strauss :
3 2 Libretto
C1 9 3 set elevations
3 2 Article, 2 p.
Salome, 1909-11, Stuttgart Hofoper, written by Richard Strauss :
3 3 Set sketch
Der Ring Des Nibelungen, 1909-11, Budapest :
3 4 Essay on Wagner, 17 p.
3 4 Set notes & inventories, 25 p.
Das Rheingold, Budapest, Brunswick :
3 4 libretto
3 4 2 ground plans, Budapest
3 4 Clipping of set
3 4 10 plans and sketches
D1 2 4 plans
Die Walküre, Budapest, Mannheim National Theater, 1911 :
3 5 Libretto
C1 10 5 technical drawings
3 5 5 sketches and notes
3 5 3 ground plans
3 5 2 ground plans, Budapest
Siegfried : 3 6 2 librettos
3 6 Clipping of Act III
3 6 4 sketches and plans
A1 4 2 drawings
3 6 2 ground plans
Tristan und Isolde, 1909-11 :
3 7 2 librettos
A1 5 Footwear, watercolor and ink, 32x26 cm.
3 7 5 technical drawings
Lohengrin, 1909-11, Stuttgart Hofoper : 2 drawings, watercolor :
3 8 --I: River bank scene, 9x11 (6x10) cm.
B1 18 --Costume drawing, 26x24 cm.
3 8 4 set drawings, pencil
B1 19 Set drawing, pencil See also Metropolitan Opera February 6, 1921
Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron), 1910 : By Johan Strauss conducted at the Hofoper by Felix Weingartner.
3 9 5 set drawings
8 5 --Act I: Church , 19x26 cm.
Der Junge Medardus, 1910 : 3 10 4 set sketches
Mair House, Dr. Bartl, 1910 : Dr. Mair was the local doctor for Scheiblingkirchen in lower Austria.
3 11 Ground plan and rear elevation
3 11 4 ground plans
3 11 3 photographs of house
Eisenstein House, Viktor, 1910 : Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 6. Eisenstein was the Vienna representative for the New York Life Insurance Company.
3 12 2 drawings, watercolor, sig. :
B2 1 --Front elevation and ground plan, 29x24 (23x15) cm.
B2 1 --ground plan w/ landscaping, 29x24 (24x17) cm.
Benvenuto Cellini, 1911, Hofoper :
3 13 3 detail drawings
Götterdämmerung, 1911, Mannheim Nationaltheater :
3 14 5 Roller set & costumes designs
3 14 12 set drawings
B2 2 2 set drawings
Lanval, 1911 : Play by Eduard Stucken, Burgtheater 1 drawing, watercolor:
3 15 --bedroom w/ ground plan
3 15 Set drawing of bedroom
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14-9-1 A.2 2 technical drawings
Gudrun, 1912 : Opera by Ernst Hardt, Burgtheater
3 16 4 set drawings
3 28 --I: outside abbey
Hänsel und Gretel, January 27,1912 (New) Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, libretto by Adelheid Wette, after a fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers, conducted by Wallace Goodrich with Bernice Fisher as Gretel, Jeska Swartz as Hänsel, Maria Claessens as the Witch, Otto Goritz as Peter and Florence De Courcy as the Sandman. 6 drawings, watercolor & ink:
1.2: General Files-Undated Freytag Library and Salon :
3 17
A1 6 Salon, 2 ladies at piano, 28x24 cm.
1.3: Theater Blaue Vogel (The Blue Bird) by Maurice Maeterlink :
3 18 12 set sketches
Czar und Zimmermann, by Albert Lortzing, comic opera :
3 19 3 plans
Eisenhammer, Der, music by Benito Bersa, book by A. M. Willner :
3 20 Set sketch
Erasmus Montanus, Ludwig Holberg, play :
3 21 5 sketches and notes
Förster-Christel (The Girl and the Kaiser), operetta by Bernhard Buchbinder :
3 22 4 set sketches
Frau ohne Schatten, by Richard Strauss :
3 23 Libretto
Freischütz, Der, see also Met 1923 :
3 24 4 ground plans
Garde Officier :
3 25 Set sketch
Graf von Luxemburg (The Count of Luxemburg), Franz Lehar :
3 26 Set sketch
Iphigenie auf Tauris, by Christoph Gluck :
3 27 Libretto
3 27 2 set drawings
Jongleur de Notre Dame, (Der Gaukler unserer lieben frauen), by Massenet :
3 28 Libretto, German
3 drawings and plans, watercolor:
3 28 --Act II: inside cloister
3 28 --Act III: Chapel
Königskinder, by Engelbert Humperdinck :
3 29 Technical drawing
Landschaft :
3 30 2 landscape drawings
Love's Labor Lost :
4 1 Playbook, German
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Opera by Otto Nikolai :
4 2 Libretto
Nozze de Figaro (Marriage of Figaro) :
4 3 Libretto, German
Pariser Leben, by Jacques Offenbach :
4 4 3 set drawings
Puppenmädel, operetta by Leo Fall, Leo Stein and Alfred Maria Willner :
4 5 4 set drawings
Rienzi, by Richard Wagner :
4 6 Libretto
4 6 Set notes & sketches, 14 p.
Roméo et Juliette :
4 7 Set sketch
Rose vom Liebesgarten, opera by Hans Pfitzner :
4 8
B2 3 2 set sketches
Schneemann, Der, Erich Wolfgang Korngold :
4 9 Set sketch
Sirene, Die, by Leo Fall, Leo Stein and Alfred Maria Willner :
4 10 2 set sketches
Sister Beatrice and Sumurün :
4 11 Clipping and 2 postcards
Tiefland, opera by Eugen d'Albert :
4 12 Ground plan
C1 11 Elevation drawing
Die Tote Stadt, Erich Wolfgang Korngold :
4 13 Libretto
Verborgte Schloss :
4 14 Set sketch
Waffenschmied, Der, comic opera by Albert Lortzing :
4 15 3 ground plans
Wallenstein's Lager, play by Friedrich Schiller :
4 16 Ground plan
Xantho, operetta by Jacques Richepin and Xavier Leroux :
4 17 2 set sketches
Zerbrochene Krug (The Broken Jug), comedy by Heinrich von Kleist :
4 18 4 sketches and notes
Zigeunerliebe, (Gypsy Love), music by Franz Lehar, book by A. M. Willner and Robert Bodanzky : 4 19 1 set drawing
5 9 --5 details of shoes and head pieces
1.4: Illustrations Chronika der drei Schwestern, 1899 :
4 20 --3 illustrations, 23x39 cm.
B2 4 --Medieval street scene, p.8, 24x28 cm.
B2 5 --p. 34, 29x24 (28x23) cm.
4 20 Bookbinding, 1899, watercolor, 21x30 cm., sig.
Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1904 : 4 20 --4 illustrations
A1 7 --Der Froschkönig, 24x25 cm.
B2 6 --Rapunzel, 24x21 cm.
4 20 8 p. Marienkind, 1905
5 10 --Act I: boat scene
Kling Klang Gloria, 1906 : 4 20 --cover, 24x21 cm.
A1 8 --cover, 23x23 cm.
4 20 Kaiser Calendar, 1898, 24x16 cm.
4 20 Bookcover, 1910 Unsere Freiland Stauden, 29x20 cm.
4 20 Andersen Calendar, 1911
Undated : 4 21 16 miscellaneous drawings
C1 12 Wienermännergesang verein poster, 48x25 cm.
B2 7 Imperial Border, 40x27 cm.
B2 8 Wilhelm II of Germany tribute, 39x20 cm.
4 21 23 borders and ornaments
D1 3 8 borders and ornaments
1.5: Exhibits Jubiläums-kunst exhibit 1898 : B3 1 catalog
4 22 3 photographs of furniture, 1898
4 22 Hevesi article, 4 p.
Hagenbund Exhibition Hall, 1901-1902 : 5 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
6 1 --7 costume drawings
B2 9 --Entrance, 37x26 (36x25) cm.
4 22 --Perspective of Hall, 28x17 cm.
4 22 --Side elevation, 18x28 cm.
4 22 --Front elevation and ground plan, 29x18 cm.
4 22 --Ceiling, 19x22 cm.
4 22 4 magazine clippings
B4 9 --wall elevation, 22x29 (22x23) cm., sig.
Art show catalogs : B3 2 Watercolor club,1899
B3 3 Secession 14th exhibit
B3 4 Vienna Art Show, 1908
8 3 --Act I: Interior
Hagenbund Exhibits : B3 5-36 32 Hagenbund exhibit catalogs, 1902-1906
4 23-26 4 Hagenbund catalogs, 1905, 1908, 1910
4 22 1902 exhibit, Playroom, sig.
5 1 & 2 56 photographs of exhibits (2 sets of 28)
5 5 14 St. Louis World's Fair photograph and copies
5 5 1905, 14 photographs of exhibit
C2 1 1905-06, exhibit #19, Wall elevation, 38x40 cm.
C2 2 1906, 2 plans for 20th Exhibit
5 5 1906, 4 photographs of 20th Oct-Nov exhibit
5 5 15 photographs of exhibits, unidentified
5 5 1908, 19 exhibit photographs
5 5 1906 London announcement, 16x11 cm.
D1 4 1910, elevation of Redlich exhibit room, 58x41 cm.
1.6: Unidentified 5 3 Playbooks, Moliere
5 6 17 watercolor drawings
5 6 22 drawings and plans
5 6 9 photographs
A1 9-10 9 drawings
B2 10 Clock elevation, 21x29 cm., sig.
C2 3 3 elevations
D1 5 Vorraum elevations
14-9-1 A.4 Plans for home and office
B2 11 --Details of wigs and head pieces See also Metropolitan Opera, November 5, 1927
II. BOSTON OPERA, 1910-1914 Joseph Urban was made artistic director of the Boston Opera Company beginning with the 1912-1913 season. The previous season, he had designed four operas for the Boston Opera while working in Vienna with Heinrich Lefler. This series contains files on all the productions from the repertory in chronological order. Each production is listed by title, opening date and production information. The production information is based on contemporary reviews taken from microfilm readings of the Boston Transcript and the Boston Herald. Those sets that Urban redesigned or retouched are so noted in parentheses after the title information. In addition to the drawings, plans, and photographs, the files contain production records--light plots, cast lists, set lists, line drops, etc La Scala invoice for operas Mefistofele, Faust, Lakmé, Manon and Roméo et Juliette : 5 7 Costume Invoice September 1910, 4 p.
14-9-1 A5 Ground Plan, Mefistofele
Pelléas et Mélisande, January 10, 1912 (New) Opera in 5 acts by Claude Debussy, adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, conducted by André Caplet with Vanni Marcoux as Golaud, Georgette LeBlanc as Mélisande and Jean Riddez as Pelléas.
5 4 Maeterlinck playbook incl. Pelléas et Mélisande
5 8 1 drawing of dungeon, pencil
C2 4 10 technical drawings
5 8 10 technical drawings
C2 4 2 drawings of furniture, watercolor
5 8 Production notes, 25 p.
5 8 7 photographs of sets See also Metropolitan Opera, March 21, 1925
Tristan und Isolde, February 12, 1912 (New) Opera in 3 acts by Richard Wagner, conducted by Felix Weingartner, with Johanna Gadski as Isolde, Jacques Urlus as Tristan, Pasquale Amato as Kurvenal and Edward Lankow as King Marke
5 10 Libretto
5 10 Set notes in German
Set drawing, watercolor and pencil:
5 10 2 elevations of Act I and II
D1 6 2 technical drawings
5 10 Electrical plot
5 10 5 photographs of sets See also Vienna, 1909-11; Theater, Interstate Opera 1916; Metropolitan Opera, November 20, 1920
Werther, March 1, 1912 Opera by Jules Massenet, conducted by André Caplet
5 11 Production notes, 3 p.
Germania, March 9, 1912 Opera by Alberto Franchetti, conducted by Arnaldo Conti with Bernice Fisher as Jane, Ramon Blanchart as Crisogono, Madeleine D'Olige as Jebbel, Pasquale Amato as Carlo Worms, Carmen Melis as Ricke and Giovanni Zenatello as Loewe.
5 12 Production notes, 2 p.
Le Martyre de Sebastien, March 30, 1912 Music by Claude Debussy, conducted by André Caplet with Evelyn Scotney and Jeska Swartz.
5 13 2 set notes
5 13 2 set sketches
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, November 25, 1912 (New) Opera by Jacques Offenbach, libretto & book by Jules Barbier, after a play by Barbier & Michel Carré based on the stories of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, conducted by André Caplet with Edmond Clément as Hoffmann, Vanni Marcoux as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto and Dr. Miracle, Elvira Leveroni as Niklausse, Bernice Fisher as Olympia and Louise Edvina as Antonia.
6 1 Libretto
6 1 Clipping from German magazine
6 1 3 set sketches, Opéra Comique production
6 1 Set notes, 31 p.
6 1 Production notes, 11 p.
17 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink:
B2 12 & 13 --2 costume drawings, Giulietta
6 1 --6 set details
B2 14 --2 set details
6 1 1/2 detail of elevation, photostat
B2 14 5 ground plans
6 1 6 photographs of costume drawings
6 2 26 photographs of sets
6 2 Note to Deems Taylor, 1934, ts. See also Metropolitan Opera, November 13, 1924
La Bohême, November 27,1912 (retouched) Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Signori Giocosa and Illica, adapted from a novel by Henri Murger, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Lucrezia Bori as Mimì, Léon Laffitte as Rodolfo, Giovanni Polese as Marcello and Fely Dereyne as Musetta.
6 3 2 librettos
6 3 1 p. from Met program, 1913-14
6 3 2 costume drawings, watercolor and pencil
6 3 3 ground plans
6 3 1 cast list from December 6 performance
6 3 5 production notes, 6 p.
6 3 2 photographs of sets
Madama Butterfly, November 29, 1912 (New) Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after a play by David Belasco, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Riccardo Martin as Pinkerton, Emmy Destinn as Cio-Cio-San and Giovanni Polese as Sharpless.
6 4 Libretto, German
6 4 Set notes in German, 8 p.
B2 15 Act II, watercolor
6 4 5 ground plans
B2 16 2 ground plans
6 4 Production notes, 10 p.
6 4 6 photographs of set See also Metropolitan Opera, November 24, 1922
Il Trovatore, November 30, 1912 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Gertrude Rennyson as Leonora, Léon Laffitte as Manrico, Ramon Blanchart as Di Luna and Maria Claessens as Azucena.
6 5 Libretto
6 5 Production notes, 21 p.
6 5 4 ground plans
B4 1 3 ground plans
6 5 1 set photograph of III.1
Tosca, December 2, 1912 (retouched) Opera by Giacomo Puccini, book by V. Sardou, L. Illica and G. Giacosa, after Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Mary Garden as Tosca, Vanni Marcoux as Scarpia, Charles Dalmorès as Cavaradossi, and Aristodemo Sillich as Angelotti. 6 6 Libretto in German
6 6 2 clippings from program
6 6 Watercolor drawing of Act III: Castle Terrace
6 6 Set notes, 8 p.
6 6 2 ground plans
6 6 Production notes, 16 p.
6 6 3 photographs of set
Thaïs, December 7, 1912 (retouched) Opera by Jules Massenet, libretto by Louis Gallet, after a novel by Anatole France, conducted by André Caplet with Mary Garden as Thaïs, Vanni Marcoux as Athanael and Charles Dalmorés as Nicias. 6 7 Set notes, 7 p.
6 7 Production notes,18 p.
6 7 2 photographs of set See also Metropolitan Opera, December 14, 1922
Don Giovanni, February 7, 1913 (New) Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Vanni Marcoux as Don Giovanni, Adamo Didur as Leporello, John McCormack as Don Ottavio, Emmy Destinn as Donna Anna and Elizabet Amsden as Donna Elvira. 7 9 Cast list
Lucia di Lammermoor, December 14, 1912 Opera by Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Ralph Lyford with Evelyn Scotney as Lucia, Umberto Sacchetti as Edgardo, Rodolfo Fornari as Enrico and Ernesto Giaccone as Arturo. 6 8 Production notes, 20 p.
6 8 Photograph of set
Louise, December 18,1912 (New) Opera by Gustave Charpentier, conducted by André Caplet with Louise Edvina as Louise, Edmond Clément as Julien, Maria Gay as La Mère and Vanni Marcoux as Le Père. 6 9 2 references clippings
3 set renderings, watercolor:
6 9 --Act I & IV: Garret
6 9 --Act II: At the foot of Montmartre
6 9 --Act III: Garden
6 9 2 ground plans
14-9-1 A6 1 ground plan, Act II
6 9 Production notes, 12 p.
6 9 5 photographs of set drawing and sets See also Metropolitan Opera, March 1, 1929
La Traviata, December 21, 1912 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on the story by Alexandre Dumas La Dame Aux Camelias, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Evelyn Scotney as Violetta, Alfredo Ramella as Alfredo, Ramon Blanchart as Germont and Attilio Pulcini as Baron Douphol. 6 10 3 ground plans
6 10 Production notes, 11 p.
6 10 Photograph of set See also Metropolitan Opera, November 14, 1921
Aïda, December 27, 1912 (Retouched) Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, after a scenario by Auguste Mariette, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Giovanni Zenatello as Radames, Anafesto Rossi as Amonasro, Maria Gay as Amneris and Carmen Melis as Aïda. 7 1 2 librettos
7 1 Set notes in German, 4 p.
B4 2 4 ground plans
B25 7 3 costume sketches
7 1 Production notes, 19 p.
7 1 3 photographs of sets
Coppélia, December 28, 1912 Ballet by Léo Delibes, conducted by Charles Strony with Dolores Galli as Swanilda. Attilio Pulcini as Burgomaster and Cronan as Frantz.
B4 3 Ground plan
7 2 Production notes, 5 items
7 2 2 photographs of sets
Cavalleria Rusticana, December 30, 1912 Opera by Pietro Mascagni, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Maria Gay as Santuzza, Umberto Sacchetti as Turiddu, Anafesto Rossi as Alfio. 7 3 Libretto
7 3 Production notes, 3 p.
7 3 Photograph of set
Curtain and Concerts, 1912-13 7 4
B4 4 2 ground plans, 1912
B4 5 2 drawings of drapery ornament, watercolor, Feb 1913
I Pagliacci, January 4, 1913 Opera by Leoncavallo, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edith Barnes as Nedda, Ramon Blanchart as Tonio, Giuseppe Gaudenzi as Canio and George Everett as Silvio. 7 5 Libretto
7 5 Village, watercolor, sig.
7 5 Ground plan
7 5 5 p. production notes
7 5 Photograph of set See also Theater, Interstate Opera Company 1916
Carmen, January 15, 1913 (retouched) Opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after a novel by Prosper Mérimée, conducted by Charles Strony with Giovanni Zenatello as Don Jose, Maria Gay as Carmen and José Mardones as Escamillo. 7 6 Libretto
7 6 Clipping of Met stage sets
7 6 8 ground plans
B4 6 4 ground plans
7 6 28 production notes
7 6 2 photographs of set See also Metropolitan Opera, November 22, 1923]
I Gioielli della Madonna, January 17, 1913 (New) Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, libretto by Carlo Zangarini & Enrico Golisciani, with Giovanni Zenatello as Gennaro, Maria Gay as Carmela, Louise Edvina as Maliella and Vanni Marcoux as Raffaele. 7 7 Synopsis in German, 24 p.
7 7 Article in German, 1 p.
B4 7 3 prints of Charlottenburg sets by von Plessen
3 renderings, watercolor:
7 7 --2 costume renderings, Madonna, 24x14 cm.
7 7 --Procession scene, 17x31 cm.
7 7 2 rough sketches
7 7 3 ground plans, Berlin opera house
B4 7 1 ground plan
7 7 1 cast list
7 7 9 photographs of sets
Rigoletto, January 25, 1913 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play by Victor Hugo Le roi s'amuse, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Evelyn Scotney as Gilda, Michele Sampieri as Monterone, Rodolfo Fornari as Rigoletto and Alfredo Ramella as the Duke. 7 8 1 cast list
7 8 1 set of production notes, 17 p.
7 8 1 set photo
7 9 Libretto
1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
7 9 --Act I: Garden scene, signed by Errol
7 9 3 ground plans
B4 8 3 technical drawings
7 9 Production notes, 6 p.
7 9 13 retouched photos of sets
7 10 22 photographs of sets and set drawings See also Metropolitan Opera, November 29, 1929
La Fanciulla del West, February 21, 1913 Opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Guelfo Civinini & Carlo Zangorini, based on the play by David Belasco The Girl of the Golden West, with Carmen Melis as Minnie, Giovanni Polese as Jack Rance and Giovanni Zenatello as Dick Johnson. 7 11 Ground plan
14-9-1 A7 3 ground plans
7 11 Production notes, 9 p.
7 11 2 photographs of set
Djamileh, February 24, 1913 (New) American premiere of opera by Georges Bizet, libretto by Louis Gallet, after the story by Alfred de Musset Namouna, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Lucille Marcel as Djamileh, Léon Laffitte as Haroun and Ernesto Giaccone as Spendiano. 7 12 Libretto
7 12 Set notes in German, 34 p.
7 12 3 rough set sketches:
1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
7 12 Production notes, 2 p.
7 12 3 photographs of set
Faust, February 26,1913 (redesigned costumes, retouched) Opera by Charles Gounod, libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, adapted from the dramatic poem by Goethe, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Giovanni Zenatello as Faust, Lucille Marcel as Marguerite and Vanni Marcoux as Méphistophélès. 7 13 2 librettos
7 13 1 costume drawing, watercolor
B4 10 4 ground plans
7 13 Production notes, 18 p.
7 13 12 photographs of costume and set drawings See also Vienna 1906-07 and Metropolitan Opera, 1917 and 1923
La Forêt Bleue, March 8, 1913 (American premiere) (New) Opera by Louis Aubert, conducted by André Caplet with Fernand De Potter as Prince Charming, Jean Riddez as the Orge, Carmen Melis as the Princess, Jeska Swartz as Tom Thumb and Bernice Fisher as Little Red Riding -Hood. 7 14 Libretto
7 14 Synopsis, 5 p.
7 14 Production notes, 9 p.
7 14 4 photographs of sets
Samson et Dalila, March 12, 1913 (retouched) Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire, conducted by André Caplet with Maria Gay as Dalila, Giovanni Zenatello as Samson and Jean Riddez as the High Priest. 7 15 Libretto
7 15 Postcard of set
7 15 Set rendering, watercolor
7 15 Production notes, 11 p.
7 15 2 photographs of costume and set
Il Segreto di Susanna, March 17,1913 (New) Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, libretto by Max Kalbeck, adapted from a book by Enrico Golisciani, conducted by André Caplet with Antonio Scotti as Count Gil, Alice Nielsen as Countess Gil and Luigi Tavecchia as Sante. 8 1 Libretto
8 1 1 p. of sample fabrics, costume
B4 11 Drawing of back wall, watercolor
8 1 2 watercolor drawings, side wall and detail
8 1 10 plans and sketches
D1 7 3 ground plans
8 1 Production notes, 8 p.
8 1 6 photographs of set
Martha, March 24, 1913 Opera by Friedrich von Flotow, libretto W. Friedrich, after an idea by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Alice Nielsen as Lady Harriet, Maria Gay as Nancy, Max Lipmann as Lionel and Edward Lankow as Plunkett. D1 8 1 ground plan, Act III & V
8 2 2 set notes and plan
8 2 Production notes, 8 p.
Photograph of set See also Metropolitan Opera December 14, 1923
Monna Vanna, December 5, 1913 (New) Opera by Henri Février, based on a play by Maurice Maeterlinck, conducted by André Caplet with Vanni Marcoux as Guido, Mary Garden as Monna Vanna and Lucien Muratore as Prinzivalle. 8 3 Libretto, German
8 3 Production notes, 31 p.
8 3 3 working photographs
3 set renderings, watercolor on board:
8 3 --Act II: Tent (painted photo)
8 3 --Act III: Terrace
8 3 2 watercolor sketches with plan
8 3 2 detail drawings, watercolor, 1 sig.
14-9-2 1 5 technical drawings
8 3 11 photographs of sets and scenes
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), December 13, 1913 Opera by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini, adapted from the play by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais, conducted by Arnaldo Schiavoni with Hazel Sanborn as Rosina, Rodolfo Fornari as Figaro, Luigi Tavecchia as Dr. Bartolo and Alfredo Ramella as Il Conte D'Almaviva.
8 4 2 ground plans
B4 12 Ground plan, Act I
8 4 Production notes, 6 p.
8 4 Photograph of Act II See also Metropolitan Opera November 27, 1919
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, January 23, 1914 (New) Opera by Richard Wagner, conducted by André Caplet with Johanna Gadski as Eva, Robert Leonhardt as Beckmesser, Paolo Ludikar as Hans Sachs and Carl Jörn as Walther.
8 5 Reference material
14-9-2 2 Reference material
7 drawings, watercolor and pencil on board:
8 5 --Property elevations, 19x27 cm., sig.
B4 13 --Act II: Costumes, night scene, 18x26 cm., sig.
B4 14 --Act III: Costumes, open meadow, sig.
B4 15 --Act III.2: details, 29x19.5 cm., sig.
B4 16 --Act III.2: platform elevation, 22x26 cm., sig.
B4 17 --Property details, 28.5x19 cm., sig.
14-9-2 2 2 technical drawings
8 5 Production notes, 15 p.
8 5 17 photographs of sets and set drawings See also Vienna, 1908, 1909-11
La Gioconda, February 6, 1914 Opera by Amilcare Ponchielli, libretto by Tobia Gorrio, after the play by Victor Hugo Angélo, tyran de Padoue, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Emmy Destinn as La Gioconda, Florencio Constantino as Enzo, Marguerite D'Alvarez as Laura and Mario Ancona as Barnaba.
8 6 Production notes, 6 p.
B4 18 Ground plan
L'Amore dei Tre Re, February 9, 1914 (New) Opera in three acts by Italo Montemezzi, adapted from poem by Sem Benelli, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana as Avito, Lucrezia Bori as Fiora and Pasquale Amato as Manfredo.
8 7 Libretto
8 7 3 photographs of Met production
8 7 1 page from Met program
B4 19 Ground plan
8 7 Ground plan and elevation
8 7 1 cast list
8 7 10 photographs of costumes, sets and set drawings
Manon, March 18, 1914 Opera by Jules Massenet, libretto by Henri Meilhac & Philippe Gille, after the novel by Antoine-Francois Prevost, L'histoire du chevalier de Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, conducted by Edouard Tournon with Jenny Dufau as Manon, Lucien Muratore as Des Grieux and Alban Grand as De Brétigny. 8 8 3 p. from Met program
8 8 5 photographs of set See also Metropolitan Opera December 22, 1928
Otello, Paris Tour, May 5, 1914 (New) Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa, based on the play by William Shakespeare, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana as Otello, Vanni Marcoux as Iago and Nellie Melba as Desdemona.
8 9 Libretto
8 9 Playbook
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
8 9 --Iago
B4 20 --Act II: Garden
8 9 --Act III: Castle interior, sig.
8 9 --Act III: Castle detail
8 9 Article on Verdi, 1 p.
8 9 3 technical drawings
14-9-1 A.8 7 ground plans
8 9 Production notes, 6 p.
8 9 15 photographs of sets and set drawings
Parsifal, Paris Tour, June 3, 1914 (New) Opera by Richard Wagner, conducted by Felix Weingartner with Johannes Sembach as Parsifal, Margarete Matzenauer as Kundry and August Kiess as Klingsor.
8 10 2 librettos in German, pamphlets
8 10 1 libretto in German, hardback
8 10 Clipping of scenes
9 1 4 German post cards
9 1 Act I.1: Spring, painted photograph
9 1 Sketch, Klingsor tower
9 1 Drawing, watercolor and pencil:
--Klingsor tower detail
9 1 6 photographs of set drawings
9 1 1 newspaper article, German See also Metropolitan Opera, February 19, 1920
Francesca Da Rimini, 1914 9 2 Swedish transportation schedule
9 2 Libretto
9 2 3 sketches
B4 21 4 ground plans
9 2 10 photographs of set drawings and costumes
Louse Edvina, Musical America, 1/29/16 B4 21
La Muette de Portici, (Dumb Girl of Portici) November 23, 1915 (New) Opera by Daniel Auber, libretto by Eugene Scribe, conducted by Agide Jacchia with Anna Pavlowa as Fenella, Giovanni Zenatello as Masaniello and Giori Michailoff as Alfonso.
9 3 Notes and sketches, 6 p.
3 drawings, watercolor :
9 3 --Act IV: fountain, stone lion
9 3 --Act V: interior
9 3 5 technical drawings
B4 22 Ground plan, Act I
Undated Articles 9 4 Les Arts Décoratifs au Théâtre, 5 p.
Boston Office 9 5 2 photographs of studio office
Don Pasquale, Donizetti Performed in the 1909-10, 1910-11 seasons
9 6 1 clipping of set design
9 6 1 libretto
9 6 3 production notes
9 6 1 photograph of set
Elijah, Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn 9 7 Drawing, Rocky landscape, sig.
Erste Walpurgisnacht, Die, Mendelssohn 2 drawings, watercolor, sig. :
9 8 --Costume, 20 furies, 20x17 cm.
9 8 --Costume, druids, detail 13, 20x16 cm.
9 8 Notes and sketches, 17 p.
9 8 11 photographs of sets & costumes
Habañera, Raoul La Parra Performed in the 1909-1910, 1911-12 season 9 9 Libretto
Hippodamia, Andre Campra 9 10 Set notes, 6 p.
9 10 Notes and sketches, 15 p.
B4 23 Plan
Lakmé, Léo Delibes Performed in the 1909-10 season 9 11 Production notes, 4 p.
9 11 4 photographs of sets
Librettos 9 12 --Ballo in Maschera
30 1 141 photographs (cont.)
9 12 --Boris Godunov
9 12 --Conchita
9 12 --Forza del Destino overture
9 12 --Nozze de Figaro
9 12 --Orfeo ed Euridice libretto, piano score
9 12 --Siegfried, 2 librettos
Loeffler's Opera, Charles Martin Loeffler 9 13 Notes, German, 7 p.
Mignon, Abroise Thomas Performed in the 1911-12 season. 9 14 Libretto
9 14 Production notes, 3 p.
Parisina, Pietro Mascagni 9 15 Newspaper clipping, 1913
Pipe of Desire, Frank S. Converse 9 16 Libretto
9 16 Script, Italian, 15 p.
9 16 Line Drops, 1 p.
9 16 2 photographs of scenes
Sacrifice, Frank S. Converse Performed in the 1910-11 season 9 17 Production notes, 3 p.
B8 11 --Green curtain, 26x31 (14x20) cm.
9 17 3 photographs of sets
III.. NEW YORK This series is arranged chronologically within five subseries: Theater, Ziegfeld, Met, Film, and Architecture and Design. The series are preceded by a listing of general files in which photograph scrapbooks, clippings scrapbooks and Square Yard Books are followed by undated and unidentified files. The clippings scrapbooks are the major source for Urban's New York career and document some projects and activities not found in the archive. The square yard books contain drawings and measurements of set pieces for opera, theater and film sets. There is very little documentation in the form of letters, contracts, and financial accounts. Numerous photographs of sets and set models are to be found but production photographs are rare. 3.1: General Files A2-A6 4 Photo scrapbooks, 1912-1933
Clipping Scrapbooks 1914-1933 Mcrofilm [6/2034-2036, 98/10117-10119]
10 1-4 5 Square Yard Books, 1922-1925
10 5 Inventory of pounces, 1933
3.2: Undated Studio-Yonkers : 10 6 7 photographs of Yonkers studio
10 6 2 drawings of proposed studio
10 7 Reference
Unidentified drawings : 10 8 45 drawings and photographs
10 9 26 sketches and notes
11 1 16 photographs
3.3: Theater, 1914-1933 This subseries records the productions that Urban designed for producers other than Florenz Ziegfeld. It contains reference material, scripts, watercolor drawings, technical drawings, photographs and programs, and is arranged chronologically. Each production is listed by title, followed by the opening date and production information. The production information is from
Bordman, Gerald M. American Theatre, New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Leiter, Samuel. The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989
Mantle, Burns, ed. The Best Plays Series. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. 11 2 Articles on set design, 1934, 1966
11 3 Trees & borders
11 4 Undated scripts
Twelfth Night, November 23, 1914 : Play by William Shakespeare, revived by Liebler and Co. (George C. Tyler) at the Liberty Theater with Eben Plympton, Walter Creighton, Henry E. Dixey, Edith Campbell Walker, Jessie Busley and Phyllis Neilson-Terry. 8 performances. 11 5 Play
11 5 Production notes, 11 p.
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
11 5 --I. Orsino's Palace, 19x29 (16x27) cm.
B5 4 --I.5: before Olivia's House, 19x29 (16x27) cm.
11 5 --II.2: Olivia's Garden, 19x29 (16x27) cm.
11 5 --III.2: Malvolio's Prison, 19x29 (16x27) cm.
11 5 6 set sketches
C2 7 2 plans for portal
11 5 9 plans
11 5 9 photos of set drawings
Garden of Paradise, November 28, 1914 : Play in nine scenes by Edward Sheldon based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, directed by O. P. Heggie, produced by Liebler and Co. (George C. Tyler) at the Park Theater. 17 performances.
11 6 & 7 Script, part 1 & 2
11 8 Booklet, set notes in German
11 8 German article on sea dragon
11 8 Lefler print for Der Graf von Cilli
11 8 2 reference photos
11 8 Costume sketch, pencil
7 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
11 8 --costume drawings, Act I,II, 16x20 cm.
11 8 --costume drawing, Act III, 16x10 cm.
11 8 --props-chests, 16x24 cm.
11 8 --Act I: Under the Sea, 13x22 cm.
11 8 --Act I: Under the Sea, 20x30 cm.
B5 5 --Under the Sea, Octopus, 25x30 cm.
B5 6 --Glade Scene, 23x36 (21x33) cm., sig.
11 8 Set sketch, pencil
D2 5 9 technical drawings
11 9 71 photographs of sets & costumes
Behold Thy Wife,1915 : The show opened and closed in Washington DC 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B5 7 --Act III: Library, 23x36 cm., sig.
11 10 5 technical drawings
D2 6 3 technical drawings
11 10 6 photographs of set drawings
Set model
Yesterday or Tomorrow, October 8, 1915 : Fashion extravaganza in 4 acts, written by Pierre de Lanux, directed by Julian Mitchell, sponsored by the International Fashion Show Association and the New York Globe at Carnegie Hall to aid the Actors' Fund of America. 12 1 Script, 18 p.
2 costume renderings, watercolor and pencil :
12 1 --Marguerite costume design
D2 7 --Costume sketch, male
12 1 4 plans
D2 7 4 technical drawings
12 1 1 photograph of proscenium idea
12 1 Program
Around the Map (Here Comes Tootsie), November 1, 1915 : Musical revue in 3 acts, book and lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan, music by Herman Finck, musical numbers staged by Julian Mitchell, directed by Herbert Gresham, produced by Klaw and Erlanger at the New Amsterdam Theater with Hazel Cox, Else Adler, William Norris and Robert Pitkin. 104 performances. 12 2 Set notes in German and English
1 drawing-watercolor, sig.
12 2 ---Act III.2: Sitting Room, 22x33 cm.
12 2 3 technical drawings
D2 8 2 technical drawings
12 2 22 photographs of set drawings
12 2 Program, Dec. 6, 1915
Pavlowa Ballet, 1915-1917 : Urban designed sets for Giselle, Orpheo, and "Snowflakes" from Act I of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
12 3 --Preliminary sketch for Orpheo
12 3 4 letters/telegrams from V. Dandré, 5 p.
D2 9 1 ground plan
12 3 6 photographs of set drawings
Macbeth, February 7, 1916 : Tragedy by William Shakespeare, directed by James K. Hackett at the Criterion Theater with Mr. Hackett as Macbeth and Viola Allen as Lady Macbeth. 40 performances. 12 4 Set analysis, 3 p.
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B5 8 --Outside the castle, 24x36 (20x32) cm.
B5 9 --Battlements, 24x36 (20x32) cm., sig.
12 4 7 technical drawings
14-9-2 4 25 technical drawings
12 4 27 photographs of set drawings
Set model
The Greatest Nation, February 28, 1916 : Play in 3 acts by Marion Creighton and William Elliott, directed by Cyril Scot, produced by William Elliott at the Booth theater. 16 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B5 10 --Bedroom, 24x33 (21x32) cm.
12 5 4 details and plans
D2 10 7 technical drawings
12 5 6 photographs of set drawings
Set model.
Pom-Pom, February 28, 1916 : Comic opera in 2 acts, book and lyrics by Anne Caldwell, music by Hugo Felix, directed by George Marion, produced by Henry W. Savage at the Cohan Theater. 128 performances. 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
12 6 --Prison Court, 15x23 (12x20) cm.
12 6 --Green room, 12x20 cm.
B5 11 --Elephant scene, 23x35 (20x30) cm.
D2 11 1 plan
Merry Wives of Windsor, March 20, 1916 : Comedy by William Shakespeare, produced by James K. Hackett at the Criterion Theater for the Shakespeare tercentenary, directed by Richard Ordynski with Thomas A.Wise, Orrin Johnson, Viola Allen and Henrietta Crosman. 12 7
Opera libretto with notes, German
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Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron), 1910 : By Johan Strauss conducted at the Hofoper by Felix Weingartner.
3 9 5 set drawings
8 5 --Act I: Church , 19x26 cm.
Der Junge Medardus, 1910 : 3 10 4 set sketches
Mair House, Dr. Bartl, 1910 : Dr. Mair was the local doctor for Scheiblingkirchen in lower Austria.
3 11 Ground plan and rear elevation
3 11 4 ground plans
3 11 3 photographs of house
Eisenstein House, Viktor, 1910 : Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 6. Eisenstein was the Vienna representative for the New York Life Insurance Company.
3 12 2 drawings, watercolor, sig. :
B2 1 --Front elevation and ground plan, 29x24 (23x15) cm.
B2 1 --ground plan w/ landscaping, 29x24 (24x17) cm.
Benvenuto Cellini, 1911, Hofoper :
3 13 3 detail drawings
Götterdämmerung, 1911, Mannheim Nationaltheater :
3 14 5 Roller set & costumes designs
3 14 12 set drawings
B2 2 2 set drawings
Lanval, 1911 : Play by Eduard Stucken, Burgtheater 1 drawing, watercolor:
3 15 --bedroom w/ ground plan
3 15 Set drawing of bedroom
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12 7 Playbook, English
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
12 7 --Street Scene, 11x21 cm.
12 7 --Street Scene, 15x23 (10x18) cm.
D2 12 5 technical drawings
12 7 16 photographs of set drawings
Set model
Caliban of the Yellow Sands, May 24, 1916 : Masque based on works of Shakespeare by Percy MacKaye, produced by Joseph Urban and Richard Ordynski, inner settings designed by Robert Edmond Jones, with John Drew and Margaret Wycherly at the Lewisohn Stadium of City College of New York. 12 8 Letter from Percy MacKaye, March 6, 1916
12 8 Masque Structure, ts., 2 p.
12 8 Article, Caliban-1916, ts., 2 p.
B5 12 Tower detail for stage in pencil, 25x38 cm.
B5 13 Sight lines, 25x38 cm.
6 drawings, watercolor, sig. :
D3 1 --ground plan, 42x37 (36x40) cm
D3 2 --tower detail, 50x38 (41x28) cm
14-10-2 2 --stage, 38x76 (34x76) cm.
14-10-2 4 --ground plan, 82x59 (74x58) cm
B5 14 --Worship god Osiris, 22x36 (18x30) cm.
C2 8 --Setebos, 35x43 cm.
12 8 5 watercolor drawings of interval sets
12 8 2 programs
12.9-13 1 72 photographs
13 1 1 photo scrapbook
Flora Bella, September 11, 1916 : Operetta in 3 acts, book by Felix Doermann, revised and adapted by Cosmo Hamilton, music by Charles Cuvillier and Milton Schwarzwald, produced by John Cort, dances by Carl Randall, directed by Richard Ordynski at the Casino Theater. Moved to the 44th Street Theater on November 27, 1916. 112 performances. 13 2 2 photographs of set drawings
Miss Springtime, September 25, 1916. : Musical comedy in 3 acts, book by Guy Bolton, music by Emmerich Kalman, ensembles by Julian Mitchell, directed by Herbert Gresham, produced by Klaw and Erlanger at the New Amsterdam Theater. 224 performances. Drawing, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B5 15 --Act I: outside Post Office, 37x45 (18x27) cm.
D3 3 3 technical drawings
13 3 10 photographs of set drawings and sets
Othello, 1916 : 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
13 4 --Act II: Dining Hall, 18x25 (14x22) cm.
13 4 --Act V: Entrance to garden, 18x25 (14x22) cm.
13 4 --Act V: Desdemona's room, 18x25 (14x22) cm.
13 4 Script with tip-in letter from James K. Hackett
Interstate Opera Company, 1916 : Urban was contracted to do 8 sets for this company which was made up of interests from Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cincinnati, joined together as a corporation to bring opera to the interior. The corporation collapsed after the United States entry into the First World War. 13 5 Pagliacci 2 ground plans
D3 4 2 ground plans
Lakmé : 13 5 Drawing, II: Opening, market group, Detail 14
D3 5 3 ground plans
Tristan Und Isolde : 13 5 Set notes, 5 p.
3 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B6 1 --Act I: Boat, preliminary sketch, 20x26 (15x23) cm.
B6 2 --Act I: boat, 1917, 24x33 (21x31) cm.
B6 3 --Act II: King Mark's Castle, 20x26 (15x23) cm.
1 photograph, retouched with watercolor, sig. :
13 5 --Act III: Tristan's Courtyard, 16x24 (10x17) cm.
13 5 3 ground plans
13 5 5 photographs of set drawings
13 5 Clipping
Studio Accounts, 1916-1919, 38 p. : 13 6
Nju, March 22, 1917 : Written by Ossip Dymow, translated by Rosallind Ivin, produced by Joseph Urban and Richard Ordynski at the Bandbox Theater with Ann Andrews, Henry Stanford and Thomas Mitchell. 44 performances. 13 Clippings, 2 p.
13 7 Script in German
13 7 Script notes, 4 p.
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B31 1 --bedroom, dining room, 23x37 (18x24) cm.
B31 2 --2 rooms, 30x24 (25x18) cm., sig.
13 7 Invitation Detail 7
13 7 3 invitations
13 7 Billing and Accounts, 35 p.
13 7 4 photographs of production
Riviera Girl, September 24, 1917 : Musical comedy in 3 acts, music by Emmerich Kalman based on his Czardasfürstin, book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, with songs by Jerome Kern, produced by Klaw and Erlanger at the New Amsterdam with Louis Cassavant and Wilda Bennett. 78 performances. D3 6 6 ground plans
13 8 5 photographs of set drawings
Jack O'Lantern, October 16, 1917 : Musical extravaganza in 2 acts by Anne Caldwell and R. H. Burnside, music by Ivan Caryll, directed by R. H. Burnside, produced by Charles Dillingham at the Globe Theater with Fred Stone. Included sets by Homer Ewens and Ernest Albert. 265 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B31 3 --Clown curtain, 26x28 (20x23) cm.
14-9-2 5 6 technical drawings
13 9 7 photographs of set drawings
Glorianna, October 28, 1918 : Play with music in 3 acts, book and lyrics by Catherine Chisholm Cushing, music by Rudolf Friml, directed by Clifford Brooke, produced by John Cort at the Liberty Theater. 96 performances. 13 10 1 script
13 10 2 photographs of sets
The Invisible Foe, December 30, 1918. : Play in 3 acts by Walter Hackett, produced and directed by Thomas Dixon at the Harris Theater with Daisy Vivian and Frank Andrews. 112 performances. C2 9 1 ground plan
13 11 2 photographs of set drawing
London Revue, 1918-1920 : Albert DeCourville commissioned Urban to make sets for a Follies-style revue in London. 13 12 1 agreement and 3 letters regarding set drawings
Belle Hélène,1919, unrealized : Operetta in 3 acts, music by Jacques Offenbach, director-Richard Ordynski 13 13 Libretto
3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B6 4 --Act I: Temple, not used, 25x36 cm.
B6 5 --Act II: Boudoir, not used, 24x34 cm.
B6 6 --Act III: Nauplia, 31x40 cm.
13 13 5 photographs of set drawings
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Detroit symphony, 1919 : 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
D3 7 --Symphony concert set (dated 1925), 43x50 (30x41) cm.
13 14 2 photographs of set drawing dated 1919
Hitchy Koo, October 6, 1919. : A revue in 2 parts, book by George V. Hobart, music and lyrics by Cole Porter, produced by Raymond Hitchcock at the Liberty Theater with Raymond Hitchcock, Florence O'Denishawn and Princess White Deer. 13 15 4 photographs of sets
Apple Blossoms, (Marriage Knot), October 7, 1919. : Operetta in prologue and 2 acts, music by Fritz Kreisler and Victor Jacobi, book and lyrics by William Le Baron, produced by Charles Dillingham at the Globe with Adele and Fred Astaire in supporting roles. 236 performances. 14 1 5 letters, 1919
5 drawings-Watercolor :
C3 1 --Act I: School Garden (28x48) cm.
B6 7 --Act I: School Garden, not used (25x27) cm., sig.
C3 2 --Act II: Parlor (27x44) cm.
C3 3 --Act III: Ballroom (28x47) cm.
B6 8 --Act III: Ballroom, not used (25x28) cm., sig.
14 1 Sketches and notes, 14 p.
14 1 2 photographs of set drawings
14-9-2 6 4 technical drawings
Set model
A Young Man's Fancy, October 15, 1919 : A comedy in 3 acts by John T. McIntyre, produced by George C. Tyler at The Playhouse with Philip Merivale and Jeanne Eagels. 4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B6 9 --Window Garden, 25x35 (18x28) cm.
B6 10 --Shop Window, 25x35 (18x28) cm.
B6 11 --Dining Room, 21x32 (16x28) cm.
B6 12 --NY Street Scene at Night, 25x35 (18x28) cm.
A1 15 Working photograph
14 2 Sketches, 2 p.
D3 8 8 technical drawings
14 2 7 photographs of set drawings
Rose of China, November 25, 1919 : Musical comedy by Guy Bolton, lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse, music by Armand Vecsey, produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest at the Lyric Theater with Oscar Shaw, Jane Richardson and Edna May Oliver. 6 weeks. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B6 13 --I: garden, 30x41 (23x36) cm.
B6 14 --II: bungalow, 24x36 (21x34) cm.
14 3 11 notes and sketches
14-9-2 7 2 ground plans
14 3 2 photographs of set drawings
Smilin' Through, December 30, 1919 : Play in prolog and 3 acts by Allan Langdon Martin, directed by Priestly Morrison, produced by the Selwyns at the Broadhurst Theater with Jane Cowl, Henry Stephenson and Orme Caldara. 14 4 2 scripts
1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B7 1 --Garden gate, 25x37 (19x27) cm.
14-9-2 8 6 technical drawings
14 4 4 photographs of set drawings
Singer Midgets, 1920-1923 : 5 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
14 5 --Chapel of Wedding Bells, 23x19 (16x15) cm., sig.
14 5 --Chapel, 23x18.5 (16x15) cm.
14 5 --Gingerbread House, 15x26 (14x26) cm., sig.
14 5 --Ice Cream Pavilion, 19x23 (11x18) cm., sig.
14 5 --Post Office, signed, 19x23 (14x14) cm., sig.
14 5 1 photograph of Village set
Merry Widow, September 5, 1921 : Operetta in 3 acts, music by Franz Lehar, lyrics by Adrian Ross, produced by Henry W. Savage, directed by George Marion at the Knickerbocker Theater with Lydia Lipkowska, Reginald Pasch and Jefferson De Angelis. 56 performances.
Urban designed the sets but asked to have his name removed from the production due to a disagreement with Savage over the design of the 3rd act. 14 6 Script
14 6 3 ground plans
14-9-1 A10 5 technical drawings
14 6 Notes on Savage/Urban disagreement, 4 p.
14 6 3 photographs of set drawings
The Love Letter, October 4, 1921 : Musical comedy in 3 acts adapted from The Phantom Rival by Ferenc Molnar, book and lyrics by William Le Baron, music by Victor Jacobi, directed by Edward Royce, produced by Charles Dillingham at the Globe Theater with John Charles Thomas, and Fred and Adele Astaire. 31 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
B31 4 --dream scene, 26x13 (16x25) cm
14 7 Sketches and notes, 11 p.
14-9-2 9 9 technical drawings
14 7 1 program
Blaue Mazur, 1921 : Urban had agreed to design the Lehar operetta for Henry W. Savage. The project was canceled after Urban and Savage had a disagreement regarding the sets for The Merry Widow. 14 8 Director's playbook
Yankee Princess, October 2, 1922 : Musical comedy adapted from the Viennese operetta Die Bajadere by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, with book by William Le Baron, lyrics by B. G. De Sylva, music by Emmerich Kalman, choreographed by Julian Mitchell, directed by Fred G. Latham, produced by A. L. Erlanger at the Knickerbocker Theater with Vivienne Segal and Thorpe Bates. 80 performances. 3 set renderings, watercolor and pencil :
14 9 --Act I: Theater Lobby, 21x31 (16x25) cm.
14 9 --Act II: Princess Room, 20x30 (16x25) cm.
14 9 --Act III: Club room, 21x31 (16x25) cm.
14-9-2 10 4 technical drawings
Dream Girl, August 20, 1924 : The premiere of this musical, produced by Lee and J. J. Shubert at the Ambassador Theater and starring Fay Bainter was designed by Watson Barratt. 14 10 Script notes
Orpheum Circuit, 1925 : D3 9 3 blueprints
14 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B7 2 --Garden, 26x32 (15x23) cm.
B7 3 --Mountain panorama, 25x33 (13x21) cm.
B7 4 --Pavilion, 25x33 (13x21) cm.
B7 5 --Club room, 25x32 (16x25) cm.
B7 6 --Terrace, 26x36 (13x21) cm.
B7 7 --Library, 23x35 (13x21) cm.
B7 8 --White interior, 26x33 (13x21) cm.
B7 9 --Drawing room drop, 26x31 (13x21) cm.
B7 10 --Street Scene, 24x35 (18x29) cm.
B7 11 --Oriental city, 25x33 (19x29) cm.
B7 12 --Park drop, 26x31 (14x22) cm.
B7 13 --Drawing room, 26x31 (13x21) cm.
B7 14 --Portal, not used, 23x31 (16x27) cm.
B7 15 --Conservatory, 26x31 (13x21) cm.
14 11 1 scaled drawing of eagle
Mayflower Hotel Stage Setting, 1925 : 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
14 12 --Woman fg., street scene
14 12 --Champs Elysees, 21x26 (11x16) cm.
14 12 --stage setting, 22x25 cm
14 12 9 technical drawings
14-9-2 11 11 technical drawings
14-9-2 11 1 drawing of slouching panther
14 12 1 photograph of stage setting
Human Nature (Gun Powder), September 24, 1925 : Comedy in 3 acts by J. C. and Elliott Nugent, produced by Gene Buck, directed by J. C. Nugent and Frederick Stanhope with Mary Duncan, Brandon Tynan, John Marston and Frank Conroy at the Liberty Theater. 4 performances 14 13 3 technical drawings
14 13 1 job order
14-9-2 12 7 technical drawings
Set model
Tale of the Wolf, October 7, 1925 : Comedy in 3 acts by Ferenc Molnar, produced by Charles Frohman Inc., directed by Frank Reicher at the Empire Theater with Phyllis Povah, Roland Young and Wallace Eddinger. 13 performances. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B8 1 --Act I: Cabaret interior, 26x31 (17x25) cm.
B8 2 --Act II: Room, Kelemen House, 22x33 (17x11) cm.
14 14 9 sketches & notes
14-9-2 13 11 technical drawings
Set model
Antonia, October 20, 1925 : Written by Melchior Lengyel, adapted by Arthur Richman, directed by George Cukor, produced by Charles Frohman, Inc. with Marjorie Rambeau at the Empire Theater. 55 performances. 14-9-2 14 12 technical drawings
14 15 2 sketches of details
14 15 2 photographs of set drawings
14 15 Program
Song of the Flame, December 30, 1925 : Romantic opera in prologue, two acts and epilogue, book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Herbert Stothart and George Gershwin, costumes by Mark Mooring, choreographed by Jack Haskell, produced by Arthur Hammerstein, directed by Frank Reicher at the Forty-fourth Street Theater with Tessa Kosta as Aniuta and Guy Robertson as Volodya. 224 performances. 14-9-2 15 33 technical drawings
14 16 I.5: Elevation
14 16 2 programs
Set model
Duchess of Elba, 1925-1926 : Written by Rudolph Lothar. 3 watercolor drawings by Gretl Urban, sig.:
14 17 --Act I: Store scene, 19x29 (10x20) cm.
14 17 --Act II: Sitting Room, 18x29 (10x18) cm.
14 17 --Act III: Bedroom, 19x29 (12x25) cm.
14-9-2 16 6 technical drawings
14 17 2 set sketches
14 17 1 sketch of Napoleon
14 17 1 wallpaper sample
Set model
Wild Rose (Hawthorne of the USA), October 20, 1926 : Musical comedy in 2 acts, book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Rudolf Friml, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, costumes by Mark Mooring, directed by William J. Wilson, produced by Arthur Hammerstein at the Martin Beck Theater with Joseph Santley, Desiree Ellinger and William Collier. 61 performances. 8 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B8 3 --ActI.1: Casino, not used, 27x33 (12x18) cm.
B8 4 --Act I.2:Inn Front, 25x31 (12x19) cm.
B8 5 --Act I.3: Tavern, 26x31 (12x18) cm.
B8 6 --Act I.4: Garden Wall, 26x31 (13x18) cm.
B8 7 --Act II.1:King's Dressing Room, 26x31 (12x20) cm.
B8 8 --Act II.2: Castle yard, 26x31 (12x18) cm.
B8 9 --Act II.3: Tower, 26x31 (12x18) cm.
B8 10 --Act II.4: Border drop, 26x31 (13x18) cm., signed by Gretl
14 18 Sketches and notes, 6 p.
14-9-2 17 28 technical drawings
14 18 4 detail sketches of throne room
14 18 Letter from construction co.
Set models
Yours Truly (Lotus Flower), January 25, 1927 : Musical play in 2 acts, book and lyrics by Clyde North and Anne Caldwell, music by Raymond Hubbell, choreographed by Ralph Reader, produced by Gene Buck, directed by Paul Dickey at the Shubert Theater with Leon Errol, Marion Harris, Ina Williams and Irene Dunne. 129 performances. Restaged at the Century Theater for 16 performances March 12, 1928. 5 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B8 12 --I: Mission Square, 26x31 (15x19) cm.
B9 2 --II.1: Garden, 25x31 (14x22) cm.
B8 13 --II.3 Mission interior, 26x31 (13x19) cm.
B9 1 --II.5: Cabaret, 24x28 (13x19) cm.
14 19 2 set sketches
14-9-3 1 18 technical drawings
14 19 16 photographs of set drawings and set
14 19 Program
Golden Dawn, November 30, 1927. : Musical drama in 2 acts by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein, II, music by Emmerich Kalman and Herbert Stothart, choreographed by Dave Bennett, costumes by Mark Mooring, directed by Reginald Hammerstein, produced by Arthur Hammerstein at Hammerstein Theater with Louise Hunter, Robert Chisholm, Paul Gregory and Archie Leach (Cary Grant). 184 performances. 15 1 Sketches & notes, 12 p.
3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
A1 21 --Straw Curtain, 22x22 cm.
B9 3 --Act I.4: Magic Tree, 26x32 (13x19) cm.
B9 4 --Act II.4: Mission, Finale A, 26x31 (13x20) cm.
14-9-3 2 & 3 31 technical drawings
15 1 9 photographs of set drawings
Set model
Big Parade, MGM, 1925 : Art direction by James Basevi and Cedric Gibbons. In 1928 plans were made to make a musical for which Urban was to design the set. 27 19 & 20 83 photographs of scenes and publicity stills
Treasure Girl, November 8, 1928 : Musical comedy in 2 acts, book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, directed by Bertram Harrison, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley at the Alvin Theater with Gertrude Lawrence, Walter Catlett, Clifton Webb and Mary Hay. 68 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B9 5 --Curtain, 28x38 cm.
15 2 9 sketches & notes
14-9-3 4 19 technical drawings
15 2 9 photographs of sets
Set model
Polly, January 8, 1929 : Musical in 2 acts by Guy Bolton and George Middleton of the 1917 comedy Polly with a Past, music and lyrics by Herbert Stothart, Philip Charig and Irving Caesar, directed by John Harwood, choreographed by Jack Haskell, produced by Arthur Hammerstein at the Lyric Theater with June, Charles Esdale and Fred Allen. 15 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
15 3 --Western Union Office
14-9-3 5 7 technical drawings
Set model
Sons O' Guns (Tin Hats), November 26, 1929 : Musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Jack Donahue, music and lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom, Benny Davis and J. Fred Coots, choreographed by Bobby Connolly and Albertina Rasch, costumes by Charles Le Maire, directed by Bobby Connolly, produced by Connolly and Swanstrom at the Imperial Theater with Jack Donahue, William Frawley and Lily Damita. 295 performances 15 4 1 reference photo
15 4 20 sketches & notes
14-9-3 6 52 technical Drawings
15 4 19 photographs of sets
Set model
Ripples, February 11, 1930 : Musical comedy in 2 acts by William Anthony McGuire, music by Oscar Levant and Albert Sirmay, lyrics by Irving Caesar and Graham John, costumes by Charles LeMaire choreographed by William Holbrook, directed by William Anthony McGuire, produced by Charles Dillingham at the New Amsterdam with Fred Stone, Dorothy Stone, Paula Stone, Charles Collins, and Eddie Foy, Jr. 55 performances. 15 5 Scene IV set notes, 21 p.
14-9-3 7 44 technical drawings
15 5 4 detail drawings
15 5 4 photographs of sets
Set models
Flying High, March 3, 1930 : Musical comedy in 2 acts, book and lyrics by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and John McGowan, music by DeSylva, Brown and Ray Henderson, costumes by Charles LeMaire, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, directed by Edward Clark Lilley, produced by George White at the Apollo Theater with Bert Lahr, Kate Smith, Grace Brinkley and Oscar Shaw. 357 performances. 15 6 1 set list
15 6 2 drawings-pencil
14-9-3 8 47 technical drawings
15 6 13 photographs of sets
15 6 1 program
15 6 3 exhibit notes
Set models
Princess Charming, October 13, 1930 : Romantic opera in 2 acts adapted by Jack Donahue from the original by Franz Martos, Arthur Wimperis and Laurie Wylie, music by Albert Sirmay and Arthur Swartz, lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom, choreographed by Albertina Rasch and Bobby Connolly, costumes by Charles LeMaire, directed by Edward Clark, produced by Bobby Connolly and Arthur Swanstrom at the Imperial Theater with Victor Moore, Evelyn Herbert, George Grossmith and Robert Halliday. 56 performances 14-9-3 9 31 technical drawings
15 7 2 detail drawings
15 7 7 photographs of set models
15 7 1 program
Set models
George White's Scandals, September 14, 1931 : Revue in 2 acts, sketches by George White, Lew Brown and Irving Caesar; music by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson, costumes by Charles LeMaire, produced and directed by George White at the Apollo Theater with Edward Everett Marshall, Rudy Vallee, Ray Bolger, Ethel Merman, Alice Faye and Ethel Barrymore Colt. 202 performances. 15 8 Set notes, 6 p.
15 8 Watercolor drawing of clouds, 16x21 (9x13) cm.
15 8 11 technical drawings
14-9-3 10 & 11 68 technical drawings
Set models
The Good Fairy, November 24, 1931 : Comedy in 3 acts by Ferenc Molnar, English text by Jane Hinton, music by Alexander Haas, staged and produced by Gilbert Miller at the Henry Miller Theater with Helen Hayes, Paul McGrath and Walter Connolly. 151 performances. Revived with a different cast November 17, 1932 for 72 performances. 15 9 1 property plot, 4p.
14-9-3 12 1 rough set sketch
14-9-3 12 7 technical drawings
15 9 1 ad
15 9 1 program
Set model
Mad Hopes, May, 1932 : Pre-Broadway tryout of Romney Brent play produced by Curran and Belasco at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles with Billie Burke, Peg Entwhistle and Humphrey Bogart. 15 10
14-9-3 13 2 ground plans
Music in the Air, November 8, 1932 : Musical comedy in 2 acts, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern, costumes by John Harkrider, directed by Hammerstein and Kern, produced by Peggy Fears at the Alvin Theater with Al Shean, Walter Slezak and Katherine Carrington. 144 performances, return performance at the Forty Fourth Street Theater, 196 performances. 15 11 8 research photographs
15 11 13 sketches & notes
2 drawings, watercolor and/or pencil :
B9 6 --Curtain, 25x33 (16x28) cm.
B9 7 --1.4: Weber's Munich office, 25x33 (13x20) cm.
B9 7A --Bedroom with table, 27x40 (14x20)
B9 7B --II.4: dressing room, 29x39 (12x20) cm.
14-9-3 14 46 plans
The Light, 1932-1933. : Ottis Lucas had written this pageant to be produced at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933. It was never produced but Urban won a prize for his set model at the 48th Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York. D3 10 2 technical drawings, 47x62 cm.
7 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
D3 10 --Rocks, 42x58 (42x58) cm.
C3 4-7 --4 Rocks, 39x47 (24x32) cm.
B9 8 & 9 --2 cyclorama, 31x42 (40x42) cm.
15 12 Script and letters See also Design: Chicago World's Fair, 1933 and Architectural League, 1933
Musician's Emergency Fund, February 14, 1933 : Urban designed the setting for a concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony conducted by Walter Damrosch in Madison Square Garden for the benefit of unemployed musicians in New York. 15 13 4 photographs
Melody, February 14, 1933 : Operetta composed by Sigmund Romberg, book by Edward Childs Carpenter, lyrics by Irving Caesar, choreographed by Bobby Connolly, costumes by Charles LeMaire, produced and directed by George White at the Casino Theater with Jeanne Aubert and Everett Marshall, Walter Woolf, Evelyn Herbert and Hal Skelly. 80 performances. 15 14 Set sketches, 3 p.
3.4: Ziegfeld Productions, 1915-1932 This subseries documents Joseph Urban's designs for the producer Florenz Ziegfeld. Ziegfeld never staged a show since their collaboration began in 1915 without some input from Joseph Urban. He designed all the subsequent Ziegfeld Follies and the Ziegfeld Frolics as well as the hit book shows such as Sally (1921), Show Boat (1927) and Whoopee (1928). The subseries contains drawings, research material, technical drawings, photographs of sets and some programs. There are comparatively few watercolor renderings probably because they were given away as gifts by Urban. The productions are arranged in chronological order listed by title, opening date and production information. Production information was pulled from the sources cited in the Theater subseries and from The Ziegfeld Touch cited in the biography. New Amsterdam Roof Garden, 1915, 1917, 1921 : B9 10 Midnight Frolic, August 23, 1915 1 Photograph of roof garden
B9 11 Drawing, watercolor and pencil:
--Curtain, 24x36 (19x27) cm.
Midnight Frolic, 1917 : 16 1 Program, 11/26/17
Nine O'clock Frolic, February 8, 1921 : [No material listed]
Midnight Frolic, November 17, 1921 : 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B9 12 --Mountain Terrace, 26x32 (19x19) cm., sig.
16 1 --set piece for horse race, 21x15 (7x7) cm
16 1 19 sketches & notes
14-9-4 1 7 technical drawings
16 1 3 photographs of set drawings
14-9-4 1 Ad mockup
Ziegfeld Follies, June 21, 1915 : Revue in 2 acts, lines and lyrics by Channing Pollock, Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck, music by Louis Hirsch and David Stamper, costumes by Lucile, choreographed by Julian Mitchell, staged by Mitchell and Leon Errol at the New Amsterdam Theater with Ed Wynn, Ann Pennington, Justine Johnstone, Kay Laurell, Olive Thomas, Mae Murray, W. C. Fields, Bert Williams, Bernard Granville, George White, Ina Claire, Lucille Cavanaugh and Leon Errol. 104 performances. 16 2 Notes and letters, San Francisco Expo, 8 p.
16 2 6 photographs, San Francisco Expo. 8 p.
14-9-4 2 2 photographs, San Francisco Expo
16 2 Research on submarines, 6 p.
B9 13 3 technical drawings
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B9 14 --House entrance, not used, 24x35 (20x33) cm
B9 15 --Flower curtain, 24x35 (20x33) cm.
B10 1 --Zeppelin, 20x33 cm.
B10 2 --Map for Frisco, 24x34 (20x32) cm.
16 2 8 technical drawings
16 2 24 photographs of set drawings
Ziegfeld Follies, June 16, 1916 : Revue in 2 acts, book and lyrics by George V. Hobart and Gene Buck, music by Louis Hirsch, Jerome Kern and Dave Stamper, costumes by Lucile et al., staged and choreographed by Ned Wayburn at the New Amsterdam Theater with Bernard Granville, Ina Claire, Justine Johnstone, Bert Williams, Allyn King, Marion Davies, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman, W. C. Fields, Fannie Brice and Will Rogers. 112 performances. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B10 3 --Globe curtain, 22x31 (18x28) cm.
B10 4 --Opening scene, 24x35 (21x32) cm.
16 3 1 ground plan, island
D3 11 11 technical drawings
16 3 15 photographs of set drawings
Century Girl, November 6, 1916 : Music by Victor Herbert and Irving Berlin, produced by Charles Dillingham at the Century Theater with Marie Dressler, Hazel Lewis, Hazel Dawn, Irving Fisher, Leon Errol, Elsie Janis, Gus Van, Joe Schenk, Vera Maxwell, Frank Tinney and Lilyan Tashman. 200 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B10 5 --Bubbles, 24x45 (19x30) cm.
B10 6 --Grand Central Station, 23x28 (20.5x25) cm., sig.
14-9-4 3 6 technical drawings
16 4 20 photographs of set drawings
Century Roof Garden, January 18, 1917 : The producers, Ziegfeld and Dillingham, named the roof garden the Cocoanut Grove and staged a Midnight Revue entitled Dance and Grow Thin, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and Blanche Merrill, staging by Leon Errol and Gertrude Hoffman, with Will Richie, Rita Boland, Hattie Burks, Leon Errol, Irving Fisher, Dolly Hackett, and Van and Schenck. 16 5 Silhouette, unused sketch
16 5 17 p. sketches and notes
14-9-4 4 14 technical drawings
Ziegfeld Follies 1917, June 12, 1917 : Revue in 2 acts, book and lyrics by Gene Buck and George V. Hobart, music by Raymond Hubbell, Dave Stamper and Victor Herbert, costumes by Lucile et al., staged and choreographed by Ned Wayburn at the New Amsterdam Theater, with Walter Catlett, Lilyan Tashman, W. C. Fields, Bert Williams, the Fairbanks Twins, Eddie Cantor, Fannie Brice, Will Rogers, Allyn King, Delores and Peggy Hopkins. 111 performances. 16 6 1 contract letter, 2/7/17
16 6 1 set list
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
16 6 --Modern Interior, 20x20 (14x14) cm.
B10 7 --Eagle, 21x26 cm.
D3 12 12 technical drawings
16 6 20 photographs of set drawings
Miss 1917, November 5, 1917 : Revue in 2 acts, book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, music by Victor Herbert, staged by Ned Wayburn, produced by Charles Dillingham and Florenz Ziegfeld at the Century Theater with Lew Fields, Andrew Tombs, Elizabeth Brice, Marion Davies, Charles King, Bessie McCoy Davis, Vivienne Segal, Vera Maxwell, Van & Schenk, Irene Castle, Bert Savoy, Joe Brennan, Lilyan Tashman, Dolores, George White and Ann Pennington and others. 48 performances. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B10 8 ---Garden of Eden, 24x29 (22x27) cm.
B10 9 --Swan curtain, 22x22 (19x19) cm.
14-9-4 5 4 technical drawings
16 7 24 photographs of set drawings
16 7 1 program
Ziegfeld Follies 1918, June 18, 1918 : Revue in two acts, lines and lyrics by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck, music by Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper, interpolations by Irving Berlin and Victor Jacobi, costumes by Lucile et al., staged by Ned Wayburn at the New Amsterdam Theater with Eddie Cantor, Frank Carter, Gus Minton, Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Allyn King, Dolores, Ann Pennington, Kay Laurell, the Fairbanks Twins, W. C. Fields, and Lillian Lorraine. 151 performances. 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B10 10 --Miniature (spinet scene), 22x33 (13.5x24) cm.
B10 11 --Totem pole, not used, 23x21 (16x18) cm.
B10 12 --Trench, 23x33 (20x31) cm.
D4 1 8 technical drawings
16 8 18 photographs of set drawings
16 8 Program, 7/29/18 and program pages
By Pigeon Post, November 25, 1918 : Play in three acts by Austin Page at the Cohan Theater with Jerome Patrick, Frank Kemble Cooper, John Sainpolis, Phoebe Foster and Peggy O'Neil. 24 performances. 16 9 4 p. of program
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919, June 16, 1919 : Written by Irving Berlin, Gene Buck, Rennold Wolf and Dave Stamper, ballet by Victor Herbert, costumes by Lucile et al., directed by Ned Wayburn at the New Amsterdam Theater with Eddie Cantor, Johnny and Ray Dooley, Eddie Dowling, Phil Dwyer, the Fairbanks Twins, Mary Hay, George LeMaire, Marilyn Miller, John Steele, Van and Schenck, Hazel Washburn and Bert Williams. 171 performances 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B11 1 --Twilight curtain, 23x33 (22x18) cm., sig.
16 10 18 p. sketches and notes
D4 2 13 technical drawings
16 10 42 photographs of set drawings
16 10 Program, 2 p.
Caesar's Wife, November 24, 1919 : Drama in 3 acts by W. Somerset Maugham, directed by B. Iden Payne, starring Billie Burke, Norman Trevor, and Ernest Glendenning at the Liberty Theater. 81 performances. 16 11 12 sketches and notes
16 11 2 photographs of set drawings
14-9-4 6 5 technical drawings
16 11 1 check stub showing payment for scenery
Ziegfeld Follies of 1920, June 22, 1920 : Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor Herbert, costumes by Lucile et al., directed by Edward Royce at the New Amsterdam Theater with Ray Dooley, Fannie Brice, W. C. Fields, Charles Winninger, Bernard Granville, John Steel, Mary Eaton, Jack Donahue, Van and Schenck and Moran and Mack. 123 performances. 16 12 5 sketches and notes
D4 3 22 technical drawings
16 12 2 photographs of set drawing
16 12 Program, 5 p.
James Theater, Columbus, Ohio, 1920-1921 : 16 12 2 detail sketches
14-9-4 7 4 technical drawings
Sally, December 21, 1920 : Musical comedy in three acts, book by Guy Bolton, lyrics by Clifford Grey, music by Jerome Kern and Victor Herbert, directed and choreographed by Edward Royce at the New Amsterdam Theater with Marilyn Miller, Leon Errol, Mary Hay, Walter Catlett, and Dolores. 570 performances. D4 4 5 technical drawings
17 1 2 sketches
17 1 1 photograph of curtain
Ziegfeld Follies of 1921, June 21, 1921 : Lines and lyrics by Channing Pollock, Gene Buck, Willard Mack, Ralph Spence and Bud De Silva, music by Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml and Dave Stamper, costumes by James Reynolds, directed by Edward Royce at the Globe Theater with Raymond Hitchcock, Fannie Brice, Van and Schenk, Ray Dooley, Florence O'Denishawn, Charles O'Donnell, W. C. Fields, Mary Eaton and Mitti and Tillio. 119 performances. 5 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B11 2 --Venetian, 26x31 (18x21) cm., sig.
B11 3 --Paris-Bridge over Seine, 26x28 (18x21) cm.
B11 4 --Temple of Colors, 26x31 (20x23) cm., sig.
B11 5 --Princess, Queen of the Night, 21x31 (10x22) cm., sig.
B11 5A --Rose Bower, 25x31 (11x12) cm.
D4 5 38 technical drawings
17 2 2 p. notes and plan
17 2 21 photographs of set drawings
Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, June 5, 1922 : Music by Victor Herbert, Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper, book and lyrics by Ring Lardner, Gene Buck and Ralph Spence, sets by Urban, James Reynolds and Herman Rosse, costumes by James Reynolds, Charles LeMaire, et al., directed and choreographed by Ned Wayburn at the New Amsterdam Theater, with Will Rogers, Michael Fokine, Gallagher and Shean, Lulu McConnell, Andrew Tombes, Evelyn Law, Gilda Gray, Mary Eaton and Jessie Reed. 541 performances. 17 3 4 sketches
D4 6 6 technical drawings
17 3 Program, June 25, 1923
Rose Briar, December 25, 1922 : Comedy in 3 acts by Booth Tarkington with Billie Burke, Frank Conroy, Allan Dinehart, Julia Hoyt and Florence O'Denishawn at the Empire Theater. 89 performances. 17 14-9-4 8 4 technical drawings
Ziegfeld Follies of 1923, October 20 : Musical revue in 2 acts, lyrics by Gene Buck, music by Victor Herbert, Rudolph Friml and Dave Stamper, costumes by Ben-Ali Haggin, Tappé, Alice O'Neill, Erté, and James Reynolds, et al., directed and choreographed by Ned Wayburn with Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Bert and Betty Wheeler, Lina Basquette, Ann Pennington, Paul Whiteman Orchestra and Dave Stamper at the New Amsterdam Theater. 333 performances 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B11 6 --Spanish exterior, 26x31 (18x26) cm.
17 5 American Review of Reviews, p. 405-6
17 5 Lyrics, 6 p.
17 5 Curtain samples
17 6 2 letters, Urban Studio
17 5 & 6 65 sketches & notes
A1 16-20 13 technical drawings
14-9-4 9 & 10 47 technical drawings
Set Models
Kid Boots, December 31, 1923 : Musical comedy in 2 acts by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach, music by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, directed by Edward Royce at the Earl Carroll Theater with Eddie Cantor, Mary Eaton and Jobyna Howland. 479 performances. 17 7 3 sketches
1 drawing-watercolor and pencil :
17 7 --trees, 27x19 cm.
14-9-4 11 Ground plan
Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, June 24, 1924 : Musical revue with lyrics by Gene Buck and Joseph J. McCarthy, music by Victor Herbert, Raymond Hubbell, Dave Stamper, Harry Tierney and Dr. Albert Szirmai, dialog by William Anthony McGuire and Will Rogers, costumes by James Reynolds, Charles LeMaire, et al., sets by Joseph Urban and Ludwig Kainer, staged by Julian Mitchell at the New Amsterdam Theater with Will Rogers, Vivienne Segal, Ann Pennington, Lina Basquette, Evelyn Law, Mae Daw and the Tiller Girls. c. 401 performances. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B11 7 --2 Entrance curtains, pheasants, 16x31 (18x16) cm.
17 8 5 sketches
14-9-4 12 21 technical drawings
Annie Dear, November 4, 1924 : Musical comedy in 3 acts from the original Good Gracious, Annabelle (1916), book, music and lyrics by Clare Kummer, interpolations by Sigmund Romberg and Harry Tierney, staged by Edward Royce at the Times Square Theater, with Billie Burke, Marion Green and Ernest Truex. 103 performances. 17 9 Rough sketch of hotel scene, watercolor
8 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B11 8 --Curtain A, 26x31 cm.
B11 9 --Curtain B, not used, 27x34 cm.
B11 10 --Curtain, bouquet, not used, 26x31 cm.
17 9 --Hotel Lobby, rough drawing, 15x19 cm.
B12 1 --Hotel lobby, 27x35 cm.
B12 2 --Hotel lobby drop, 26x31 cm.
B12 3 --Kitchen scene, 27x35 cm.
B12 4 --Kitchen Garden, 27x35 cm.
B12 5 --Park scene, garden, night, 26x31 cm.
17 9 Detail for Rainbow Garden and curtain
14-9-4 13 12 technical drawings
Set model
Louie the 14th, March 3, 1925 : Musical play from the German, adaptation and lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, music by Sigmund Romberg, sets in collaboration with Gretl Urban and Karl Koeck, directed by Edward Royce with Leon Errol, Ethel Shutta, Doris Patson, and Henry Fender at the Cosmopolitan Theater. 79 performances. 6 drawings-watercolor and pencil :
B31 5 --Act I: Market place, 27x32 (14x23) cm.
B12 6 --Road to Inn, not used, 27x31 (14x23) cm.
B12 7 --Mountain Inn, sig. Karl Koeck, 24x31 (17x23) cm.
B31 6 --Mountain Inn (not used), 27x32 (17x24) cm.
17 10 --Act II.1: Ballroom detail, 18x36 (14x33) cm.
B12 8 --Act II.2: Garden Scene, sig. Gretl Urban, 27x32 (14x23) cm.
17 10 Sketches and notes, 11 p.
B12 9 3 technical drawings
14-9-4 14 28 technical drawings
Palm Beach Girl, January 14, 1926 : Opened as Ziegfeld's Palm Beach Nights, book by Gene Buck and Irving Caesar, music by Rudolph Friml, staged by Ned Wayburn at the Club de Montmartre in Palm Beach with Harry Fender, Mort Downey, Ray Dooley, Claire Luce, Polly Walker, and Paulette Goddard. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B12 10 --Curtain, 26x31 (13x19) cm.
B12 11 --Snow Bound, not used, 27x34 (12x21) cm.
17 11 --Palm Beach Night, 13x19 (9x12) cm.
17 11 14 sketches and notes
D4 7 20 technical drawings
D4 7 Montmartre Theater proscenium drawing, 37x44 cm.
17 11 2 photographs of proscenium See also No Foolin'
No Foolin', June 24, 1926 : Revue in two acts, a revised version of Ziegfeld's Palm Beach Girl, music by Rudolf Friml, written by Gene Buck, Irving Caesar, Ballard MacDonald, J. P. McEvoy and James Hanley, tableaux by Ben Ali Haggin, costumes by John Harkrider, sets by Urban and John Wenger, dances by John Boyle, staged by Walter Wilson and Ed Royce at the Globe Theater with James Barton, Ray Dooley, Polly Walker, Peggy Fears, Paulette Goddard, and Claire Luce. This was essentially the Follies for 1926 but went by several titles including Ziegfeld's American Revue due to a legal dispute with the Erlanger estate over the use of the name. 108 performances. 7 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
B13 1 --Portal & Opening, 32x26 cm.
B13 2 --Curtain, 26x31 cm.
B13 3 --Curtain, not used, 26x32 cm.
B13 4 --Cabaret, 26x31 cm.
B13 5 --Oriental, 25x31 cm.
B13 6 --Skyscraper, 26x31 cm.
B13 7 --Pink Gauze, 23x28 cm.
See also Palm Beach Girl.
Betsy, December 28, 1926. : Musical comedy in 2 acts, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by Irving Caesar & David Freedman, choreographed by Sammy Lee, directed by William Anthony McGuire at the New Amsterdam Theater, with Belle Baker. 39 performances. 1 drawing, watercolor & pencil :
B31 7 --Garden, 26x31 (18x20) cm.
14-9-4 15 3 technical drawings
17 13 2 detail rough sketches
17 13 1 photograph of set drawing
Set model
Rio Rita, February 2, 1927 : Musical comedy in two acts, book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music and lyrics by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy, choreographed by Albertina Rasch and Sammy Lee, costumes by John Harkrider, directed by John Harwood at the Ziegfeld Theatre with J. Harold Murray, Ethelind Terry, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey and the Albertina Rasch Girls. 494 performances. 17 14 10 work sketches
A7 A Sketch of ship deck
9 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B13 8 --Curtain B, not used, 26x32 (18x20) cm.
B13 9 --Cactus curtain C, not used, 32x42 (23x33) cm.
B13 10 --Curtain D, not used, 26x31 (19x20) cm.
B14 1 --Spanish Shawl , 26x32 (19x19) cm.
B14 2 --I.1: Inn A, 25x31 (18x20) cm.
B14 3 --Cellar, 26x31 (17x17) cm.
B14 4 --Patio, 32x34 (21x24) cm.
B14 5 --Boat scene, 26x31 (18x21) cm.
B14 6 --Colonial House, 26x31 (18x21) cm.
14-9-4 16 21 technical drawings
17 14 12 photographs of sets
Set model
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927, August 16, 1927 : Musical revue in 2 acts, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, sketches by Harold Atteridge and Eddie Cantor, costumes by John Harkrider, choreographed by Sammy Lee and Albertina Rasch, produced by Abe Erlanger and Florenz Ziegfeld, directed by Ziegfeld and Zeke Colvan at the New Amsterdam Theater with Eddie Cantor, Andrew Tombes, Claire Luce, Ruth Etting and the Albertina Rasch Girls. 167 performances. C4 1 Castles in the clouds, watercolor, 34x43 cm.
17 15 13 notes and technical drawings
14-9-4 17 40 technical drawings
17 15 9 photographs of sets
Set model
Show Boat, December 27, 1927 : Musical adapted from Edna Ferber's novel, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern, costumes by John Harkrider, choreographed by Sammy Lee, directed by Zeke Cohan at the Ziegfeld Theatre with Charles Winninger, Edna May Oliver, Howard Marsh, Norma Terriss, Helen Morgan, Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardell) and Jules Bledsoe. 572 performances. D4 8 18 prints of Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
15 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
C4 A --Curtain, 29x46 cm.
B14 7 --Curtain, not used, 26x32 (18x27) cm.
B14 8 --Curtain, 22x35 (15x24) cm.
B14 9 --I.1,8: Levee B 26x32 (11x20) cm.
B14 10 --I.2: Pantry A, 26x32 (11x20) cm.
B15 1 ----I.2: Pantry B, 26x32 (12x19) cm.
B15 2 --I.3: Outside cabaret, 26x32 (12x19) cm.
B15 3 --I.4: Empty Stage, 26x32 (13x19) cm.
B15 4 --I.5: Box Office, 26x32 (13x20) cm.
B15 5 --I.7: Upper Deck, 26x32 (12x19) cm.
B15 6 --II.2: Kitchen Pantry, 26x32 (14x19) cm.
B15 7 --II.5,6: Music hall, 26x32 (12x21) cm.
B15 8 --II.6: Music hall, 26x32 (12x19) cm.
B15 9 --II.5,6: Cabaret C, 27x32 (13x19) cm.
B15 10 --Doorway, 26x32 (14x20) cm.
17 16 2 detail drawings
17 16 15 photos of drawings & models
17 16 1 clipping, NY News 1966
Set Models See also Show Boat 1932
Rosalie, January 10, 1928 : Musical comedy in 2 acts, book by William Anthony McGuire and Guy Bolton, lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse and Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg, costumes by John Harkrider, choreographed by Seymour Felix, directed by McGuire and Florenz Ziegfeld at the New Amsterdam Theater with Frank Morgan, Marilyn Miller, Oliver McLennan, Jack Donahue, Gladys Glad and Helen Forbes. 335 performances. 4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B16 1 --Curtain, 18x18 cm.
B16 2 --I.1: Palace A, 26x32 (17x23) cm.
B16 3 --Palace B, not used, 32x34 (16x19) cm.
B16 4 --Sleeping Quarters, 26x31 (13x19) cm.
17 17 16 sketches
14-9-5 1 30 technical drawings
17 17 8 photographs of sets and models
17 17 1 program
Set models
The Three Musketeers, March 13, 1928 : Musical version in 2 acts of novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by William Anthony McGuire, music by Rudolph Friml, lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse and Clifford Grey, choreographed by Albertina Rasch, costumes by John Harkrider, directed by McGuire and Richard Boleslavsky at the Lyric Theater with Vivienne Segal and Dennis King. 318 performances. 18 1 37 sketches & notes
14-9-5 2 34 technical drawings
18 1 2 cloth samples
18 1 8 photographs of sets & set models
Set model
Whoopee, December 4, 1928 : Musical comedy in 2 acts and 12 scenes by William Anthony McGuire, based on The Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis, music by Walter Donaldson, lyrics by Gus Kahn, choreographed by Seymour Felix and Tamara Geva, costumes by John Harkrider, directed by McGuire at the New Amsterdam Theater with Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gladys Glad, Ethel Shutta, Jack Rutherford and Frances Upton. 379 performances. 18 2 First Act Lay-Out
A7 1 Photograph from The Nervous Wreck
18 2 2 photographs from The Nervous Wreck
18 2 6 rough set sketches
14-9-5 3 22 technical drawings
18 2 17 photographs of set drawings
18 2 Program
Set models
Show Girl, July 2, 1929 : Musical comedy revue by William Anthony McGuire based on the novel by J. P. McEvoy, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn, costumes by John Harkrider, choreographed by Bobby Connolly and Albertina Rasch, directed by Zeke Colvan at the Ziegfeld Theater with Ruby Keeler, Jimmie Durante, Lou Clayton, Eddie Jackson, Eddie Foy, Jr. and Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra. 111 performances. 18 3 Drawing of horse, classical style, 20x25 cm.
18 3 29 sketches & notes
14-9-5 4 & 5 81 technical drawings
18 3 6 photos of set drawings
18 3 1 clipping
18 3 1 program
Set models
Simple Simon, February 18, 1930 : Musical comedy by Ed Wynn and Guy Bolton, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, dances by Seymour Felix, directed by Zeke Colvan at the Ziegfeld Theatre with Ed Wynn, Ruth Etting and Harriet Hoctor. 101 performances. 18 4 10 detail drawings
14-9-5 6 47 technical drawings
Smiles, November 18, 1930 : A musical comedy in 2 acts by William Anthony McGuire, music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Clifford Grey, Harold Adamson and Ring Lardner, choreographed by Ned Wayburn, directed by William Anthony McGuire at the Ziegfeld Theater with Paul Gregory, Fred and Adele Astaire, Larry Adler, Marilyn Miller, and Eddie Foy, Jr. 63 performances. 18 5 NY Times Magazine article
18 5 6 drawings of props
14-9-5 7 35 technical drawings
18 5 13 photographs of sets
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931, July 1, 1931 : Music by Harry Revel, Ben Oakland, Dave Stamper, Dimitri Tiomkin, Noel Coward, Nora Bayes, Jimmy Monaco, Chick Endor, Walter Donaldson, and Jay Gorney, sketches by Gene Buck, Mark Hellinger, and J. P. Murray, lyrics by Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Farrell, Mack Gordon, J. P. Murray, Barry Trivers, E. Y. Harburg, Jack Norworth, and Noel Coward, costumes by John Harkrider, dances by Bobby Connolly and Albertina Rasch, directed by Edward C. Lilley at the Ziegfeld Theater with Buck and Bubbles, Ruth Etting, Gladys Glad, Grace Moore, Helen Morgan, Jack Pearl, Albertina Rasch Dancers, Albert Carroll, Hal Leroy, Mitzi Mayfair, and Harry Richman. 164 performances C4 2 Bridge, watercolor, 34x42 cm.
14-9-5 8 & 9 89 technical drawings
18 6 19 technical drawings
Set models
Hot-Cha! (Laid in Mexico), March 8, 1932 : Musical comedy in 2 acts by Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Mark Hellinger and H. S. Kraft, music by Brown and Henderson, staged by Edgar McGregor, dances by Bobby Connolly, directed by Edward Lilley at the Ziegfeld Theater with Bert Lahr, Lupe Velez, Marjorie White, and Buddy Rogers. 119 performances 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
18 7 --Train
18 7 --Mexican Square, 18.5x27 (17x25) cm.
18 7 15 technical drawings
14-9-5 10 & 11 59 technical drawings
18 7 3 photographs of Lahr and Velez
Set models
Show Boat, May 23 1932 : See Show Boat, December 27, 1927. Revival at the Casino Theater with Charles Winninger, Edna May Oliver, Dennis King, Norma Terriss, Helen Morgan, Tess Gardell (Aunt Jemima) and Paul Robeson. 36 performances 18 8 1 program
3.5: Metropolitan Opera, 1917-1933 Urban designed several operas a year for the Metropolitan Opera Company during the time when the financier philanthropist Otto Kahn was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Giulio Gatti-Cassazza was the manager. Urban's good friend and fellow Austrian Artur Bodanzky was a conductor, and major singers such as Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Maria Jeritza, Giuseppe De Luca, Beniamino Giglio, Ezio Pinza and Fiodr Chaliapin performed on his sets. The productions are arranged in chronological order listed by title, opening date and production information. The last year the set was used is shown in parentheses. The files contain drawings, research material, technical drawings, photographs of sets and some programs. The production information is from the Metropolitan Opera Archives and Seltsam, William H. Metropolitan Opera Annals. New York: W. W. Wilson Co., 1947. Faust, November 17, 1917 (1951) : Opera in 4 acts and 6 scenes based on the dramatic poem by Goethe, music by Charles Gounod, book by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, costumes by Joseph Urban, conducted by Pierre Monteux with Giovanni Martinelli as Faust, Geraldine Farrar as Marguerite and Leon Rothier as Mephistopheles. 6 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B16 5 --Study, 23x34 (20x31) cm.
B16 6 --Kermesse, 23x33 (19x35) cm.
18 9 --Garden, 18x25 (13x21) cm.
B16 7 --Church, 23x36 (19x31) cm.
B16 8 --Walpurgisnacht, 22x36 (20x31) cm.
18 9 1 ground plan, quick sketch
18 9 20 photographs of set drawings.
18 9 2 programs, 1918 See also Vienna 1906-07, Boston Opera 1913 and Metropolitan Opera 1923
Saint Elizabeth (Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth), January 3, 1918 : First American performance of oratorio in a prologue and 4 tableaux, sung in English, music by Franz Liszt, book by Otto Roquette, translated by Constance Bache, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Richard Ordynski, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Florence Easton as St. Elizabeth, Clarence Whitehill as Ludwig and Margarete Matzenauer as Sophie. 19 1 1 libretto
3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B16 9 --Prologue: Betrothal, 23x35 (19x31) cm.
B16 10 --Ascension, 24x35 (19x31) cm.
B16 11 --Woods, 24x35 (19x32) cm.
14-9-6 1 10 technical drawings
19 1 12 photographs of set drawings and models
19 1 2 programs, 1917 & 1918
Le Prophète, February 7, 1918 (1928) : Opera in 4 acts and 9 scenes, book by Eugene Scribe, music by Giacomo Meyerbeer, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Richard Ordynski, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Enrico Caruso as Jean of Leyden, Margarete Matzenauer as Fidès, Claudia Muzio as Bertha and Adamo Didur as Count Oberthal. 19 2 2 librettos
7 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
19 2 --I.1: suburb of Dordrecht, 16x21 (14x20) cm.
19 2 --I: City Wall in Winter, 15x25 cm.
19 2 --snow, Detail 9
B17 1 --I.2: John of Leyden's inn, 22x36 (19x32) cm.
B17 2 --II.2: View of the City, 23x30 (17x21) cm., sig.
19 2 --Banquet, 19x27 (14x24) cm.
19 2 --Dungeon, 21x33 (19x31) cm.
14-9-6 2 14 technical drawings
19 2 9 photographs of costumes
19 2 18 photographs of sets
19 2 1 program, 1918-1919
Set model
Oberon, December 18, 1918 (1921) : First Metropolitan Opera performance in English of opera in 3 acts and 9 tableaux, music by Carl Maria von Weber, book by J. R. Planché, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Richard Ordynski, revised and conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Rosa Ponselle as Rezia, Giovanni Martinelli as Huon and Paul Althouse as Oberon. A7 2 & 3 2 vocal scores, 1 inscribed by Bodanzky
19 3 Annotated playbook
19 3 15 sketches and notes
3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B17 3 --Rezia's Sleeping Garden, 24x35 (20x30) cm.
B17 4 --Storm, 24x34 (20x30) cm., sig.
B17 5 --Charlemagne's Room, 23x33 (20x30) cm.
14-9-6 3 18 technical drawings
19 3 19 photographs of sets
19 3 3 programs, 1918-1920
Set model See also Vienna, 1909-11
La Juive (The Jewess), November 22, 1919 (1936) : Opera in 5 acts by Jacques Halévy, libretto by Eugene Scribe, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Rosa Ponselle as Rachel, Enrico Caruso as Eleazar and Leon Rothier as Cardinal Brogni. 19 4 2 librettos in German
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B17 6 --II.2: Passover, 22x33 (17x28) cm.
B17 7 --III: Kaiser's garden, 24x35 (19x30) cm.
B17 8 --IV: Cardinal's room, 24x36 (18x19) cm.
B17 9 --V: Burning Scene, 24x35 (17x30) cm.
14-9-6 4 12 technical drawings
19 4 10 photographs of sets
Set model
Barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville), November 27, 1919 (1951) : Opera in 3 acts, music by Gioachino Rossini, book by Cesare Sterbini, conducted by Gennaro Papi with Giuseppe DeLuca as Figaro, Mabel Garrison as Rosina, Charles Hackett as Almaviva, Jose Mardones as Don Basilio and Pompilio Malatesta as Dr. Bartolo. 19 5 1 libretto
3 Drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B17 10 --Act I: Square in Seville, 21x35 cm.
B17 11 --Act II & III: Drawing Room, not used, 22x33 cm.
B17 12 --Act II & III: Drawing Room, 23x37 cm.
19 5 1 photograph of set drawing
19 5 3 programs, 1945 - 1948 See also Boston Opera 1913
Parsifal, February 19, 1920 (1955) : Opera in 3 acts and 6 scenes by Richard Wagner, English version by Henry Edward Krehbiel, costumes by Urban, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Orville Harrold as Parsifal and Margarete Matzenauer as Kundry. 19 6 1 libretto
B18 1 2 articles, German, 3 p.
8 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
C4 3 --Curtain, Titurel's vision
C4 4 --I.1: Holy Woods
C4 5 --II.1: Klingsor's tower
B18 2 --II.2: Klingsor's garden D
D5 1 --II.2: Klingsor's garden, unused
C5 1 --II.2: Klingsor's garden B
B18 3 --II.2: Klingsor's garden
B18 4 --II.2: Klingsor's garden G
B31 8 --II.2: Klingsor's garden
19 6 2 slides from. Austrian National Library
14-9-6 5 13 technical drawings
19 6 17 photos of set drawings and set
19 6 1 article, 1954, 6 p. See also Boston, June 3, 1914.
Eugene Onegin, March 24, 1920 (1921) : The first New York performance, sung in Italian, of lyric opera in 3 acts adapted from the poem by Alexander Pushkin, music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, directed by Richard Ordynski, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Giuseppe DeLuca as Onegin, Claudia Muzio as Tatiana and Giovanni Martinelli as Lenski. 19 7 Libretto
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
D5 2 --Act I: Larina's garden, 43x25 (20.5x37) cm.
B18 5 --Act 1.3: garden B, 26x36 (16x26) cm.
B18 6 --Act II: Larina's ballroom, 26x36 (17x26) cm.
B18 7 --Act II.2: Duel, 25x35 (16x26) cm.
14-9-6 6 3 technical drawings
19 7 10 photographs of set drawings
19 7 Program, April 1, 1920
Tristan und Isolde, November 20, 1920 (1958) : Performed in English, by Richard Wagner, conducted by Artur Bodanzky, with Johannes Sembach as Tristan, Margarete Matzenauer as Isolde, and Clarence Whitehill as Kurvenal. 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B18 8 --II: King Mark's Castle, 24x33 (20x30) cm.
B18 9 --III: Tristan's Courtyard, 24x32 (20x30) cm.
19 8 Rough sketch
14-9-6 7 9 technical drawings
19 8 Photograph of set drawing
19 8 5 programs 1935-55
Set models See also Boston Opera 1912 and Interstate Opera, 1916
Don Carlos, December 23, 1920 (1923) : First Metropolitan performance of opera based on tragedy by Schiller, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Mery and Camille du Locle, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Gennaro Papi with Giovanni Martinelli as Don Carlos, Giuseppe DeLuca as Rodrigo, Adamo Didur as Phillip, and Rosa Ponselle as Elizabeth. 7 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B18 10 --I: Wood scene, 23x31 cm.
B18 11 --II: Church, 26x38 cm.
B18 12 --III.1: Ballet scene, 26x38 cm.
B18 13 --Grotto scene, 22x31 cm.
B19 1 --III.2: City Square, 26x38 cm.
B19 2 --IV.1: King's cabinet, Phillip's room, 23x31 cm.
B19 3 --IV.2: Prison scene, 23x30 cm.
14-9-6 8 8 technical drawings
20 1 17 photographs of set drawings
Set model, Convent exterior
Lohengrin, February 2, 1921 (1950) : Opera in 3 acts and 4 scenes by Richard Wagner, performed in English, costumes by Joseph and Gretl Urban, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Johannes Sembach as Lohengrin and Florence Easton as Elsa. 20 2 1 libretto, German
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
20 2 --Act I: River bank, 17x28 (13x23) cm., sig.
20 2 --Act II: Courtyard, 18x28 (13x23) cm., sig.
20 2 --2 of Act III.1: Bedroom
14-9-6 9 6 technical drawings
20 2 8 photographs of sets
20 2 5 programs, 1937-1950
Set models See also Vienna 1909-11
La Traviata, November 14, 1921 (1935) : Opera in 4 acts, music by Giuseppe Verdi, book by F. M. Piave, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Amelita Galli-Curci as Violetta, Beniamino Gigli as Alfredo, and Giuseppe De Luca as Germont. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B19 4 --Flora's Palace, 25x32 (15x18) cm.
20 3 3 plans & sketches
14-9-6 10 5 technical drawings
20 3 7 photographs of set drawings
20 3 Program, 4/1/32
Set models See also Boston Opera, December 21, 1912
Ernani, December 8, 1921 (1929) : Opera in 4 acts and 5 scenes, music by Giuseppe Verdi, book by F. M. Piave based on Hernani by Victor Hugo, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Gennaro Papi with Giovanni Martinelli as Ernani, Giuseppe Danise as Don Carlos and Rosa Ponselle as Elvira. 20 4 2 librettos
7 drawings-watercolor and pencil, 16x26 (10x16) cm. :
20 4 --Act I.1: first idea, sig.
20 4 --Act I.1: Sea, stone bridge
20 4 --Act II: Elvira's Room, sig.
20 4 --Act III.1: Throne Room A,
20 4 --Act III.1: Throne Room B, sig.
20 4 --Act III.2: Tomb Scene A, sig.
20 4 --Act III.2: Tomb Scene B
14-9-6 11 9 technical drawings
20 4 6 photographs
20 4 1 program, 1922-1923
Salzburg Festival Playhouse Fund, 1921-1922 : Richard Strauss, while on a US tour in the fall of 1921, enlisted the aid of Mrs. Samuel(Minnie) Untermeyer to raise money for the Salzburg Festival. Strauss, with Max Reinhardt and Hugo von Hofmannstal, had formed the Salzburg Festspielhaus Committee whose purpose was to build a theater dedicated to Mozart in war-devastated Austria. 20 5 5 letters, 10 p.
20 5 1 flyer
Le Roi d'Ys, January 5, 1922 : First New York performance of opera in 3 acts and 5 scenes, music by Edouard Lalo, book by Edouard Blau, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Samuel Thewman, conducted by Albert Wolff with Beniamino Gigli as Mylio, Giuseppe Danise as Karnac, Leon Rothier as the King, Rosa Ponselle as Margared and Frances Alda as Rozenn. 8 drawings, watercolor and pencil on board :
20 6 --Act I & II, 26x16 (10x15) cm.
20 6 --Act II, 2:Grotto and set notes, 16x26 (10x14)
20 6 --Act III: Courtyard, Flood, 26x16 (10x15) cm.
20 6 --Act I: Castle, 15.5x26 (10x16) cm.
20 6 --Act II.1: Interior, 16x26 (10x16) cm
20 6 --Act II.2: Grotto, 16x26 (10x16) cm.
20 6 --III.1: Courtyard, 16x26 (10x16) cm.
20 6 --III.2: Flood, 16x26 (10x16) cm.
14-9-6 12 5 technical drawings
20 6 11 photographs of set drawings
20 6 2 programs, 1921-22
Cosi Fan Tutte, March 24, 1922 (1928) : First New York performance of the opera buffa in 2 acts, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, book by Lorenzo da Ponte, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Samuel Thewman, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Florence Easton as Fiordiligi, Frances Peralta as Dorabella, George Meader as Ferrando, Giuseppe DeLuca as Guglielmo, Adamo Didur as Don Alfonso and Lucrezia Bori as Despina. 5 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B19 5 --Act I.1: Inn, 36x43 (20x29) cm.
B19 6 --Act I.2,4; II.2: Garden, 27x35 (19x26) cm.
B19 7 --Act I.3: Green Room, 27x35 (19x26) cm.
B19 8 --Act II.1: White Room, 27x35 (19x27) cm.
B19 9 --Act II.3: Tapestry Room, 27x35 (19x27) cm.
14-9-6 13 5 technical drawings
20 7 Set list
20 7 6 photographs of set drawings
20 7 2 programs, 1921-22
Set model-Portal
Madama Butterfly, November 24, 1922 : Tragic opera in 3 acts, music by Giacomo Puccini, lyrics by L. Illica & G. Giacosa from the book by John L. Long and play by David Belasco, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Florence Easton as Cio-Cio-San, Giovanni Martinelli as Pinkerton and Antonio Scotti as Sharpless. 21 1 1 libretto
1 drawing-watercolor and pencil :
21 1 --Act II, III: Cio-Cio-San's House, 21x30 (16x24) cm.
21 1 5 technical drawings, sketchesm.
14-9-6 14 4 technical drawings
21 1 8 programs, 1945-1953
1 set model-Act I, Border #1 See also Boston Opera November 29, 1912
Roméo et Juliette, November 25, 1922 (1947) : Opera in 5 acts and 7 scenes, music by Charles Gounod, book by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Lucrezia Bori as Juliette, Beniamino Gigli as Roméo, Giuseppe DeLuca as Mercutio and Leon Rothier as Friar Laurence. 21 2 1 libretto
6 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B19 10 --Prologue, 21x31 (15x24) cm.
B19 11 --Ballroom, 21x31 (15x24) cm.
B19 12 --Garden scene, not used, 21x31 (16x24) cm.
B19 13 --Square, 21x31 (15x24) cm.
B20 1 --Bedroom, 21x31 (15x24) cm.
B20 2 --Tomb 21x31 (15x24) cm.
21 2 Ground plans, 1 p.
14-9-6 15 8 technical drawings
21 2 2 photographs of set drawing
21 2 2 programs, 1922-23, 1926-27
Set model
Thaïs, December 14, 1922 (1939) : Opera by Jules Massenet, libretto by Louis Gallet, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Maria Jeritza as Thaïs, Orville Harrold as Nicias and Clarence Whitehill as Athanael. 21 3 3 sketches & notes
14-9-6 16 8 technical drawings
Set model See also Boston Opera, December 7, 1912
Concert Sets, 1922, 1929: 21 4 Detail, measurements
14-9-6 17 6 technical drawings, 58x77 cm.
L'Africaine, March 21, 1923 (1934) : Opera in four acts and 5 scenes, music by Giacomo Meyerbeer, book by Eugene Scribe, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Samuel Thewman, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Beniamino Gigli as Vasco Da Gama, Rosa Ponselle as Selika and Giuseppe Danise as Nelusko, Adamo Didur as Don Pedro and Leon Rothier as the Grand Inquisitor. 21 5 2 librettos
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
21 5 1 program
L'Amico Fritz, November 15, 1923 (1924) : Comedy in 3 acts by Pietro Mascagni, conducted by Roberto Moranzoni with Lucrezia Bori as Suzel and Miguel Fleta as Fritz, and Giuseppe Danise as Rabbi David. 21 6 Libretto
4 Drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B20 3 --Dining Room (not used), 26x44 (19x36) cm.
B20 4 --Dining Room B, 28x36 (16x23) cm.
B20 5 --Terrace A, 28x46 (36x19) cm.
B20 6 --Terrace, used, 24x31 (15x23) cm.
14-9-7 2 4 ground plans
Carmen, November 22, 1923 (1950) : Opera in 4 acts with music by Georges Bizet, lyrics by H. Meilhac & L. Halévy based on the novel by Prosper Merimée, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Florence Easton as Carmen and Giovanni Martinelli as Jose. 21 7 2 librettos
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B20 7 --Act I: Square in Seville, 23x30 (16x23) cm., sig.
B20 8 --Act II: Tavern, 23x30 (16x23) cm.
B20 9 --Act III: Smuggler scene, 23x30 (16x23) cm., sig.
B20 10 --Act IV: Arma scene, 23x30 (12x20) cm.
14-9-7 3 4 technical drawings
21 7 5 photographs of set drawings
21 7 4 programs, 1937-1950 See also Boston Opera, January 15, 1913
Faust, November 30, 1923 (1951) : A new design for the prolog was added to the 1917 production. Conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Giovanni Martinelli as Faust, Lawrence Tibbett as Valentin, Fiodr Chaliapin as Mephistopheles and Frances Alda as Margarette. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
21 8 --Study, 22x33 (14x23) cm.
14-9-7 4 1 ground plan
21 8 3 programs, 1942-50 See also Vienna 1906, Boston 1913 and Metropolitan Opera November 25, 1917
Fedora, December 8, 1923 (1926) : A lyric drama in 3 acts, music by Umberto Giordano, book by V. Sardou, directed by Wilhelm von Wymetal, conducted by Gennaro Papi, with Maria Jeritza as Fedora, Giovanni Martinelli as Loris Ipanov and Antonio Scotti as De Siriex. 21 9 1 libretto
21 9 4 p. of script notes, von Wymetal
2 drawings-watercolor and pencil :
21. 9 --Drawing room, 22x30.5 (16x25) cm.
21 9 --Bed room, 22.5x31.5 (16x25) cm., sig.
21 9 1 set sketch
14-9-7 5 5 technical drawings
Martha, December 14, 1923 (1929) : Opera by Friedrich von Flotow, conducted by Gennaro Papi with Frances Alda as Harriet, Kathleen Howard as Nancy, Beniamino Gigli as Lionel and Giuseppe DeLuca as Plunkett. 2 drawings, watercolor and/or pencil :
B20 11 --I: Village square, 28x38 (15x22) cm.
21 10 --Kitchen scene, 22x29 (15x23) cm.
21 10 2 sketches
14-9-7 6 5 technical drawings See also Boston March 24, 1913.
Freischütz, Der, March 22, 1924 (1929) : Opera in 3 acts, music by Carl Maria von Weber, libretto by Friedrich Kind, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Elizabeth Rethberg as Agathe, Curt Taucher as Max, Michael Bohnen as Caspar and Leon Rothier as the hermit. 21 11 1 libretto
21 11 4 p. of script notes
3 drawings-watercolor and pencil :
21 11 --II.1: Hunter's room, 22x31 (14x22) cm.
C5 2 --II.2: Wolves Glen, 34x38 (30x34) cm.
B21 1 --II.2: Wolves Glen B, 28x38 (23x34) cm.
21 11 1 sketch
14-9-.7 7 8 technical drawings
21 11 1 program, 1928-1929
Set model See Vienna undated
Contes d'Hoffman, (Tales of Hoffman), November 13, 1924 (1946) : Comic opera in 4 acts, music by Jacques Offenbach, book by Jules Barbier, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Nina Morgana as Olympia, Lucrezia Bori as Giulietta and Antonia, Giuseppe DeLuca as Coppelius, Miguel Fleta as Hoffman and Lawrence Tibbett as Schlemil. 21 12 Libretto
5 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B21 2 --I: Prologue-Tavern, 27x35 (16x24) cm.
B21 3 --II: a. Olympia-Physician's room, 27x34 (16x24) cm.
B21 4 --II: b. Olympia-ballroom, 27x34 (16x24) cm.
B21 5 --III: Giulietta, 27x34 (16x24) cm.
B21 6 --IV: Antonia, 27x34 (16x24) cm.
21 12 1 p. set notes
21 12 3 detail drawings
14-9-7 8 8 technical drawings
21 12 7 photographs of set drawings See also Boston Opera, November 25, 1912
Falstaff, January 2, 1925 (1949) : Opera based on The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Arrigo Boito, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Wilhelm von Wymetal, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Antonio Scotti as Falstaff, Frances Alda as Anne, Lawrence Tibbett as Ford, Lucrezia Bori as Mistress Ford and Adamo Didur as Pistol. 21 13 Libretto
21 13 3 photographs of sets
21 13 2 p. script notes
21 13 1 set sketch and notes
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
21 13 --Portal detail
B21 7 --Ford's room, 27x34.5 (16x24) cm.
14-9-7 9 5 technical drawings
21 13 2 photographs of set drawings
Pelléas et Mélisande, March 21, 1925 (1949) : First Metropolitan performance of opera in 5 acts by Claude Debussy, adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Clarence Whitehill as Golaud, Leon Rothier as Arkel, Lucrezia Bori as Mélisande and Edward Johnson as Pelléas. 22 1 2 librettos
22 1 1 set sketch
B21 8 5 technical drawings
22 1 13 photos of set drawings
Set model See also Boston January 10, 1912.
Der Barbier von Bagdad (Barber of Bagdad), November 7, 1925 (1926) : Opera in 2 acts, book and music by Peter Cornelius, directed by Samuel Thewman, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with George Meader as Kadi Baba Mustapha and Elisabeth Rethberg as Margiana. 22 2 Libretto, German
B21 9 Rough sketch, pencil
2 Drawings-watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B21 9 --Act I: Room, Nueddin's House, 27x35 cm.
B21 10 --Act II: Mustapha's women's room, 27x35 cm.
22 2 7 technical drawings
14-9-7 10 8 technical drawings
22 2 1 photograph of Act I set
22 2 1 program, 1925-1926
La Vestale, November 12, 1925 (1927) : First Metropolitan performance of opera in 3 acts by Gaspare Spontini, book by De Jouy, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Wilhelm Von Wymetal, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Rosa Ponselle as Giulia, Edward Johnson as Licinio, Giuseppe De Luca as Cinna and Margarete Matzenauer as the High Priestess. 5 drawings, watercolor and pencil on board :
B21 11 --I: Forum, 26x33 (22x33) cm., sig.
B22 1 --II: Vestal Temple, 21x45 (21x32) cm.
B22 2 --III.1: Campus Sceleratus, 32x45 (23x33) cm., sig.
22 3 --III.1: Cemetary
B22 3 --III.2: Arena, 32x45 (22x33), sig.
22 3 6 technical drawings
14-9-7 11 24 technical drawings
22 3 5 photos of set drawings
22 3 2 programs 1925-26
Set models
Cena delle Beffe, January 2, 1926 (1927) : First Metropolitan performance of opera by Umberto Giordano based on the play The Jest by Sem Benelli, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Beniamino Gigli as Gianetto Malaspini, Frances Alda as Ginevra, Titta Ruffo as Neri and Adamo Didur as the Doctor. 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig.:
22 4 --Act 1: Banquet Hall, 19x19 (10x15) cm.
22 4 --Act II, IV, bedroom, 19x19 (9x14) cm.
22 4 --Act III: Prison, 19x19 (19x15) cm.
D5 3 4 technical drawings
22 4 6 sketches on tracing paper
22 4 4 photographs of set drawings
La Vida Breve, March 6, 1926. : First American performance of opera by Manuel de Falla, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Lucrezia Bori as Salud. 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B22 4 --Act I.1: Gypsy, 27x34 (16x24) cm., sig.
B22 5 --Act II.1: side of Manuel's house, 26x33 (17x24) cm.
B22 6 --Act II.2: square, 27x34 (16x24) cm.
D5 4 6 technical drawings
22 5 5 photographs of set drawings
Don Quichotte (Don Quixote), April 3, 1926 (1927) : First Metropolitan performance of comic opera in 5 acts, music by Jules Massenet, book by Henri Cain, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Samuel Thewman, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Florence Easton as Dulcinea, Feodor Chaliapin as Don Quichotte and Giuseppe DeLuca as Sancho. 22 6 1 libretto
5 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B22 7 --I: open square, 27x35 (18x24) cm., sig.
B22 8 --II: The Windmill Scene, 27x35 (18x24) cm., sig.
B22 9 --III: Bandits Scene A, 27x35 (16x24) cm., sig.
B22 10 --III: Bandits Scene, 28x38 (17x24) cm.
B22 11 --V: Road in the Woods, 27x34 (16x24) cm., sig.
14-9-7 12 7 technical drawings
22 6 6 photographs of set drawings
Turandot, November 16, 1926 (1930) : First American performance of lyric opera in 3 acts and 5 scenes, music by Giacomo Puccini, book by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, costumes by Gretl Urban and B. Brunelleschi, directed by Wilhelm Von Wymetal, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Maria Jeritza as Princess Turandot, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi as Calaf, and Giuseppe DeLuca as Ping. 22 7 Director's notes, von Wymetal, 20 p.
22 7 3 postcards, costumes Austrian production
22 7 3 photostats of Buddha figures
22 7 7 sketches and plans
22 7 4 property detail drawings
14-9-7 13 17 technical drawings
22 7 12 photographs of set models
22 7 Program, 3/16/29
22 7 Article, NY Times Magazine, 11/14/26
Set models
Fidelio, January 22, 1927 (1951) : Opera in 2 acts, music by Ludwig von Beethoven, libretto by J. Sonnleithner and F. Treitschke from the French by J. N. Bouilly, conducted for the Beethoven Centenary revival by Artur Bodanzky with Nanny Larsen-Todsen as Leonore, Rudolf Laubenthal as Florestan, George Meader as Jacquino and Michael Bohnen as Rocco. 22 8 3 librettos
22 8 Script notes & sketches, 4 p.
4 drawings-watercolor and pencil :
22 8 --Act I.2: prison yard,17x24 (10x13) cm.
22 8 --Act II.1: prison, 18x24 (10x16) cm.
B23 1 --Act II.2: castle terrace, 23x30 (17x24) cm., sig.
14-9-7 14 8 technical drawings
22 8 5 photographs of set drawings.
22 8 2 programs, 1945-46;1950-51
Set model
The King's Henchman, February 17, 1927 (1929) : World premiere of opera in 3 acts, music by Deems Taylor, libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Lawrence Tibbett as Eadger, Edward Johnson as Aethelwold and Florence Easton as Aelfrida. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B23 2 --Act II: Forest, 24x30 (13x19) cm.
1 drawing, watercolor and ink :
23 1 --Trees, 14x20 (9x12) cm.
23 1 2 graphed drawings of Act I, III
14-9-7 15 7 technical drawings
23 1 1 bound piano-vocal score, inscr.
Set models
Violanta, November 5, 1927 (1928) : First American performance of opera with music by E.W. Korngold, written by Hans Müller, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Maria Jeritza as Violanta, Clarence Whitehill as Simone and Walter Kirchhoff as Alfonso. 23 2 Libretto
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B23 3 --room (not used A), 27x38 (16x26) cm.,sig.
B23 4 --room B, 28x38 (20x22) cm.
23 2 1 fireplace detail
14-9-7 16 14 technical drawings
23 2 1 photograph of set drawing
Hänsel und Gretel, November 5, 1927 (1948) : Fairy opera in 3 acts, music by Engelbert Humperdinck, book by Adelheid Wette, costumes by Gretl Urban, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Editha Fleischer as Hänsel and Queena Mario as Gretel. 23 3 Libretto
23 3 Set notes by Von Wymetal, 6 p.
23 3 Sketches and notes, 7 items
Drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B23 5 --Peasant's room, 26x31 (10x17) cm., sig.
14-9-7 17 10 technical drawings
23 3 6 photographs of sets
Set model See also Boston January 27, 1912
Norma, November 16, 1927 (1945) : Opera in 4 acts and 5 scenes, music by Vincenzo Bellini, book by Felice Romani, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Samuel Thewman, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Rosa Ponselle as Norma, and Ezio Pinza as Oroveso. 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B23 6 --II: Norma's room, 27x37 (15x20) cm.
B23 7 --III: bedroom A, 27x37 (15x20) cm.
B23 8 --IV.1: Rocky Pass, 27x39 (15x20) cm.
23 4 2 sketches
14-9-7 18 10 technical drawings
23 4 7 photographs of set drawings
23 4 1 program, 1928-29
Set model
La Rondine, March 10, 1928 (1936) : First American performance of opera in 3 acts, music by Giacomo Puccini, costumes by Joseph Urban, conducted by Vicenzo Bellezza with Lucrezia Bori as Magda and Beniamino Gigli as Ruggero. 23 5 Director's notes, Von Wymetal, 17 p.
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B23 9 --I: Magda's salon, 28x37 (14.5x21) cm., sig.
B23 10 --Ballroom A, 27x34 (14x21) cm.
B23 11 --Ballroom B, 26x32 (15x21) cm.
B23 12 --III: Park, 28x38 (15x21) cm., sig.
23 5 2 set sketches
14-9-7 19 12 technical drawings
23 5 2 photographs of set drawings
Set model
Die Ägyptische Helena (Egyptian Helen), November 6, 1928 (1929) : First American performance of opera by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Maria Jeritza as Helen and Rudolph Laubenthal as Menelas. A7 4 & 5 Piano score
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
B24 1 --Aithra palace on island, 27x35 (15x20) cm.
B24 2 --Enchanted tent, 27x35 (15x19) cm.
23 6 14 set notes by von Wymetal
23 6 8 technical drawings
14-9-7 20 10 technical drawings
23 6 8 photographs of sets
Set model
La Campana Sommersa, November 24, 1928 (1930) : First American performance of opera by Ottorino Respighi based on Gerhart Hauptmann's Die Versunkene Glocke, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Elizabeth Rethberg as Rautendelein, Giovanni Martinelli as Heinrich, Giuseppe DeLuca as Nickelmann and Ezio Pinza as Pastor. 23 7 Director's notes, Von Wymetal, 3 p.
3 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B24 3 --I, IV: Forest, 27x34 (16x19) cm., sig.
B24 4 --II: Interior, 15x19, sig.
B24 5 --III: Smithy, 27x34 (15x19)
14-9-7 21 5 technical drawings
23 7 2 photos of set drawings
Manon, December 22, 1928 (1952) : Opera in 5 acts with music by Jules Massenet, words by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, costumes by Joseph Urban, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Lucrezia Bori as Manon, Beniamino Gigli as Des Grieux, Leon Rothier as Comte Des Grieux and Giuseppe DeLuca as Lescaut. 23 8 2 librettos
23 8 Set notes, Von Wymetal, 5 p.
23 8 2 research photographs, 18c. interiors
4 drawings, watercolor and pencil, 27x34 (15x19) cm., sig. :
B24 6 --I: Inn at Amiens
B24 7 --II: Apartment in Paris
B24 8 --IV: Hotel gambling room
B24 9 --V: Road to Havre
23 8 8 technical drawings
14-9-7 22 15 technical drawings
23 8 5 photographs of set drawings
Set model See also Boston Opera, March 18, 1914
Jonny Spielt Auf, January 19, 1929 : Opera in two parts by Ernst Krenek, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Michael Bohnen as Jonny and Florence Easton as Anita. 23 9 1 libretto
23 9 2 reference photographs
23 9 2 clippings
23 9 14 sketches
14-9-8 1 33 technical drawings
23 9 14 photographs of sets and scenes
Set model
Louise, March 1, 1929 (1949) : Opera in 4 acts and 5 scenes by Gustave Charpentier, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Wilhelm Von Wymetal, conducted by Louis Hasselmans with Lucrezia Bori as Louise, Antonin Trantoul as Julien, and Leon Rothier as the father. 23 10 1 libretto, German
23 10 1 sketch of Act I & IV
14-9-8 2 9 technical drawings
23 10 6 photographs of sets
23 10 2 programs, 1947-1949
Set model See also Boston Opera, December 18, 1912
Fra Gherardo, March 21, 1929 : First American performance of opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti, conducted by Tullio Serafin, with Edward Johnson as Gherardo, Maria Mueller as Mariola and Ezio Pinza as the Old Man and Podesta.
24 1 2 sets of script notes, German and English, 3 p. each
1 drawing-watercolor and pencil :
24 1 --Act II: square, 22x25 cm.
24 1 8 sketches & details
14-9-8 3 24 technical drawings
24 1 7 photographs of set models and sets
Set model
Don Giovanni, November 29, 1929 (1953) : Opera in 2 acts, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, book by Lorenzo Da Ponte, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Wilhelm Von Wymetal, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Ezio Pinza as Don Giovanni, Pavel Ludikar as Leporello, Leonora Corona (for Rosa Ponselle) as Donna Anna, Elisabeth Rethberg as Donna Elvira, Beniamino Gigli as Don Ottavio and Leon Rothier as the Commandante. 24 2 Libretto
A8 1 11 photographs of previous Met sets
A8 2 Piano score
2 drawings, watercolor and/or pencil :
B24 10A --Act I.1: exterior, 28x37 (15x20) cm.
B24 10 --Act II.5: Giovanni's room, 41x31 cm.
24 2 13 set sketches
14-9-8 4 34 technical drawings
24 3 27 photographs of set models and sets
24 3 2 programs, 1929, 1937
Set models See also Boston Opera Feb. 7, 1913
Luisa Miller, December 21, 1929 (1931) : First Metropolitan performance of opera in 3 acts, music by Giuseppe Verdi, book by Salvatore Cammarano based on Schiller's Kabale und Liebe, costumes by Joseph Urban, directed by Ernst Lernt, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Giacomo Lauri-Volpi as Rodolfo, Giuseppe DeLuca as Miller and Rosa Ponselle as Luisa. 14-9-8 5 22 technical drawings
24 4 6 sketches
24 4 10 photographs of sets
24 4 1 program, 1929-30
Set model
Boccaccio January 2, 1931. : First Metropolitan performance of opera in 3 acts by Franz von Suppe, directed by Wilhelm Von Wymetal, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Maria Jeritza as Boccaccio and George Meader as Scalza. 24 5 Set notes, Von Wymetal, 16 p.
24 5 2 set details
14-9-8 6 6 technical drawings
24 5 6 photographs of set drawings
Set models
Schwanda, der Dudelsakpfeifer (Schwanda the Bagpiper), November 7, 1931 (1932) : First American performance of Czech opera Svanda Dudák with music by Jaromir Weinberger, book by Miles Kares translated into German by Max Brod, choreographed by August Berger, directed by Hanns Niedecken-Gebhard, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Friedrich Schorr as Schwanda. 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B25 1 --City Entrance, 31X39 (26X35) cm.
24 6 Bagpiper, pencil drawing
14-9-8 7 10 technical drawings
24 6 6 photos of drawings & sets
Set model
Donna Juanita, January 2, 1932 : Fist Metropolitan performance of opera in 3 acts, music by Franz von Suppe, book by F. Zell and Richard Genee, costumes by Lillian Gaertner Palmedo, directed by Hans Niedecken-Gebhard, conducted by Artur Bodanzky with Maria Jeritza as Donna Juanita. A7 6 Booklet, set notes
24 7 Detail sketch
14-9-8 8 7 technical drawings
24 7 3 photographs of sets
24 7 Program, 1932
Set model
Peter Ibbetson, February 7, 1932 (1935) : World premiere of opera in 3 acts and 8 scenes based on novel by George Du Maurier, music by Deems Taylor, libretto by Constance Collier and Deems Taylor, directed by Wilhelm von Wymetal, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Edward Johnson as Peter Ibbetson, Lucrezia Bori as Mary and Lawrence Tibbett as Colonel Ibbetson. Urban also designed the costumes for the 1933-1935 performances. 25 1 Libretto
25 1 Set notes, 11p.
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B25 2 --II.1: Inn
B25 3 --II.2: Garden
25 1 7 set sketches and notes
25 1 13 technical drawings, furniture
14-9-8 9 19 technical drawings
25 1 1 program, 1931-1932
Set model
24 7 Piano-vocal score, inscr. Deems Taylor
La Sonnambula, March 16, 1932 (1935) : Opera in 3 acts, 4 scenes with music by Vincenzo Bellini, book by Felice Romani, conducted by Tullio Serafin with Lily Pons as Amina, Beniamino Gigli as Elvino and Ezio Penza as Count Rudolfo. 25 2 Libretto
25 2 3 detail drawings
14-9-8 10 13 technical drawings
25 2 3 photos of set drawings
25 2 Program, 1931-1932
Set model
Electra, December 3, 1932 (1962) : First Metropolitan performance of opera in one act, music by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, costumes by Lillian Gaertner Palmedo, conducted in the first Metropolitan performance by Artur Bodanzky with Gertrude Kappel as Electra, Karin Branzell as Clytemnestra, Rudolf Laubenthal as Aigisthus and Friedrich Schorr as Orestes. 2 drawings, watercolor, sig. :
14-10-2 1 --Set, 50x65 (36x50) cm.
D5 5 --Set, 45x62 (28x46) cm.
B25 4 Mounted photograph of set drawing
25 3 7 technical drawings
14-9-8 10 6 technical drawings
25 3 2 programs, 1937-1952
D5 5 Picture of set model from article
Set model
Undated or Unproduced : 25 4 Walküre 1 libretto
25 4 Notes, 1 p.
25 4 2 drawings of Act III, pencil
14-9-8 11 8 technical drawings
25 4 3 mounted photos of set drawings
Set model
25 5 Metropolitan Opera Stage Plans
14-9-8 12 8 technical drawings
25 6 Portfolio Cover, early opera plans
D6 Wiener Werkstätte scrapbook cover, 50x50 cm.
Librettos : 25 7 Josephs Legende (Legend of Joseph):
--Guide to the ballet
A7 7 --Piano score
25 7 Meistersinger 2 librettos
25 7 Merman and Mermaid 1 libretto
25 7 Pearl Fishers 1 libretto
25 7 Rheingold 1 libretto
25 8 Trovatore 1 piano score
25 8 Villi 1 libretto
3.6: Film, 1915-1931 Joseph Urban was art director for William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions from 1919 to 1925. He also worked a year for the Fox Film Studios in 1930, drawn to the one source of income not devastatingly depleted by the Great Depression. Each film is listed by title, followed by the name of the producing studio and the releasing company, the production number and the release date. The files contain letters, contracts, reference and photo scrapbooks, drawings, photographs and articles. Some of the productions contain photographs which mark, for purposes of comparison, whether the set was lighted by the director or by Urban. Items of interest include a color key, a numbered code for how colors would photograph in black and white under studio lights, and a letter dated January 1920 which discusses whether the director or the studio should control the making of the film. The photo scrapbooks picture all the sets used for the Hearst films and show the attention to detail used for period sets as well as the imagination employed for the modern interiors. The reference scrapbooks provide an example of how Urban sourced his designs. Cosmopolitan Productions, 1920-23 : 25 9 Contract, Feb. 19, 1920, 2 p.
25 9 7 letters, 1920-1921, 10 p.
25 9 Articles, 1920-1923, 6 p.
25 9 4 photographs of color key
C5 3 Article and letter from Gurschner, 1923
Strand Theater Stage Set, 1915 : 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
B25 4A --stage and orchestra set, 24x34 cm., sig.
25 10 Plan for stage set
25 10 2 photographs of set
Rivoli Theater Stage Setting, 1919 : 2 drawings, Watercolor and/or pencil :
C5 4 --Mythical scene, 35x47 cm.
D5 6A --Stage, 39x40 (37x39) cm.
25 11 Set notes, 1 p.
D5 6 5 technical drawings
25 11 2 photographs of stage setting
The Golem, UFA/Paramount, 1920 (US 1921) : German film written by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen, set designed by Hans Polzig, directed by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese, with Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck and Ernst Deutsch. 26 1 47 photographs of scenes
Humoresque, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #5, 1920 : Written by Frances Marion based on the stories by Fannie Hurst, directed by Frank Borzage with Alma Rubens, Gaston Glass and Vera Gordon.
26 2 2 photographs of sets & scene
A8 3 1 photograph, Venetian Court
C6 Scrapbook #1
The Restless Sex, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #6, September 12, 1920 : Romantic comedy-drama based on the Robert W. Chambers story, by Leo d'Usseau, costumes by Erté, directed by Robert Z. Leonard with Marion Davies, Carlyle Blackwell and Ralph Kellard. Norma Shearer played a bit part. Premiered at the Criterion Theater where the manager Hugo Riesenfeld composed music around the Marion Davies Waltz for the live Prologue, The Garden of Eden designed by Urban. 14-9-8 14 6 technical drawings
26 3 7 sketches & notes
26 3 4 photographs of sets and scenes
C6 Scrapbook #1 See also Miss 1917 for drawing of Garden of Eden Prolog set
The World and His Wife, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #7, 1920 : Adapted from the play by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger which was based on the Spanish poem El Gran Galeoto by Jose Echegaray, screenplay by Frances Marion, directed by Robert G. Vignola with Alma Rubens, Montagu Love, Pedro de Córdoba and Gaston Glass. 26 4 18 photographs of sets and scenes
C6 Scrapbook #1
Heliotrope, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #8, 1920. : Based on Whiff of the Heliotrope by Richard Washburn Child, directed by George D. Baker with Frederick Burton.
26 5 9 photographs of sets & scenes
C6 Scrapbook #1
Inside of the Cup, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #10, 1921 : Written by George Dubois Proctor based on a novel by Winston Churchill, directed by Albert Capellani with William Carleton and David Torrence.
26 6 5 photographs of sets and scenes
A8 4 & 5 2 photographs of Church altar
C6 Scrapbook #1
Passionate Pilgrim, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #11, 1921 : Directed by Robert G. Vignola with Matt Moore and Mary Newcombe C6 Scrapbook #1
Buried Treasure, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #12, 1921 : Written by F. Britten Austin, directed by George D. Baker, starring Marion Davies and Norman Kerry. 14 drawings-watercolor and/or pencil :
26 7 --12 decorations of ship panels, paper, 11x13 cm.
B25 5 --1 pirate ship stern, 26x20 cm.
14-9-8 15 --Elevation of pirate ship, 74x90 cm.
26 7 1 print of altar, retouched
26 7 & 8 23 photographs of sets & scenes
A8 6-9 4 photographs of sets
Set model
C6 Scrapbook #1
26 10 --Servant's room, 19x22 (17x20) cm.
26 10 --Wedding, 23x21 (19x20) cm.
26 10 5 plans & sketches
26 10 Prolog, set sketch
14-9-8 16 3 technical drawings, Prolog
26 10 & 11 36 photographs of sets & scenes
A8, A9 12 photographs of drawings, sets & scenes
C7 Scrapbook #2
The Wild Goose, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #19, 1921 : Story by Gouveneur Morris, directed by Albert Capellani with Norman Kerry and Mary MacLaren. New York premiere at the Rialto May 1921.
27 1 1 photograph of set
A9 7 1 photograph of set
C7 Scrapbook #2
The Woman God Changed, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #20, 1921 : Directed by Robert G. Vignola with Seena Owen.
27 2 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
Annie Dear [Annabella] Rainbow Garden Ziegfeld 11/4/24 1 box Rehoused 2000. Shares box with Golden Dawn
D5 6B --Courtroom scene, 35x55 cm.
Straight Is the Way, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #15, 1921 : Directed by Robert G. Vignola with Matt Moore.
C6 Scrapbook #1
Proxies, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #16, 1921 : Story by Frank R. Adams, directed by George D. Baker with Norman Kerry and Zena Keefe.
26 9 1 photograph, Set 16.9, Stairs
C7 Scrapbook #2
Bride's Play, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #18, 1921 : Story by Donn Byrne, directed by George Terwilliger, with Marion Davies and Wyndham Standing. 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
26 10 --Drawbridge, 17x25 (15x21) cm.
A9 8 & 9 2 photographs of set & scene
C7 Scrapbook #2
Get-Rich-Quick, Wallingford, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #21, 1921 : Written by Luther Reed from a play by George M. Cohan based on George Randolph Chester's Wallingford stories, directed by Frank Borzage with Sam Hardy, Doris Kenyon, Norman Kerry and Billie Dove.
27 3 4 photographs of sets
A9 10 & 11 2 photographs of sets
C7 Scrapbook #2
Just Around the Corner, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #22, 1921 : Story by Fannie Hurst, directed by Frances Marion with Fred Thomson and Sigrid Holmquist.
C7 Scrapbook #2
Enchantment, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #23, 1921 : Written by Frank R. Adams, directed by Robert G. Vignola with Marion Davies and Forrest Stanley
27 4 Clipping of Sleeping Beauty set
27 4 5 renderings of Fairy Tale scenes
A9 12 1 drawing of silhouette birth scene
27 5 19 reference photographs
27 6 30 photographs of sets & scenes
A9 13-29 18 mounted photographs of sets and scenes
A9 30 Mounted graphed elevation and photo of fairy tale drawing
C7 Scrapbook #2
Back Pay, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #24, 1922 : Story by Fannie Hurst, written by Frances Marion, directed by Frank Borzage, with Seena Owen and Matt Moore.
27 7
A10 1 Photograph of scene
C7 Scrapbook #2
Boomerang Bill, Paramount/Cosmopolitan, #26, 1922 : Written by Jack Boyle and Doty Hobart, directed by Tom Terriss with Lionel Barrymore
27 8 2 photographs of sets
A10 2-5 4 photographs of sets
C7 Scrapbook #2
Find the Woman, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #A1, 1922 : Story by Arthur Somers Roche, directed by Tom Terriss with Alma Rubens, Norman Kerry and Harrison Ford.
C7 Scrapbook #2
The Young Diana, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #27, 1922 : Written by Marie Corelli and Luther Reed, directed by Robert G. Vignola and Albert Capellani, with Marion Davies, Clara Kimball Young, Pedro de Córdoba and Forrest Stanley. 27 9 Letter from William Randolph Hearst
27 9 Chair elevations, graphite and colored pencil, 10x18 cm.
27 9 2 photographs-Dimitrius' Study
A10 6-8 3 photographs-Dimitrius' Lab
C7 Scrapbook #2
Beauty Shop, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #30, 1922 : Based on the play by Channing Pollock, directed by Edward Dillon with Raymond Hitchcock.
C8 Scrapbook #3
Beauty's Worth, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #31, 1922. : Story by Sophie Kerr, screenplay by Luther Reed, directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Marion Davies, released March 26, 1922. 14-9-8 17 5 technical drawings
27 10 Photograph of Doll scene
C8 Scrapbook #3
Sisters, Cosmopolitan #32 : C8 Scrapbook #3
The Good Provider, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #34, 1922 : Story by Fannie Hurst, written by John Lynch, directed by Frank Borzage with Vera Gordon, Dore Davidson and Vivienne Osborne.
C8 Scrapbook #3
When Knighthood Was In Flower, Cosmopolitan/Paramount. #35, 1922 : Novel by Charles Major, screenplay by Luther Reed, directed by Robert G. Vignola with Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding, Pedro de Córdoba and William Powell. C9 Reference Scrapbook
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
27 11 --Inn room, 21x26 (20x24) cm.
27 11 --entranceway, 21x24 (14x11) cm.
A10 9 Retouched photographs of Doors
14-9-8 18 Blueprint, Set 27
27 11 12 photos of sets and scenes
C8 Scrapbook #3
Valley of Silent Men, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #36, 1922 : Story by James Oliver Curwood, directed by Frank Borzage with Lew Cody and Alma Rubens.
C8 Scrapbook #3
Face in the Fog, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #37, 1922 : Boston Blackie mystery drama, directed by Alan Crosland with Lionel Barrymore and Seena Owen.
C8 Scrapbook #3
Adam and Eva, Cosmopolitan/Paramount, #39, 1923 : Adapted by Luther Reed from the stage comedy by Guy Bolton and George Middleton, directed by Robert G. Vignola with Marion Davies, T. Roy Barnes and Edward Douglas. C10 Scrapbook #4
Enemies of Women, Cosmopolitan /Goldwyn, #40, 1923 : Based on book by Vicente Blasco Ibanez, script by John Lynch, choreographed by Mary Urban, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Alan Crosland with Lionel Barrymore, Pedro de Córdoba, and Alma Rubens. 27 12 1 photograph of Monte Carlo
14-9-8 18 4 technical drawings
C10 Scrapbook #4 See also Square Yard Book Misc 1923-1924
The Go-Getter, Cosmopolitan/Goldwyn, #42, 1923 : Story by Peter B. Kyne, directed by Edward H. Griffith with T. Roy Barnes and Seena Owen.
C10 Scrapbook #4
Little Old New York, Cosmopolitan/Goldwyn, #43, 1923 : Written by Luther Reed based upon the play by Rida Johnson Young, special music by Victor Herbert, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by Sidney Olcott with Marion Davies and Harrison Ford. Urban renovated the Park Theater, renamed the Cosmopolitan Theater, for the August 1 premiere. C9 Reference Scrapbook
27 13 3 photographs of sets
14-9-8 20 2 prop drawings, diplomas
14-9-8 20 2 blueprints, Cosmopolitan Theater stage set
C10 Scrapbook #4 See also Architecture and Design: Cosmopolitan Theater
Unseeing Eyes, (Snowblind) Cosmopolitan/Goldwyn, #45, 1923 : Adapted from Snowblind by Arthur Stringer, screenplay by Bayard Veiller, directed by E. H. Griffith with Lionel Barrymore and Seena Owen. Original music composed by Erno Rapee. C10 Scrapbook #4
Under the Red Robe, Cosmopolitan/Goldwyn, #46,1923 : From story by Simon Weyman, adapted by Bayard Veiller, driected by Alan Crosland with Alma Rubens, John Charles Thomas, Robert B. Mantell and William Powell. Opened at the Cosmopolitan Theater where Victor Herbert conducted his overture and Frederick Stahlberg conducted the picture score by William Frederick Peters. C11 Reference scrapbook
B25 6 Elevation, King's audience
27 14 6 photographs of sets
C10 Scrapbook #4
Yolanda, Cosmopolitan/Metro-Goldwyn, #48, February 19, 1924 : Story by Charles Major adapted by Luther Reed, directed by Robert G. Vignola, cameramen Ira H. Morgan and George Barnes, special musical score by William Frederick Peters, overture composed by Victor Herbert, costumes by Gretl Urban, with Marion Davies, Lyn Harding, Holbrook Blinn, Maclyn Arbuckle, and Johnny Dooley. C12-13 Reference scrapbook
14-9-8 21 2 technical drawings
27 15 4 rough sketches
C14 Scrapbook #5
The Great White Way, (Cain and Mabel), Cosmopolitan/Metro-Goldwyn, #49, 1924 : Story by H. C. Witwer, written by Larry Doyle and Luther Reed, directed by E. Mason Hopper with Anita Stewart, T. Roy Barnes, and Oscar Shaw. 14-9-8 22 2 blueprints
27 16 1 photograph of set
C14 Scrapbook #5
Janice Meredith, Cosmopolitan/Metro-Goldwyn, #51, 1924 : Written by Lillie Hayward based on Paul Leicester Ford novel, music by Deems Taylor, costumes by Gretl Urban, directed by E. Mason Hopper with Marion Davies, Harrison Ford, Tyrone Power, Sr., Olin Howlin and W. C. Fields. C15-16 Reference scrapbook
27 17 3 photographs of sets
14-9-8 23 2 blueprints of stage set for premiere
C14 Scrapbook #5
Zander the Great, Cosmopolitan/Metro-Goldwyn, 1925 : Adapted by Frances Marion and Lillie Hayward from the play by Salisbury Field, costumes by Gretl Urban, musical score by Victor Schertzinger, directed by George Hill with Marion Davies, Holbrook Blinn, Harrison Ford, Olin Howlin, John Huff and Hedda Hopper. 27 18
D5 7 2 ground plans
Fox Movietone City Studio, 1930 : 28 1 3 photographs of studio lot
Big Trail, Fox,1930 : Directed by Raoul Walsh. 28 2 4 photographs of publicity
East Lynne, Fox, 1931 : Written by Bradley King and Tom Barry from the novel by Mrs. Henry Wood, directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Ann Harding and Clive Brook.
D5 8 3 sketches and technical drawings
28 3 54 photographs of sets
28 4 Scottish Song book
3.7: Architecture and Design, 1914-1933 This subseries chronicles Urban's numerous design and architectural projects. The files contain watercolor renderings, technical drawings, and photographs. Items of interest are the files on exhibits, the Wiener Werkstätte gallery, the extensive work for the unrealized Metropolitan Opera House, the designs for store fronts and restaurants, the drawings for the New School, the Palace of the Soviets proposal and the Suburban Movie Theater. There is very little on some projects such as the Palm Beach buildings and the Hearst International Magazine Building. The file on Mar A Lago, for example, lacks plans and is almost entirely made up of photographs and magazine articles. United Shoe Machinery Company, 1914 : Urban designed 50 panels on the history of the shoe for a San Francisco Exposition display. 28 5 List of sketches & plates
28 5 3 sketches
28 5 20 photos of costumes
Conry's House, 1915 : 28 6 2 pencil sketches
28 6 5 wall decorations
28 6 3 photographs of hallway See also Liberty Theater 1917
Century Theater Roof, 1916 : 28.7 14-9-9 1 5 blueprints, Carrere and Hastings See also Ziegfeld: Century Roof Garden, January 18, 1917
Liberty Theater, 1917 : 28 8 2 drawings of mermaid panel
28 8 26 photographs, wall decorations
Buck House, Gene, 1919 : Urban decorated Gene Buck's house in Great Neck shortly after the Ziegfeld writer's marriage.
28 9
14-9-9 2 5 blueprints
War Memorial, 1919 : Studies for G. S. Mandell, editor of the Boston Transcript and the New York Tribune 8 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
28 10 --Ground plan, 22x22 cm.
28 10 --Detail A, 26x19 (19x15) cm.
28 10 --Detail B, 22x22 (15x16) cm., sig.
B25 8 --Sanctuary, 41x28 (29x17) cm., sig.
B25 9 --Conception, 33x25 (23.5x14) cm., sig.
28 10 --Portal of Honor, 22x22 (18x15) cm., sig.
28 10 --Peace Memorial on Palisade, 22x20 (19x16) cm., sig.
28 10 --Perception on Terrace, 26x20 (20x14) cm., sig.
28 10 12 photographs of renderings
Sherman Hotel Tiger Room, Chicago, 1920 : 28 11 34 photographs of wall decorations
Dodge Brothers Banquet, February, 1921. : Urban designed the grand ballroom in the Waldorf Astoria for the Dodge Brothers' 6th Annual Dealers' luncheon.
28 12 3 photographs of decorative detail
28 12 2 photographs of the banquet room
Wiener Werkstätte, June 1922 : 28 13 7 sketches of furniture
B25 10 3 showroom plans
28 13 7 articles re opening, 17 p.
28 13 Drawing of chair by fire place, 20x20 (13x13) cm.
B25 11 Scrapbook, 31 p.
28 13 4 photographs of New York showroom
28 13 4 photographs of Chicago exhibit
28 13 2 photographs of Klimt painting
28 13 St. Etienne Gallery catalog and invitation, 1966
Rialto Theater Stage, June, 1922 : Drawing, watercolor and pencil :
D5 9 --stage elevation
29 1 1 working sketch
14-9-9 3 7 technical drawings
Fulton Theater, Fall, 1922 : 29 2
A10 10 2 Fairy Tale Illustrations
Lyon and Healey Store Window, Chicago, November, 1922 :
29 3 Sketches, 10 p.
14-9-9 4 6 technical drawings
29 3 8 photographs of window & plans
Cosmopolitan Theater, August 1, 1923. : The Park Theater was renovated and renamed for the film premiere of Little Old New York.
E3 Watercolor drawing of floral panel decoration, 25x71 cm.
29 4 Watercolor drawing of floral wall decoration
29 4 6 sketches and notes
14-9-9 5 4 technical drawings
29 4 41 photographs of before and after See also Film: Little Old New York and Janice Meredith
Daily Mirror Float, September 5, 1924 : Designed for the National Beauty Pageant at Atlantic City. The float carried the 8 New York contestants in a Boardwalk parade and won first prize.
29 5 1 photograph
Camp House, Dallas, Texas, 1925-1926 : 29 6 Specifications booklet, August 1926
Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, 1925-1926 : This house was designed for Mrs. E. F. Hutton, the former Marjorie Merriweather Post
29 7 Telegram, 8/9/26
29 7-11 141 photographs
A11-A14 174 photographs by Geisler
30 1 2 American Architect reprints, 6/19/24
A14 44 3 articles, 1929, 1965
C17 Scrapbook
Demarest Little Castle, Palm Beach, Florida, Oct.1925-Apr. 1926 : House planned for the Hypoluxo Island estate belonging to John M. Demarest of Roslyn, Long Island. According to Mary Urban, the plans were abandoned after Mrs. Demarest fell seriously ill. 30 2 6 drawings, watercolor and pencil:
B26 1 --Arch/chandelier detail
D7 1 --Grounds and house plan, 54x39 cm.
D7 2 --South end elevation and plan, 39x57 cm.
D7 3 --Elevation, North and West side, 46x47 cm.
D7 4 --Elevation, [East side], 38x55 cm.
D7 5 --Elevations, landings & entrance, 41x49 cm.
Paramount Theater, Sunrise Building, Palm Beach, Florida, 1926 : D7 6 1 drawing, watercolor and pencil:
--Elevation of proposed theater, 38x50 (30x40) cm.
E4-E5 2 ground plans
D7-D8 7 technical drawings on board
30 3 1 drawing, Fish panel
30 3 6 sketches & notes
14-9-9 6 7 technical drawings
B26 2 Rough sketch
B26 2 8 prints of proposed theater building by D. Douglass
B26 2 Photograph of auditorium
30 3 10 photographs of drawings & building
Biddle House, Palm Beach,1926 : 14-9-9 7 2 technical drawings
30 4 18 photographs
A10 11 Photograph of Grilled door
Bath and Tennis Club, Palm Beach, Florida, July 1926 : 14-9-9 8 2 technical drawings
30 5 14 photographs
C5 6 12 etchings
Oasis Club, Summer 1926 : 30 6 8 photographs
B26 3 4 photographs
14-9-9 9 2 blueprints
Metropolitan Opera House, Proposed, 1926-1927 : 14-10-2 3 Preliminary sketch 57th St., 75x50 cm.
Scheme I :
30 7 --5 plans, photostats
14-9-1 11 --32 plans, photostats
E6-E12 --7 photographs and plans on board
Scheme II :
30 7 --Specs, 13 p.
14-9-1 12 --15 plans, photostats
E13-E29 --17 plans on board
Scheme III :
30 7 --Specs, 11 p.
E30-E40 --11 plans on board
Scheme IV :
30 7 --Specs, 10 p.
30 7 --10 plans, photostats
E41-E50 --10 plans on board
Scheme V :
14-9-1 13 --13 plans, blueprints and photostats
Scheme VI :
30.7 7 --38 plans, photostats
C18 1 --2 plans, photostats
E51-E63 --13 Scheme VI plans on board
C18 2 --Ground floor plan, undated, ink & pencil
Scheme VII :
30 7 --10 sketches and plans
D8 5 --21 sketches and plans
Scheme VIII :
30 7 --81 plans
14-9-1 14 --36 plans
Scheme IX :
30 8 --Material, 58 specs, plans, photos
B26 4-6 --Material, 36 etchings, plans, photos
14-9-1 15 --Material, 36 plans
14-9-9 10 --Ground plan, 82x126 cm.
E64-E77 --14 mounted photographs of models
30 8 Start of Sch. 9 file, 5/10/27, 23 p.
30 8 Start of Sch. 9 file, 5/21/27, 8 p.
30 8 7 negatives of Scheme IX June 1927
B26 7 96 plans, photostats
30 8 Specs, 4 p.
30 8 62 negative photostats, June 1927
30 8 14 photographs of plans
E78-E114 36 plans on board
C18 3 2 positive photostats, Jan. 1928
Ziegfeld Theatre, 1926-27 : 30 9 3 wall patterns
30 9 2 wall mural drawings
6 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B27 1 --lobby, Flower detail, not used A, 27x35 (20x25) cm.
B27 2 --lobby, Flower detail, not used B, 26x31 (24x29) cm.
B27 3 --lobby, Flower detail, not used C, 23x36 (19x32) cm.
B27 4 --lobby, Flower detail, not used D, 26x31 (24x29) cm.
B27 5 --lobby, Flower detail, not used, 20x29 (9x29) cm.
B27 6 --balcony ceiling, 32X36 (29X34) cm.
14-9-9 11 25 technical drawings
30 9 Secretary's journal and budget, 2 p.
30 9 37 photographs, interior & exterior
B27 7 13 photographs
30 9 2 etchings of front exterior, Douglass
B27 8 5 etchings of front exterior, Douglass
30 9 Ground plan, balcony
2 drawings :
14-10-1 B.4 --Street front, watercolor, 49x57 cm.
Fl. 15 --Street front, charcoal on paper, Hugh Ferriss, 100x92 (84x73) cm.
30 9 4 articles, 1927-1930, 17 p.
30 9 2 congratulations notes
30 9 2 articles, 1967 See also Architectural Detail scrapbook, p. 12-14, 19 in C17
St. Regis Hotel, 1927-1928 : 31 1 Notes and sketches, 16 p.
7 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B27 9 --Roof Garden dining room, 29x36 cm.
D9 1 --Screen scheme, 50x31 (30x12) cm., sig.
31 1 --Room A and B print, 20x25 (15x15) cm.
31 1 --2 Fish Details, 15x18 cm.
C18 4 --Seaglade Wall Decoration, 24x42 (22x40) cm.
E115 --Door panels
14-9-9 12 26 technical drawings
31 1 22 photographs
31 1 1 postcard
Temple Israel, Lawrence, Long Island, Fall 1927-1929 (not built) : 2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
E116 --exterior, 46x62 (36x57) cm.
D9 2 --interior, 48x43 (36x41) cm.
E117-E119 3 ground plans
31 2 Bookplate for Rabbi Isaac Landman
31 2 8 photographs of plans
Reinhardt Theater, proposed, 1928 : 4 drawings, watercolor and pencil, sig. :
D9 3 --Front elevation, 35x43 (25x34) cm.
D9 4 --Facade, 50x38 (37x29) cm.
B27 10 --View of Stage, 38x29 (24x17) cm.
B27 11 --Auditorium, 38x29 (24x16) cm.
B27 12 Print of facade drawing, 32x27 (23x18) cm.
31 3 22 plans, photostats
C18 5 48 plans, photostats
31 3 5 photographs of drawings
Music Center, 1928 : The pencil rendering of the Greek Theater Garden and the print of the Greek Theater Concert stage were exhibited in the 1930 annual exhibit of the Architectural League of New York. 2 drawings:
C18 6 --Greek Theater garden, pencil, 49x38 (23x27) cm.
C19 1 --Greek Theater Concert set, print, 37x37 (27x23) cm.
31 4 11 photostats of plans
C19 2 4 photostats of plans dated 2/1/28
C19 3-8 6 mounted photographs of model
31 4 4 photographs
A10 12 Photograph of proscenium See also Theatres 1929
Hotel Gibson Roof Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1928 : 31 5 Sketches, notes, letter
1 drawing, watercolor and pencil :
B28 1 --Proscenium
14-9-10 1 10 technical drawings
31 5 4 photostats of chair designs
31 5 9 photographs of roof garden
Unidentified Drawings, 1928 : 31 5A
6 drawings, watercolor and pencil on board, sig. :
D9 5 --5th Ave side, night street scene, 43x35 (29x21) cm.
D9 6 --5th Ave elevation, 49x38 (36x28) cm.
D10 1 --lobby, 43x50 cm.
D10 2 --Armchair, 41x31 (33x24) cm.
B28 2 --Front elevation, 2nd scheme, 44x35 (34x26) cm.
D10 3 --Building in daytime street scene, 44x35 (30x23) cm.
31 6 4 photostats of arm chair
31 6 2 photographs of Night street scene drawing
Kaufmann Department Store, Proposed, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 23, 1928 : 11 drawings, watercolor and/or pencil, sig.:
D10 4 --Front elevations, 47x49 (42x40) cm.
D10 5 --Entrance, 47x49 (21x23) cm.
D10 6 --Counter area, 47x49 (21x23) cm.
D10 7 --View towards Mezzanine, 47x49 (21x31) cm.
D10 8 --First Floor Plan, 47x49 (38x41) cm.
D10 9 --Mezzanine Floor Plan, 47x49 (38x41) cm.
D10 10 --Special Counters, 47x49 (31x32) cm.
D10 11 --Counters, grill detail, 47x49 (25x28) cm.
D11 1 --First Floor detail, 29x30 (25x27) cm.
D11 2 --First Floor Ceiling Plan, 29x30 (25x27) cm.
D11 3 --Ground plan of beauty Salon, Scott and Teegen
Bossert Hotel, Grill Room, Brooklyn, 1928 : D11 4 3 watercolor drawings of screen & plans, 33x59 cm., 2 sig.
31 7 13 technical drawings, detail
14-9-10 2 3 technical drawings & prints
31 7 9 photographs
Bedell Department Store, New York City, August 6, 1928 : 2 drawings, pencil, sig. :
D11 5 --34th Street elevation, 48x48 (26x26) cm.
D12 1 --Section, Rotunda, Exhibition Hall, 48x48 (21x21) cm.
5 drawings, watercolor, August 6, 1928, sig. :
D12 2 --perspective of 34th St. elevation, 48x49 (20x20) cm.
D12 3 --show window, 48x49 (20x20) cm.
D12 4 --Show room, 48x49 (20x20) cm.
D12 5 --Millinery Department, 48x48 (20x20) cm.
B28 3 --elevator, 28x31 (23x20) cm.
31 8 1 watercolor sketch of Millinery Department
31 8 5 photographs of design
A10 13 9 photographs of store
C19 9 7 photographs of Store
31 8 Architectural Forum, 2 p.
William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, August 1928, 1932 : The opening for the renovated hotel was held in May of 1929. The Chatterbox Room was commissioned in 1932. 6 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
D13 1 --Tea Room detail and plan, 51x43 cm., sig.
D13 2 --Exhibition Room, 51x43 (33x34) cm., sig.
D13 3 --Men's Lounge, 51x43 cm., sig.
D13 4 --Ballroom, 34x51 (25x45) cm., sig.
D13 5 --Ballroom Ceiling Decoration, 37x50 (30x41) cm.
C19 10 --Wall Panel, 46x19 (18x12) cm.
E120 --2 Wall panels, Chatterbox Room, 20x68 cm.
31 9 Hotel magazine cover, 5/29
31 9 3 photos of Chatterbox Room
New Amsterdam Roof, 1928 : Urban redesigned the New Amsterdam roof garden for Ziegfeld's final Midnight Frolic which opened December 29, 1928.
31 10
2 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
B31 9 --Butterfly-floral pattern, yellow, 26x32 (15x32) cm.
B31 10 --section: elephant panel, 37x16 (27x11) cm.
14-9-10 3 5 technical drawings
International Magazine Building, 1928-1929 : 31 11 6 photographs
C20 1 8 photographs and one etching
Encyclopaedia Britannica article, 1928-1929 31 12 Article on Steele MacKaye, 9 p.
31 12 Letter from Percy MacKaye, ts., 4 p.
Hutton Ball, 1928 3 drawings, watercolor and pencil on board :
B31 11 --A: Mountain background, 29x38 (23x33) cm.
C19 11 --B: Mountain with floral foreground, 36x42 (24x30) cm.
B31 12 --C: Chinese lanterns, 33x42 (20x29) cm.
American Designers' Gallery, 1928-1929 : Urban joined with other artists to establish a cooperative art gallery at 145 W. 57th St. Their first exhibit was shown in October of 1928 for which Urban designed a young lady's room entitled "Repose." 31 14 14 photographs
31 14 7 letters, ts., 10 p.
Central Park Casino, 1929 : 3 drawings, watercolor :
B28 4 --external view, 26x36 (14x24) cm., sig.
D13 6 --Ceiling pattern, 34x53 (30x45) cm.
14-9-1 B.6 --North and South Wall, Ballroom, 28x63 cm.
31 15 2 detail drawings and letter
14-9-10 4 9 technical drawings
31 15 26 photographs
B28 5 10 photographs
C20 2 16 photographs, Sigurd Fischer
31 15 2 articles from Architectural Record, 32 p.
Metropolitan Museum of Art 11th annual exhibition of American Industrial Art, February and March 1929 :
31 16 16 photographs of sun porch and man's den
31 16 American Architect reprint, 9 p.
31 16 Mosaic Messenger cover
31 16 Woman's Journal, 3 p.
Emerich Residence, Chicago, Il., interior design, 1929 : Remodeling of the home of Banker Melvin L. Emerich of Chicago.
31 17 2 photographs of interiors
Hartman Trunks, 1929 31 18 2 drawings and 1 photostat of patterns
Jewish Art Theater, proposed, 1929 : 31 19 4 photostats of plans
D13 7 19 photostats of plans
D13, D14 8 plans
31 19 2 photographs of proscenium
Cadillac magazine advertisement, 1929 : 31 20 6 ad sketches
31 20 1 letter, McManus Inc, ts
B28 6 7 sketches and ads
Gingerbread House, 1929 : F. H. Bennett of Wheatsworth, Inc. asked Urban to make the Gingerbread House after seeing the Urban-designed Metropolitan production of Hänsel and Gretel.
32 1 18 photographs of building
32 1 1 tearsheet, Fortune, p 89
32 1 Postcard, letter and ceramics catalog
Theatres, 1929 : 14-9-10 5 10 prints of ground plans
14-9-10 5 3 Music Center ground plans, photostats, 40x28 cm.
E121, E122 2 Reinhardt Theater ground plans
B28 7 Mock up of p. 35, Music Center Site
B28 7 Detail of plastic relief, p. 48
E123-E127 5 Music Center plans
32 2 5 Music Center plans, photostats
32 2 47 loose pages
32 3 Book
New School for Social Research, 1929-1931 : 19 drawings, watercolor and/or pencil :
B28 8 --Talk over corner perspective, 32x41(15x22) cm.
B28 9 --Talk-over niches, 36x30 (22x19) cm.
B28 10 --Classroom, 30x45 (13x28) cm.
C20 3 --12th Street Front, 1929, 46x32 (33x19) cm.
C20 4 --Main Lobby Color Treatment, 37x37 (26x26) cm.
C21 1 --Classroom perspective, 32x41 (19x31) cm.
C21 2 --Auditorium perspective, 32x41 (20x31) cm.
D14 7 --Street elevation, 38x52 (25x34) cm.
D14 8 --Basement Lobby Color Treatment, 37x50 (24x40) cm.
D15 1 --Reception Room Color Treatment, 37x50 (19x42) cm.
D15 2 --Faculty Dining Room Color Treatment, 37x52 (19x40) cm.
D15 3 --Faculty Dining Room Color Treatment, Green, 37x50 (19x40) cm.
D15 4 --Director's offices, 36x50 (20x41) cm.
D15 5 --Assistant Director's offices, 37x53 (19x41) cm.
D16 1 --Ground plan, classrooms, 37x51 (25x33) cm.
14-10-1 A.1 --Dance Studio Color Treatment, 37x67 (19x56) cm.
E128-E129 --2 Street elevation Color Treatment, 47x67 cm.
B29-B30 13 ground plans
32 4 Main floor ground plan
32 4 Letters and notes, 6 p.
A10 14 Book of Color Control Patches
32 4 Ordynski correspondence, 11 p.
32 4 10 photographs
A10 15-44 30 photographs, interior & exterior
C21 3 4 photographs, interiors
32 4 5 flyers, pamphlets, forms
32 4 2 articles, Architectural Digest, 14 p.
32 4 Architectural Record, 13 p.
32 4 2 booklets
32 4 1 chapter from Johnson's autobiography, 18 p.
Atlantic Beach Club, Long Island, NY, 1930-1931 : Urban also designed Café de Paris for Night on the Riviera fete held August 3, 1930. 13 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink :
B30 6 --Main entrance Terrace Apartments, 33x34 (17x19) cm., sig.
D16 2 --Isometric view of Terraced Apts., 47x51 (40x44) cm., sig.
E130 --Beach front view, blue background, 57x74 (40x44) cm.
E131 --Beach front, green, 51x76 (42x72) cm.
E132 --Room, color isometric drawing, 56x76 (43x36) cm.
E133 --Apartment perspective and floor plan, 76x51 (60x39) cm., sig.
E134 --Detail of End bays, 51x76 (38x55) cm.
E135 --Alternate floor plan, 51x76 (35x60) cm.
E136 --Typical floor plan, 51x76 (42x72) cm., sig.
E137 --Basement ground plan, 51x76 (43x72) cm., sig.
E138 --First floor ground plan, 51x76 (43x72) cm., sig.
E139 --5th and 6th floor plan, 51x76 (43x72) cm., sig.
E140 --Penthouse floor plan, 51x76 (43x72) cm., sig.
32 5 11 photographs
32 5 Photograph of Café de Paris, August 1930
A15 1 18 photographs
C21, C22 10 photographs
Suburban Movie Theater, 1931 : Westchester County, NY D16 3 Interior, facing screen, pastel, 21x55 (16x50) cm.
E141 Plan, longitudinal section, 46x75 (26x63) cm.
B30 7 4 photographs of model
32 6 3 photographs of model
32 6 2 articles, 6 p. See also Architectural League Exhibition, 1932-1933
Park Avenue Restaurant, 1931 : C22 3 4 photographs of club interior
32 7 2 Architectural Forum reprints, 8 p. ea.
Palace of the Soviets, 1931 : The Russian Government held an open competition to find an architect for their assembly hall. Urban was one of six prominent architects chosen to present a design for the building for $10,000. 32 8 130 p. reports, specs
32 9 79 p. correspondence
32 9 2 booklets, Russian
A15 2 Map of Moscow
7 drawings, watercolor, pencil and ink :
D17 1 --Assembly Hall, 36x46 (33x41) cm.
D17 2 --Colonnade, 34x55 (27x41) cm.
D17 3 --Perspective Central Plaza, 34x46 cm.
14-10-2 5 --Interior, Large Hall with demonstration, 74x64 (70x61) cm.
14-10-1 B.1 --Ground plan, 47x60 (39x54) cm.
14-10-1 B.2 --Ground plan with landscaping, 43x57 cm.
14-10-1 B.7 --Perspective of large hall, 46x63 cm.
D18 1-10 10 plans
32 9 31 photographs
A15 2 5 photographs
Lerner, Max Suburban House, 1932 : 32 10 Photograph of model, back view
A15 3 Photograph of model, side view
Architectural League One-Man Show, February 1932 : Joseph Urban donated proceeds for the benefit of New York's unemployed draftsmen.
32 11 5 photographs of Joseph Urban's office
32 11 Plan for small house, awarded 4th prize
Fairy Tale book illustration reprints, April 22, 1932 : The Yonkers Statesman reported on April 22, 1932 that an exhibit of prints from 24 fairy tale illustrations was held at a Yonkers book shop on 155 North Broadway. A15 4 & 5 34 reprints of illustrations with index
32 12 5 reprints of illustrations with index
32 12 9 photographs of illustrations
Congress Hotel, Joseph Urban Room, Chicago, Illinois, 1932 : 2 drawings, watercolor :
D17 4 --Urban Room, 41x41 (29x25) cm.
B30 8 --Pattern, 23x23 (18x18) cm.
D17 4 Print of Joseph Urban Room
14-9-10 6 Blueprint of Balloon Room
33 1 2 photographs
A15 6 Photograph
D17 4 Photograph, mounted
Urban, Harrison and Hood Houses Co-design, 1932 : Raymond Hood, Joseph Urban, and Wallace K. Harrison jointly proposed a plan for houses constructed largely of steel for mass production. Two drawings watercolor:
D17 5 --Neighborhood, 43x52 (22x40) cm.
D17 6 --Houses, front elevations
D17 6 Ground plan for house
Book-Cadillac Hotel, Mayfair Room, Detroit, Michigan, 1932 : 33 3 6 sketches
14-9-10 7 15 detail sketches
33 3 2 photographs
Architectural League Exhibition, 1932-1933 : Urban arranged the 48th Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, held from February 18 to March 12, 1933, at the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society. Urban received the President's Medal for "the unique architectural treatment of the galleries and the effective installation of the exhibits" and a Medal of Honor for his set model for the unproduced religious pageant Light 33 4 Letters, lists, plans, 84 p.
14-9-1 B.8 4 technical drawings
33 4 11 photographs of exhibit and award ceremony
C22 4 2 photographs of exhibit
33 4 2 certificates of award
A15 7 Exhibit catalog
33 4 Architecture, 2 p
33 5 Medal with case
Chicago World's Fair: Century of Progress, opened May 7, 1933 : Urban was the director of Light for the fair and designed panels for the New York exhibit. He also proposed a stage design for a religious pageant The Light which was never produced.
33 6 1 letter from Raymond Hood, ms.
14-9-10 8 1 blueprint of New York State Exhibit
A15 8 Reference picture for NY State Exhibit
17 drawings, watercolor and pencil :
E142-E146 --11 panels of buildings, 33x84 cm.
E147 --Agricultural Building, 63x41 cm.
14-10-1 A.2 --Fountain of metal, 34x61 cm.
14-10-1 A.3 --Esplanade of flags, 42x58 cm.
14-10-1 B.3 --Buildings in blue, yellow, 44x70 (41x67) cm.
14-9-1 B.9 --Orange building with radiator center, 34x59 (26x46) cm.
14-9-1 B9 --Green building with gray circle, 48x64 (45x58) cm.
33 6 1 booklet, Light Recommendations
B30 9 2 newspaper magazine pullout sections
33 7 6 programs
Katherine Brush Apartment, 1933 : 33 8
B30 10 3 photographs
A15 9 Article, House & Garden, January 1933
Undated : 33 9 Decorative Illustrations 5 drawings, 24x22 cm., sig.
Hearst House : 33 10
14-9-10 9 1 ground plan, blueprint of room
Huron Building, Detroit : 33 11
14-9-10 10 Blueprint, ceiling plan
Knickerbocker Hotel : 33 12
14-9-10 11 2 blueprints
Mallin Furniture Company : 33 13
A15 A Furniture designs, notebook
Pennsylvania Hotel roof garden : 33 14 Photograph of roof garden
IV. BIOGRAPHICAL Joseph Urban 33 15 Letters, mementos, 1917-1930
C22 5 2 certificates as NY architect, 1925, 1931
33 16 5 caricatures, 1896-1920s
34 1 17 photographs of Urban, 1912-1933
A15 10 5 photographs of Urban and office, 1932-1933
34 1 6 photographs of studio artists
34 2 22 photographs, family and friends, 1915-1960s
A15 11 Drawing, Charles Williams[?]
34 3 & 4 36 articles, 1914-1981
34 5 & 6 2 files biographical material
V. OTHER DONATIONS 5.1 Gretl Urban 34 7 Mementos
35 1 & 2 Biographical files
35 3 24 family photographs, 1903-1932
35 4 Correspondence, 1979-1988
5.2 Cole, Robert & Randolph Carter [Urban biographers] 35 & 36 Biographical notes
36 4 Letters from Gretl Urban, 1980-1991
36 & 37 Photographs for Urban biography
39 24 Audiocassettes of Carter and Cole interviews with Gretl
5.3 Urban, Mary, 1928-1966 37 3-8 Biographical notes
38 1 Douggie [Donald M. Douglass] biography
38 2 9 photographs of Urban rooms
38 3 Urban Assoc., 1921-1937
38 4 Guest lists, 1934-1946
38 5-8 Exhibits, 1959-1966
38 9 65 Slides of Mary Urban's paintings, 1964
39 1 Banks, 1962-1964
39 2 Wages, domestic staff, 1964-1966
39 3 Reel to reel tape of Mary reading articles on Urban
5.4 Other Donations 39 4
14-9-1 B.10 Japanese Calendar, 1994
39 5 Video of Show Boat Documentary, 1994
39 6 Exhibit blowups, Museum of City of New York
Antonia Act II Cabaret Scene 1925 Theater 10/20/25 1 bundle Rehoused 2000. Not a set model.
Apple Blossoms Act I: School Garden Theater 10/7/19 2 boxes Rehoused 2000
Behold Thy Wife Act III: Library Theater 1915 2 boxes Renovated for exhibit 2000
Betsy Garden Scene Ziegfeld 12/28/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Boccaccio Act I: City Square Met 1/2/31 3 boxes Rehoused 2000
Buried Treasure Unknown Film 1922 2 boxes Rehoused 2000
Cosi Fan Tutti Portal Met 3/4/22 1 box Rehoused 2000
Don Giovanni Convent Scene[?]
Garden Scene
Village and Harbor Scene[?]
Ballroom Scene
Arched Courtyard
one unidentified scene Met 11/29/29 One scene rehoused. Original housing: cartons 5-8.
Donna Juanita Act I: Patio Met 1/2/32 1 box Rehoused 2000
V. Set Models Aegyptische Helena [Egyptian Helen] Act I Met 11/6/28 2 boxes Rehoused 2000
Don Carlos Act II, 2: Outside of Convent Met 12/23/20 1 box Rehoused 2000
Elektra Persian Ball Met 12/3/32 Untouched. Some confusion with Bath & Tennis Club. Carton 22
Fidelio Act II, Sc 1 Met 1/22/27 3 boxes Rehoused 2000
Flying High In Front of Apartment
In Front of Major Watts' Apt.
Field at Night Sc.
Flight Sc. [?]
3 Curtain
Flying Field Sc. Theater 3/3/30 One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 5 bundles plus cartons 19 & 20.
Fra Gherado Act I Sc 2
Act II Court Yard
Act III Interior
Act III Sc 2 City Plaza Met 3/21/29 Untouched. [Out 8/2/00]. Original houring: 4 bundles plus carton 12.
Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence] Curtain and Portal Ziegfeld Follies 11/8/28 1 box Rehoused 2000
s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces
Freischutz Unknown/ 3 models Met 3/22/24 Untouched. Original houring: two bundles plus one oversize bundle
Golden Dawn Act I. Sc 3 Theater 11/30/27 2 boxes Rehoused 2000. cartons 24-28 [Cartons might be "Human Nature"]
Human Nature [Gun Powder] Act I Theater 11/30/27 2 boxes Rehoused 2000. Cartons 24-28? [Cartons might be Golden Dawn]
Good Fairy Lawyer's Office Theater 11/24/31 1 box Rehoused 2000. There was apparently some Palace of the Soviets (Arch.) material included in the bundles and removed.
Wild Rose [Hawthorne of the U.S.A.] Act I Sc 1: Casino
Act I Sc 2: Drop eith Window
Act I Sc 3: Interior Inn
Act I Sc 4: Garden Wall Scene
Act I Sc 5: Palace Garden
Act II Sc 1: Interior of Palace
Act II Sc 2: Courtyard of Palace
Act II Sc 3/5: Border Line
Act II Sc 4 Tower Room
Act II Sc 6: Hall in Palace Theater 1/20/26 Untouched. Original Housing: . Ten Bundles
Greatest Nation Unknown Theater 2/28/16 1 bundle Untouched
Hansel and Gretel Unknown Met 11/5/27 1 oversize bundle Untouched
Hot - Cha! [Laid in Mexico] Nightclub
Outside of Arena
Fiesta Portal
Wall of Arena
Training Wuarters
1 Tree Border; 1 leg Drop; 1 Canopy
Public Square
Parlk Scene
Train Scene
Girls Room
Procession
Cafe
Street Scene
Ziegfeld 3/8/32 13 bundles Untouched
Jonny Spielt Auf Act I Sc 2
Act II Sc 2
Anita's Room
Act I Sc 3/4 Corridor Scene
Act II Sc 5 Railroad Station
Act II Sc 6 Street Scene
Act II Sc 8 Finale
Act II Sc 4 Street Scene
Act I Sc 1 and Act II Sc 3 Palace Hotel (Glacier) Met 1/19/29 One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 8 Bundles plus Carton 33
Juive, La [The Jewess] Act IV Sc 2 Met 11/22/19 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
King's Henchman Act I
Act II
Act III
Act II, Forest
Act II Met 2/17/27 Untouched. Original Housing: 5 Bundles
Lohengrin Acts I, II, III Met 2/6/21 Untouched. no models; sketches
Macbeth Unknown Theater 2/7/16 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Madama Butterfly Border #1, Act I Met 11/24/22 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Madam Pompadour[?] [Ziegfeld Follies?] Act III (not used) Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Manon Act III
Act IV, Gambling Room Met 12/22/28 Untouched. Original Housing: 2 bundles
Melody Act I : Jess Scene
Act II London Mall Drop[?]
Act IIIJolly Miller Inn Drop[?] Theater 2/14/33 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 unidentified bundle
Merry Wives of Windsor Street Scene Theater 3/20/16 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Norma Act I
Act II
Act III Met 11/16/27 Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles plus carton 13
Oberon Unknown Met 12/28/18 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Palm Beach Girls [Palm Beach Nights] Umbrella Scene
Red Gauze Scene (not used)
Patio Scene
Oriental Scene(not used)
Golden Palm Tree Scene
Oriental Scene
Cabaret Scene Ziegfeld 1/4/26 Untouched. Original Housing: 7 bundles
Pelleas et Melisande Tracings[?] Met 3/21/25 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Polly Club Reception Room
Aviation
Long Island R.R. Stattion and Casino Scene Theater 1/8/29 Untouched. Original Housing: three bundles
Peter Ibbetson Act IV Sc 4 Opera box scene
Act III Sc 1 Colonel's Room
Glade Scne and Chaplain's Room
Act III Sc 1/3; Act II Sc 2
Act III Sc 5
Act III Sc 2/3 Met 2/7/32 Untouched. Original Housing: six bundles
Pom Pom Unknown Theater 2/28/16 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Prophete [Propheta] Unknown Met 2/7/18 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Ripples [Fred Stone Show] Extras
Cottage Drop
Finale Scene
Ball Room Scene
Hudson River Scene
Trouper's Room Scene
Fianl Scene(not used)
Mountain Scene
In Front of Inn Scene
Curtain
State Trooper and House Drop Thetare 2/11/30 Untouched. Original Housing: 11 bundles
Rondine, La Act I
Act II
Act III Met 3/10/28 Untouched. Original Housing: two bundles plus one oversized bundle
Rio Rita Cave Scene
Inn Scene
Wedding Scene
Ship Scene Ziegfeld 2/2/27 One scene renovated. Original Housing: 4 bundles plus carton 21
Romeo et Juliette Prologue Met 11/25/22 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
George White Scandals Portals
Observatory Scene
Cherry Girls Drop
Heaven Scene
Cotton Field Scene
Sunrise Scene
Editors Office
Mission Scene
Mine Scene
Sunrise Scene(not used)
Misc. parts
Locomotive Scene
Wonder Bar Scene
Peanut Vendor
Street Scene
Garden Scene
Green and Red Dome Scene (not used)
Tent Scene
Microphone Scene (not used)
Portals - Portal WIng - Silver Wings
Empire State Bldg. Scene
Charriot Scene
Dream Scene
Spring Scene
Doctor's Office Scene
Observatory Scene (not used)
Ray Scene
Heaven Scene (not used)
Paradise Scene (not used)
Good Old Days Scene Theater 9/14/31 Untouched. Original houring: 30 bundles
Rosalie Act II Drops in One
Romanze Scene
Kings Club Scene Ziegfeld 1/10/28 Untouched. Original Housing: three bundles plus one unidentified--Cartons 31 - 32
Showboat Unknown Ziegfeld 12/27/27 Untouched. Original Housing: carton 42
"See: Follies n.d. Misc. pieces"
Show Girl Stage Door Act II Sc 3 (not used)
Drop In One
Simple Simon
Kissing/Forest (shelved at end in one bundle)
Castle Scene
Minstrel Scene
Act I Sc 5 Street Sc (not used)
Act I Sc 6 Night Club Sc
Act II Sc 32 Paris Sc (and 5 small sc's)
Act II Sc 2 Stage Door (full se)
Act II Sc 5 Dressing Room
Simple Simon
Coney Island Sc
Act I Sc 1/2 Colonial House
Simple Simon
City Wall Drop
King Cole's Hall
Dungeon Scene Ziegfeld 7/2/29 Untouched. Original Housing: 14 bundles plus carton 41
n.b. For Show Girl and Simple Simon consult inventory list of 8/79"
Simple Simon is a separate Ziegfeld show, grouped in here.
Schwanda Door to city Met 11/7/31 Untouched. Original Housing: one oversized bundle
s.a. Follies n.d., Misc. pieces
Smiles Dock Scene
Bremen Scene (both in on bundle)
FInal Act 2 and Curtain (not used)
Red Room Scene
Paris Scene
FInal Act I
Opening Scene
Mary Pickford/Golf Course Scene (one bundle)
2 Bar Rooms (not used)
Finale Act ! Ziegfeld 11/18/30 One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 9 bundles
Song of Flame Act I Sc 1
Act I Sc 1 Block Sc
Act I Sc 1 Street Sc
Act I Sc 1 Gate of Castle
Act I Sc 5 Hall in Palace
Act II Sc 1 Room in Pension
Act II Sc 3 Cafe
Act II Sc 2 and 4 Outside of Cafe
Act II Sc 5 Green Room
Act II Sc 6 Epilogue Theater 12/30/25 Untouched. Original Housing: 10 bundles
Sonnambula Count's Room
Forest Scene
In Front of Mill Scene Met 3/16/32 Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles
Ziegfeld Follies 1924 Garden Sc, Louis XIV, Cowboy Sc. Ziegfeld 6/24/24 Untouched. Original Housing: . 3 bundles
Tale of the Wolf Dream Scene
Act II Boudoir[?] Theater 10/7/25 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Thais Boudoir Scene
Convent Scene
Act III sc 2 Met 12/14/22 Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles
Three Musketeers Queen's Chamber
Garden Scene
Act II Sc of Ballroom
Hotel de Ville Paris Ziegfeld 3/13/28 Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles [last two scenes in one bundle]
Sons o' Guns [Tin Hats] Road Scene
Procession Scene Theater 11/26/29 One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 2 bundles
Tristan und Isolde Act I Curtain No.'s 4,5,6,7 Theater- Met 11/20/20 Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle
Turandot (Steps not used)
Act II Sc 1
Act III Sc 2
Act I
Act III
Act I
unidentified Sc Theater 11/24/14 Untouched. Original Housing: 4 bundle plus cartons 1 -3
Vestale, La Act II
Act II (not used)
Act III sc 1 Met 11/12/25 Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles
Walkure Rocky pass sc (not used)
Interior Act I (not used)
Mountain Top Sc (not used) [n.p.] [n.d.] Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles plus carton 30
Whoopee Eddie Cantor (carton 44)
Tent Scene (carton 45)
Eddie Cantor Ziegfeld Scene (Carton 46) Ziegfeld 12/4/28 Untouched. Original Housing: Cartons 44-46
Ziegfeld Follies 1931 Theater Scene
Rainbow Gauze Drops
Hollywood Sc
Curtains (not used)
Penthouse Sc
Jungle Sc
Observatory Sc
Portal and Rainbow Gauze Drops
Empire State Bldg Sc
Island Sc and Trade House Sc
Finale 1 (not used)
Cabaret Mission Sc (not used)
Bridge Sc
Political Club (not used)
Portal (not used)
Opening Scene - Sunset Scene (not used)
Band Sc (not used)
Island Sc (not used)
Restaurant Sc
B. Room Sc
B and D Sc
Buckingham Palace Sc
Finale
Speakeasy Sc
Swanee River Sc
Portal
Grand Hotel
Ziegfeld 7/1/31 Untouched. Original Housing: . 28 bundles
Carton 36: Follies/Whoopee
Carton 35: Ziegfeld Follies/Scandles/Empire State Bldg
Carton 38: Follies Street Sc
Carton 39: Follies Blue Nursery
Carton 40: Follies n.d.
Ziegfeld Follies 1927 Cotton Field Sc
House of Glass
Jungle Jingle
Grand Staircase (carton 57; refurbished) Ziegfeld 8/16/27 Untouched. Original Housing: . 3 bundles in one box plus carton 57
Ziegfeld Follies 1923 Kid Boots Plam Beach Sc
Swanee River Sc Ziegfeld 10/20/23 Untouched. Original Housing: . 2 bundles
Yours Truly Cabaret Scene
Mission Scene
Garden Scene
Chinatown Scene
Subterranean Scene Theater 1/25/27 Untouched. Original Housing: . 5 bundles
Ziegfeld Follies 1924 [Lew Fields Follies] Merry-Go-Round, Con Boys sc. Ziegfeld [6/24/24] One scene rehoused
Ziegfeld Follies n.d. Misc. pieces including pieces from The Gertrude Lawrence Show; Schwanda; and Showboat (maybe) Ziegfeld Untouched. Original Housing:
Ziegfeld Theater Apron and Proscenium Arch and Design 1926 1 carton Renovated for exhibit, 2000. carton 56
Restless Sex Garden of Paradise prologue Film 1920 Untouched. Original Housing: one bundle.
Formerly filed under Adam and Eve, but GC believes this to be the setting for the live action prologue to Restless Sex, or, possibly, a Follies number.
Bath and Tennis Club Persian ballroom Architecture and Design July 1926 2 boxes Rehoused 2000. Model formerly cataloged under Elektra
Dutchess of Elba Act I: 2 decks Theater 1925/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Louisa Miller Terrace sc., Act II, interior; Act III (not used); Act IV, Living Room scene Met 12/21/29 Untouched. Original Housing: 4 bundles plus Carton 14
Louise Acts I & IV, Garret room; Street sc.; Act II, Sc.2, Sewing room; Act III, garden sc. Met 3/1/29 Untouched. Original Housing: four bundles
Princess Charming Miscellaneous pieces Theater 10/13/30 One scene rehoused. Original Housing: Cartons 16-18
Simple Simon Unknown Ziegfeld 2/18/30 Currently mixed in with Show Girl bundles
Ziegfeld Follies 1924 [Lew Fields Follies] Merry-Go-Round Ziegfeld 6/24/24] 2 boxes Partially rehoused, 2000 (needs redoing)
Aegyptische Helena [Egyptian Helen] Act II: Tent Met 11/6/28 3 boxes Rehoused 2000. One box includes part of Fidelio
Golden Dawn Act II Sc 2 Theater 11/30/27 3 boxes Rehoused 2000. Cartons might be "Human Nature"
Golden Dawn Act I Sc 3: Cut drop Theater 11/30/27 1 box* Rehoused 2000. *shares box with Annie Dear
Boccaccio Act I: City Square Backdrop Met 1/2/31 1 box Rehoused 2000
Boccaccio Act 2: Cooper's Met 1/2/31 3 boxes Rehoused 2000
Boccaccio Act 3: Park Met 1/2/31 1 box Rehoused 2000
Dutchess of Elba Act I: Outside farmhouse Theater 1925/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Dutchess of Elba Act II: Sitting Room Theater 1925/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Dutchess of Elba Act III: bedroom Theater 1925/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Dutchess of Elba Act I: Store Room [not used] Theater 1925/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Dutchess of Elba Act II & III: decks Theater 1925/26 1 box Rehoused 2000
Fidelio Act II Sc 2 Met 1/22/27 2 boxes* Rehoused 2000. *Plus one box shelved with Aegyptische Helena
Fidelio Act I, Sc 2 Met 1/22/27 2 boxes Rehoused 2000
Fidelio Act I, Sc 1 Met 1/22/27 3 boxes Rehoused 2000
Good Fairy I: Chamber, Scene B Theater 11/24/31 2 boxes Rehoused 2000. There was apparently some Palace of the Soviets (Arch.) material included in the bundles and removed.
Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence] Ocean Ziegfeld Follies 11/8/28 2 boxes boxes Rehoused 2000.
s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces
Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence] Jungle Ziegfeld Follies 11/8/28 3 boxes Rehoused 2000.
s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces
Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence] Garden Ziegfeld Follies 11/8/28 2 bxoes Rehoused 2000
Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence] Interior Ziegfeld Follies 11/8/28 2 boxes Rehoused 2000
s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces
Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence] Beach Ziegfeld Follies 11/8/28 3 boxes Rehoused 2000.
s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces
Whoopee Adobe Mission with Bells (carton 43) Ziegfeld 12/4/28 Renovated for exhibit, 2000. Original Housing: Cartons 43-46
Sons o' Guns [Tin Hats] Act 2.8: Ballroom Theater 11/26/29 2 boxes Renovated for exhibit, 2000
Smiles Cafe le Berry Ziegfeld 11/18/30 1 carton Renovated for exhibit, 2000
Rio Rita Courtyard of a Mexican mansion Ziegfeld 2/2/27 1 carton Renovated for exhibit, 2000.
Princess Charming Bedroom Theater 10/13/30 Renovated for exhibit, 2000. Original Housing: Cartons 16-18
Flying High Act 2.6: flight Theater 3/3/30 1 box Renovated for exhibit, 2000
Jonny Spielt Auf Act II Sc 5 Railroad Station Met 1/19/29 6 boxes 1 carton Renovated for exhibit. Original Housing: 8 Bundles plus Carton 33
Don Giovanni Act I, sc 5: Ballroom Scene Met Met 11/29/29 1 carton Renovated for exhibit, 2000. One scene rehoused.
Annie Dear [Annabella] Kitchen Garden Cyclorama Ziegfeld 11/4/24 1 boxes Rehoused 2000. Shares box with Golden Dawn
21 5 --1. Court Room, 20.5x30.7 cm.
21 5 --IV. 2: Promontory, 17.5x18.5 cm.
14-9-7 1 5 p. sketches of ship, Act III
21 5 8 technical drawings
B1 1 --Brucke 1, 29x22 cm., sig.
1 4 --Large dining room, 25x18 cm.
1 8 --2. decorative detail, 16x17 cm., sig.
1 9 --Memorial, view from gate, 17x14 cm.
1 11 --Room, corner & plan, 29x21 (24x19) cm.
1 12 --Dining Room elevation, 18x30 cm.
1 15 --Doorknob detail, (16x11) cm.
2 1
2 elevations, Else Redlich's room, 20.5x28.5 cm.
2 12 --am Brunnen, 19x30 cm.
9 3 --Act II: island