David Feldshuh papers, 1972-2016.
Collection Number: 14-24-3458

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
David Feldshuh papers, 1972-2016.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-24-3458
Abstract:
Professional papers and reviews, newspaper clippings, correpondence, and programs for various plays, including Miss Evers' Boys, a play based on the notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Study in the African American male.
Creator:
Feldshuh, David, 1944-
Quanitities:
13.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Theatre Arts and Director of the Cornell Center for Theatre Arts.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

David Feldshuh papers, #14-24-3458. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

Professional papers and reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and programs for various plays, including Miss Evers' Boys, a play based on the notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Study on the African American male; also drafts of his speech at the Inauguration of David Skorton as president of Cornell University, 2006.
Access Restrictions:

Access to Boxes 4-6 (Inauguration speech drafts and Miss Evers' Boys files) restricted to permission of the donor.

Related Materials

Additional material and digital versions can be found online here: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/50075

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Department of Theatre Arts
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Subjects:
Theater -- Study and teaching.
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
African American men -- Diseases -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Institutes and Foundations
Box 1 Folder 1
Sundance Institute: Miscellaneous
Box 1 Folder 2
Sundance Institute: Newsletters and Articles
Box 1 Folder 3
Dodge Foundation: Dodge Award
Box 1 Folder 4
Dodge Foundation: Information and Congratulations
Box 1 Folder 5
Dodge Foundation: Contract Agreement and Check Award
Box 1 Folder 6
Dodge Foundation: Publicity
Series II. Newspaper Articles and Reviews
Box 1 Folder 7
Reference 1
Box 1 Folder 8
Reference 2
Box 1 Folder 9
Reference 3
Box 1 Folder 10
Tuskegee Archives Material
Box 1 Folder 11
The Times of London: Article
August 8, 1992
Box 1 Folder 12
The Atlanta Journal: Article
September 6, 1992
Box 1 Folder 13
Mark Taper Forum
Box 1 Folder 14
Miscellaneous Articles
Box 1 Folder 15
Alabama Shakespheare Festival
Box 1 Folder 16
Alley Theatre
Box 1 Folder 17
Alliance/Time
Box 1 Folder 18
American Conservatory Theatre
Box 1 Folder 19
Birmingham 1991
Box 1 Folder 20
Center Stage
Box 1 Folder 21
City Theatre Company
Box 1 Folder 22
Washington Post
Box 1 Folder 23
Cornell
Box 1 Folder 24
Cornell (2)
Box 1 Folder 25
Ithaca Journal
Box 1 Folder 26
Dartmouth Medical Magazine
June 1992
Series III. Programs and Study Guides
Box 1 Folder 27
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Box 1 Folder 28
Alley Theatre Programs
Box 1 Folder 29
Alliance Programs
Box 1 Folder 30
American Conservatory Theatre
Box 1 Folder 31
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Box 1 Folder 32
Buffalo Studio Arena Theatre
Box 1 Folder 33
City Theatre Company
Box 1 Folder 34
Center Stage Programs
Box 1 Folder 35
Dallas Theatre Center
Box 1 Folder 36
Detroit Repertory Theatre
Box 1 Folder 37
Fulton Opera House
Box 1 Folder 38
Goodman Theatre Programs
Box 1 Folder 39
Illusion Programs
Box 1 Folder 40
Illusion Programs 1991
Box 1 Folder 41
L.A. Programs
Box 7
Miscellaneous Programs and Playbills
Up to 2009
Series IV. Theaters and Productions
Copies of Research for New Theaters
Box 1 Folder 42
Copies of Research for New Theaters
Box 1 Folder 43
Copies of Research for New Theaters I
Box 2 Folder 1
Copies of Research for New Theaters II
Box 2 Folder 2
Goodman Theatre
Box 2 Folder 3
Detroit Repertory Theatre
Box 2 Folder 4
Dallas Theatre Center
Box 2 Folder 5
Illusion
Box 2 Folder 6
MEB New York Production
Box 2 Folder 7
Alliance
Box 2 Folder 8
American Conservatory Theater
Box 2 Folder 9
Indianapolis
Box 2 Folder 10
Mixed Packets
Box 2 Folder 11
L.A.
Box 2 Folder 12
St. Louis Repertory Theatre
Box 2 Folder 13
Philidelphia Theatre Company
Box 2 Folder 14
Pittsburgh, City Theatre
Box 2 Folder 15
Fulton Opera House
Box 2 Folder 16
Center Stage
Box 2 Folder 17
Ensemble Theatre, Cleveland
Box 2 Folder 18
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Box 2 Folder 19
Charlotte Rep.
Box 2 Folder 20
Buffalo Studio Arena Theatre
Box 2 Folder 21
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Box 2 Folder 22
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Box 2 Folder 23
MEB Cornell Production
Box 2 Folder 24
Cinn. Playhouse
Box 2 Folder 25
Kansas City Midwest Bioethics
Box 2 Folder 26
Madison Repertory Theatre
Box 2 Folder 27
Phoenix
Box 2 Folder 28
Tacoma Actor's Guild
Series V. Scripts, Reviews, & Press Packets
Box 2 Folder 29
TCG Script
Box 2 Folder 30
Miss Evers' Boys Script/American Mag. Galleys
Box 2 Folder 31
Masters: Miss Evers' Boys Reviews
Box 2 Folder 32
Los Angeles Reviews
Box 2 Folder 33
Minneapolis Reviews
Box 2 Folder 34
Baltimore Reviews
Box 2 Folder 35
Atlanta Reviews
Box 2 Folder 36
Misc. Reviews
Box 2 Folder 37
Miss Evers' Boys Reviews
Box 2 Folder 38
Miss Evers' Boys: Press Packets
Box 2 Folder 39
Miss Evers' Boys: Morality At Play
Box 8 Folder 1-2
An Italian Straw Hat
Expression
Box 8 Folder 3
A Christmas Carol
1972
Box 8 Folder 4-6
Fables Here and There
1976
Box 8 Folder 7-8
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
1986
Box 8 Folder 9-10
Mysteries of Eleusis
1986-05
Box 8 Folder 11-14
Cinders
1987-08
Box 9 Folder 1-2
Cyrano
1990-05
Box 9 Folder 3-4
King Lear background and Research
1992
Box 9 Folder 5
King Lear photographs
1993
Box 9 Folder 6-9
King Lear
1993-04
Box 9 Folder 10
The House of Blue Leaves
1994-09
Box 9 Folder 11
Fetu and her Friends
1994-10
Box 9 Folder 12-14
Measure for Measure
1995-11
Box 10 Folder 1-3
Measure for Measure
1995
Box 10 Folder 4-6
Perestroika
1996
Box 10 Folder 7-8
Army Screenplay
1996-1997
Box 10 Folder 9
You Never Can Tell
1997
Box 10 Folder 10
Death of a Salesman Analysis
1997-09
Box 10 Folder 11-12
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1999-09
Scope and Contents
Contains letter from director Sam Gold.
Box 11 Folder 1-2
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2001
Box 11 Folder 3-4
Amadeus
2001
Box 11 Folder 5-6
Matchmaker
2002
Box 11 Folder 7-8
Arturo Ui
2002
Box 11 Folder 9-12
Antigone
2003
Box 11 Folder 13
The Cradle Will Rock
2005
Box 12 Folder 1-2
The Cradle Will Rock
2005
Box 12 Folder 3-5
The Merchant of Venice
2005
Box 12 Folder 6
All my Sons
2006
Box 12 Folder 7
Metamorphses
2006
Box 12 Folder 8
Dracula
2008
Box 12 Folder 9
Mass
2009
Box 12 Folder 10
Mass: Original score
2009
Box 12 Folder 11
Mass: summaries, script, dance
2009
Box 12 Folder 12
Mass: editing, agendas, talk throughs
2009
Box 12 Folder 13
Mass: children staging, street chorus, reviews and articles
2009
Box 12 Folder 14
Nice People
2009
Box 13 Folder 1
Mass: rehearsal schedules, directors notes
2009
Box 13 Folder 2
Mass: celebrant, religion, short talk throughs
2009
Box 13 Folder 3
Mass: projections, staging, character agenda/character and song
2009
Box 13 Folder 4
Mass: budget, liturgical choir, design (k Goetz), program notes
2009
Box 13 Folder 5
Mass: images, contacts, publicity, props/costumes
2009
Box 13 Folder 6
Mass: viewpoints/POV, music/soloists, research, production meetings
2009
Box 13 Folder 7-9
On the Verge
2015
Box 13 Folder 10-12
Eurydice
2016
Series VI. Department Files
Box 3 Folder 1
Production Personnel
1995-2000
Box 3 Folder 2
Undergraduate Actors: Personnel List from General Auditions
September 9-10, 1985
Box 3 Folder 3
Undergraduate Roles by Minorities
Box 3 Folder 4
Production Assignments
1993-1994
Box 3 Folder 5
RPTA Auditions 1
1991-2000
Scope and Contents
All RPTA Audition files include comp photos and evaluation sheets, resumes and contact information
Box 3 Folder 6
RPTA Auditions 2
1991-2000
Box 3 Folder 7
RPTA Auditions 3
1991-2000
Box 3 Folder 8
RPTA
1991-1995
Box 3 Folder 9
RPTA
1996-
Box 3 Folder 10
Awards: Drama Bookshop Awards
1986-1988
Box 3 Folder 11
Mellon Foundation
1988
Box 3 Folder 12
A.R.T. New York, Programs and Services
1986-1987
Scope and Contents
Cornell University Membership Card
Box 3 Folder 13
Bean Fellowship
Box 3 Folder 14
(FD 1) Hollywood Connection
Box 3 Folder 15
(FD 2) Staffing Needs
Box 3 Folder 16
(FD 3) Endowable Opp.
Box 3 Folder 17
(FD 4) PAC Fundraising
Box 3 Folder 18
National Theatre of Great Britain: Press Announcements
Box 3 Folder 19
National Theatre of Great Britain: Course Suggestions
Box 3 Folder 20
National Theatre of Great Britain: Budget
Box 3 Folder 21
National Theatre of Great Britain: Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 22
National Theatre of Great Britain: National/CU Summer Theatre Program
Box 3 Folder 23
National Theatre of Great Britain: Faculty
Box 3 Folder 24
Harold Bank Fund
Box 3 Folder 25
Black History Month: Cast Me Down Productions, Inc.
Box 3 Folder 26
Eissner Committee
Box 3 Folder 27
Exploration Series
Scope and Contents
Program, John Guare's "The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year and a Day For Surprises", component of the Exploration Series
Box 3 Folder 28
Outreach 1
Scope and Contents
RPTA Presentations, "Stop Date Rape", abbreviated scripts, press releases, human relations training, etc.
Box 3 Folder 29
Outreach 2: RPTA Presentations
Box 3 Folder 30
Outreach 3
Box 3 Folder 31
PR Outreach Plays
1985-1986
Box 13 Folder 13-14
Cornell Sesquicentennial planning
2011-2015
Box 13 Folder 15
Season planning
2001
Box 13 Folder 16-17
Season planning
2006
Box 13 Folder 18
Season planning
2002-2009
Series VII. Theatre Cornell
Box 3 Folder 32-40
Playwritting
Box 3 Folder 41-48
Speeches
Box 3 Folder 49-52
A Cole Porter Cabaret
Box 3 Folder 53-56
Theater Classroom Project
Box 3 Folder 57-58
Press
Box 3 Folder 59
Articles
Box 3 Folder 60
April 10 Event
Box 3 Folder 61
Index
Series VIII. Miss Evers' Boys Files
Box 4 Folder 1
Volume 1 and Volume 2
1986
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 2
Scripts
Scope and Contents
American Conservatory, Alley Theatre, Madison Rep. Theatre, Geraldine R. Dodge Thatre Program, and typed script
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 3
Script revisions (2 finished scripts)
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 4
Ideas and Structures, Acts I-III
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 5
MEB Research and Notes
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 6
MEB Research
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 7
Final: May 7, 1994
May 1994
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 8
Rougns
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 9
Swan Dance
July 1989
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 10
Medical Research
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 11
Bad Blood
Restricted
Box 4 Folder 12
Dance
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 1
Scene Notes
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 2
Brodus
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 3
PCT and 2 of 3 Prep
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 4
Testimony
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 5
Act III Rough
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 6
Act II Rough
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 7
MEB Script and Notes
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 8
Reasearch
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 9
CME Master Copy and other copy
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 10
Miscellaneous Notes and Scripts
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 11
Script Notes, Journal, Slides, Film
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 12
Draft 10 - Annotated
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 13
Script with Notes
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 14
Script with Notes
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 15
Drafts 1, 2, 15
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 16
Rough Draft 1
Restricted
Box 5 Folder 17
Script
1988
Restricted
Box 6 Folder 1
Miss Evers' Boys drafts
10/1991
Box 6 Folder 2
Miss Evers' Boys notes
3/17/1992
Box 6 Folder 3
Miss Evers' Boys drafts
8, 10/1992
Box 6 Folder 4
Miss Evers' Boys
10/15/1992
Box 6 Folder 5
Miss Evers' Boys drafts
1, 5/1994
Box 6 Folder 6
Miss Evers' Boys final #2
10/15/1992
Box 6 Folder 7
Miss Evers' Boys HBO screenplay
1994-1995
Box 6 Folder 8
Miss Evers' Boys HBO screenplay
1996
Box 6 Folder 9
Miss Evers' Boys Goodman Theatre
1991
Box 6 Folder 10
Inauguration speech outlines
2006
Box 6 Folder 11
Inauguration speech notes
2006
Box 6 Folder 12-30
Inauguration speech drafts #1-#19
2006
Box 6 Folder 31
Inauguration speech final draft
2006
Box 6 Folder 32
Inauguration materials
2006
Box 6 Folder 33
Inauguration: notes and e-mails
2006
Box 6 Folder 34
Inauguration: press and photos
2006
Box 6 Folder 35
Inauguration: logistics
2006
Mapcase Folder 1
Miss Evers' Boys poster
Undated
Box 14 Folder 1-2
Season planning
2002-2009
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
Box 14 Folder 3-6
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
1991
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
Box 14 Folder 7-9
Trials of Brother Jero
1985
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
Box 14 Folder 10-15
Mouther Courage
1986
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
Box 14 Folder 16-20
A Midsummer's Dream
Undated
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.