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Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 1997 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006560770 Additional search options available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012007 Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 1997 Revised 2020 March Collection Summary Title: Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Span Dates: 1918-1992 Bulk Dates: 1946-1988 Call No.: ML31.K397 Creator: Kaye, Danny Creator: Fine, Sylvia Extent: approximately 86,950 items Extent: 790 containers Extent: 253 linear feet Language: Collection material chiefly in English; some materials in Hebrew, Danish, and Swedish Location: Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006560770 Summary: Danny Kaye (1911-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, and humanitarian. His wife, Sylvia Fine (1913-1991), was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer, and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, speeches, oral history transcripts, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, posters, honors, and realia. Online Content: Selected materials from the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection are available on the Library of Congress website at https://www.loc.gov/collections/danny-kaye-and-sylvia-fine/about-this-collection/. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically. People Allan, Rupert, 1913-1991--Correspondence. Allen, Steve, 1921-2000--Correspondence. Bass, Jules--Correspondence. Bavasi, Buzzie--Correspondence. Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, 1938- --Correspondence. Behrendt, Olive--Correspondence. Bernhard, Prince, consort of Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1911-2004--Correspondence. Brademas, John, 1927-2016--Correspondence. Brown, David, 1916-2010--Correspondence. Brown, Helen Gurley--Correspondence. Campion, Clifford--Correspondence. Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007--Correspondence. Chen, Joyce--Correspondence. Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972--Correspondence. Child, Julia--Correspondence. Claiborne, Craig--Correspondence. Colbert, Claudette--Correspondence. Craig, David, 1923-1998--Correspondence. Cunningham, Marion--Correspondence. De Mille, Agnes--Correspondence. Dickson, Harry Ellis--Correspondence. Douglas, Kirk, 1916- --Correspondence. Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002--Correspondence. Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- --Correspondence. Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002--Correspondence. Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000--Correspondence. Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection 2 Fine, Sylvia--Archives. Fine, Sylvia--Correspondence. Fine, Sylvia--Photographs. Fine, Sylvia. Fine, Sylvia. Fine, Sylvia. Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection. 1918-1992. Fine, Sylvia. Works. Selections. George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952--Correspondence. Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985--Correspondence. Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001--Correspondence. Grant, Cary, 1904-1986--Correspondence. Green, Johnny, 1908-1989--Correspondence. Halsman, Philippe. Hitzing, Holly--Correspondence. Hoffman, Anna Rosenberg, 1902-1983--Correspondence. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978--Correspondence. Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016--Correspondence. Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986--Correspondence. Jewison, Norman, 1926- --Correspondence. Kan, Johnny--Correspondence. Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999--Correspondence. Kaye, Danny--Archives. Kaye, Danny--Caricatures and cartoons. Kaye, Danny--Correspondence. Kaye, Danny--Performances. Kaye, Danny--Photographs. Kaye, Danny. Kaye, Danny. Kaye, Dena--Correspondence. Kaye, Dena--Photographs. Kingman, Dong, 1911- --Correspondence. Kingsley, Ben, 1943- --Correspondence. Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007--Correspondence. Lasker, Mary--Correspondence. Marriott, Vi--Correspondence. McCarthy, Frank, 1912-1986--Correspondence. McDowall, Roddy--Correspondence. McDowall, Roddy. Nassikas, James--Correspondence. Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989--Correspondence. Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994--Correspondence. Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985--Correspondence. Panama, Norman--Correspondence. Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003--Correspondence. Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921- --Correspondence. Pons, Lily, 1898-1976--Correspondence. Pépin, Jacques--Correspondence. Rabb, Maxwell M., 1910-2002--Correspondence. Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995--Correspondence. Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016--Correspondence. Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998--Correspondence. Roebling, Mary G. 1905-1994--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence. Scully, Vin, 1927- --Correspondence. Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection 3 Selznick, Irene Mayer, 1907-1990--Correspondence. Shaw, Run Run, 1907-2014--Correspondence. Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994--Correspondence. Sills, Beverly--Correspondence. Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994--Correspondence. Swaffer, Hannen, 1879-1962--Correspondence. Valenti, Jack--Correspondence. Walker, Nancy, 1922-1992--Correspondence. Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014--Correspondence. Wences, Señor, 1896-1999--Correspondence. Will, George F.--Correspondence. Zāhidī, Ardashīr, 1928- --Correspondence. Organizations Dena Pictures, Inc. Dena Pictures, Inc. Kaye (Danny)/Fine (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) UNICEF. United Service Organizations (U.S.) Subjects Baseball--Songs and music. Baseball. Comedians--United States. Cooking, Chinese. Cooking, Italian. Entertainers--United States. Motion picture music--Excerpts--Scores. Motion pictures--United States Music--Manuscripts. Musical films--United States. Musical theater--United States. Musicals--Librettos. Musicals--United States--Excerpts. Musicals--United States. Popular music--United States. Revues--United States. Songs--Texts. Television music--Excerpts--Scores. Television--Production and direction--United States. Theater--United States. Women composers--United States. Women librettists--United States. Titles Court jester (Motion picture) Court jester (Motion picture) Danny Kaye show (Radio program) Danny Kaye show (Television program) Danny Kaye show (Television program) Five pennies (Motion picture) Five pennies (Motion picture) Hans Christian Andersen (Motion picture) Hans Christian Andersen (Motion picture) Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection 4 Inspector general (Motion picture : 1949) John Gary show. John Gary show. Knock on wood (Motion picture) Knock on wood (Motion picture) Madwoman of Chaillot (Motion picture) Madwoman of Chaillot (Motion picture) Me and the Colonel (Motion picture) Me and the Colonel (Motion picture) Merry Andrew (Motion picture) Merry Andrew (Motion picture) Musical comedy tonight II. Musical comedy tonight II. Musical comedy tonight III. Musical comedy tonight III. Musical comedy tonight. Musical comedy tonight. On the double (Motion picture) On the double (Motion picture) On the Riviera (Motion picture) On the Riviera (Motion picture) Secret life of Walter Mitty (Motion picture : 1947) Secret life of Walter Mitty (Motion picture : 1947) Up in arms (Motion picture) Up in arms (Motion picture) White Christmas (Motion picture) White Christmas (Motion picture) Wonder man (Motion picture) Wonder man (Motion picture) Form/Genre Address books. Artifacts (Object genre) Awards. Clippings (Information artifacts) Contracts. Correspondence. Financial records. Lecture notes. Notes. Photographic prints. Posters. Programs (Documents) Promotional materials. Scores. Scrapbooks. Scripts (Documents) Speeches. Variety shows (Radio programs) Variety shows (Television programs) Writings. Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection 5 Provenance Gift, Sylvia Fine, 1990; Gift, Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, 1992, 2010-2013. Accruals No further accruals are expected. Processing History Susan Davidson, Stephan Patejek, and Mary Edsall arranged and rehoused the initial donations between 1993 and 1997. The original finding aid was created in 1997 using Word Perfect software. In 2011, Janet S. McKinney edited and coded the finding aid for EAD format. Between 2009 and 2014, Sarah Lindblom and Daniel Walshaw processed the accruals from the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Foundation. Lydia Tang and Anita M. Weber reprocessed the entire collection and substantially revised the finding aid, with assistance from Chris Hartten, from 2015-2016. Transfers Audiovisual materials have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some of the audiovisual materials have been cataloged separately and are identified as part of the "Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection." (Library of Congress)." Other Repositories Special collections at the University of Michigan holds the Holly Fine and Danny Kaye Papers. Related Material The following Library of Congress collections contain Danny Kaye and/or Sylvia Fine correspondence, photographs, scripts, and oral history transcripts: the Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon Collection (ML31.F72), Leonard Bernstein Collection (ML31.B49), Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin Papers (MSS85114),