| Title: |
Reminiscences of Dorothy Fields
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A46
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Popular Arts Project, Part I
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| Description: |
Recollections of her father, Lew Fields; family's life in the theater; career as a lyric writer: the Cotton Club in Harlem, "Blackbirds," "Annie Get Your Gun," association with J. Fred Coots, Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern; old vs. new musical comedy; impression of Lillian Russell.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 40 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1958 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lyricist
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| Age at speaking: |
53
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| Document date: |
1958
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| Interviewer: |
Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974; Fields, Lew; Lyricists; Music, Popular (Songs, etc); Musical revue, comedy, etc; Theater; United States--Social life and customs
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018226-13669
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