Bernard Sobel Papers
An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Apr 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Apr 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Sobel, Bernard. |
| Title: | Bernard Sobel Papers |
| Dates: | 1933-1963 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Author and dramatist. Collection contains correspondence (photocopies), printed material, published material and photographs. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Bernard Sobel (1887-1964) was an American playwright and drama critic. He was an active member of The Lambs, a theatrical social and dining club founded in New York 1874 as a companion club to the one of the same name formed in London in 1848. Members of The Lambs have included Fred Astaire, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks, Will Rogers, Gene Autry, all the Barrymores, and a host of other "bright lights" of the theatre. Originally men only, The Lambs opened their dining room to women in 1957, after what Sobel termed "a violent battle with the wheelchair brigade" (St. Petersburg Times, 17 Mar 1957, p. 13E). The club thrives today, with headquarters at 5th Avenue and 51st Street.
The Bernard Sobel Papers consists of correspondence (photocopies), printed material (relating to The Lambs, a men's theatrical and dining club), published material (two books by Sobel) and a photograph.
All series are arranged chronologically.
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Persons
Sobel, Bernard -- Broadway heartbeat.
Sobel, Bernard -- The indiscreet girl.
Sobel, Bernard.
Associated Titles
The lambs script.
Subjects
Dramatists -- United States.
Theater critics -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Memoirs.
Photographs.
Occupations
Dramatists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Bernard Sobel Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, 1963.
Correspondence
Printed material
Published material
Photographs
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1944, 1949, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1963 | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Lambs Script 1963 - cover art by Jimmy Hatlo; includes clipping of an article about The Lambs (2 issues) | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Articles, in various magazines 1935, 1960, 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Books - hardbound copies of The Indiscreet Girl (1933) and of Sobel's memoirs, Broadway Heartbeat (1953) | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cover of A Pictorial History of Vaudeville, 1961 | ||||||||||