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Guide to the Burl Ives Typescript of The Football Game (MS 117), n.d.

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Collection Summary

Title Burl Ives Typescript of The Football Game (MS 117)
Dates (Inclusive) n.d.
Creator Burl Ives
Abstract "The Football Game" typescript by Burl Ives
Collection Number MS 117
Size 1 folder
Repository University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Languages English

Biography

Burl Ives (1909-1995) was a famous American musician and actor. His works include "Lavender Blue," and the popular Christmas song "A Holly Jolly Christmas." He worked in television, movies, and on stage. Some of his roles include Big Daddy in the original Broadway production, as well as the film version, of Tennessee William's "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," and the voice of Sam the Snowman in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."


Scope and Content

This collection contains a 4-page, undated typescript of "The Football Game: A Story of his College Years." It gives the author as "Burl Ives (Author of "Wayfaring Stranger," An Autobiography)."


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.


Preferred Citation

Burl Ives Typescript of The Football Game (MS 117), University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.


Processing Information

Machine-readable finding aid created by Emily Semenoff, April 2008.


Acquisition Information

Given to Prof. Charles Norris, Biology Dept., in 1949, with an inscribed presentation copy of Ives's Wayfaring Stranger.


Access Terms

Ives, Burl, 1909-1995 -- Manuscripts

Ives, Burl, 1909-1995 -- The football game

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