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   Joseph Urban Papers, 1893-1998

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph Urban Papers, Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Series VI: Set Models

Aegyptische Helena [Egyptian Helen]

Act I, Met,
11/6/28
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Aegyptische Helena [Egyptian Helen]

Act II: Tent, Met,
11/6/28
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. One box includes part of Fidelio]

Annie Dear [Annabella]

Rainbow Garden, Ziegfeld,
11/4/24
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000. Shares box with Golden Dawn]

Annie Dear [Annabella]

Kitchen Garden Cyclorama, Ziegfeld,
11/4/24
(1 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. Shares box with Golden Dawn]

Antonia

Act II Cabaret Scene 1925, Theater,
10/20/25
(1 bundle)

[Rehoused 2000. Not a set model.]

Apple Blossoms

Act I: School Garden, Theater,
10/7/19
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Bath and Tennis Club

Persian ballroom, Architecture and Design,
July 1926
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. Model formerly cataloged under Elektra]

Behold Thy Wife

Act III: Library, Theater,
1915
(2 boxes)

[Renovated for exhibit 2000]

Betsy

Garden Scene, Ziegfeld ,
12/28/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Boccaccio

Act I: City Square, Met,
1/2/31
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Boccaccio

Act I: City Square Backdrop, Met,
1/2/31
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Boccaccio

Act 2: Cooper's, Met,
1/2/31
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Boccaccio

Act 3: Park, Met,
1/2/31
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Buried Treasure

Unknown, Film,
1922
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Cosi Fan Tutti

Portal, Met,
3/4/22
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Don Carlos

Act II, 2: Outside of Convent, Met,
12/23/20
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Don Giovanni

Convent Scene[?] -- Garden Scene -- Village and Harbor Scene[?] -- Ballroom Scene -- Arched Courtyard -- one unidentified scene, Met,
11/29/29

[One scene rehoused. Original housing: cartons 5-8.]

Don Giovanni

Act I, sc 5: Ballroom Scene, Met,
Met 11/29/29
(1 carton)

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000. One scene rehoused.]

Donna Juanita

Act I: Patio, Met,
1/2/32
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Dutchess of Elba

Act I: 2 decks, Theater,
1925/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Dutchess of Elba

Act I: Outside farmhouse, Theater,
1925/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Dutchess of Elba

Act I: Store Room [not used], Theater,
1925/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Dutchess of Elba

Act II: Sitting Room, Theater,
1925/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Dutchess of Elba

Act II & III: decks, Theater,
1925/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Dutchess of Elba

Act III: bedroom, Theater,
1925/26
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000]

Elektra

Persian Ball, Met,
12/3/32
()

[Untouched. Some confusion with Bath & Tennis Club. Carton 22]

Fidelio

Act I, Sc 1, Met,
1/22/27
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Fidelio

Act I, Sc 2, Met,
1/22/27
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Fidelio

Act II, Sc 1, Met,
1/22/27
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Fidelio

Act II Sc 2, Met,
1/22/27
(2 boxes*)

[Rehoused 2000. *Plus one box shelved with Aegyptische Helena]

Flying High

In Front of Apartment -- In Front of Major Watts' Apt. -- Field at Night Sc. -- Flight Sc. [?] -- 3 Curtain -- Flying Field Sc., Theater,
3/3/30

[One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 5 bundles plus cartons 19 & 20.]

Flying High

Act 2.6: flight, Theater,
3/3/30
(1 box)

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000]

Fra Gherado

Act I Sc 2 -- Act II Court Yard -- Act III Interior -- Act III Sc 2 City Plaza, Met,
3/21/29

[Untouched. [Out 8/2/00]. Original houring: 4 bundles plus carton 12.]

Freischutz

Unknown/ 3 models, Met,
3/22/24

[Untouched. Original houring: two bundles plus one oversize bundle]

George White Scandals

Portals -- Observatory Scene -- Cherry Girls Drop -- Heaven Scene -- Cotton Field Scene -- Sunrise Scene -- Editors Office -- Mission Scene -- Mine Scene -- Sunrise Scene(not used) -- Misc. parts -- Locomotive Scene -- Wonder Bar Scene -- Peanut Vendor -- Street Scene -- Garden Scene -- Green and Red Dome Scene (not used) -- Tent Scene -- Microphone Scene (not used) -- Portals - Portal WIng - Silver Wings -- Empire State Bldg. Scene -- Charriot Scene -- Dream Scene -- Spring Scene -- Doctor's Office Scene -- Observatory Scene (not used) -- Ray Scene -- Heaven Scene (not used) -- Paradise Scene (not used) -- Good Old Days Scene, Theater,
9/14/31

[Untouched. Original houring: 30 bundles]

Golden Dawn

Act I Sc 3: Cut drop, Theater,
11/30/27
(1 box*)

[Rehoused 2000. *shares box with Annie Dear]

Golden Dawn

Act I. Sc 3, Theater,
11/30/27
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. cartons 24-28 [Cartons might be "Human Nature"]]

Golden Dawn

Act II Sc 2, Theater,
11/30/27
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. Cartons might be "Human Nature"]

Good Fairy

Lawyer's Office, Theater,
11/24/31
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000. There was apparently some Palace of the Soviets (Arch.) material included in the bundles and removed.]

Good Fairy

I: Chamber, Scene B, Theater,
11/24/31
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. There was apparently some Palace of the Soviets (Arch.) material included in the bundles and removed.]

Greatest Nation

Unknown, Theater,
2/28/16
(1 bundle)

[Untouched]

Hansel and Gretel

Unknown, Met,
11/5/27
(1 oversize bundle)

[Untouched]

Hot - Cha! [Laid in Mexico]

Nightclub -- Outside of Arena -- Fiesta Portal -- Wall of Arena -- Training Wuarters -- 1 Tree Border; 1 leg Drop; 1 Canopy -- Public Square -- Parlk Scene -- Train Scene -- Girls Room -- Procession -- Cafe -- Street Scene -- , Ziegfeld,
3/8/32
(13 bundles)

[Untouched]

Human Nature [Gun Powder]

Act I, Theater,
11/30/27
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. Cartons 24-28? [Cartons might be Golden Dawn]]

Jonny Spielt Auf

Act I Sc 2 -- Act II Sc 2 -- Anita's Room -- Act I Sc 3/4 Corridor Scene -- Act II Sc 5 Railroad Station -- Act II Sc 6 Street Scene -- Act II Sc 8 Finale -- Act II Sc 4 Street Scene -- Act I Sc 1 and Act II Sc 3 Palace Hotel (Glacier) , Met,
1/19/29

[One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 8 Bundles plus Carton 33]

Jonny Spielt Auf

Act II Sc 5 Railroad Station, Met,
1/19/29
(6 boxes, 1 carton)

[Renovated for exhibit. Original Housing: 8 Bundles plus Carton 33]

Juive, La [The Jewess]

Act IV Sc 2, Met,
11/22/19

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle ]

King's Henchman

Act I -- Act II -- Act III -- Act II, Forest -- Act II, Met,
2/17/27

[Untouched. Original Housing: 5 Bundles ]

Lohengrin

Acts I, II, III, Met,
2/6/21

[Untouched. no models; sketches]

Louisa Miller

Terrace sc., Act II, interior; Act III (not used); Act IV, Living Room scene, Met,
12/21/29

[Untouched. Original Housing: 4 bundles plus Carton 14]

Louise

Acts I & IV, Garret room; Street sc.; Act II, Sc.2, Sewing room; Act III, garden sc., Met,
3/1/29

[Untouched. Original Housing: four bundles]

Macbeth

Unknown, Theater,
2/7/16

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Madam Pompadour[?]

[Ziegfeld Follies?] Act III (not used)

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Madama Butterfly

Border #1, Act I, Met,
11/24/22

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Manon

Act III -- Act IV, Gambling Room, Met,
12/22/28

[Untouched. Original Housing: 2 bundles]

Melody

Act I : Jess Scene -- Act II London Mall Drop[?] -- Act IIIJolly Miller Inn Drop[?], Theater,
2/14/33

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 unidentified bundle]

Merry Wives of Windsor

Street Scene, Theater,
3/20/16

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Norma

Act I -- Act II -- Act III, Met,
11/16/27

[Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles plus carton 13]

Oberon

Unknown, Met,
12/28/18

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle ]

Palm Beach Girls [Palm Beach Nights]

Umbrella Scene -- Red Gauze Scene (not used) -- Patio Scene -- Oriental Scene(not used) -- Golden Palm Tree Scene -- Oriental Scene -- Cabaret Scene, Ziegfeld,
1/4/26

[Untouched. Original Housing: 7 bundles ]

Pelleas et Melisande

Tracings[?], Met,
3/21/25

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Peter Ibbetson

Act IV Sc 4 Opera box scene -- Act III Sc 1 Colonel's Room -- Glade Scne and Chaplain's Room -- Act III Sc 1/3; Act II Sc 2 -- Act III Sc 5 -- Act III Sc 2/3, Met,
2/7/32

[Untouched. Original Housing: six bundles]

Polly

Club Reception Room -- Aviation -- Long Island R.R. Stattion and Casino Scene, Theater,
1/8/29

[Untouched. Original Housing: three bundles]

Pom Pom

Unknown, Theater,
2/28/16

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Princess Charming

Miscellaneous pieces, Theater,
10/13/30

[One scene rehoused. Original Housing: Cartons 16-18]

Princess Charming

Bedroom, Theater,
10/13/30

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000. Original Housing: Cartons 16-18]

Prophete [Propheta]

Unknown, Met,
2/7/18

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Restless Sex

Garden of Paradise prologue, Film,
1920

[Untouched. Original Housing: one bundle. -- Formerly filed under Adam and Eve, but GC believes this to be the setting for the live action prologue to Restless Sex, or, possibly, a Follies number.]

Rio Rita

Courtyard of a Mexican mansion, Ziegfeld,
2/2/27
(1 carton)

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000.]

Rio Rita

Cave Scene -- Inn Scene -- Wedding Scene -- Ship Scene, Ziegfeld,
2/2/27

[One scene renovated. Original Housing: 4 bundles plus carton 21]

Ripples [Fred Stone Show]

Extras -- Cottage Drop -- Finale Scene -- Ball Room Scene -- Hudson River Scene -- Trouper's Room Scene -- Fianl Scene(not used) -- Mountain Scene -- In Front of Inn Scene -- Curtain -- State Trooper and House Drop, Thetare,
2/11/30

[Untouched. Original Housing: 11 bundles]

Romeo et Juliette

Prologue, Met,
11/25/22

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Rondine, La

Act I -- Act II -- Act III, Met,
3/10/28

[Untouched. Original Housing: two bundles plus one oversized bundle]

Rosalie

Act II Drops in One -- Romanze Scene -- Kings Club Scene, Ziegfeld,
1/10/28

[Untouched. Original Housing: three bundles plus one unidentified--Cartons 31 - 32]

Schwanda

Door to city, Met,
11/7/31

[Untouched. Original Housing: one oversized bundle -- s.a. Follies n.d., Misc. pieces]

Show Girl

Stage Door Act II Sc 3 (not used) -- Drop In One -- Simple Simon -- Kissing/Forest (shelved at end in one bundle) -- Castle Scene -- Minstrel Scene -- Act I Sc 5 Street Sc (not used) -- Act I Sc 6 Night Club Sc -- Act II Sc 32 Paris Sc (and 5 small sc's) -- Act II Sc 2 Stage Door (full se) -- Act II Sc 5 Dressing Room -- Simple Simon -- Coney Island Sc -- Act I Sc 1/2 Colonial House -- Simple Simon -- City Wall Drop -- King Cole's Hall -- Dungeon Scene, Ziegfeld,
7/2/29

[Untouched. Original Housing: 14 bundles plus carton 41 -- n.b. For Show Girl and Simple Simon consult inventory list of 8/79" -- Simple Simon is a separate Ziegfeld show, grouped in here.]

Showboat

Unknown, Ziegfeld,
12/27/27

[Untouched. Original Housing: carton 42 -- "See: Follies n.d. Misc. pieces"]

Simple Simon

Unknown, Ziegfeld,
2/18/30

[Currently mixed in with Show Girl bundles]

Smiles

Dock Scene -- Bremen Scene (both in on bundle) -- FInal Act 2 and Curtain (not used) -- Red Room Scene -- Paris Scene -- FInal Act I -- Opening Scene -- Mary Pickford/Golf Course Scene (one bundle) -- 2 Bar Rooms (not used) -- Finale Act !, Ziegfeld,
11/18/30

[One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 9 bundles]

Smiles

Cafe le Berry, Ziegfeld,
11/18/30
(1 carton)

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000]

Song of Flame

Act I Sc 1 -- Act I Sc 1 Block Sc -- Act I Sc 1 Street Sc -- Act I Sc 1 Gate of Castle -- Act I Sc 5 Hall in Palace -- Act II Sc 1 Room in Pension -- Act II Sc 3 Cafe -- Act II Sc 2 and 4 Outside of Cafe -- Act II Sc 5 Green Room -- Act II Sc 6 Epilogue, Theater,
12/30/25

[Untouched. Original Housing: 10 bundles]

Sonnambula

Count's Room -- Forest Scene -- In Front of Mill Scene, Met,
3/16/32

[Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles]

Sons o' Guns [Tin Hats]

Road Scene -- Procession Scene, Theater,
11/26/29

[One scene rehoused. Original Housing: 2 bundles]

Sons o' Guns [Tin Hats]

Act 2.8: Ballroom, Theater,
11/26/29
(2 boxes)

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000]

Tale of the Wolf

Dream Scene -- Act II Boudoir[?], Theater,
10/7/25

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Thais

Boudoir Scene -- Convent Scene -- Act III sc 2, Met,
12/14/22

[Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles]

Three Musketeers

Queen's Chamber -- Garden Scene -- Act II Sc of Ballroom -- Hotel de Ville Paris, Ziegfeld,
3/13/28

[Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles [last two scenes in one bundle]]

Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence]

Curtain and Portal, Ziegfeld Follies,
11/8/28
(1 box)

[Rehoused 2000 -- s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces]

Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence]

Ocean, Ziegfeld Follies,
11/8/28
(2 boxes boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. -- s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces]

Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence]

Garden, Ziegfeld Follies,
11/8/28
(2 bxoes)

[Rehoused 2000]

Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence]

Interior, Ziegfeld Follies,
11/8/28
(2 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000 -- s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces]

Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence]

Jungle, Ziegfeld Follies,
11/8/28
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. -- s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces]

Treasure Girl [Gertrude Lawrence]

Beach, Ziegfeld Follies,
11/8/28
(3 boxes)

[Rehoused 2000. -- s.a. Follies n.d. Misc. pieces]

Tristan und Isolde

Act I Curtain No.'s 4,5,6,7, Theater- Met,
11/20/20

[Untouched. Original Housing: 1 bundle]

Turandot

(Steps not used) -- Act II Sc 1 -- Act III Sc 2 -- Act I -- Act III -- Act I -- unidentified Sc, Theater,
11/24/14

[Untouched. Original Housing: 4 bundle plus cartons 1 -3]

Vestale, La

Act II -- Act II (not used) -- Act III sc 1, Met,
11/12/25

[Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles ]

Walkure

Rocky pass sc (not used) -- Interior Act I (not used) -- Mountain Top Sc (not used) , [n.p.],
[n.d.]

[Untouched. Original Housing: 3 bundles plus carton 30]

Whoopee

Eddie Cantor (carton 44) -- Tent Scene (carton 45) -- Eddie Cantor Ziegfeld Scene (Carton 46), Ziegfeld,
12/4/28

[Untouched. Original Housing: Cartons 44-46]

Whoopee

Adobe Mission with Bells (carton 43), Ziegfeld,
12/4/28

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000. Original Housing: Cartons 43-46]

Wild Rose [Hawthorne of the U.S.A.]

Act I Sc 1: Casino -- Act I Sc 2: Drop eith Window -- Act I Sc 3: Interior Inn -- Act I Sc 4: Garden Wall Scene -- Act I Sc 5: Palace Garden -- Act II Sc 1: Interior of Palace -- Act II Sc 2: Courtyard of Palace -- Act II Sc 3/5: Border Line -- Act II Sc 4 Tower Room -- Act II Sc 6: Hall in Palace, Theater,
1/20/26

[Untouched. Original Housing: . Ten Bundles]

Yours Truly

Cabaret Scene -- Mission Scene -- Garden Scene -- Chinatown Scene -- Subterranean Scene, Theater,
1/25/27

[Untouched. Original Housing: . 5 bundles]

Ziegfeld Follies 1923

Kid Boots Plam Beach Sc -- Swanee River Sc, Ziegfeld,
10/20/23

[Untouched. Original Housing: . 2 bundles]

Ziegfeld Follies 1924

Garden Sc, Louis XIV, Cowboy Sc., Ziegfeld,
6/24/24

[Untouched. Original Housing: . 3 bundles]

Ziegfeld Follies 1924 [Lew Fields Follies]

Merry-Go-Round, Con Boys sc., Ziegfeld,
[6/24/24]

[One scene rehoused]

Ziegfeld Follies 1924 [Lew Fields Follies]

Merry-Go-Round, Ziegfeld,
6/24/24]
(2 boxes)

[Partially rehoused, 2000 (needs redoing)]

Ziegfeld Follies 1927

Cotton Field Sc -- House of Glass -- Jungle Jingle -- Grand Staircase (carton 57; refurbished), Ziegfeld,
8/16/27

[Untouched. Original Housing: . 3 bundles in one box plus carton 57]

Ziegfeld Follies 1931

Theater Scene -- Rainbow Gauze Drops -- Hollywood Sc -- Curtains (not used) -- Penthouse Sc -- Jungle Sc -- Observatory Sc -- Portal and Rainbow Gauze Drops -- Empire State Bldg Sc -- Island Sc and Trade House Sc -- Finale 1 (not used) -- Cabaret Mission Sc (not used) -- Bridge Sc -- Political Club (not used) -- Portal (not used) -- Opening Scene - Sunset Scene (not used) -- Band Sc (not used) -- Island Sc (not used) -- Restaurant Sc -- B. Room Sc -- B and D Sc -- Buckingham Palace Sc -- Finale -- Speakeasy Sc -- Swanee River Sc -- Portal -- Grand Hotel -- , Ziegfeld,
7/1/31

[Untouched. Original Housing: . 28 bundles -- Carton 36: Follies/Whoopee -- Carton 35: Ziegfeld Follies/Scandles/Empire State Bldg -- Carton 38: Follies Street Sc -- Carton 39: Follies Blue Nursery -- Carton 40: Follies n.d.]

Ziegfeld Follies n.d.

Misc. pieces including pieces from The Gertrude Lawrence Show; Schwanda; and Showboat (maybe), Ziegfeld

[Untouched. Original Housing: ]

Ziegfeld Theater

Apron and Proscenium, Arch and Design,
1926
(1 carton)

[Renovated for exhibit, 2000. carton 56]

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