mixed material monographic eng 5,900 19 7.6 Correspondence, attached newspaper clippings and printed ephemera, and miscellaneous personal files. Correspondence relates to the American theater and film industry; symbolism and characterizations in A Matter of Gravity: A Comedy in Three Acts and The Chalk Garden; Gordon's collection of haute couture designed for her by Mainbocher (Main R. Bocher); film personalities including Judy Holliday and Spencer Tracy; production of films such as It Should Happen to You, The Actress, and The Marrying Kind; and London theater during World War II. Correspondents include Enid Bagnold, Cecil Beaton, Hugh Beaumont, Maurice Chevalier, Harry Cohn, George Cukor, Dame Edith Evans, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Mainbocher, Laurence Olivier, and Dore Schary. Open to research. Dictaphone record transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Ruth Gordon, author and actress, and her husband, Garson Kanin, actor, author, director, and producer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204 Bagnold, Enid Correspondence Beaton, Cecil 1904-1980 Correspondence Beaumont, Hugh 1909-1982 Correspondence Chevalier, Maurice 1888-1972 Correspondence Cohn, Harry 1891-1958 Correspondence Cukor, George 1899-1983 Correspondence Dame Evans, Edith 1888-1976 Correspondence Sir Guthrie, Tyrone 1900-1971 Correspondence Holliday, Judy Mainbocher 1891-1976 Correspondence Olivier, Laurence 1907-1989 Correspondence Schary, Dore Correspondence Tracy, Spencer 1900-1967 Fashion United States Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture industry United States Symbolism Theater England London Theater United States World War, 1939-1945 Theater and the war Actors Authors Motion picture directors Motion picture producers Theatrical directors Theatrical producers Bagnold, Enid. Bagnold, Enid. Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985 Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999 Columbia Pictures Corporation. Columbia Pictures Corporation. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. mm2004085114 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009204.3 Open to research. DLC 040727 20260227111730.0 mm2004085114