Farber, Donald C. mss., 1950-2010
This collection is open for research.
Born, raised and educated in Nebraska, Farber graduated from the University of
Nebraska, receiving his B.S. in Law in 1948 and Juris Doctor in 1950. Today Farber
represents theatrical productions, actors, actresses, directors, producers, authors,
theatre owners, repertory companies, and persons in every aspect of theatre, film
and the other creative arts. He is the author of seven books dealing with various
business and legal aspects of theatre, including:
From Option
to Opening; Producing on Broadway and Common Sense Negotiation: The Art of
Winning Gracefully
. Farber has taught at York University in Toronto,
Brooklyn College, New York University, and the Hofstra School of Law, and was on the
faculty of The New School for Social Research from 1972 to 1994. Farber is married
to the former Ann Eis, who was Professor of Mathematics at the Brooklyn Campus of
Long Island University. When she retired from teaching, she and Mr. Farber organized
the Farber Literary Agency Inc., of which she is the President.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Vonnegut Writings; III. Business Records; IV. Estate Files; and V. Vonnegut
Biographical Files.
Correspondents include: Susan Abbadusky; Barbara Bush; Father Harry James Cargas;
Stig Claesson; Bill Clinton; Donald Farber; Jerry Kilnkowitz; Mark Leeds; David
Markson; Bill Meissner; Leonard Mustazza; Cleo Paturis; Kurt Vonnegut, Sr.; Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr.; Mark Vonnegut; Robert Weide. They are primarily photocopies of
original documents.
Comprising the bulk of the collection, the Business Records include royalty reports,
contracts and items related to the publication of Vonnegut's works. Vonnegut
Writings series contains drafts, copies, and published writings produced by
Vonnegut. Estate Files refer to all materials relating to the estate and trust
created after Vonnegut passing in 2007, including Vonnegut's last will and testament
and financial documents. Vonnegut Biographical Materials contain personal files and
information about Vonnegut's life, including his three divorce proceedings, etc.
Series:
III. BUSINESS RECORDS.
Address to the Congressional Arts Caucus. Copyright Registration
The American Experience. WGBH Contract
American Humanists Society Speech Copyright
Aperture Foundation
Armageddon in Retrospect. Agreement
Arthur Klebanoff - KVJ in Russian
Audiobook Rates
Audio Rights to Simon Heselev
Audio Interviews. w/ Water Miller
Audible Royalty Statements
Authors Registry Royalty Statements
Bagombo. with Jeanne K. Hanson
Bagombo Snuff Box. book with Easton Press
Bagombo Snuff Box. High Bridge Company Audio Rights
Bagombo Snuff Box. Intro by Peter Reed
Bantam Dell Publishing Group Contract 2008
Bantam Dell Publishing Royalty Statements
(3 folders)
Bluebeard. Motion Picture Rain City Inc.
Bluebeard.Oberon Films LLC
Bluebeard.Option with Andrew D. Ellis
Bluebeard. Rous Film Rights
Bluebeard. and
Breakfast of Champions. RainCity Inc.
Brace Jovanovich Inc. The No-Talent Kid. worksheet
Brad Schreiber Permission
Breakfast of Champions. Adaptations
Box 4
Breakfast of Champions. Agreement
Breakfast of Champions. Characters Film Rights
Breakfast of Champions. Copyright
Breakfast of Champions. Copyright Correspondence
Breakfast of Champions. Cypress Films Option
Breakfast of Champions. Easton Press
Breakfast of Champions. Film Rights
Breakfast of Champions. Harper Audio Agreement
Breakfast of Champions. Licensing Agreement
Breakfast of Champions. Misc. Film Rights
Breakfast of Champions. Options Agreement
Breakfast of Champions. Options Agreement Amendments
Breakfast of Champions. Rain City Inc. Film Sale
(3 folders)
Breakfast of Champions. Recording Rights
Breakfast of Champions. Stage Adaptation
(2 folders)
Canary in Cathouse. Miscellaneous
Carl Sandburg Literary Award Recipient
Cat's Cradle. Adaptation
Cat's Cradle. Agreement Drafts
Cat's Cradle. Ambrosia Lyrics Permissions
Cat's Cradle. Barry Hoffman
Cat's Cradle. Books on Type
Cat's Cradle. Caedmon Records
Cat's Cradle. Contracts
Cat's Cradle. Copyright Correspondence
Cat's Cradle. Elkin's Agreement
Cat's Cradle. Film Rights
(2 folders)
Cat's Cradle. Film Rights Bible
Cat's Cradle. Current Film with Hilly Elkins
Cat's Cradle. Final Contract
Cat's Cradle. Literary Options
Cat's Cradle. Michael Debaszlo Agreement
Cat's Cradle. Stage Rights
Cat's Cradle. 1994 Stage Version
Cat's Cradle. Tape Transcription
Cat's Cradle. Translation Agreements
Chicago Public Radio Agreement
Chubb Fire Insurance Claim
City Sidewalks Contracts Metropolitan Media
Box 5
Civilization. Agreement
The Clemens Lectures Press
Contribution to KVJ Book
Conversation with Syd. Copyright
Copyrights
Copyrights, 1951-1963
Copyrights, 1968-1980
Copyrights as of 1987
Copyright Assignments
Copyright Assignment
The Idea Killers.
Copyright Certificates
(2 folders)
Copyright Chart
Copyright Information
(3 folders)
Copyright Litigation - Literary Works in Electronic Databases
Copyright Registration
(5 folders)
Copyright Renewal Certificate
Copyright Termination
Copyright Vonnegut Short Stories
The Courage of Martin Jirous. Copyright
Curtis Brown Royalty Statements
Delacorte Press Contract
(2 folders)
Dell Extra Copies of Contracts
Dell Publishing Book Contracts
(2 folders)
Dell Publishing Overpayment
Der Arme Dilmetscher. Copyright
D.P. Contracts
Dramatic Publishing Royalty Statement
EMI Music Publishing Royalty Statements
Essay Contracts
Fates Worse than Death. Contract
Faxes
Foreign Publishing and Translation and Licensing
Forward to
Bartlett's Words to Live By. Agreement
Forward to
Ides of March. Contact
Fortitude. Permissions
Fraudulent Representation
Galapagos. Audio Rights Agreement
Galapagos. Audio Rights Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Galapagos. with The Other Theater
"God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian." Contract
"God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian." WNYC Radio
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Adaptation
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Agreements of Copyrights
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Book Contract
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Certificate of Registration
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Correspondence
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Dramatists Guild Contract
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Harrison Star
Box 6
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Miramax Film Rights
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Miramax Agreement
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Miscellaneous
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Movie Option
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Movie Rights
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Musical Adaptation
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Samuel French, Inc.
(2 folders)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Stage Adaptation
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Quotable Card Contract
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Warner Association
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. WPA Contract
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and
Cat's Cradle. Publishing Rights
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Piano Player. Publishing Rights
Grey Advertising Agreement
Fortitude. Agreement with CBS Entertainment
Happy Birthday, Wanda June. (A Play) with Dell
Happy Birthday, Wanda June. Option Agreement
Happy Birthday, Wanda June. with Samuel French
Happy Birthday, Wanda June. with Sourdough LTD
Harper Audio - Miscellaneous Contracts
Harper Collins Publishing Audio Rights
Harper Collins Royalty Statements
(3 folders)
Hocus Pocus. Cassette Recording
Hocus Pocus. Recorded Books, Inc.
Ice 9. Videogame title 2002
Illegal Vonnegut Website
Index of Agreements
Jack the Dripper. Agreement
Jaibird. Dell Publishing Contract
Jaibird. Film
Jaibird. Film Agreements
Jaibird. Panorama Film Option
(2 folders)
Japan Ebooks with Trust
Jeanne Hanson Art Book Agreement
Jeopardy! Permissions
Jokur Graphics Agreements
Karsh Photo Permission
Kilgore Trout Character Film Rights, Exhibits A, B, & C
Kindle Agreement
Krapp
Fortitude. Agreement
Kurtvonnegut.com Agreement with Joe Petro
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Copyright Trust Agreements
Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings. art book
Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings. E-book
Kurt Vonnegut: Letters. Agreement
Lake Architectural Digest. Contract
Lear's publishing Contract
L'Histoire du Suldat. Correspondence
Licenses and Agreements
Like Shaking Hands with God. Contract
Lists
List of copyright renewals
Love letters book
MacMillan Audio Royalty Statements
A Man without a Country. Contracts
Box 7
A Man without a Country. Easton Press
A Man without a Country. Film Rights
Mark Twain Introduction Contract
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous Audio Rights
Miscellaneous Book Contracts
Miscellaneous Contracts
Miscellaneous Legal Documents
Miscellaneous Copyright Renewals
Miscellaneous Contracts for Untitled Novels
Miscellaneous Reprint Requests
Miscellaneous Requests
Miscellaneous Royalty Statements
Mother Night. Contract
Mother Night. Easton Press
Mother Night. Film Rights
Mother Night. Option
Mother Night. Stage Adaptation
The Nation. 1988 Article Copyright Registration
"Next Door"
Welcome to the Monkey House.
Nissan Commercial Contract
Nortel Network Advertisement Contract
Not Registered Copies
Obscenery. Location Release and Interview Authorization
Origami Express LLC Articles of Organization
Palm Sunday. - "The Big Space Fuck." Permissions
"Penelope." Contract
Penguin Group Royalty Statements
Penguin Group Royalty Statements
Peter Reed Agreement
Playboy
Fur-kar-wee Indians or Last Words for a Century.
Player Piano. Italian Contracts
Posner
Prometheus 5. agreement
ProQuest Information
ProQuest Royalty Statements
Publication Rights Contracts
Puerto Rico's
El San Juan Hotel Contract
Putnam Contract
Putnam Contract for Untitled New Book
Rage/Outrage. miniseries agreement
with Putnam (new book) "Any Reasonable Offer"
Putnam Publishing Group 1986 Contract
Putnam Group Translation Permissions
Putnam Publications Book Contract
Putnam Two Book Contract
Quick Reference: Stories and Essays Publishing in Volumes
RAMJAC Corp. Assignment
RAMJAC Vonnegut Employment Agreement
Random House Contract
Recordation of Characters
Recorded Books Royalty Statements
Report on the Barnhouse Effect. Movie Option
Report on the Barnhouse Effect. Publisher's Release
Report on the Barnhouse Effect. rights
Requiem. Legal Correspondence
Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement 1981
Rodney Dangerfield Film Cameo
Rosetta Book vs. Random House Inc.
Box 8
Rosetta Books Royalty Statement
Royalty Statement
(4 folders)
Samuel French Royalty Statements
Seven Stories Press Royalty Statements
Shield's KV Biography
Sirens of Titan. Agreements of Adaptations
Sirens of Titan. Electronic Software Rights
Sirens of Titan. Movie Rights
Sirens of Titan. Noteworthy Productions
(2 folders)
Sirens of Titan. Organic Theater Stage Adaptation
Sirens of Titan. Recordation Certificate
Slapstick. Development with Stephen Paul
Slapstick. Film
Slapstick. Film Rights
(2 folders)
Slaughterhouse-Five. Berry Huffman Illustration
Slaughterhouse-Five. Byron Preiss
Slaughterhouse-Five. Copyright Certificate
Slaughterhouse-Five. Dell Publishing
Slaughterhouse-Five. Easton Press
Slaughterhouse-Five. Electronic Book
Slaughterhouse-Five. Foreign Play License Contract
Slaughterhouse-Five. French Production
Slaughterhouse-Five. License to Records
Slaughterhouse-Five. Movie Option Agreement
Slaughterhouse-Five. Movie Rights
Slaughterhouse-Five. Opera
(2 folders)
Slaughterhouse-Five. Stage Production
Slaughterhouse-Five. Steppenwolf Agreement
Slaughterhouse-Five. Steppenwolf Theatre
Slaughterhouse-Five. Trinity Production
The Soldier's Tale. David Miller
Soldier's Tale. Production
Speakers Worldwide, Inc.
Speech at Mark Twain's house
Speech for Eugene V. Debs Award Copyright Application
Stratford Festival Posters
Sun, Moon, Star. Contracts
Box 9
Talks with Vonnegut. by Walter Miller Agreement
Tax Return, 2006-2007
Timequake. Audio Rights
Timequake. Audio Renaissance
Timequake. Publication
Todd v. Rochester Community Schools
Trust Agreement
Unpublished Works Agreement - Bantan Dell
Untitled Novel Dell Contract 1985
Vanity Fair Reuse of Timothy Greenfield-Sander photo of Vidal & Mailer
Various letters and agreements
Various press
Vonnegut Family Art Slides
Vonnegut Family Paintings
Vonnegut/Farber Agreement
Vonnegut Manuscripts Sale
Vonnegut Press Quotes print
Vonnegut Signature forgeries
Vonnegut Theatre. Atlantis Films Limited Agreement
Weide Permissions
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "All the King's Horses." Teleplay Contract
Welcome to the Monkey House. Atlantis Films Contract
Welcome to the Monkey House. Cypress Films TV Series
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Deer in the Works." Adaptations
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Deer in the Works." Film Rights
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "D.P." Option Agreement
Welcome to the Monkey House. Dramatic Publishing Company
Welcome to the Monkey House. Easton House
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "EPICAC." Rights
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "The Euphio Question." Stage Agreement
Welcome to the Monkey House. -"The Foster Portfolio." Paul LePrise Adaptation
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "The Foster Portfolio." TV/Film Contacts
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Harrison Bergeron." Chandler Tuttle
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Harrison Bergeron." Patrick Horn Request
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Harrison Bergeron." Permissions
(2 folders)
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Harrison Bergeron." Stage Adaptation
Welcome to the Monkey House. Japanese Translations
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "The Kid Nobody Could Handle." Permissions
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Long Walk to Forever." Acquisition of Rights
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Long Walk to Forever." ALSA Productions
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Long Walk to Forever." Film Rights
(2 folders)
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Long Walk to Forever." General Files
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Long Walk to Forever." Joint Venture
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Long Walk to Forever." Permissions
Welcome to the Monkey House. Merchandising Rights
Welcome to the Monkey House. Miscellaneous agreements
Welcome to the Monkey House. New Edition 2011
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Next Door" Film/TV rights
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Next Door" Film rights
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" Option
(2 folders)
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" Broadcast Rights
Box 10
Welcome to the Monkey House. - Vonnegut Theatre/Atlantis films TV series
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Who Am I This Time" Permissions
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Who Am I This Time" Stage Musical
Welcome to the Monkey House. - "Who Am I This Time" TV/Film Contracts
