The Archival Project

UMC has created The Archival Project with the aim of researching, assembling and restoring both librettos and scores from unpublished and out-of-print musical shows. The collection of these historic works will further our mission of preserving musical theatre for future generations.

The UMC Collection currently includes the complete libretto and piano-vocal score, as well as extensive cut material, for the unpublished Broadway musicals Barefoot Boy With Cheek (1947), Gatsby (circa 1969), Arms and the Girl (1950), Make Mine Manhattan (1948), Platinum (1978; original and revised versions), The Fig Leaves Are Falling (1969; original and revised versions), How Now, Dow Jones (1967; original and revised versions) and At Home Abroad (1935), among others.

The collection will soon be accessible to artists and researchers at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Please check back in 2012 for further details.

For questions and to donate material: archive@unsungmusicals.org.