Thanks for the dinner, reminder of dress rehearsals of "Boris" and "Rusalka" in Feb. and Mar. With an image of Velis on the front.
Typescript and manuscript draft pages, heavily edited by Shaffer, with draft pages several speeches, including a few pages of "Battlements at Midnight," and an incomplete speech at the unveiling of a bust of Andrea Velis at the Metropolitan Opera House, as well as a page of an article din the Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times 22 Feb. 2000, which Shaffer has edited. Includes one page of research notes in an unidentified hand.
Bound notebook with green covers, with writing only at the very start of the volume.
Typescripts with emendations in Shaffer's hand, of a speech given at the unveiling of a statue of Velis at the Metropolitan Opera.
Photocopy of a typescript draft with emendations, accompanied by a computer printout of the Velis's obituary in The New York Times originally dated 7 Oct. 1994 but printed out later.