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Arthur Miller papers relating to "The Crucible", 1952-1953
0.5 linear feet 1 manuscript box- Abstract Or Scope
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Playscripts, notes, caricatures, rehearsal lists, playbills, a flyer, and newspaper reviews and clippings for THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller. THE CRUCIBLE, a drama about the Salem witch trials of 1692, was first produced in Wilmington in January 1953 and opened in New York in June 1953. The playscripts show the working notes of Arthur Miller and of Jed Harris, the director.
Booth Tarkington papers, 1921-1923
1 box 1 box (43 items)- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence regarding the production of the plays INTIMATE STRANGERS and MAGNOLIA by Tarkington. There are twelve holograph letters, one detail sketch for a costume, and one page of manuscript and one page of typescript notes by Tarkington as well as thirteen telegrams sent by him. The letters and telegrams are all addressed to Mr. Ira A. Hards, director of the plays. In addition, there are copies of seven telegrams by Hards and one by the producer, A.L. Erlanger, all but one of which are addressed to Tarkington. Also, carbon copies of four letters from Hards and Erlanger to Tarkington, two items concerned with book production and dramatic rights of THE INTIMATE STRANGERS and one theatre program.
Booth Tarkington papers, 1921-1923 1 box 1 box (43 items)
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- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
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Correspondence regarding the production of the plays INTIMATE STRANGERS and MAGNOLIA by Tarkington. There are twelve holograph letters, one detail sketch for a costume, and one page of manuscript and one page of typescript notes by Tarkington as well as thirteen telegrams sent by him. The letters and telegrams are all addressed to Mr. Ira A. Hards, director of the plays. In addition, there are copies of seven telegrams by Hards and one by the producer, A.L. Erlanger, all but one of which are addressed to Tarkington. Also, carbon copies of four letters from Hards and Erlanger to Tarkington, two items concerned with book production and dramatic rights of THE INTIMATE STRANGERS and one theatre program.
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Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum Ephemera, 1750-1970
7 units 7 series- Abstract Or Scope
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A collection of prints, photographs, pamphlets, clippings, playbills, and programs dealing with the theater, chiefly American and English, in all its aspects including drama, opera, dance, movies, puppets, and spectacles. The majority of the material documents the 19th century.
Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum Ephemera, 1750-1970 7 units 7 series
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- Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum
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A collection of prints, photographs, pamphlets, clippings, playbills, and programs dealing with the theater, chiefly American and English, in all its aspects including drama, opera, dance, movies, puppets, and spectacles. The majority of the material documents the 19th century.
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Dircé St. Cyr papers, 1893-1952
10 boxes 10 boxes, 1 scrapbook- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence of St. Cyr with many well-known theatrical personalities. The bulk of the correspondence is from Tommaso Salvini (1829-1916), the Italian playwright, and consists of 118 letters. There are manuscripts of several interviews and essays intended for magazine publication, and her translations of two plays by Roberto Bracco. There are also many contracts and documents relating to translation rights and the production of her plays; a group of 81 autographs collected by St. Cyr; and three boxes of published plays, chiefly Italian, signed by Dircé St. Cyr. Many of the plays are by Roberto Bracco who signed and inscribed them to St. Cyr. There is one scrapbook of theatrical memorabilia, programs, playbills, and related clippings.
Dircé St. Cyr papers, 1893-1952 10 boxes 10 boxes, 1 scrapbook
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- St. Cyr, Dircé, approximately 1880-
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Correspondence of St. Cyr with many well-known theatrical personalities. The bulk of the correspondence is from Tommaso Salvini (1829-1916), the Italian playwright, and consists of 118 letters. There are manuscripts of several interviews and essays intended for magazine publication, and her translations of two plays by Roberto Bracco. There are also many contracts and documents relating to translation rights and the production of her plays; a group of 81 autographs collected by St. Cyr; and three boxes of published plays, chiefly Italian, signed by Dircé St. Cyr. Many of the plays are by Roberto Bracco who signed and inscribed them to St. Cyr. There is one scrapbook of theatrical memorabilia, programs, playbills, and related clippings.
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Don Marquis papers, 1894-1944
10 linear feet 24 Ms boxes, 1 flat box- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, photographs, and printed and miscellaneous material relating to the life and writings of Don Marquis. Among the more important works included are MASTER OF THE REVELS, CHAPTERS FOR THE ORTHODOX, JACK (published as SONS OF THE PURITANS), THE EGO BIOGRAPHY, the "Old Soak" and "O'Meara" and stories, works related to archy and mehitabel, and THE DARK HOURS. Also, letters by Marquis, Joseph B. Gilder, Marjorie Vonnegut Marquis, Christopher Morley, and others, and manuscripts by Benjamin DeCasseres, Joseph B. Gilder, and Rodman Gilder.
Don Marquis papers, 1894-1944 10 linear feet 24 Ms boxes, 1 flat box
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- Marquis, Don, 1878-1937
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Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, photographs, and printed and miscellaneous material relating to the life and writings of Don Marquis. Among the more important works included are MASTER OF THE REVELS, CHAPTERS FOR THE ORTHODOX, JACK (published as SONS OF THE PURITANS), THE EGO BIOGRAPHY, the "Old Soak" and "O'Meara" and stories, works related to archy and mehitabel, and THE DARK HOURS. Also, letters by Marquis, Joseph B. Gilder, Marjorie Vonnegut Marquis, Christopher Morley, and others, and manuscripts by Benjamin DeCasseres, Joseph B. Gilder, and Rodman Gilder.
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George Clinton Densmore Odell papers, 1870-1950
13 linear feet 11 boxes- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence, miscellaneous notes, manuscripts and documents, memorabilia, photographs, clippings, and printed material. The chief correspondents are Nicholas Murray Butler, Charles George Proffitt, and Herbert S. Renton. The collection relates to the theater, to the ANNALS and to Odell's other work, SHAKESPEARE FROM BETTERTON TO IRVING.
George Clinton Densmore Odell papers, 1870-1950 13 linear feet 11 boxes
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- Odell, George Clinton Densmore, 1866-1949
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Correspondence, miscellaneous notes, manuscripts and documents, memorabilia, photographs, clippings, and printed material. The chief correspondents are Nicholas Murray Butler, Charles George Proffitt, and Herbert S. Renton. The collection relates to the theater, to the ANNALS and to Odell's other work, SHAKESPEARE FROM BETTERTON TO IRVING.
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Gerald Sykes papers, 1921-1984
42 linear feet 57 boxes 155 volumes 1 oversize folder- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, documents, photographs, course-related materials, and printed materials. The manuscripts include typescripts of Sykes' published and unpublished novels, monographs, plays, short stories, and articles. Among these are The Perennial Avant Garde, The Cool Millennium, and The Hidden Remnant. Sykes' notes and notebooks span the period from the early 1930s to 1980, and include preliminary ideas and sketches for his books, as well as autobiographical material. A small number of documents concern Sykes' wartime work in the U.S. Government Office of War Information. Course-related material including writings and correspondence of students taught by Sykes between 1962 and 1975 at the New School and as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. Printed materials consist of numerous reviews of Sykes' books, in addition to offprints and articles by Sykes. Included as well are printed materials about or connected with Sykes, offprints of articles inscribed to him, and many volumes from his library. The substantial correspondence series includes personal letters and correspondence with agents and publishers relating to his books. Correspondents include Harold Clurman, Aaron Copland, Lawrence Durrell, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Francis Steegmuller, as well as a number of Sykes' students. There is extensive correspondence between Sykes and the artist John Hartell from 1927 to 1983.
Gerald Sykes papers, 1921-1984 42 linear feet 57 boxes 155 volumes 1 oversize folder
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- Sykes, Gerald, 1903-
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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, documents, photographs, course-related materials, and printed materials. The manuscripts include typescripts of Sykes' published and unpublished novels, monographs, plays, short stories, and articles. Among these are The Perennial Avant Garde, The Cool Millennium, and The Hidden Remnant. Sykes' notes and notebooks span the period from the early 1930s to 1980, and include preliminary ideas and sketches for his books, as well as autobiographical material. A small number of documents concern Sykes' wartime work in the U.S. Government Office of War Information. Course-related material including writings and correspondence of students taught by Sykes between 1962 and 1975 at the New School and as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. Printed materials consist of numerous reviews of Sykes' books, in addition to offprints and articles by Sykes. Included as well are printed materials about or connected with Sykes, offprints of articles inscribed to him, and many volumes from his library. The substantial correspondence series includes personal letters and correspondence with agents and publishers relating to his books. Correspondents include Harold Clurman, Aaron Copland, Lawrence Durrell, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Francis Steegmuller, as well as a number of Sykes' students. There is extensive correspondence between Sykes and the artist John Hartell from 1927 to 1983.
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Jacques-Henri Pillionnel papers, 1795-1972
19.5 linear feet 36 boxes 3 oversize items- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence, manuscripts, journals, documents, subject files, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter. The collection includes Pillionnel's routine correspondence, manuscripts in French and English of his poems, plays and prose works, many of which are unpublished, and his "Journal Intime" which covers the period 1932-1972. Included is an oil portrait of Pillionnel by his friend Peter Hayward. One document folder contains Pillionnel family records (birth certificates, baptismal records, passports) from the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Jacques-Henri Pillionnel papers, 1795-1972 19.5 linear feet 36 boxes 3 oversize items
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- Pillionnel, Jacques-Henri, 1897-
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Correspondence, manuscripts, journals, documents, subject files, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter. The collection includes Pillionnel's routine correspondence, manuscripts in French and English of his poems, plays and prose works, many of which are unpublished, and his "Journal Intime" which covers the period 1932-1972. Included is an oil portrait of Pillionnel by his friend Peter Hayward. One document folder contains Pillionnel family records (birth certificates, baptismal records, passports) from the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
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James Branch Cabell papers, 1919-1922
0.5 linear feet 1 box- Abstract Or Scope
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Annotated proofs and a letter, including proof copies, extensively revised for publication, of Cabell's GALLANTRY (short stories) and THE JEWEL MERCHANTS (a play) and a letter to a Mr. Hagerup about his works. Also, a signed typescript of Louis Untermeyer's introduction to GALLANTRY; and two letters from Cabell to Henry Blake Fuller.
James Branch Cabell papers, 1919-1922 0.5 linear feet 1 box
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- Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
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Annotated proofs and a letter, including proof copies, extensively revised for publication, of Cabell's GALLANTRY (short stories) and THE JEWEL MERCHANTS (a play) and a letter to a Mr. Hagerup about his works. Also, a signed typescript of Louis Untermeyer's introduction to GALLANTRY; and two letters from Cabell to Henry Blake Fuller.
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Leonidas Westervelt papers, 1816-1950
4.5 linear feet 9 boxes and 1 oversize folder- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence and manuscripts of Westervelt. Much of the correspondence relates to the production of his own plays. Also, letters from famous actors including William Charles Macready, Augustin Daly, and Charles Kemble; typescript manuscripts of Westervelt's plays, among them "By Right of Sword" and "Rally Round the Flag;" and contracts, photographs, and printed materials.
Leonidas Westervelt papers, 1816-1950 4.5 linear feet 9 boxes and 1 oversize folder
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- Westervelt, Leonidas, 1875-1952
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Correspondence and manuscripts of Westervelt. Much of the correspondence relates to the production of his own plays. Also, letters from famous actors including William Charles Macready, Augustin Daly, and Charles Kemble; typescript manuscripts of Westervelt's plays, among them "By Right of Sword" and "Rally Round the Flag;" and contracts, photographs, and printed materials.
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