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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Maxwell Anderson Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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2015.2016.M151: Source of acquisition--Glenn Horowitz. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--5/26/2016.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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In 1935, Anderson composed Winterset, a poetic tragedy based on a true story and set in contemporary America. Winterset was a success and won the first New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1935). The next year, Anderson again took the award for High Tor (1936). Other plays include Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), Key Largo (1939), Eve of St. Mark (1942), Joan of Lorraine (1946), Lost in the Stars (1949), Bad Seed (1954), and Both Your Houses (1933) for which Anderson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
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| Personal papers | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
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| Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
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| Dramatists | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Verse drama | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |