Margaret Brenman-Gibson papers, 1940-1999, bulk 1963-1981

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Series II: Personal Correspondence, 1953-1993

Series II: Personal Correspondence is a small series consisting of correspondence Margaret Brenman-Gibson had with Clifford Odets. It contains letters that Brenman-Gibson wrote to Odets, as well as the letters between her husband, William Gibson and Odets. There are original letters from Odets to Brenman-Gibson and her husband as well. Also included here is correspondence between the Gibson's and Odets' two children, Nora and Walt. The correspondence between Odets and the Gibson's ranges in date from 1953-1963, while the letters between the children is later from 1967-1993.



Box 15 Brenman-Gibson, Margaret to Clifford Odets, 1953-1963, (2 folders)


Box 15 Gibson, William to Clifford Odets, 1957-1962


Box 15 Odets, Clifford to Margaret Brenman-Gibson and William Gibson, 1953-1955



Box 16 Odets, Clifford to Margaret Brenman-Gibson and William Gibson, 1956-1963, (2 folders)


Box 16 Odets, Nora, 1969-1993


Box 16 Odets, Walt, 1967-1986, (2 folders)