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American drama

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Scope Note: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/806998 Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

William G.B. Carson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms023
Scope and Contents The William G. B. Carson Papers consists of four accruals:Accrual 1 includes materials relating to United States theatre history; materials relating to Carson's teaching at Washington University in St. Louis; theatre playbills, programs, magazines, and newspaper articles; correspondence and autograph collection of famous actors, actresses, and writers.Accrual 2 relates primarily to preparation of Dear Josephine, Professor Carson's...

Department of English, Student Plays Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00058
Scope and Contents

This collection includes students’ plays written for English classes between 1923 and 1961.

William Inge Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms173
Scope and Contents

The William Inge Collection consists of the first edition and production archive for Picnic: A Summer Romance and playbills for various productions of Inge's plays.

Claude Fredericks Collection of James Merrill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms157
Scope and Contents

Collection of James Merrill manuscripts, inscribed books, photographs, ephemera, publications and realia. All materials belonged to Merrill's close friend, Claude Fredericks, an American poet, playwright, printer, writer, and a professor of literature at Bennington College.

Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms160
Scope and Contents The Harley Hammerman Collection of Eugene O’Neill consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to the life and work of playwright Eugene O’Neill. Along with first editions of the playwright’s works located in Rare Books (many inscribed), the collection features autograph and typed letters written by O’Neill to significant cultural figures, handwritten manuscripts and typescripts, photographs of O’Neill and his immediate family and friends, and rare...

May Swenson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms111
Scope and Contents The May Swenson Papers contain manuscript and editorial material toward most of her books including Another Animal (1954), A Cage of Spines (1958), To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems (1963), and Half Sun Half Sleep (1967). This material includes drafts of individual poems as well as letters to and from various editors, friends, and readers. Swenson’s correspondents include John Hall Wheelock, and Burroughs Mitchell, but the most fascinating portion of the May Swenson Papers is her...

Thyrsus Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00191
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of texts of plays, programs, announcements photographs, reviews, and general office correspondence. For additional Washington University theatrical materials, you may wish to consult the following collections held in Washington University Archives: The Department of English Student Plays, The Papers of W.G.B. Carson, and the Papers of Mary Wickes. Additional papers from W.G.B. Carson may be found in the Washington University Department of Special Collections,...

Mary Wickes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-04-wua00062
Scope and Contents The material in this collection is both personal and professional material that covers much of Mary Wickes’ life from her family life to school days through her long and active acting career. Much of the material was kept it its original groupings and arrangement, thus some material pertaining to certain subjects may appear in two or more series.Here you can find the transcript of Chancellor Mark...