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Theater manuscripts collection, 1784-1941 (inclusive).

Title: Theater manuscripts collection, 1784-1941 (inclusive).

Correspondence, autographs, playbills, notebooks, and writings relating to the American theater and the history of theater in New Haven, Connecticut, as collected by Jack Crawford, Mary Hamlin and others.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft. (12 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86121766 View

Theater manuscripts collection, 1784-1941 (inclusive).

Title: Theater manuscripts collection, 1784-1941 (inclusive).

Correspondence, autographs, playbills, notebooks, and writings relating to the American theater and the history of theater in New Haven, Connecticut, as collected by Jack Crawford, Mary Hamlin and others.

ArchivalResource: 6.75 linear ft. (12 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166356 View

John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Title: John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Collection of twentieth century motion picture memorabilia collected by John Eldon Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 59 boxes (35 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02025/catalog View

Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948. Calling card from Dame May (Whitty) Webster, London, to [Augustin Daly] [manuscript], [19th century].

Title: Calling card from Dame May (Whitty) Webster, London, to [Augustin Daly] [manuscript], [19th century].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244111888 View

British Actors Orphanage Fund. Records, 1940-1946.

Title: Records, 1940-1946.

Charter and bylaws, minutes, journals and ledgers, children's travel arrangements, working files, and preliminary and general correspondence of the British Actors Orphanage Fund. Correspondents include Noel Coward, Dame May Whitty, Boris Karloff, Maurice Evans, Cole Porter, Peggy Wood, Margaret Webster, and the Fund's attorney Lloyd V. Almirall.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507913 View

Faversham, Philip. Philip Faversham papers, 1919-1982.

Title: Philip Faversham papers, 1919-1982.

The Philip Faversham papers consist solely of his correspondence.

ArchivalResource: .25 lf (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122615770 View

Margaret Webster Papers, 1837-1974, (bulk 1937-1970)

Title: Margaret Webster Papers

Actress, theatrical producer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, family papers, prompt copies of plays and operas, musical scores, set and staging diagrams, articles, lectures, research material, scrapbooks of clippings, printed material, photographs, and othner papers consisting primarily of material used by Webster in compiling two family biographies and reflecting her theatrical career.

ArchivalResource: 7,000 items; 28 containers; 11 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011150 View

Margaret Webster Papers, 1837-1974, (bulk 1937-1970)

Title: Margaret Webster Papers

Actress, theatrical producer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, family papers, prompt copies of plays and operas, musical scores, set and staging diagrams, articles, lectures, research material, scrapbooks of clippings, printed material, photographs, and othner papers consisting primarily of material used by Webster in compiling two family biographies and reflecting her theatrical career.

ArchivalResource: 7,000 items; 28 containers; 11 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011150 View

Philip Faversham papers, 1919-1982

Title: Philip Faversham papers 1919-1982

The papers of Philip Faversham consist of correspondence from professional contacts, many of whom were friends.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21258 View

Abott, Bessie, 1878-1919,. Autograph album of Hartman Hotel, 1903-1918.

Title: Autograph album of Hartman Hotel, 1903-1918.

This album includes autographs, short notes, and some sketches by over 100 visitors to Hotel Hartman, many of whom were famous. They include actors, both stage and screen, opera singers, performers, artists, and dancers. Some notable people are: American dancer Ruth St. Denis; comic strip writer and creator of Buster Brown, Richard F. Outcault; American actor Tyrone Power; musician John Philip Sousa; and Italian tenor Enrico Caruso; among many others. With the volume are two photographs of unidentified men and a typed list of all of the autographs.

ArchivalResource: 1 bound volume, 23 cm., 83 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769687012 View

Frederick Wagner autograph collection, 1917-1961.

Title: Frederick Wagner autograph collection, 1917-1961.

Correspondence of theatrical figures collected by English professor Frederick Wagner.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00508/catalog View

John Van Druten papers, 1901-1957

Title: John Van Druten papers 1901-1957

The John Van Druten papers consist of diaries, correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and ephemera documenting his life and career. The papers span the years 1901-1957 and give excellent insight into Van Druten's creative processes. Missing from the collection are scripts of his most well-known works. There are however, scripts for some plays including AWAKENING, CHANCE ACQUAINTAINCE, DANCING IN THE CHECKERED SHADE, THE RETURN HALF and SOLITAIRE. The papers also include many other literary forms: essays, parodies and poetry all written by Van Druten.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21311 View