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Loewentheil, Stephan,. American theater collection of cabinet cards, [1871-1907].

Title: American theater collection of cabinet cards, [1871-1907].

Photographic portraits of actors in American theatre from 1871-1907. Many of these cabinet cards are autographed and bear inscriptions. Portraits include Maude Adams, Viola Allen, Henry Clay Barnabee, Lawrence Barrett, Blanche Bates, Kyrle Bellow, Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Emma Calvé, Mrs Leslie Carter, Kate Claxton, Charlotte Crabtree, William H. Crane, Fanny Davenport, Henry E. Dixey, John Drew, Maxine Elliott, Mrs. G.H. Gilbert, William Gillette, Virginia Harned, De Wolfe Hopper, Wilton, Lackaye, Mary Mannering, Richard Mansfield, Julia Marlowe, Helene Modjeska, James O'Neill, Ada Rehan, E.H. Sothern, Lester Wallack and William Warren Jr. A number of these portraits were created by the photographer Napoleon Sarony.

ArchivalResource: 366 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64031058 View

Goodwin, J. Cheever (John Cheever), 1850-1912. Papers, 1844-1941 (inclusive), 1875-1908 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1844-1941 (inclusive), 1875-1908 (bulk)

Contains scripts (manuscript and typescript), scores, sheet music, miscellaneous prose and poetry, letters, photographs, pay lists, contracts, programs, souvenir programs, clippings, autograph/photo albums, and miscellaneous material relating to Goodwin's career. Correspondents include Henry Eugene Abbey, Viola Allen, Amy Ames, Mary Anderson, Harry Beckett, Emile A. Bruguière, Dorothy Agnes Donnelly, Robert Edeson, Maxine Elliott, Jameson Lee Finney, Harrison Grey Fiske, Katherine Florence, William Gillette, Paul Gilmore, Myra Goodwin, Lou Jacobi, Lizzie McCall, James O'Neill, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas W. Ross, Annie Russell, Lillian Russell, Edgar McPhail Smith, Ben Teal, Brandon Tynan, Fritz Williams,and Frank Worthing.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes and 5 envelopes (2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79464602 View

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1917-1962.

Title: Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1917-1962.

Collection includes two different typescripts of "Now I ask you," with corrections by O'Neill. Of interest is a letter, 1962 October 22, from Agnes Boulton [O'Neill] to John S. Van E. Kohn, Seven Gables Bookshop, providing background material on the "Now I ask you" manuscript and mentioning O'Neill's drinking and his relationship with his father.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647810525 View

O'Neill, James, 1849-1920,. Autograph letter signed from James O'Neill, New York, to William Winter, New Brighton [manuscript], 1917 March 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed from James O'Neill, New York, to William Winter, New Brighton [manuscript], 1917 March 30.

O'Neill is afraid he can be of little assistance to Winter in his work on the Life of David Belasco. Suggests that William Seymour, "one of the best informed men concerning that period," may be a better resource. On letterhead of the Prince George Hotel on Fifth Ave & 28th Street. With accompanying envelope, addressed to Winter in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York.

ArchivalResource: 3 leaves ; 24 x 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428983572 View

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1918-1947.

Title: Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1918-1947.

Collection includes typescripts of "Beyond the horizon" and "Screenews of war" and an uncorrected proof of "A moon for the misbegotten." In a series of letters, 1922-1929, O'Neill writes to Harold de Polo concerning family matters, the Provincetown Players, his illnesses, his travels in the Far East, the breakup of his second marriage to Agnes Boulton O'Neill and his plans to marry Carlotta Monterey. O'Neill also discusses his plays, "The Emperor Jones," The straw," "The hairy ape," "Strange interlude," "Lazarus laughed," and "Dynamo." In a letter, ca. 1927, O'Neill writes to Agnes Boulton O'Neill re finances, purchase of a house, Arthur Hopkin's production of "Burlesque," the New York theatre and his hopes that "Strange interlude" will be chosen for Book of the Month.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647809886 View

Eugene O'Neill papers, 1872-1970, 1930-1959

Title: Eugene O'Neill papers 1872-1970 1930-1959

The Eugene O'Neill Papers document the life ofdramatist Eugene O'Neill, especially his life with Carlotta Monterey O'Neillafter 1928. Correspondents include O'Neill's lawyers, Harry Weinberger andWinfield E. Aronberg; his agent, the Richard J. Madden Play Company, Inc.;friends and colleagues; and family members, including his daughter, Oona, hissons, Shane and Eugene, Jr., his third wife, Carlotta, and her daughter,Cynthia Chapman Stram. The collection also contains Carlotta'scorrespondence after O'Neill's death. There is correspondence with her lawyersat Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and at Nutter, McClennen & Fish; theYale Library system regarding her gift of O'Neill's papers; biographers ofO'Neill; others concerning her work on the production and publication ofO'Neill's plays; and friends and family members. There are also letters fromformer husband Ralph Barton before she married O'Neill. Writings includenotes, outlines and plot summaries, drafts (typescript and holograph), proofs,contracts, programs, and clippings for many of O'Neill's plays. There are somepoems and other writings, as well as his work diaries, in which he documentedhis writing schedule from 1924 to 1943. There are also some works by othersabout O'Neill's life and writing. The personal papers include addressbooks, membership certificates, awards for O'Neill's writing, Carlotta'sdiaries from 1928 to 1964, clippings and ephemera about friends and relatives,and financial material, including cancelled checks and checkbooks. Thephotographs document O'Neill, his family members, friends, colleagues, pets,and places where he lived and visited. Some of the photographs are in albums.There are also photographs of productions of his plays, from 1916 to 1966. Thememorabilia includes office materials, writing tools, jewelry, and locks ofhair, among other items. Artists represented in the collection include CyrusLeroy Baldridge, Miguel Covarrubias, Alfred Joseph Frueh, and Robert EdmondJones. Some of the artworks are portraits of O'Neill; others pertain to hisplays; others were given to, or collected by, the O'Neills. The recordings (allafter O'Neill's death) include three recordings of O'Neill plays and onetribute to O'Neill.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 185 (incl. 25 oversize boxes); Other Storage Formats: 7 broadsides, 4 art storage items, cold storage; Linear Feet: 92.60

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.eopapers View

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Letters: from Eugene O'Neill, 1920-1945 [manuscript].

Title: Letters: from Eugene O'Neill, 1920-1945 [manuscript].

Collection contains letters from O'Neill on various topics including his dues to the Society of American Dramatists and Composers, a photograph of his father in the role of Christ in "The passion," the sale of some property and a thank you to Judith Ish-Kishor for a supportive letter. Of interest are a letter, 1938 January 8, to Clifton Fadiman declining an invitation to contribute to the second series of "Living philosophies"; and a letter, 1938 March 4, to L. W. Worcester answering questions re the publication of his plays and referring to the first collection, "Thirst." Also included is a letter, 1945 May 17, to E. J. Halter in which O'Neill states that "The great god Brown" is his favorite play but "Mourning becomes Electra" is his best. O'Neill recommends the latter as a collector's item.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647810583 View

O'Neill, James, 1849-1920,. Letters signed from James O'Neill, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1899-1907.

Title: Letters signed from James O'Neill, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1899-1907.

(1), an autograph letter written on letterhead of the Hotel Cadillac, Broadway and 43rd St, expresses O'Neill's gratitude for Winter's "generous treatment" of him in the Tribune. In (2), a signed typescript letter, O'Neill indicates that Winter's review of his Virginius has given him an incentive in "venturing into Shakespearian roles in the near future." (2), on letterhead reading "Mr. James O'Neill and his own company," is accompanied by the envelope addressed to Winter at the Tribune office.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 23 x 15 cm to 28 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428982416 View