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Hoffman, Daniel, 1923-. Paul Bunyan collection, 1914-1970.

Title: Paul Bunyan collection, 1914-1970.

Research materials collected by Daniel Hoffman for his book, Paul Bunyan: last of the frontier demigods (Temple Univ. Press, 1952). Includes correspondence from E. P. Conkle, Max Gartenberg, Herbert Halpert, Walter P. Kueffner, William Laughead, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.), Douglas S. Steinberg of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Oregon State Archives, Julian Lee Rayford, Irving Rusinow, James Stevens to Henry Clepper, Ida Virginia Turney, and Louis Untermeyer; advertising pamphlets for the Red River Lumber Co. written and illustrated by W. B. Laughead; and collections of Paul Bunyan tales by Charles E. Brown published by the Wisconsin Folklore Society, and others. Includes copies of transcribed interviews about Paul Bunyan conducted by Herbert Halpert from 1941-1949 with Fred Ginther, Frank Odell, Albert Peterson, Gabriel Simon, Shock Wormuth, and Irvan Wormuth. Includes 19 color lithograph prints illustrating Paul Bunyan tales, plus one advertisement, issued by the Mead Corporation in 1951. Artists include Herschel Levit, Edward C. Smith, Hutton, Joseph Bolden, S. W. Wilcox, and Henry C. Pitz. Includes material from the WPA Federal Writer's Project in Oregon, "Analytical Notes" by Charles Oluf Olsen (41 pp.); microfilm. Also includes American Graphics poster by Milton Glaser, pamphlets, postcards, a Classic illustrated junior comic book (No. 519 Paul Bunyan), menu, newspaper clippings, and membership card for the Mystic Knights of the Blue Ox (Milwaukee, Wisc.).

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155862630 View

Toby Gordon Ryan Collection. The Children's Theatre and Theatre of Action / a collective, 1940 - house program.

Title: The Children's Theatre and Theatre of Action / a collective, 1940 - house program. 1940.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625688289 View

Federal Theatre Project scripts, 1935-1939

Title: Federal Theatre Project scripts 1935-1939

This collection contains scripts for plays performed by the Federal Theatre Project, which was operated between 1935 and 1939 as a part of the Work Progress Administration. The Los Angeles branch of the project produced over 195 plays.

ArchivalResource: 21.25 Linear feet; 17 boxes

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt767nf3q8 View

Hailey, Oliver, 1932-1993. Letter : to [E.P.] Conkle, 1979 Jan. 9.

Title: Letter : to [E.P.] Conkle, 1979 Jan. 9.

He is proud to tell people that Conkle was his professor. Surprised to find how many other writers have studied with him, including Ted Apstein, whom he has recently met. Discusses agents and recommends his own, Hayden Griffin. Has completed screenplay for Who's happy now? for Universal Pictures.

ArchivalResource: 1 item. 1 p. Typescript signed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122530457 View

Conkle, E. P. (Ellsworth Prouty). Production book for four one-act plays produced at the Department of Drama, Yale University, 1928.

Title: Production book for four one-act plays produced at the Department of Drama, Yale University, 1928. [1928]

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702197699 View

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Tennessee Williams Collection, 1880-1993 (bulk 1930s-1970s).

Title: Tennessee Williams Collection, 1880-1993 (bulk 1930s-1970s).

Typescript, composite and holograph manuscripts, correspondence, bibliographies, clippings, scrapbooks, academic papers, business records, galley proofs, photographs, and artworks document Tennessee Williams' life, work, family, and friends from 1880-1993. While the dates of the collection span from 1880 to 1993, the bulk range from the mid 1930s to the mid 1970s. The earliest item is a letter to Williams' grandmother, Rosina Otte Dakin, and virtually all material dated prior to 1930 relates to Williams' family. Materials dated after Williams' death in 1983 are largely biographical or concern productions of his works. Correspondence includes both personal and business letters with a large portion consisting of carbon copies of letters from Williams' agent, Audrey Wood. Other correspondents include Brooks Atkinson, Cheryl Crawford, Elia and Molly Thatcher Kazan, James Laughlin, and Pancho Rodriguez Y Gonzalez. The Works by Others series includes notes and drafts of an extensive Williams bibliography created by Andreas Brown.

ArchivalResource: 76 boxes (31.5 linear feet), 4 galley folders, 2 oversize boxes, 3 card files.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145406436 View

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.). Federal Theatre Project scripts, 1935-1939.

Title: Federal Theatre Project scripts, 1935-1939.

This collection contains scripts for plays performed by various branches of the Federal Theatre Project. Some of the scripts are annotated with production notes and revisions, but many are not annotated. Most of the scripts appear to be from the Los Angeles branch of the FTP, but other cities also appear to be represented. Authors represented include William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Eugene O'Neill, Sinclair Lewis, and Elmer Rice. Many of the scripts are shortened adaptations of original works; some were also adapted for marionette theaters.

ArchivalResource: 21.25 linear ft. (17 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681978912 View

Conkle, E. P. (Ellsworth Prouty). Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1928.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1928.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155897652 View

Conkle, E. P. (Ellsworth Prouty). Two hundred were chosen : a play in three acts / by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle.

Title: Two hundred were chosen : a play in three acts / by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle. c1936.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various paginations) : ill. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/714811765 View

Mabie, Edward Charles, 1892-1956. Papers of Edward C. Mabie, 1910-1954.

Title: Papers of Edward C. Mabie, 1910-1954.

Correspondence, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, play scripts, publications, and subject folders relating to the University of Iowa Department of Speech and Dramatic Art and the University Theatre, the Federal Theatre Project, other theater subjects, a play, the Never-ending frontier, by Frances P. Dolliver and others, celebrating the 1954 centennial of the Iowa State Education Association, and Mabie's student years at Dartmouth College. Correspondents include A. Craig Baird, Philip Greeley Clapp, E. P. Conkle, Dina Rees Evans, Norman Felton, Hallie Flanagan, Marian Gallaway, Paul Green, Richard Maibaum, B. Iden Payne, Lynn Riggs, Carl E. Seashore, and Gene Wilder.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233111614 View