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Tennessee Williams Art Collection TXRC99-A14., ca. 1928-1980, bulk 1930s-1970s

Title: Tennessee Williams Art Collection ca. 1928-1980 bulk 1930s-1970s

The art collection consists of paintings, drawings, and prints by and related to Tennessee Williams. The collection is divided into the following series: I., Works by Tennessee Williams; II., Portraits of Tennessee Williams by Other Artists; and III., Works Related to Tennessee Williams.

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General correspondence, [ca. 1925]-1950.

Title: General correspondence, [ca. 1925]-1950.

Major correspondents include Maurice Abravanel, Ernst Josef Aufricht, Sam Behrman, Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Cheryl Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Max Dreyfus, Felix Bloch Erben, Max Gordon, Elisabeth Hauptman, Helen Hayes, Hans Heinsheimer, Jack Horowitz, Irving Lazar, Arthur Lyons, George Marton, Archibald MacLeish, Louis Nizer, Leah Salisbury, Victor Samrock, Irene Sharaff, Maurice Speiser, Herbert Wechsler, Alma Maria Werfel, Johann F. Wharton, Audrey Wood, and Herman Wouk.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155508293 View

Sylvester & Harris correspondence concerning publication of Romola Nijinsky's, Nijinsky, 1923-1983 (inclusive), 1931-1951 (bulk).

Title: Sylvester & Harris correspondence concerning publication of Romola Nijinsky's , Nijinsky 1923-1983 (inclusive), 1931-1951 (bulk).

Correspondence of American law firm Sylvester & Harris with Romola Nijinsky and others, concerning the American edition of her biography of her husband, Waslaw Nijinsky, and other legal matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02010/catalog 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

Tennessee Williams papers, 1932-1983.

Title: Tennessee Williams papers, 1932-1983.

Drafts of plays and other compositions, with smaller runs of correspondence, diaries, photographs, and other papers of American playwright Tennessee Williams.

ArchivalResource: 45 boxes (20 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01891/catalog View

Tennessee Williams Collection TXRC99-A14., 1880-1993, (bulk 1930s-1970s)

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

These materials document the family, life, and work of the American playwright, born Thomas Lanier Williams. The collection contains numerous manuscript drafts, including those for his best known plays (1944) and (1947). Also included are large amounts of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. The Glass Menagerie A Streetcar Named Desire

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Kennedy, Adrienne. Papers, ca. 1954-1992.

Title: Papers, ca. 1954-1992.

The papers of Adrienne Kennedy, ca. 1954-1992, document her evolution from an aspiring writer to a successful playwright. All of Kennedy's plays are represented in this collection, from her Obie Award winning Funnyhouse of a Negro (1964) to her most recent production, Ohio State Murders (1992). Additionally, manuscripts for several unproduced or incomplete plays are present, such as an untitled play about Soledad prisoner George Jackson. Manuscripts dating from Kennedy's beginnings as a writer in the 1950s include the play "The Pale Blue Flowers," as well as other plays, short stories, and novels. Other writings include the memoir People Who Led to My Plays and a screenplay about blues musician Robert Johnson. The works exist as notebooks, holograph and typed notes, outlines, proposals, and drafts, playscripts, and screenplays, as well as galleys, page proofs, and photocopies of publications. The Career Papers contribute to further knowledge of and understanding of Kennedy and her work through award certificates, biographical data, contracts, correspondence, manuscripts and publications about Adrienne Kennedy, production materials from her plays, publicity, reviews, royalty statements, and sound and video recordings. The correspondence, 1963-1992, generally concerns Kennedy's career as a playwright, writer, and educator, though some correspondence is of a more personal nature. Significant correspondents include Edward Albee, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ed Bullins, Joseph Chaikin, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Gerald Freedman, Nikki Giovanni, Elizabeth Hardwick, James Earl Jones, Michael Kahn, Elia Kazan, Galt MacDermot, Theodore Mann, William Marshall, Mike Nichols, Joseph Papp, Harold Pinter, Ishmael Reed, Jerome Robbins, John Selby, Victor Spinetti, Fay Weldon, Edgar White, Audrey Wood, and others. Documentation of various productions of Ms. Kennedy's plays, 1963-1992, consists of brochures, cast lists, clippings, contact lists, drawings, flyers, musical scores (by Cecil Taylor for A Rat's Mass), photographs, posters, programs, publicity, rehearsal schedules, reviews, scripts, sound and video recordings, tickets, etc.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes and 4 oversize folders (3.75 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122494190 View

Rome, Harold, 1908-1993. The Harold Rome papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive).

Title: The Harold Rome papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive).

The Harold Rome Papers document Rome's life and career in the American musical theater through manuscript and published music, scripts, lyrics, and production materials. The Papers also contain correspondence between Rome and actors, agents, producers, and other theatrical personalities. In addition, the Papers hold programs, clippings, photographs, and a selection of Rome's own paintings.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear ft. (97 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702121428 View

Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966

Title: Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers 1930-1966

The Papers of Ruth and Augustus Goetz contain documentation of their lives and collaboration as playwrights.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21567 View

Dillon, Millicent. Papers, 1905-1990 (bulk 1935-1986).

Title: Papers, 1905-1990 (bulk 1935-1986).

The collection consists of Millicent Dillon's notebooks, index cards, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes, and clippings, as well as materials by Paul and Jane Bowles she collected, including Jane Bowles's notebooks, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, and legal documents, and Paul Bowles's correspondence and clippings. The collection centers around Dillon's writings about Jane Bowles's life and works. While writing a biography about Jane Bowles, A Little Original Sin: The Life and Works of Jane Bowles, Dillon contacted Jane Bowles's husband, writer-composer Paul Bowles, as well as Jane's relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The resulting correspondence and interview notes are a highlight of the collection. Among the correspondence are 170 letters between Dillon and Paul Bowles from 1976-1990 and one or more letters by Brion Gysin, Patricia Highsmith, Dione Lewis, Miriam Levy, Gordon Sager, Virgil Thomson, and others. Dillon also obtained original letters and photocopies of letters written by Jane Bowles, some of Bowles's notebooks and typescripts, and numerous photographs. Dillon also gathered Jane Bowles's birth and death certificates, as well as other documents relating to Jane Bowles and her family, and was given some of Paul Bowles's correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (7.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122640490 View

Theatre Guild. Correspondence : with Margaret Naumburg, 1937-1941.

Title: Correspondence : with Margaret Naumburg, 1937-1941.

Letters from Gassner, of the Play Department, one of which is a copy of a letter addressed to Wood.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122636416 View

Audrey Wood Papers TXRC01-A0., 1863, 1900-1984, n.d.

Title: Audrey Wood Papers 1863, 1900-1984, n.d.

Correspondence, photographs, business and financial records, playscripts, appointment books, clippings, awards, theatrical memorabilia, and scrapbooks document the personal life and professional activities of literary representative Audrey Wood, her husband and business partner, William Liebling, and their clients, including Tennessee Williams.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00247/00247-P.html View

Tennessee Williams collection, 1939-2011

Title: Tennessee Williams collection 1939-2011

The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2011, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

ArchivalResource: 4.3 linearfeet and 1 oversize box and 50 oversize folders; (6 boxes)

http://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?mss0112 View

Wood, Audrey, 1905-. Audrey Wood Papers, 1863-1984 (bulk 1900-1984).

Title: Audrey Wood Papers, 1863-1984 (bulk 1900-1984).

Correspondence, photographs, business and financial records, playscripts, appointment books, clippings, awards, theatrical memorabilia, and scrapbooks document the personal life and professional activities of literary representative Audrey Wood, her husband and business partner, William Liebling, and their clients. The papers consist of personal files from Audrey Wood and William Liebling's New York and Connecticut residences, business files from the Liebling-Wood office dating 1937-1954, and files created during her employment from 1954 onwards at the Music Corporation of America (MCA), and its successor organizations. The earliest material, dating from the mid 1800s, consists of photographs and personal correspondence and records of Wood's family. Wood's relationship with Tennessee Williams is well documented in the Client Files Series with correspondence, manuscript fragments, contracts, and box office statements for many of his productions, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Other clients with significant materials in this series include Martha Gellhorn, Dorothy Heyward, and William Inge. Woods' husband, William Liebling, also a well known agent, represented actors and directors. Records relating to his clients are found in the Client Files Series and in the Liebling-Wood Agency files in the Subject Files Series. His personal records and correspondence, including a large amount of correspondence with U.S. Senator Jacob Javits, are filed under Liebling in the Subject Files.

ArchivalResource: 60 boxes (32 linear feet), 1 oversize folder, 16 oversize boxes, 2 card files.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122472700 View

Rome, Harold, 1908-1993. The Harold Rome papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive).

Title: The Harold Rome papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive).

The Harold Rome Papers document Rome's life and career in the American musical theater through manuscript and published music, scripts, lyrics, and production materials. The Papers also contain correspondence between Rome and actors, agents, producers, and other theatrical personalities. In addition, the Papers hold programs, clippings, photographs, and a selection of Rome's own paintings.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear ft. (97 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122573981 View

The Harold Rome Papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive)

Title: The Harold Rome Papers 1873-1988 (inclusive)

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, art works, and additional materials by and about the American musical theater composer Harold Rome (1908-1993)

ArchivalResource: 97 boxes (46 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0049 View

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Tennessee Williams family photographs and other materials, 1885-1964.

Title: Tennessee Williams family photographs and other materials, 1885-1964.

Collection of photographs, primarily of Tennessee Williams, his family, relatives, friends, or acquaintances. Photographs, various sizes, mostly snapshots, but also formal studio portraits, mounted or inserted into scrapbook-type albums or stored loose. Images include historical family photographs of Williams' grandparents and parents, as well as many family snapshots of himself, his sister, brother, and other family members. There are also some photographs relating to his professional life such as his agent Aubrey Wood and Hollywood personalities Elvis Presley, Laurence Olivier, and others. Images include photographs, cabinet photographs, snapshots, carte-de-visite, and negatives. Includes photographs of the following family members, as well as many other persons: Rev. Walter Edwin Dakin, 1857-1955 (TW's grandfather) Rosina Otte Dakin, 1863-1944 (TW's grandmother) Cornelius Coffin Williams, 1880-1957 (TW's father) Edwina Dakin Williams, 1884-1980 (TW's mother) Rose Isabel Williams, 1909-1996 (TW's sister) Walter Dakin Williams, 1919-2008 (TW's brother) Includes some images of locations and events and also a few family memorabilia such as passports, clippings, notes, and other material.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (1.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663988883 View

Herbert Machiz records concerning the Artists' Theatre, New York, 1954-1976.

Title: Herbert Machiz records concerning the Artists' Theatre, New York, 1954-1976.

Correspondence and papers of American theatre director Herbert Machiz and producer John Bernard Myers concerning the Artists' Theatre in New York.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00578/catalog View

Lucille Lortel papers

Title: Lucille Lortel papers

The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files.

ArchivalResource: 49.61 linear feet; 37 vols. (150 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21631 View

Millicent Dillon Papers TXRC92-A25., 1905-1990

Title: Millicent Dillon Papers 1905-1990

This collection contains Dillon'snotebooks, index cards, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes,and clippings, much of which relates to the biography and her otherwritings about Jane Bowles' life and works. The collection also contains materialsDillon collected by Paul and Jane Bowles, including Jane Bowles' notebooks,typescripts, correspondence, photographs, and legal documents, and Paul Bowles'correspondence and clippings. ALittle Original Sin: The Life and Works of Jane Bowles

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00315/00315-P.html View

Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961. Papers, [ca. 1850]-1976 (bulk 1918-1961).

Title: Papers, [ca. 1850]-1976 (bulk 1918-1961).

Papers consist of correspondence, writings, clippings, financial records, diaries, and other items. Additionally, there is a manuscript of Dorothy Heyward's novel Three-a-Day (1930), a short story The Young Ghost (1953), the libretto for the children's opera Babar the Elephant (1953), and an unfinished autobiography provisionally titled I Am Too Young. Also included are manuscripts of writings by other authors including Nathaniel Banks, Edward A. Paulton, Maxwell Ryer, and Rumer Godden. Other items consist of biographical information of DuBose and Dorothy Heyward including a biography (1953) on DuBose Heyward by Frank Durham; Dorothy Heyward's personal items and files including diaries, engagement calendars, memorabilia, household inventories, material about the MacDowell Colony, clippings and other printed material concerning health and beauty products, books, and recorded music; papers pertaining to the Kuhn and Hartzell families; a Wrenshall family chart; family photographs; artwork; and financial records (1947-1959) including royalty statements, tax records, checking registers, cancelled checks, deposit slips, bills, receipts, and related correspondence. Other persons represented include Heyward's daughter, Jenifer DuBose (Heyward) Wood.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70970892 View

New Directions Publishing records

Title: New Directions Publishing records

Records of the New Directions Publishing Corporation largely from the Norfolk, Connecticut office of the founder, James Laughlin.

ArchivalResource: 344 linear feet (910 boxes and 4 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00077/catalog View

Adrienne Kennedy Papers TXRC94-A15., ca. 1954-1992

Title: Adrienne Kennedy Papers ca. 1954-1992

The papers documentKennedy's evolution from an aspiring writer to a successful playwright, andinclude manuscripts for plays, short stories, memoirs, and novels, though filmand television projects are also present. The papers also containcorrespondence, manuscripts and publications about Kennedy, productionmaterials from her plays, and sound and video recordings.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00067/00067-P.html View