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Randolph Somerville Papers, [ca. 1915]-1958.

Title: Randolph Somerville Papers [ca. 1915]-1958.

ArchivalResource: 29.5 linear ft. (63 document boxes & 1 flat box).

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Rollo Peters Costume and Set Designs, 1912-1965

Title: Rollo PetersCostume and Set Designs 1912-1965

The materials in the collection document the variedtheatrical and non-theatrical artistic activities of Rollo Peters from hisyouth until his later years.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (4boxes)

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Washington Square Players designs, posters and scripts, 1915-1918

Title: Washington Square Players designs, posters and scripts 1915-1918

The Washington Square Players was an independent, non-commercial theatre group founded in 1914 by Lawrence Langner, Edward Goodman, Philip Moeller, Lee Simonson, and others wanting to produce plays of artistic merit. The group was seminal in beginning the "little theatre" or "art theatre" movement in the U.S., attracting innovative theatre artists. Their first production opened at the Bandbox Theatre in 1915, later moving to the Comedy Theatre as the group became more successful. Katharine Cornell acted with them. Productions included works by Zoë Akins, Susan Glaspell, Maurice Maeterlinck, and Eugene O'Neill. The group ended in 1918, due to World War I and financial difficulties. Several members of the group went on to form the Theatre Guild. Original costume, set, backdrop, and poster designs (mostly color), and published plays for productions by the Washington Square Players, 1915-1918. Although many of the 69 designs are for unidentified productions, titles represented include Aglavaine and Selysette by Maurice Maeterlinck, adapted and translated by Ralph Roeder, with costume designs by Joseph Platt (J.B. Platt), 1916; The hero of Santa Maria by Kenneth Goodman and Ben Hecht, with costume designs by William Rienecke, ca. 1917; The death of Tintagiles by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Philip Moeller, with unsigned costume designs, 1917; The magical city by Zoë Akins, with unsigned set design, and White Studio photograph, 1916. Other designers repsesented are Elsie R. Brown, Muriel V. Sibell, Robert L. Lawson, and Robert Locker. Posters include Bushido by Takeda Izumo, 1916, and Plots and Playwrights (three short plays), Comedy Theatre, 1917 (poster by George C. Evans). There are also 5 drawings (4 are pencil and ink) by Clara Tice, including "an impression of the Dolly Sisters." Published playscripts include acting versions of Another way out (one-act play) by Lawrence Langner, and two copies of Trifles by Susan Glaspell; all were published as part of the Plays of the Washington Square Players series by Frank Shay in 1916, and are stamped "W.E. Pennington" on the title pages.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (73 drawings)

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Rose Pastor Stokes Papers, Bulk, 1913-1933, 1905-1933

Title: Rose Pastor Stokes Papers Bulk, 1913-1933 1905-1933

Rose Pastor Stokes (1879-1933), born Rose Wieslander in Russian Poland, was a leading Jewish-American socialist, birth control advocate, and after the Russian revolution, a communist. Stokes helped organize garment workers in New York City, wrote for the , and other left periodicals, and was the author of several feminist plays. Stokes was married to wealthy socialist James Phelps Stokes from 1905-1925, married communist leader Jerome Isaac Romaine (also known as Victor J. Jerome) in 1927, and died of cancer in Berlin in 1933. Jewish Daily News The Masses

ArchivalResource: 2.75 linear feet; in 7 manuscript boxes.

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Guide to the Rose Pastor Stokes Papers, 1905-1933

Title: Guide to the Rose Pastor Stokes Papers, 1905-1933

Rose Pastor Stokes (1879-1933), born Rose Wieslander in Russian Poland, was a leading Jewish-American socialist, birth control advocate, and after the Russian revolution, a communist. Stokes helped organize garment workers in New York City, wrote for the , and other left periodicals, and was the author of several feminist plays. Stokes was married to wealthy socialist James Phelps Stokes from 1905-1925, married communist leader Jerome Isaac Romaine (also known as Victor J. Jerome) in 1927, and died of cancer in Berlin in 1933. Jewish Daily News The Masses Note: the collection has been microfilmed, and researchers must use the microfilm copy (R-7124, reels 67-68).

ArchivalResource: 3.25 Linear Feet in 6 manuscript boxes and 1 half manuscript box.

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Peters, Rollo. Rollo Peters costume and set designs, 1912-1965.

Title: Rollo Peters costume and set designs, 1912-1965.

The collection includes original pencil, ink, and watercolor scene and costume designs documenting Rollo Peters's work for theatre, dance, and opera productions. Included are designs from productions of the Provincetown Players, the Washington Square Players, The Theatre Guild, various Broadway productions, and others. Peters's non-theatrical artworks include portrait drawings from the early 1910s, two sketchbooks, and a few drawings and watercolors relating to his real estate and wartime activities. Photographs include several of Peters's stage designs and of Peters in acting roles, and a photograph of his sketch of Barrymore. A poster for the Theatre Guild's production of The Faithful containing a drawing by Peters, and a poster advertising Peters's production of Ruth Draper at the Wharf Theatre in Monterey are also included.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702180535 View

Washington Square Players (New York, N.Y.). Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1917-1918.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1917-1918.

Correspondence to Theodore Dreiser from Alice Wilson Simmons, President, and Edward Goodman, business office, Washington Square Players.

ArchivalResource: 7 items (13 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155895267 View

Somerville, Randolph, 1891-1958. Papers, [ca. 1915]-1958.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1915]-1958.

Papers, promptbooks, photographs, lecture notes, correspondence, and theatrical files of Somerville. Included are materials from the Washington Square Players and Duke's Oak Theatre in Cooperstown, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 28.5 linear ft. (ca. 750 items in 62 boxes & 1 flat vol. & 1 flat box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122611126 View

Washington Square Players (New York, N. Y.). Letters, 1915-1917, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letters, 1915-1917, to Lewis Mumford.

Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Edward Goodman and Josephine A. Meyer, Washington Square Players.

ArchivalResource: 7 items (7 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155881289 View