Howe, Helen, 1905-1975.

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Monologuist and author (Radcliffe, 1927) Howe studied acting with Georges Vitray in France, joined the New York Theater Guild, performed to critical acclaim in the U.S. and London, toured with "Community Concerts" during WWII, and wrote several novels and a family history. Her parents, Mark Anthony Dewolfe Howe and Fanny Quincy Howe, were writers. Her brothers were Quincy Howe, an editor and radio commentator, and Mark DeWolfe Howe, a Harvard law professor. Howe married Reginald Allen, curator of the Gilbert and Sullivan collection at the Morgan Library, N.Y.C., and formerly an administrator of the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

From the description of Papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122592674

Monologuist and author (Radcliffe, 1927) Howe studied acting with Georges Vitray in France, joined the New York Theater Guild, performed to critical acclaim in the United States and London, toured with "Community Concerts" during World War II, and wrote several novels and a family history. Her parents, Mark Anthony Dewolfe Howe and Fanny Quincy Howe, were writers. Her brothers were Quincy Howe, an editor and radio commentator, and Mark DeWolfe Howe, a Harvard law professor. Howe married Reginald Allen, curator of the Gilbert and Sullivan collection at the Morgan Library in New York City, and formerly an administrator of the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

From the description of Additional papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 542727308

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Howe, Helen, 1905-1975. Additional papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Grant, Madeleine P. (Madeleine Parker), 1895-. Papers, 1910-1972 (inclusive), 1959-1972 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Howe, Helen, 1905-1975. Papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1872, 1932-1997 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Friends of the Schlesinger Library. Records, 1971-1981 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1910-1972 (inclusive), 1959-1972 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bancroft, Mary. Papers, 1872-1997 (inclusive), 1932-1987 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn League of Women Voters (Cambridge, Mass.). Records, 1916-ca.1976 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Allen, Alfred Reginald, 1905- person
associatedWith Allen, Reginald. person
associatedWith Bancroft, Mary. person
associatedWith Barzun, Jacques, 1907- person
associatedWith Boothby, Basil. person
associatedWith Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897- person
associatedWith Cabot, Sally. person
associatedWith Codman, Katherine Putnam Bowditch. person
associatedWith Copeland, Charles Townsend, 1860-1952. person
associatedWith Davis, Mabel Quincy, d. 1958. person
associatedWith Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. person
associatedWith Friends of the Schlesinger Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Gould, Alice Bache, 1868-1953. person
associatedWith Grant, Madeleine P. (Madeleine Parker), 1895- person
associatedWith Hopkins, Mabel Muirhead. person
associatedWith Howe family. family
associatedWith Howe family. family
associatedWith Howe, Fanny Huntington Quincy, 1870-1933. person
associatedWith Howe, Fanny Quincy, 1870-1933. person
associatedWith Howe, George, 1900-1986. person
associatedWith Howe, Halsey DeWolfe, 1921- person
associatedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Anthony De Wolfe), 1864-1960. person
associatedWith Howe, Mark Dewolfe, 1906-1967. person
associatedWith Howe, Mary Manning. person
associatedWith Howe, Quincy, 1900- person
associatedWith Howe, Wallis Eastburn, 1868-1960. person
associatedWith James, William, 1882-1961. person
associatedWith James, William, 1882-1961. person
associatedWith League of Women Voters of Cambridge corporateBody
associatedWith Madeleine Parker Grant, 1895-1981 person
associatedWith Marquand, Christina Sedgewick. person
associatedWith Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960. person
associatedWith MARY BANCROFT, 1903-1997 person
associatedWith Muirhead, Helen Quincy. person
associatedWith Murray, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1893-1988 person
associatedWith Origo, Iris, 1902-1988. person
associatedWith Radcliffe College corporateBody
associatedWith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Sarton, May, 1912-1995. person
associatedWith Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979. person
associatedWith Starr, Polly Thayer. person
associatedWith Turner, Nancy Byrd. person
associatedWith Wecter, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978. person
associatedWith Yourcenar, Marguerite. person
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New York (N.Y.)
Maine
Boston (Mass.)
Subject
American literature
Theater
Actresses
Women authors, American
Authors and publishers
Family records
Monologue
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Actresses
Authors
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Birth 1905

Death 1975

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