Virginia Myers collection of Tom Taylor material

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Virginia Myers collection of Tom Taylor material

1857-1964

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Materials relating to research by Virginia Myers on playwright Tom Taylor, including: letters to Myers from other scholars and from Taylor descendants, 1931-1964; her unpublished typescript Newnham College dissertation"Tom Taylor: Life and Works" circa 1933; 2 folders of clippings and programs, 1857-1930; and printed books by and about Taylor, 1869-1933.

1 linear foot

eng, Latn

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Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Myers, Virginia, 1907-1989

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Claudia Virginia Myers (1907-1989), who generally used her middle name professionally, was a 1929 graduate of the College of Wooster in Ohio. She later did graduate work at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, England, and returned to teach in the United States....