Ethel Watts Mumford papers 1900-1934

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Ethel Watts Mumford papers 1900-1934

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2080

Collection contains Mumford's writings, legal papers, correspondence, art work, and printed matter. Writings consist primarily of manuscripts of her plays with some short stories, poems, musical lyrics, and clippings of a literary column she wrote for the New York Evening World during 1913-1914. Also, contracts and royalty agreements, 1904-1934; letters, 1900-1924, concerning the sale of her works; clippings of reviews; and sketches and a watercolor.

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312314

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Grant, Ethel Watts Mumford, 1878-1940

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Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940) was an American playwright, poet and novelist. From the description of Ethel Watts Mumford papers, 1900-1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517624 Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940), New York born playwright, poet and novelist, was the daughter of Dickson Given Watts and Mary Atwater Hughes. She married George Dana Mumford in 1894 and had a son, George. The union ended in divorce, allegedly because of the husband'...