Gilbert A. Harrison papers relating to ThorntonWilder 1939-1975

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Gilbert A. Harrison papers relating to ThorntonWilder 1939-1975

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The collection containsresearch files, interviews, correspondence, writings, and other materialsrelating to Gilbert A. Harrison's biography of Thornton Wilder, The Enthusiast:A Life of Thornton Wilder (New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1983). Harrison'sresearch files, which include notes, photocopies of correspondence andwritings, and clippings, make up the bulk of the collection. In addition to theresearch files, the collection includes: sound recordings of interviews withmembers of the Wilder family and others, such as Alfred Hitchcock and LillianGish; correspondence with Wilder family, scholars, and publishers; a correcteddraft of the biography and reviews; and other materials, including biographicalinformation, a copy of Wilder's will, and reference photographs.

7.72 linear feet (21boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349299

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Harrison, Gilbert A

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Editor and publisher. Full name: Gilbert Avery Harrison. Born 1915. Died 2008. From the description of Gilbert A. Harrison papers, 1902-1978 (bulk 1960-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014549 Gilbert A. Harrison (1915-2008), publisher and biographer. From the description of Gilbert A. Harrison papers relating to Thornton Wilder, 1956-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202059 Gilbert Harrison, UCLA alumnus and former editor-in-chief of The new...

Ticknor and Fields

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Ticknor and Fields of Boston, Massachusetts was the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century. Ticknor and Fields originated in the firm of Allen and Ticknor established in 1832. The partners in Ticknor and Fields were William D. Ticknor (one of the partners in Allen and Ticknor) and James T. Fields, who entered the firm as a junior partner in 1843. Fields edited the Atlantic monthly from 1861-1870. Fields was also a wri...

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993

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Actress, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742647 Actress. From the description of Papers of Lillian Gish, 1920-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130921 Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1980's. From the description of Papers, 1919-1997. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 392...

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

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Alfred Hitchcock (b. 13 August 1899, Leytonstone, England–d. 29 April 1980, Bel Air, CA) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as "the Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films. He began his career in the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer after training as a technical clerk and copy writer for a telegraph-cable company. ...

Harrison, Gilbert A.

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Gilbert A. Harrison was born in Detroit on May 18, 1915, one of three children to Samuel and Mabel Wolfe Harrison. He earned a B.A. degree in psychology from UCLA in 1937 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army in World War II. Following the war, in 1948, Harrison became national chairman of the American Veterans Committe. In 1953, with his wife, Anne Blaine, he purchased The New Republic, where he served as publisher and editor until 1974. Harrison was the author of two books, A Timeless Affair: ...

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...