Wayland Wells Williams papers 1910-1942

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Wayland Wells Williams papers 1910-1942

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.williamsww

The collection contains drafts of writings and correspondence documenting the professional life of New Haven area writer Wayland Wells Williams. Writings contain drafts of published and unpublished novels, including Goshen Street (1920) and "The King of Iceland's Eldest Son," and shorter works. Correspondence includes letters from Yale professor William Lyon Phelps and from prominent contemporaries Thomas Beers and Monty Woolley. There are also production files relating to the collection of poems, Castle in Spain (1942), and a folder of condolence letters.

2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349906

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Williams, Wayland Wells, 1888-1945

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Wayland Wells Williams, New Haven author and artist, was the son of Frederick Wells and Fanny Hapgood, a graduate of Yale University, and administrator of the Connecticut Federal Art Project. From the guide to the Wayland Wells Williams papers, 1910-1942, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) ...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Woolley, Monty, 1888-1963

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