Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959.

Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993

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Helen Hayes Brown was born in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 1900. Her parents were Frank and Catherine “Essie” Brown. With her mother’s encouragement, Hayes made her stage debut at the age of five and began performing both in amateur productions as well as the stock company, The Columbia Players. While performing in a recital for Miss Minnie Hawke’s School of Dance, Hayes was spotted by Lew Fields. Fields, half of the Weber and Fields comedy team, as well as a producer, recognized Hayes’s tale...

Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974

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Katharine Cornell was born on February 16, 1893, in Berlin, where her father, Peter Cortelyou Cornell, a distant relation of Cornell University founder Ezra Cornell, was studying medicine. Later in 1893, Peter Cornell and his wife Alice Gardner Plimpton returned to their native city, Buffalo, New York with their daughter, Katharine. Her father practiced medicine in Buffalo, for several years, but he found his time and interest increasingly taken up with the family hobby. His father, S. Douglas C...

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1899-1979

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Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer, monologist, and actress. Born on either May 30, 1899 or 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, Skinner was the daughter of actors Otis Skinner and Maud Durbin. Skinner attended Bryn Mawr College, but left during her sophomore year to move to Paris, where she attended the Sorbonne and studied acting at the Jacques Copeau School and the Comedie Francaise. Skinner began her acting career in 1921, debuting as Dona Sarasate in the stage adapt...

Whidden, Eleanor.

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Sheldon, Theodore, 1884?-1969.

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Gish, Lillian, 1896-

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Littell, Robert, 1896-

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Helen V. Johnstone

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Frank, Edgar.

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Denison, Carla.

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Trumbull, Francine.

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Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-

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Mary (Strong)

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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Arthur F. Driscoll

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Edward Sheldon.

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Gielgud, Sir John, 1904-

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Otis, Elita Proctor, 1851-1927

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Granberry, Edwin, 1897-

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Fletcher, Bramwell, recipient.

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Lengel, William C. (William Charles), 1888-1965

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A portion of this correspondence is from Nellie M. Lengel, wife of William C. Lengel. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1910-1957. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155891687 ...

Marston, Mary.

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Scott, John

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Epithet: afterwards Earl of Clonmell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x00006c Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000082 Title: 1st Earl of Clonmell 1793 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000093 Epi...

Kauser, Alice

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Trebilock, Paul.

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Theodore Sheldon

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Sheldon; Pleasantville

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Mary (Sheldon)

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Millay, Kathleen, 1897-1943

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Kaltenborn, Hans

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Leontovitch, Eugenie, 1900-

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Barnes, Edward, recipient.

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Marion (Meigs)

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Seeger, Charles Louis

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Collier, Constance, 1878-

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Evans, Edith, 1888-

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Shubert, Jacob J., 1878?-1963

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American theatrical producer and manager. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 23 April 1912, to Mr. E.F. Stearns, 1912 Apr. 23. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81013683 Prominent theatrical manager and producer. Jacob J. Shubert and brothers Sam S. and Lee Shubert founded the Shubert theater empire. From the description of Papers, 1900-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155501950 ...

Wallace, DeWitt, 1889-1981

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Editor, The Reader's Digest. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1948-1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446115 ...

Whitney, Richard

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Brady, Grace (George).

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Serény, Grete.

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O'Conor, Norreys Jephson, 1885-

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Norreys Jephson O'Conor (1885-1958) was an American poet and author. From the description of Papers of Norreys Jephson O'Conor, 1890-1964 (bulk 1940-1958). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228718380 O'Conor and Brooks were friends at Harvard. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1937-1958. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 182789136 American author. ...

Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956

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Ruth Draper was a monologist, based in New York City. From the description of Ruth Draper Collection. 1913-1956. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476263868 American actress. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [n.p.], 22 February [1910?], to [Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler], [1910?] Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565965 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 35 Montpelier Square, Ken...

Mench, Phil.

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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

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A biographical timeline is provided in the Eugene O'Neill Papers (YCAL MSS 123). From the guide to the Eugene O'Neill collection, 1912-1993, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) American playwright. From the description of Papers, 1913-1986, 1913-1950 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490040 From the description of Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1915-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810476 From the de...

Deering, Henri.

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Doherty, William Brown, 1891-

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Harold Bell.

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Metcalf, Henrietta (Mc Crea)

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Sheldon; New York

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Meigs) Woods

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Rede, Carol.

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Mary (Sheldon) MacArthur.

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Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960

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Professor of English and Drama at the University of Pennsylvania (1895-1945). Received this collection as a gift from Lewis George Sterner, and in turn donated it to the library. From the description of Correspondence from Lewis George Sterner, 1930. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 212911456 Arthur Hobson Quinn was on the faculty of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscript...

Mackail, Denis

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Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-

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Wilder, Thorton, 1897-

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Howe, Helen, 1905-1975

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Griffin, Bill

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Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960

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American author, journalist, and scriptwriter. From the description of Papers of Gene Fowler [manuscript], 1947-1953. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647876377 Gene Fowler was a newspaper editor, scriptwriter, press agent, and manager of prize fighters and wrestlers. His full name was Eugene Devlan Fowler. From the guide to the Gene Fowler poem, 1941, (University of Montana-Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections...

Foote, George Luther, 1886-1956

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Broadhurst, Harriet.

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Hutchinson, Eleanor Wesselhoeft.

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Sheldon; London

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Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978

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Jack Wheelock was a close friend to Van Wyck Brooks at Harvard, and remained close to both Brookses afterwards. From the description of Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1907. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191847885 John Hall Wheelock was an accomplished poet and influential editor at Scribner's for many years. Born on Long Island, he learned a love of poetry from his mother, which continued during his studies at Harvard and the University...

Moffatt, James

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Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978

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Jack Wheelock was a close friend to Van Wyck Brooks at Harvard, and remained close to both Brookses afterwards. From the description of Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1907. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191847885 John Hall Wheelock was an accomplished poet and influential editor at Scribner's for many years. Born on Long Island, he learned a love of poetry from his mother, which continued during his studies at Harvard and the University...

Woods; Chatsworth Village

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Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950

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Julia Marlowe was an English actress. She married Edward Hugh Sothern on 17 August 1911. From the description of Letters : to Horace Howard Furness, Horace Howard Furness, Jr., and Louise Brooks Winsor Furness, 1890-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155868093 Julia Marlowe was an actress. She was married to Edward Sothern. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1911-1933. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat rec...

Trebilcock, Annaylia.

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Wood, Peggy, 1894-

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Stevens, Ashton

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San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic. Ashton Stevens was born on August 11, 1872 in San Francisco, California to James and Hannah Laura Stevens. His brother was Landers Stevens, an actor and father of film director George Stevens. For over 50 years Ashton Stevens reviewed plays, vaudeville acts, minstrel shows, and interviewed actors, actresses, opera stars, and producers. He became known as the "dean of American drama critics," who aimed to be "right if...

Sheldon, Theodore, 1854-1905

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Fletcher, Bramwell

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Sheldon; Stockholm

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Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-

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Barr, Larry.

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Strong, Austin, 1881-

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Jeffreys, Anne, 1928-

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Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968

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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) was a graduate of Groton and Harvard. After Harvard Law School he served for one year as secretary to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A practicing attorney in Philadelphia for twenty-five years, Biddle was named the first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1934, filling the post for one year. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1940, he was appointed Solicitor General of the U...

Morrison, Adrienne, 1883-1940

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Sheldon; Chicago

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Buchan, Susan (Grosvenor) 1882-

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Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...

Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946

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American playwright. From the description of Letter to Alexander Woollcott [manuscript], n.y. March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814540 Sheldon was an American playwright. He helped to bring social consciousness and seriousness of purpose into U.S. drama of the early 20th century. From the description of Correspondence, 1899-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82576657 From the guide to the Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959...

Doherty, Lilas.

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Grizzard, R. Stuart.

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Berkeley, Mary Emlen Lloyd, countess of Berkeley.

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-

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Krishnamurti, Jiddu, 1895-

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Auchincloss, Charles C., 1881-1960

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In April 1630 Sir Richard Saltonstall and others, including Gov. John Winthrop and Gov. Thomas Dudley, embarked at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, on the vessel Arbella, and arrived at Salem June 12, 1630. From the description of Chart of colonial ancestry for John Auchincloss and Elizabeth Buck, by C. C. Auchincloss., 1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 367582365 Broker. From the description of Letters, 1928-1935. (Indiana University). WorldCa...

Sheldon, Mary (Strong), recipient.

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MacArthur; New York

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Barnes, Eric Wollencott

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