Audrey Wood Papers, 1863-1984 (bulk 1900-1984).

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Audrey Wood Papers, 1863-1984 (bulk 1900-1984).

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Correspondence, photographs, business and financial records, playscripts, appointment books, clippings, awards, theatrical memorabilia, and scrapbooks document the personal life and professional activities of literary representative Audrey Wood, her husband and business partner, William Liebling, and their clients. The papers consist of personal files from Audrey Wood and William Liebling's New York and Connecticut residences, business files from the Liebling-Wood office dating 1937-1954, and files created during her employment from 1954 onwards at the Music Corporation of America (MCA), and its successor organizations. The earliest material, dating from the mid 1800s, consists of photographs and personal correspondence and records of Wood's family. Wood's relationship with Tennessee Williams is well documented in the Client Files Series with correspondence, manuscript fragments, contracts, and box office statements for many of his productions, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Other clients with significant materials in this series include Martha Gellhorn, Dorothy Heyward, and William Inge. Woods' husband, William Liebling, also a well known agent, represented actors and directors. Records relating to his clients are found in the Client Files Series and in the Liebling-Wood Agency files in the Subject Files Series. His personal records and correspondence, including a large amount of correspondence with U.S. Senator Jacob Javits, are filed under Liebling in the Subject Files.

60 boxes (32 linear feet), 1 oversize folder, 16 oversize boxes, 2 card files.

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