Joshua Logan correspondence and ephemera, 1920-1989.

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Joshua Logan correspondence and ephemera, 1920-1989.

The Jean Elliott - Joshua Logan correspondence consists of letters written by Joshua Logan to Jean Elliott, his cousin. The letters span 1920 to 1989 (including letters written to his widow, Nedda Harrigan Logan), and illuminate Logan's career and family life. Of special note is a note written in 1920 by the 12 year-old Joshua, thanking his cousins for a pleasnt summer visit. The ephemera consists of photographs, programs, and clippings collected by Jean Elliott about her cousin, including childhood snapshots of Joshua and his sister, and a 1943 Army portrait. Programs include tributes to Joshua Logan.

.41 lf. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6769182

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Elliott, Jean.

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Joshua Logan (1908-1988) was a director and producer of works for stage, screen, and television, as well as a playwright and screenwriter. Born Joshua Lockwood Logan III in Texarkana, Texas, in 1908, he graduated from Princeton and studied in Moscow with Constantin Stanislavsky. Briefly an actor, Logan turned instead to directing and producing, and was best known for I MARRIED AN ANGEL, KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY, CHARLEY'S AUNT, THIS IS THE ARMY, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, MISTER R...

Logan, Joshua

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Playwright, director, producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joshua Logan : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726951 Theatrical producer and director and playwright. Born 1908, died 1988. From the description of Papers of Joshua Logan, 1723-1992 (bulk 1940-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072269 ...