Maxwell Anderson papers, 1930-1948.

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Maxwell Anderson papers, 1930-1948.

Photostatic copy of typescript of Anderson's screenplay, "Winterset" (1936), and four letters from Anderson: to F.R. Bellamy, 1941, about a radio production; to Allan Nevins, 1930, about selling a house in New York City; to Orrick Johns, undated, about Anderson's critics and Johns's poems; and to D.F. Wright, 1948, about a gift and the political situation in Greece.

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Bellamy, Francis Rufus, 1886-

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Author, editor, and publicity director. From the description of Papers Francis Bellamy, 1892-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067980 ...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946

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Author and activist Orrick Johns was born in St. Louis, where he worked as a journalist and critic. In 1919 he moved to New York and worked in advertising, and wrote a play; he travelled throughout Europe in 1926-1929. Johns became involved in labor unions and the Communist Party in California, and wrote for the Daily Worker in New York, although he later left the party and supervised the WPA Writer's Project. He published several books of poems, a novel, and a memoir. He committed suicide in 19...

Wright, D. Franklin.

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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959

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American playwright. From the description of Maxwell Anderson papers, 1930-1948. WorldCat record id: 26661097 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 25 October 1937, to Peggy Wood, 1937 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873947 American playwright Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Penn., on 15 December 1888. He worked as a journalist early in his writing career and then turned largely to drama. He was the author of over 20 ...