Letters, to Bennett Weaver, 1909-1915, 1931-1950.

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Letters, to Bennett Weaver, 1909-1915, 1931-1950.

Friendly letters and cards, chiefly written before 1915 concerning travel; a play, The greater love (never finished?) on which Lunt was collaborating with Andrew and Bennett Weaver, with Lunt's sketches for costumes, stage settings, and posters; and Lunt's work with the Castle Square Theatre, Boston. A few early letters are addressed also to Andrew Weaver and later ones also to Clarice Weaver. Also included is a letter from Lunt to his mother, and one to the U.S. Copyright Office, a photograph, several play bills, and ana.

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University of Michigan

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Lunt, Alfred, 1892-1977

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Alfred Davis Lunt Jr. (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American stage director and actor who had a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne. Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Lunt received two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for 1931's The Guardsman and an Emmy Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame's production of The Magnificent Yankee. Lunt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1892 to Alfred D. Lunt and Harriet ...

Weaver, Andrew H.

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Sederholm, Harriet Washborn Briggs, 1862-

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Weaver, Clarice Colby.

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Boston (Mass.). Castle Square Theatre.

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Weaver, Bennett

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Professor of English at the University of Michigan. From the description of Bennett Weaver papers, 1917-1969. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419799 Bennett Weaver was born in Sussex, Wisconsin on August 11, 1892. He received his A.B. degree from Carroll College, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He taught speech and English, first at Emporia College, then Michigan State College. In 1928, he came to the Un...