Frank Harrington collection, 1929-1981 [manuscript]

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Frank Harrington collection, 1929-1981 [manuscript]

The collection includes letters of Molly Haskell, Lillian Hellman, James Wong Howe, Archibald MacLeish, William McFee and Karl Menninger written to Frank Harrington. Contents range from McFee's explanation of the use of some Spanish words in his book Pilgrims of Adversity to Lillian Hellman's negative response to a speaking engagement request to Karl Menninger on books and a scrapbook about him.

9 items ; 28 cm. & smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7555270

Haverford College Library

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Howe, James Wong, 1899-1976

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Cinematographer. From the description of Reminiscences of James Wong Howe : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481335 Biography James Wong Howe was born Wong Tung Jim on August 28, 1899 in Kwantung (Canton), China. He moved to the United States at age 5. After pursuing a career as a professional boxer in the Northwest, Howe moved to Los Angeles and became a delivery b...

Harrington, Frank G.

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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...

Haskell, Molly

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McFee, William, 1881-1966

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20th century American author. From the description of William McFee writings, [ca.1913-1928]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122599069 William McFee was an English novelist, essayist, and literary critic. From the description of William McFee collection of papers, [1914]-[1954]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626277 William McFee, a marine engineer and novelist, was born in London, England. He served as appre...

Menninger, Karl, 1898-

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Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...