Cleves Kinkead : papers, 1903-1939.

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Cleves Kinkead : papers, 1903-1939.

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Papers consist of letters, 1913-1939, to his parents while at Harvard and during his military service, and from various persons, including George P. Baker and John Mason Brown regarding his literary pursuits; records of his military service in World War I; articles he wrote for the Louisville Evening Post, 1903-1904; notes commenting on the contents of the Courier-Journal, slavery, and other subjects; several of Kinkead's plays, including Common Clay; and posters and photographs of scenes from the stage play and movie version of Common Clay.

2 cubic ft.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Kinkead, Cleves, 1882-1955.

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Lawyer, journalist, and playwright of Louisville, Ky. From the description of Cleves Kinkead : papers, 1903-1939. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46611330 ...

Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935

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George Pierce Baker was an American drama educator. He graduated from Harvard University in 1887 and from 1888 to 1924 was a faculty member in the English Department. While at Harvard, he played a key role in starting the Harvard Theatre Collection at Harvard University Library; he created the Harvard Dramatic Club; and he founded Workshop 47 to provide a forum for the performance of plays developed for his English 47 class. Baker was unable to convince Harvard to offer a degree in playwrighting...

Brown, John Mason, 1900-1985.

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