Catharine Sargent Huntington papers, 1919-1973 (inclusive).

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Catharine Sargent Huntington papers, 1919-1973 (inclusive).

1919-1973

Collection contains personal and professional correspondence, scripts, actor's sides, journals, minutes, accounts, contracts, original designs, photographs, posters, programs, publicity, clippings, a sound recording, and a scrapbook relating primarily to the Little Theatre movement in New England, particularly in the Boston area and on Cape Cod.

11 boxes (7 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795522

Houghton Library

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