Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983.

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Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165470

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts and other publication material, and other papers related to Thornton Wilder. Included are extensive letters to his close friends Amy Wertheimer and William Layton; letters of literary advice to Joe Etta Lee Clarke and Hester Pickman; and materials concerning his publicist, Lee Keedick, and his publisher, Harper and Row. There are also letters and documents concerning his work on postwar German reconstruction with Joseph W. Still; letters to Leonard Lyons, Bruce Simonds, Kendall Bragg, and other friends and acquaintances; and manuscripts and typescripts of works by Wilder, including a typescript carbon of his script for the movie "Shadow of a Doubt" and the corrected setting typescript of "Heaven's My Destination."

11.27 linear ft. (16 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022194

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Keedick, Lee.

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Lyons, Leonard.

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Layton, William.

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Still, Joseph William

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Harper & Row, Publishers

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New York publishing company. From the description of Harper & Row, Publishers records, 1935-1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 460880020 BIOGHIST REQUIRED New York publishing company. From the guide to the Harper & Row, Publishers Records, 1935-1973, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Published Sellin's book Capital punishment. From the description of Correspondence with Joh...

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Wertheimer, Amy.

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Clarke, Joe Etta Lee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w612849j (person)

Bragg, Kendall.

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Pickman, Hester

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Simonds, Bruce

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American pianist and composer. From the description of The Bruce Simonds papers, 1910-1974 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702121426 ...