Padraic Colum letter to Bruce Kellner

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0099-F0821

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

One typed and signed letter written by Padraic Colum to Dr. Bruce Kellner, possibly regarding the inclusion of a particular letter in Between Friends: Letters of James Branch Cabell and Others (1962), a volume Colum was editing.

Dates

Creation: 1959 October 28

Creator

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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Padraic Colum (1881-1972)

Padraic Colum was a noted playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and author of books for children. Born on December 8, 1881, in Longford, Ireland, Colum came to the United States in 1914 and died on January 12, 1972, in Enfield, Connecticut. Though Colum worked briefly for a railroad, he became a full-time writer in Dublin, Ireland, in 1901. He was a founder of the Irish National Theatre (later known as the Abbey Theatre), and co-founder and editor for a time of the Irish Review.

"Padraic Colum." Contemporary Authors Online reproduced in Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed April 2008).