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Amiri Baraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0699
Abstract

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), known early in his career as LeRoi Jones, was a widely published African American writer who produced poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Much of Baraka’s work addressed the subjects of Black liberation and white racism. The Amiri Baraka papers comprise the author’s writings, sketchbooks, and artwork, as well as correspondence and ephemera related to his involvement in theatrical and film productions.

Dates: circa 1965-2006

Padraic Colum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0147
Abstract

The papers of Padraic Colum, Irish poet, playwright, and author, are comprised of book reviews, letters to author and theatrical producer Basil Burwell, and original manuscripts of Colum's work.

Dates: 1927-1970

Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0706
Abstract

This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1909-1925; Majority of material found within dates 1909-1911

Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0646
Abstract

Two manuscripts written by Brinsley MacNamara.

Dates: 1938-1954

Beverley Nichols papers

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Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract

The Beverley Nichols papers document the personal and professional activities of prolific twentieth-century English novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist Beverley Nichols. The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, musical compositions, and photographs primarily dating between 1911 and 1991.

Dates: 1698, 1911-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1911-1991

Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0136
Abstract

Including letters, essays, poems, and a variety of other materials, the papers provide an overview of the life and work of Irish businessman, politician, and playwright Frank O'Donnell.

Dates: 1911-1974; Majority of material found within 1918-1954

Brian Phelan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0681
Abstract

The Brian Phelan papers document forty years of the literary career of Irish-born playwright and screenwriter Brian Phelan (born 1934). Phelan's adaptations and docudramas focus on Irish characters, the issues of Irish emigration, socialist and feminist themes, and major world events. The collection, which spans from the 1960s to the 2000s, comprises Phelan's working and project files and include correspondence, screenplays, scripts, contracts, photographs, and research.

Dates: 1958-2005; Majority of material found within 1975-2003

Bernard Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0102
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, a contract, receipts, proofs, and inscriptions by the Irish playwright Bernard Shaw.

Dates: 1887-1947

Sydney Goodsir Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0226
Abstract The Sydney Goodsir Smith Papers date primarily from the late 1950s and early 1960s, an especially nationalist phase in Smith’s literary career. The collection contains several drafts and advance proofs of Smith’s play The Wallace and manuscripts of his long dramatic poems, Gowdsmith in Reekie and The Vision of the Prodigal Son. Also present are seventeen pieces of correspondence and the manuscripts of about...
Dates: 1954-1960

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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
British Broadcasting Company 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 1