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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

Sterling A. Brown letter to Dolores Sutton

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0776
Abstract

One autograph letter written and signed by poet Sterling A. Brown to Dolores Sutton, dated May 24, 1965, and a program for an evening honoring Brown and his poetry.

Dates: 1963 April-1965 May 24

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

Timbuktu : playscript and letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0643
Abstract

Playscript for Padraic Colum's "Timbuktu" and letter from Colum to "Kornfeld." Letter was laid in the playscript.

Dates: [1959]

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letter to Dinner and Morum

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0390
Abstract

Letter from St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine to Dinner and Morum.

Dates: 1948 March 9

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letter to Miss Gwen John

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0401
Abstract

Letter from St. John Greer Ervine to Miss Gwen John.

Dates: 1923 April 29

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Eric N. Simons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0472
Abstract

Four letters from St. John Greer Ervine to Eric N. Simons.

Dates: 1934-1952

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0391
Abstract

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein & Lawson.

Dates: 1931-1961

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Sir Gerald Reid Barry

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0402
Abstract

Letters from St. John Greer Ervine to Sir Gerald Reid Barry. Includes article.

Dates: 1930-1932

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to William Armstrong

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0395
Abstract

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to William Armstrong.

Dates: 1932-1937

Edna Ferber letter to Dr. Collins

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0652
Abstract

Typed and signed letter from Edna Ferber to Dr. Collins, reflecting on the subject of literary prizes, dated January 4, 1929.

Dates: 1929 January 4

Edna Ferber letter to Jules Eckert Goodman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0703
Abstract

Typed and signed letter written by Edna Ferber to Jules Eckert Goodman on impressive pictorial letterhead of the Hotel Majestic, West Seventy-second Street at Central Park, New York, dated February 7, 1918.

Dates: 1918 February 7

Edna Ferber letters to Flora Mae Holly

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0571
Abstract

Six typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to her literary agent Flora May Holly, regarding literary matters, dated from 1911-1941.

Dates: 1911-1941

Edna Ferber letters to Herbert and Grace Mayes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0704
Abstract

Twenty-three letters written by Edna Ferber to Herbert and Grace Mayes on various letterheads dating from December 26, 1950 through August 11, 1967.

Dates: 1950 December 26-1967 August 11

Edna Ferber letters to Leonard and Sarah Bakrow

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0653
Abstract

Three typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to the Bakrows. One addressed to Sarah Bakrow and two addressed to Leonard Bakrow, ranging in dates from 1939 to 1944.

Dates: 1939 March 13-1944 March 1

Frankenstein : a play for children in six scenes : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0734
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of Edward Field's play, Frankenstein: a play for children in six scenes, which was sent to Jack Gottlieb, as well as photocopies of two letters from Field to Gottlieb and one letter from Gottlieb to Field.

Dates: 1976

James Leo Herlihy letters to Edward P. Mitchell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0920
Abstract

This collection of letters and postcards, written by author and playwright James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993) to his friend Edward P. Mitchell, contains updates on his life in New York City, including his writing and his financial difficulties; and is accompanied by a life mask of Herlihy and a sculpture created by Herlihy.

Dates: 1947-1953

Richard Hoffman David Mamet collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0496
Abstract

A collection of materials related to American playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, assembled by theater collector and book dealer Richard Hoffman.

Dates: 1975-2002

Richard Hoffman - Lorraine Hansberry collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0508
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman's collection of materials from the African-American playwright Lorraine Hansberry collection spans the dates 1959-1986 and comprises 17 items, including photographs, playbills, programs, a screenplay for A Raisin in the Sun(1959), and articles related to The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window(1964).

Dates: 1959-1986

Samuel Lover letter to Andrew T. Thorp

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0576
Abstract

Letter from Irish author and painter Samuel Lover to Andrew T. Thorp.

Dates: 1846 October 27

Samuel Lover letter to William Pickering

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0575
Abstract

Letter from Samuel Lover to William Pickering.

Dates: 1845 March 20

H. L. Mencken letter to D. Lorraine Yerkes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0211
Abstract

Typed and signed letter written by journalist, satirist, and critic H. L. Mencken to Lorraine Yerkes mentioning Mencken's acquiantance with the late playwright and entrepreneur Wilson Mizner, his astonishment that Mrs. Paepcke's daughter is old enough to marry, and the "damndest flood of nuisance mail I have ever encountered" upon his return from his Florida vacation, dated April 17, 1948.

Dates: 1948 April 17

Charles Morgan letter to Miss Wood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0698
Abstract

A lengthy, interesting and detailed response, written in Morgan's tiny hand, to a "Miss Wood," offering professional advice for her friend, an aspiring writer, dated August 19, 1931.

Dates: 1931 August 19

Beverley Nichols papers

 Collection
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

Sean O'Casey letter to Basil Smeed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0438
Abstract

Letter from Sean O'Casey to Basil Smeed.

Dates: 1960 November 26

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Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 6
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 3
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 2
Hoffman, Richard Lee 2
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Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 2
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Bakrow, Leonard 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Barry, Gerald Reid, Sir, 1898- 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Behan, Brendan 1
British Broadcasting Company 1
Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982 1
Connon, Bryan. Beverley Nichols: a life 1
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 1
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974--Correspondence 1
Drama League of Dublin 1
Durbridge, Stephen 1
Federation of Irish Industries, Inc. 1
Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Freedman, Harold--Correspondence 1
Gibbon, Monk, 1896-1987 1
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 1
Goodman, Jules Eckert, approximately 1877-1962 1
Gottlieb, Jack 1
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 1
HBO Home Entertainment (Firm) 1
Hamilton, Nancy, 1908-1985 1
Hamilton, Nancy, 1908-1985--Correspondence 1
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Harwood, Daphne 1
Herlihy, James Leo 1
Herlihy, James Leo--Correspondence 1
Holly, Flora Mae 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kornfeld, Lawrence 1
Lemon, Shelia 1
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978 1
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 1
Mackenzie, Compton, 1883-1972 1
Mamet, David 1
Mayes, Herbert R. (Herbert Raymond), 1900-1987 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Michelson, Miriam, 1870-1942 1
Mitchell, Edward P. 1
Mitchell, Edward P.--Correspondence 1
Mizner, Wilson, 1876-1933 1
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 1
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 1
Nichols, Beverley, 1898-1983 1
O'Connor, Ulick 1
O’Donnell, Frank J. Hugh 1
Phelan, Brian 1
Raidió Teilifís Éireann 1
Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, 1915-1975 1
St. Nicholas Theater Company (Chicago) 1
Sutton, Dolores 1
Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 1
Terry, Fred, 1863-1933 1
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 1
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) 1
West, Rebecca, 1892-1983--Correspondence 1
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 1
Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987 1
Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987--Correspondence 1
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 1
Wood, Audrey, 1905- 1
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 1
Yerkes, Lorraine 1
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