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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

Foolish notion : a comedy : production script

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0941
Abstract A carbon production playscript of Phillip Barry's, Foolish Notion : a Comedy, with the ownership stamp of influential theatrical designer, Jo Mielziner, who prepared the scene and lighting for the opening Broadway production at the Martin Beck Theatre. Some pencil underscores early on pertain to the set (the entire play takes place in the library of the Hapgood house), while another note, "New Haven Feb 1," suggests a traditional preview may have taken...
Dates: 1945

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

The miracle of the corn : playscript and theater program

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0501
Abstract

Playscript and program for Padraic Colum's "The Miracle of the Corn."

Dates: [1935]

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]

Margaretta D'Arcy postcard to Bernard McKenna

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0805
Abstract

Handmade autograph postcard sent from Irish playwright Margaretta D'Arcy to Bernard McKenna addressing the Beijing Conference for Human Rights.

Dates: 1995 August 23

John Drinkwater letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0735
Abstract

An autograph letter signed from John Drinkwater to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated April 5, 1913.

Dates: 1913 April 5

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

The preacher's practice : short story

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0313
Abstract

"The Preacher's Practice" is an undated short story by Irish playwright St. John Ervine.

Dates: undated

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

Black Oliver : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0095
Abstract

This collection consists of the typed playscript, "Black Oliver," which is subtitled "A Play in One Act." According to the Dictionary of Irish Literature, this play was performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1927.

Dates: undated

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

The snugrats : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0723
Abstract

First edition of the play, The Snugrats, an unrecorded version of BLUE DENIM, Herlihy's first book. One that precedes and is immensely different, textually, from both the Samuel French and Random House editions (1958).

Dates: 1957

Richard Hoffman - Arthur Miller collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0484
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman - Arthur Miller Collection spans the dates between 1945 and 2002 and comprises 2.3 linear feet of playscripts, screenplays, photographs, correspondence, financial documents, posters, flyers, periodicals, journals, theater programs, news clippings, and ephemera related to the American playwright and author Arthur Miller.

Dates: 1945-2002

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Names
Hoffman, Richard Lee 9
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 7
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 5
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 3
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O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 3
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 3
Simon, Neil 3
Herlihy, James Leo 2
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 2
Madden, Aodhan 2
McClure, Michael 2
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 2
Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allen, Woody, 1935- 1
Bakrow, Leonard 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Barry, Gerald Reid, Sir, 1898- 1
Barry, Philip, 1896-1949 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Behan, Brendan 1
Bloomgarden, Kermit 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Brandt & Brandt. Dramatic Department 1
British Broadcasting Company 1
Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982 1
Columbia Pictures 1
Connon, Bryan. Beverley Nichols: a life 1
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 1
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974--Correspondence 1
D'Arcy, Margaretta 1
Dowling, Eddie 1
Drama League of Dublin 1
Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937 1
Dublin Theatre Festival 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
Guare, John 1
Guinan, John, 1874-1945 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
Henley, Beth 1
Herlihy, James Leo--Correspondence 1
Holly, Flora Mae 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Huston, John, 1906-1987 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kegerreis, Robert B., 1876-1951 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
MacNamara, Brinsley, 1890-1963 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
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 1
Mitchell, Edward P. 1
Mitchell, Edward P.--Correspondence 1
Mizner, Wilson, 1876-1933 1
Music Corporation of America 1
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 1
Nichols, Beverley, 1898-1983 1
O'Brien, Edna 1
O'Connor, Ulick 1
O’Donnell, Frank J. Hugh 1
Paul R. Reynolds 1
Phelan, Brian 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Tell-tale heart 1
Rabe, David 1
Raidió Teilifís Éireann 1
Rastar Films, Inc. 1
Reid, Christina, 1942- 1
Reisch, Walter 1
Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958 1
Samuel French Ltd. 1
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 1
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. Love's old sweet song 1
Seven Arts Productions 1
Shepard, Sam, 1943- 1
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