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William G. B. Carson Papers, Accrual 1
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I. United States Theatre History. [series]:
(7 items)
Scope: Consists of correspondence and research relating to New York theater reviews and
material and photographs relating to the Dock Street Theater.
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I. 1. New York Theatre reviews. [subseries]:
(2 items.)
Scope: This includes New York Theatre reviews clipped from The Billboard, v. 1: 1922-1924, v. 2: 1925-1926.
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I. 2. Dock Street Theatre. [subseries]:
(5 items.)
Scope: Consists of newsletters, programs, and photographs relating to the Dock Street
Theater, Charleston, S.C.
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I. 2. a. Newsletters, programs, and photographs relating to the Dock
Street Theater.
(1 item.)
Scope: The Dock Street Theatre was in Charleston, South Carolina. These materials are
mounted on scrapbook pages.
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I. 2. b. Images of the Dock Street Theater.
(4 items.)
Scope: This includes two reprints relating to the restoration of the Dock Street
Theater, 1936 and 1938 and two photographs of the restored Dock Street
Theatre.
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II. Material Relating to Carson's Teaching at Washington University in St.
Louis. [series]:
(93 items.)
Scope: Consists of student papers and exams, correspondence from librarians regarding a
bibliography of theater history in various midwestern states, printed material, and
photographs.
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II. 1. Student's Work. [subseries]:
(11 items.)
Scope: Consists of student papers relating to theater history in various United States
states and cities including Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Baltimore, Nashville and others; one exam for English 212; and one student paper
titled " Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show."
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II. 2. Correspondence with librarians. [subseries]:
(13 items.)
Scope: Consists of correspondence from librarians relating to a bibliography of theater
history in various midwestern states.
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II. 3. Printed Material. [subseries]:
(10 items.)
Scope: Consists of magazine and journal articles relating to theater history and
Washington University faculty members.
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II. 4. Photographs. [subseries]:
(59 items.)
Scope: Consists of photographs of actors important in the development of theare in England
and America, including Judith Anderson, Maurice Evans, Edwin Forsest, John
Barrymore, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Olivier, and more. Stored in OVERSIZE.
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III. Theatre Playbills, Programs, Magazines, and Newspaper
Articles. [series]:
(36 items.)
Scope: Consists of theatre playbills, programs, magazines, and newspaper articles relating
to theatre history.
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III. 1. Theatre Playbills. [subseries]:
(5 items.)
Scope: Consists of historic playbills, some original and some reproductions.
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III. 2. Theatre Programs. [subseries]:
(12 items.)
Scope: Consists of theatre programs from New York and other theatres.
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III. 3. First National Theater Assembly. [subseries]:
(2 items.)
Scope: Consists of material relating to the First National Theatre Assembly sponsored by
The American National Theater and Academy.
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III. 4. Theatre Magazines. [subseries]:
(9 items.)
Scope: Consists of miscellaneous issues of theatre magazines including The Carolina Play-book, Monthly Bulletin of the International Theatre
Institute, and Theatre
Arts, Nov. 1950 (containing Inge's " Come Back Little Sheba") arranged chronologically.
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III.5. Presentation to Miss Julia Dean. [subseries]:
(4 items.)
Scope: Consists of mementos of " A
Presentation to Miss Julia Dean," March 1, 1852, in appreaciation of her
talent as an actress, including newspaper clippings concerning the event.
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III. 6. Japenese Theatre Programs. [subseries]:
(3 items.)
Scope: Consists of Japanese theatre programs and a booklet titled Kubuki Theater: the Popular Theater of
Japan.
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| box-folder 3/7 |
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III. 7. Theatre Works. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Consists of reprint titled " History of
100 Years in Photographs, no. 13: The Stage."
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IV. Correspondence. [series]:
(ca. 73 items.)
Scope: Consists of correspondence addressed primarily to William G. B. Carson or his father,
Dr. Norman Bruce Carson, from actors, singers, producers, and writers.
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Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923, French actress [subseries]:
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To [unidentified]
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((ANS, 1p with envelop)) |
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Booth, Edwin Thomas, 1833-1893, American actor [subseries]:
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To Fisk, H. G.
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((ALS, 2p)) |
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Brownlee, John, 1901- , Australian singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. B.
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January 25,
((TLS, 2p)) |
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October 4,
((TLS, 1p with envelop)) |
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[Clark], Kendall, American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, Prof. & Mrs. [William G. B.]
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((ALS, 1p)) |
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Cornell, Katharine, 1898-1974, American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. B.
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July 2,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924, American actress [subseries]:
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To "Dear Friend"
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((ALS, 2p)) |
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Croft, Manuella (?), American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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February 3,
((ALS, 4p)) |
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Cushman, Charlotte [Saunders], 1816-1876, American actress [subseries]:
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To "Mr. Ford" (?)
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February 23,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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To "Mr. Webster"
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((ALS, 4p)) |
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December 8,
((ALS, 3p)) |
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Evans, Maurice, 1901- , English actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. B.
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June 19,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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[Florence, William Jermyn], 1831-1891, American comedian [subseries]:
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To "My Dear Annie"
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[January 15],
((AN, 1p)) |
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Forbes-Robertson, [Sir] J[ohnston], 1853-1937, British actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, [Dr. Norman Bruce]
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November 10,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872, American actor [subseries]:
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To "My dear Sister"
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March 12,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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Gillmore, Margalo, 1897- , American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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October 24,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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Glasgow, Ellen [Anderson Gholson], 1874-1945, American novelist [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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November 4,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955, American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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March 4,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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((ALS, 1p)) |
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Harris, Julie, 1925- , American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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October 21,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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Hayes, Helen, 1900- , American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, William [G.] B.
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January 4,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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December 18,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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Hotchner, [Aaron E.], 1920- , American playwright [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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((ANS, 1p)) |
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Hull, Henry, 1890- , American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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March 21,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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Inescort, Frieda, American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson [William G. B.]
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((ALS, 3p)) |
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[Jefferson, Joseph], 1829-1905, American actor [subseries]:
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To "My Dear Maggie"
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[January 15],
((AL, 3p with note card explaining circumstances of note)) |
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Jefferson, J[oseph], 1829-1905, American actor [subseries]:
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To Larkin, T. H.
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January 15,
((ANS, 2p)) |
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To Carson, Dr. N[orman] B[ruce]
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((ALS, 3p)) |
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Johnson, Edward, 1878-1959, American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. B.
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March 21,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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May 5,
((ALS, 3p)) |
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Jordan, Doro[thea], 1762-1816, British actress [subseries]:
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To [unidentified]
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((ALS, 1p)) |
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Kean, C[harles John], 1811-1868, English actor [subseries]:
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To "My Dear Sir"
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February 9,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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((ALS, 2p)) |
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To "Mr. Webster"
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((ALS, 1p)) |
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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, English actor [subseries]:
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To "My dear sir"
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July 28,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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To "Dear Sir"
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((ALS, 1p)) |
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Kean, Ellen [Tree], 1805-1880, English actress [subseries]:
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To "My dearest Mary"
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October 9,
((ALS, 4p)) |
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Kemble, [Frances Anne] (Fanny), 1809-1893, English actress [subseries]:
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To "My dear Mr. Lawrence"
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((ALS, 4p)) |
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Kemble, J[ohn] P[hilip], 1757-1823, English actor [subseries]:
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To "My dear Sir"
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March 21,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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Le Gallienne, [Eva], 1899- , American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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July 13,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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March 21,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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Longfellow, Henry W[adsworth], 1807-1882, American poet [subseries]:
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To Glasgow, W[illia]m, Jr.
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December 13,
((ALS, 3p)) |
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Lunt, Alfred, 1892- , American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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March 11,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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February 21,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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October 20,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956, American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson [William G. B.]
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August 17,
((ALS, 2p)) |
| box-folder 4/33 |
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Macready, W[illiam] C[harles], 1793-1873, English actor [subseries]:
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To Turner, Rev. W. H.
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November 22,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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Madeira, Jean [Browning], 1924-1972, American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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((ACS, 2p)) |
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Marlowe, Julia, 1866-1950, English actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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January 2,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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February 9,
((ALS, 3p)) |
| box-folder 4/36 |
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Matthews, [James] Brander, 1852-1929, American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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July 15,
((ALS, 2p)) |
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Melba, Nellie, 1866-1931, Australian opera singer [subseries]:
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To [unidentified]
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((ALS, 2p)) |
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Ragland, Edith Mason, American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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May 25,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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March 12,
((ALS, 1p)) |
| box-folder 4/38 |
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Ragland, Edith M[ason], American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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March 26,
((ALS, 2p)) |
| box-folder 4/38 |
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Ragland, Edith Mason, American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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April 1,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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April 26,
((ACS, 2p)) |
| box-folder 4/39 |
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Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, English actress [subseries]:
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To "Sarah and Elizabeth"
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((ANS, 2p)) |
| box-folder 4/40 |
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Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901- , American actress [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. B.
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October 8,
((TLS, 1p with an advertising flyer and a program from her performances
at the American Theatre, St. Louis, February 11-13, 1935)) |
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Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942, American actor [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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May 29,
((ALS, 3p)) |
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To Carson, William [G. B.]
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March 5,
((ALS, 3p)) |
| box-folder 4/42 |
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Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-1969, American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. B.
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April 17,
((TLS, 1p)) |
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July 18,
((TLS, 1p with a P.S. by Frank Chapman)) |
| box-folder 4/43 |
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[Talma, Fracois Joseph], 1763-1826, French actor [subseries]:
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To [Vanhove, Caroline]
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((AL, 3p with an lith. portrait of Talma)) |
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Telva-Jones, Marion, 1897-1962, American opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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April 3,
((TLS, 1p)) |
| box-folder 4/45 |
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Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933, American clergyman [subseries]:
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To Carson, Dr. N[orman] B[ruce]
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January 9,
((TLS, 1p)) |
| box-folder 4/46 |
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Vettori, Elda, Italian opera singer [subseries]:
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To Carson, [William G. B.]
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April 29,
((ALS, 3p)) |
| box-folder 4/47 |
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White, W[illiam] A[llen], 1868-1944, American journalist [subseries]:
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To Carson, William G. [B.]
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September 21,
((TLS, 1p)) |
| box-folder 4/48 |
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Wordsworth, W[illia]m, 1770-1850, English poet [subseries]:
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To Dr. Williamson
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((ALS, 2p)) |
| box-folder 4/49 |
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York and Albany, Duke of. Frederick Augustus, 1763-1827, Son of George
III [subseries]:
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To [unidentified]
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April 29,
((ANS, 1p)) |
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[Unidentified] [subseries]:
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To Spaulding, Sam
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January 27,
((ALS, 1p)) |
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William G. B. Carson Papers, Accrual 2
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I. Material Relating to Dear
Josephine . [series]:
(ca. 747 items.)
Scope: Consists of correspondence, notes and research, drafts, editorial material, and
reviews all relating to Dear
Josephine, Carson's biography of American actress Josephine Sherwood
Hull.
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| box-folder 1-5/1-48 |
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I. 1. Correspondence. [subseries]:
(ca. 617 items.)
Scope: The correspondence is divided into subseries based on the file arrangement as
received from Carson.
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| box-folder 1/1-16 |
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I. 1. a. Hull Women Correspondence.
(ca. 68 items.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically by last name of the author of the letter.
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| box-folder 2/17-32 |
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I. 1. b. Hull Men Correspondence.
(ca. 114 items.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically by last name of the author of the letter.
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| box-folder 3/33 |
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I. 1. c. Correspondence regarding Josephine Hull and Radcliffe
College.
(ca. 14 items.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically by last name of the author of the letter.
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| box-folder 3/34 |
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I. 1. d. Correspondence requesting information about Josephin
Hull.
(ca. 52 items.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically by last name of the recipient.
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I. 1. e. Background Correspondence and research notes.
(ca. 37 items.)
Scope: The first three items are research notes and the rest are correspondence arranged
alphabetically by last name of recipient.
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| box-folder 4-5/36-48 |
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I. 1. f. First Draft Correspondence.
(ca. 332 items.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically by last name of the author of the letter.
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| box-folder 6-7/49-62 |
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I. 2. Notes and Research. [subseries]:
(ca. 56 items.)
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| box-folder 6/49 |
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I. 2. a. Quotes from Hull's correspondence, Notes on various plays,
Reviews of Hull's acting.
(ca. 6 items.)
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I. 2. a. i.-iii. Quotes from Hull's correspondence. |
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I. 2. a. iv. Notes on various plays. |
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I. 2. a. v.-vi. Reviews of Hull's acting.
Scope: This includes six envelops containing notecards. The cards are divided into
three envelops because they were each rubberbanded separately.
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| box-folder 6/50-51 |
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I. 2. b. Transcript of Hull's Diary, 1897-1930.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/52 |
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I. 2. c. Correspondence, Josephine Sherwood Hull to Jane Elliott Server
(Mrs. J. Archer O'Reilly), 1905-1950.
(ca. 10 items.) |
| box-folder 6/53 |
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I. 2. d. Correspondence and play programs.
(ca. 6 items.) |
| box-folder 6/54 |
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I. 2. e. Correspondence and clipping on "The Skinners."
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 6/55 |
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I. 2. f. Cast of Road Company of Fata Morgana , directed by Josephine Hull.
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 6/56 |
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I. 2. g. Correspondence Re: Theodore Sherwood.
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 7/57 |
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I. 2. h. Books.
(4 items.)
Scope: This includes Halt a Hundred
Radcliffe Women; Decennial
History, Class of 1899; Radcliffe '89.
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| box-folder 7/58 |
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I. 2. i. Magazine & Jornal Articles.
(ca. 7 items.) |
| box-folder 7/59 |
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I. 2. j. 35th Anniversary Report and Clippings, Radcliffe Class of
1899.
(ca. 3 items.) |
| box-folder 7/60 |
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I. 2. k. Correspondence: Anthony Michel and George Young.
(ca. 6 items.) |
| box-folder 7/61 |
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I. 2. l. Usable Snapshots and Studio & Publicity Photographs
Lists.
(ca. 4 items.) |
| box-folder 7/62 |
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I. 2. m. Photographs.
(3 items.) |
| box-folder 8-12/63-76 |
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I. 3. Drafts. [subseries]:
(ca. 24 items.)
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| box-folder 8 |
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I. 3. a. Index.
(1 item, ca. 1000 cards.)
Scope: This is a card file box arranged alphabetically. The cards are grouped in
paperfolders alphabetically as divided by Carson. At the end is a separate set of
notecards which list the name of people and thoughts on Josephine Hull.
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| box-folder 9/63 |
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I. 3. b. Index with corrections.
(1 item.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically and has corrections marked in pencil and in red
pen. It lists the names of a person, place, or event and page numbers they appear
on.
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| box-folder 9/64 |
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I. 3. c. Index.
(1 item.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically. It lists the names of a person, place, or event
and page numbers they appear on.
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| box-folder 9/65 |
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I. 3.d. Hull Odds & Ends.
(ca. 12 items.)
Scope: This includes correspondence, notes, and a "very tentative first draft."
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| box-folder 9/66-67 |
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I. 3. e. " Hull's
Diary " First Draft of First Draft, Part I and Part II.
(3 items.)
Scope: These items were originally in one large envelop, but they were too big to fit in
one folder so they are in two folders labeled Part I and Part II.
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| box-folder 10/68 |
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I. 3. f. Dear
Josephine Rough Draft, Chapters I-VII.
(1 item.) |
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I. 3. g. Dear
Josephine Rough Draft, Chapters VIII-XX, Part I and Part II.
(1 item.)
Scope: This item was originally in one large envelop, but it was too big to fit in one
folder so it is in two folders labeled Part I and Part II.
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| box-folder 11/71-73 |
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I. 3. h. Dear
Josephine Setting Copy with Index, Part I - Part III.
(1 item.)
Scope: This item was originally in one large envelop, but it was too big to fit in one
folder so it is in two folders labeled Part I, Part II, and Part III.
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| box-folder 12/74-76 |
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I. 3. i. Dear
Josephine Typescript and Harvey program and menu, Part I - Part
III.
(3 items.)
Scope: One of the items was originally in one large envelop, but it was too big to fit
in one folder so it is labeled Part I, Part II, and Part III.
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| box-folder 13/77-78 |
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I. 4. Editorial Material. [subseries]:
(ca. 12 items.)
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| box-folder 13/77 |
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I. 4. a. Editorial Miscellany.
(ca. 9 items.) |
| box-folder 13/78 |
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I. 4. b. Galleys. Stored in PROOFS-C.
(3 items.) |
| box-folder 13/79 |
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I. 5. Reviews. [subseries]:
(ca. 38 items.)
Scope: These items were originally in one scrapbook. Includes some correspondence.
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| box-folder 14-15/80-84 |
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II. Materials Relating to Carson's Teaching at Washington University in St.
Louis. [series]:
(5 items.)
Scope: Consists of teaching notebooks and a scrapbook.
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| box-folder 14-15/80-83 |
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II. 1. Teaching Notebooks. [subseries]:
(4 items.)
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| box-folder 14/80 |
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II. 1. a. American Stage, 1700-1830, 1830-1900.
(1 item.)
Scope: The material was originally found in a three-ring binder. The material in the
last paper folder was found in the back pocket of the three-ring binder.
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| box-folder 14/81 |
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II. 1. b. American Stage History II.
(1 item.)
Scope: The material was originally found in a three-ring binder. The material in the
last paper folder was found in the back pocket of the three-ring binder.
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| box-folder 15/82 |
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II. 1. c. Dramatics 431, 461.
(1 item.)
Scope: The material was originally found in a three-ring binder. The material in the
last paper folder was found in the back pocket of the three-ring binder.
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| box-folder 15/83 |
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II. 1. d. Dramatics, 453, 454.
(1 item.)
Scope: The material was originally found in a three-ring binder. The material in the
last paper folder was found in the back pocket of the three-ring binder.
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| box-folder 15/84 |
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II. 2. Scrapbook. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: This scrapbook includes correspondence from students, about Dear Josephine, and the W. G. B.
Carson Theatre and Drama Collection and Library Fund.
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| box-folder 16-19/85-106 |
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III. Material Relating to Carson's Research on Theatre & Music
Performances. [series]:
(24 items.)
Scope: Consists of diaries Carson kept about theatrical and music performances he attended
from 1913 to 1966 and other items related to his research on theatre and music
performances.
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| box-folder 16/85 |
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III. 1. Obituary for Harry Stanton Elliot. [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 16/86 |
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III. 2. Portland Express
article on David Perkins, January 3, 1951. [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 16-19/87-106 |
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III. 3. Diaries documenting performances. [subseries]:
(20 items.)
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| box-folder 16/87 |
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III. 3. a. Diary documenting performances. September 1913 - June 1915.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 16/88 |
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III. 3. b. Diary documenting performances. September 1915 - December 1919.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 16/89 |
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III. 3. c. Diary documenting performances. January 1920 - January 1921.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 16/90 |
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III. 3. d. Diary documenting performances. January 1921 - March 1922.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 16/91 |
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III. 3. e. Diary documenting performances. October 1922 - April 1923.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 16/92 |
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III. 3. f. Diary documenting performances. September 1923 - July 1925.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 17/93 |
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III. 3. g. Diary documenting performances. August 1925 - April 1926.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 17/94 |
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III. 3. h. Diary documenting performances. April 1926 - December 1927.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 17/95 |
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III. 3. i. Diary documenting performances. January 1927 - December 1930.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 17/96 |
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III. 3. j. Diary documenting performances. January 1931 - November 1934.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 17/97 |
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III. 3. k. Diary documenting performances. January 1935 - June 1939.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/98 |
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III. 3. l. Diary documenting performances. October 1939 - December 1943.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/99 |
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III. 3. m. Diary documenting performances. January 1944 - December 1947.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/100 |
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III. 3. n. Diary documenting performances. October 1947 - November 1948.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/101 |
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III. 3. o. Diary documenting performances. November 1948 - December 1951.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/102 |
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III. 3. p. Diary documenting performances. January 1952 - July 1953.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/103 |
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III. 3. q. Diary documenting performances. August 1953 - December 1956.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/104 |
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III. 3. r. Diary documenting performances. January 1957 - May 1960.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/105 |
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III. 3. s. Diary documenting performances. June 1960 - July 1965.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/106 |
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III. 3. t. Diary documenting performances. October 1965 - May 1966.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/107 |
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IV. Realia. [series]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Silk U.S. Flag in leather pouch.
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| box-folder 1-8/1-35 |
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William G. B. Carson Papers, Accrual 3
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| box-folder 1-3/1-22 |
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I. Scripts. [series]:
(37 items.)
Scope: These scripts were written by Washington University students. They are arranged
alphabetically by author's last name.
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| box-folder 1/1 |
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I. 1. Arnold, Wayne. " First
Edition ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 1/2 |
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I. 2. Bamberger, Marcia. " The
Promised Land ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 1/3 |
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I. 3. Clouss, Phyllis. " Larceny ," 1955 c. 1. [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 1/4 |
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I. 4. Griffin, Judith Hadley. " Stuff of Heroes ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 1/5 |
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I. 5. Grisham, Charles. " The
Pattern. " [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 1/6 |
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I. 6. Hammack, William D. " Hell and High Water ." [subseries]:
(5 items.)
Scope: This play was not written for Professor Carson's class, but it was written after
the author had graduated.
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| box-folder 1/7 |
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I. 7. Hartman, Maurice M. " Darwin ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 2/8 |
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I. 8. Hill, Tom. " Mr.
Grimes ," 1955. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 2/9 |
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I. 9. Hill, Tom. " Mr.
Grimes ," Prompt Copy. [subseries]:
(4 items.) |
| box-folder 2/10 |
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I. 10. Hornidge, Marilis. " Pilgramage ," April - July 1955. [subseries]:
(2 items.)
Scope: This includes two copies of the script. Each script is in a paper folder.
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| box-folder 2/11 |
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I. 11. Kabele, Shirley. " To Be
Wanted ." [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 2/12 |
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I. 12. Lovelace, William R. and Lynn, Charles R. " Goldfeathers ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 2/13 |
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I. 13. Maier, Dorothea L. " The
Lord Mayor of St. Louis ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 3/14 |
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I. 14. Pfeiffer, Eric A. " The
Wishing Well ," 1956. [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 3/15 |
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I. 15. Pratt, William. " Checker-board ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 3/16 |
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I. 16. Proctor, Jay, " Concern
for the Living ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 3/17 |
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I. 17. Smith, Margaret. " Death
House ." [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 3/18 |
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I. 18. Stemmler, Edgar. " Cigarette of Wax ." [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 3/19 |
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I. 19. Stocker, Leonard. " The
Wisdom of Solomon ," 1932. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 3/20 |
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I. 20. Weinstock, David. " Dawn
Will Come ." [subseries]:
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 3/21 |
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I. 21. Williams, Tennessee (Thomas Lanier). " Me, Vashya ." [subseries]:
(3 items.)
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I. 21. a. Ts[c]script, dated 1937.
(1 item, 19 pages.)
Scope: Script is in a Washington University exam folder. Script has some revisions in
ink, and includes a list of props and sound effects on the recto of the last page.
There is no way of determining whether these auto revisions are in Williams' hand
or not. This copy appears to be an earlier version of a bound typescript carbon
draft (below). This is from Accession 1753.
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I. 21. b. Ts[c] play.
(1 item, 22 pages.)
Scope: This is a one act play submitted for a course at Washington University and was
found with the item below. This is from Accession 1652.
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I. 21. c. Ts. note.
(1 item, 1 page.)
Scope: This is a note by the professor [?] to whom the play, " Me, Vashya" was submitted by Tennessee Williams, then
a student at Washington Univeristy. It was found with the item above. This is from
Accession 1652.
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| box-folder 3/22 |
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I. 22. Unidentified author. " Co'n Meal Cakes ," Incomplete. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 3/23 |
|
II. Newsclipping. [series]:
(1 item.)
Scope: " A Thyrsus Farewell to Prof.
Carson" St. Louis
Post-Dispatch May 10, 1957, p. 3F. Preservation Photocopy.
|
| box-folder 4-5/24-28 |
|
III. Theatre programs. [series]:
(ca. 99 items.)
Scope: Various theatre programs arranged alphabetically by organization, then
chronologically. Each program is one item.
|
| box-folder 6-8/29-35 |
|
IV. Printed Material. [series]:
(15 items.)
Scope: This includes books and reprints of articles, including some work by Carson. It is
arranged alphabetically by author's last name or by title if there is no noted
author.
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| box-folder 6/29 |
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Aiken, Conrad. " Mr.
Arcularis " A Play. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Inscribed "With Compliments of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. For
Review, Publication Date Jan. 25, 1957."
|
| box-folder 6/29 |
|
Carson, William G. B. " As You
Like It and the Stars: Nineteenth-Century Prompt Books ." The Quarterly Journal of Speech
vol.XLIII, no. 2, April 1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/29 |
|
Carson, William G. B. " The
Beginnings of the Theatre in St. Louis ." Reprint from Missouri Historical Society
Collections vol. V, no. 2, 1928. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/30 |
|
Carson, William G. B. Managers
in Distress: The St. Louis Stage, 1840-1844 . St. Louis: St. Louis
Historical Documents Foundation, 1949. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/30 |
|
Carson, William G. B. " Under
the Calcium Lights " Reprint from the Missouri Historical Society Bulletin July
1956. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/31 |
|
The Glasgow School .
Published by the Faculty and Students of the Glasgow Public School. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Paper stating "W.G.B. Carson is a Glasgow descendant."
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| box-folder 6/31 |
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Heller, Jean. Otto
Heller . 1962. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Inscribed "For William and Elizabeth Carson from Jean Heller, October 1962." With
paper stating "Heller was a longtime faculty member here."
|
| box-folder 7/32 |
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Mid-America: An Historical
Review . vol. XIII, New Series vol. II, no.2, October 1930. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Inscribed "William G. B. Carson, Compliments of Winifred Johnston?"
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| box-folder 7/32 |
|
" Stratford Lee Morton,
1887-1970. " [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 7/32 |
|
Rolland, Romain. The
Wolves . A Play in Three Acts. Authorized English Version by Barrett H.
Clark. New York: Random House, 1937. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Inscribed "For W.G.B. Carson with the respect and friendly best wishes of Barrett
H. Clark, St. Louis, 4 January 1938."
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| box-folder 7/33 |
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Shakespeare, William. " Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark ." East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycroft Shop, 1902. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 8/34 |
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Simmons, Herbert. Corner
Boy . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Inscribed "To Mr. Carson, Herbert Simmons."
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| box-folder 8/35 |
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Martha Washington's Letter:
Written from Philadelphia, June 15, 1794 to Mrs. Frances Washington .
Privately printed for W. K. Bixby, by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, St. Louis,
1922. [subseries]:
(1 item.)
Scope: Inscribed "Mrs. Newton Wilson, New Years Greetings, Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Bixby,
1924."
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| box-folder 8/35 |
|
" Washington University Saint
Louis Ninety-Second Commencement ." June 10, 1953. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 8/35 |
|
" Washington University 2nd
Century Convocation program ." St. Louis, Missouri, February 19-22,
1955. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 1-20/1-79 |
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William G. B. Carson Papers, Accrual 4
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| box-folder 1-4/1-18 |
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I. Material Relating to Early New Mexico History. [series]:
(ca.198 items.)
Scope: Consists of correspondence and research relating to early New Mexico history and
Carson's work editing the diary of his great-great-grandfather, William Carr Lane, who
was the first governor of New Mexico from 1852 to 1853.
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| box-folder 1-2/1-15 |
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I. 1. Correspondence. [subseries]:
(ca. 191 items.)
Scope: This is arranged alphabetically by last name of the author. It also includes some
carbons of Carson's letters. Some folders include research material.
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| box-folder 3-4/16-18 |
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I. 2. Research. [subseries]:
(ca. 7 items.)
Scope: Consists of general research notes and notes on people and places, correspondence,
and newspaper articles on forts.
|
| box-folder 3 |
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I. 2. a. Notecards of general research notes.
(1 item, ca. 500 index cards, 3.5x5 inch.) |
| box-folder 4/16 |
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I. 2. b. Notecards of research notes on People and Places.
(1 item, 45 index cards, 4x6 inch.) |
| box-folder 4/17 |
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I. 2. c. Correspondence from Department of State, Washington
(Photostats). 1852-1853.
(1 item.)
Scope: This includes six letters from the Deparment of State, Washington from 1852 to
1853. Two letters are adressed to William Carr Lane, Governor of New Mexico
(Carson's great-great-grandfather).
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| box-folder 4/18 |
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I. 2. d. Newspaper articles from The Southwesterner and handcopied letter regarding
Fort Webster.
(4 items.)
Scope: This includes seven articles from three editions (November 1962, December 1962,
January 1963) of The
Southwesterner that relate to early New Mexico history. The newspapers
are stored in OVERSIZE. There is also one handcopied letter regarding Fort
Webster.
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| box-folder 4-17/19-68 |
|
II. Material Relating to Carson's Theatrical Activities. [series]:
(ca. 316 items.)
Scope: Consists of personal material, material relating to Carson's teaching at Washingotn
University, material from Washington University's Thyrsus organization, material
relating to Carson as a playwright and director, material from Carson as an author,
material from St. Louis' Little Theatre, material from The Players, and material
Relating to Carson's research on theatre and music performances.
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| box-folder 4-5/19-20 |
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II. 1. Personal Material. [subseries]:
(ca. 19 items.)
Scope: Consists of Carson's personal theatrical recollections, correspondence, and names
and addresses of friends and colleagues.
|
| box-folder 4/19 |
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II. 1. a. Theatrical Recollections.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 4/20 |
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II. 1. b. Correspondence to Carson from Otis and Maud Skinner
(ca. 17 items.)
Scope: Otis and Maud Skinner are the parents of Cornelia Otis Skinner, an American
author.
|
| box-folder 5 |
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II. 1. c. Notecards of names and addresses of people related to Carson's
theatrical activities.
(1 item, ca. 800 index cards, 3.5x5 inch.) |
| box-folder 6-7/21-29 |
|
II. 2. Material Relating to Carson's Teaching at Washington University in
St. Louis. [subseries]:
(ca. 20 items.)
Scope: Consists of his teaching notebooks, material from classes, a photograph of a stage
play, and material from Washington University's Centennial Cavalcade.
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II. 2. a. Teaching Notebooks.
(3 items.)
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| box-folder 6/21 |
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II. 2. a. i. English 407, Second Semester.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/22 |
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II. 2. a. ii. Lecture notes on Theatre History.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/23 |
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II. 2. a. iii. Lecture notes on Theatre History.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 6/24 |
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II. 2. b. English VI Material.
(2 items.)
Scope: This includes a photograph of Carson's play " His Model Wife" and a program from an English VI
production.
|
| box-folder 6/25 |
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II. 2. c. Reserve Material for Dramatics 464.
(2 items.)
Scope: This includes "Recollections of an Old Actor" by Charles Krone.
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| box-folder 6/26 |
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II. 2. d. Photograph.
(1 item.)
Scope: This is a photograph of an unidentified stage play held outdoors, possibly at
Washington Unviersity, ca. 1910.
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| box-folder 7/27 |
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II. 2. e. Clippings.
(ca. 8 items.)
Scope: This includes newsclippings relating to Carson's plays and teaching activities at
Washington University.
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| box-folder 7/28-29 |
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II. 2. f. Centennial Cavalcade Material, Part I and Part II.
(ca. 4 items.)
Scope: This includes programs for the Centennial Cavalcade presentation, Centennial newspaper regarding the
Centennial Founders' Day Weekend, and texts for narrations and dramatic skits
presented at Washington University's 100th Anniversary celebration. These items
were originally in one large envelop, but they were too big to fit in one folder
so they are in two folders labled Part I and Part II.
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| box-folder 8/30 |
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II. 3. Material from Washington University's Thyrsus
Organization. [subseries]:
(ca. 4 items.)
Scope: This includes two brochures about Thyrsus and a typescript of the history of
Thyrsus at Washington University.
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| box-folder 8/31-34 |
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II. 4. Material from Carson's Activities as a Playwright and
Director. [subseries]:
(ca. 9 items.)
|
| box-folder 8/31 |
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II. 4. a. Scrapbook of Carson's play " Pro Patria ."
(ca. 3 items.) |
| box-folder 8/32 |
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II. 4. b. Programs from English 3 performances of " His Model Wife " and script from "
Pro Patria ."
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 8/33 |
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II. 4. c. The Rabbit's
Foot .
(1 item.)
Scope: This is a newspaper. It was originally laid in a scrapbook Carson kept while an
instructor at Iowa State College. Very fragile.
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| box-folder 8/34 |
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II. 4. d. Clippings.
(3 items.) |
| box-folder 9-13/35-56 |
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II. 5. Material from Carson as an Author. [subseries]:
(ca. 166 items.)
Scope: Consists of material relating to American Frontier Theatre, " St. Louis Goes to the Opera," "
As You Like It," Managers in Distress, his biography
on Kate Reignolds, Letters of Mr and
Mrs. Charles Kean, and " These
Were Actors."
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| box-folder 9/35-40 |
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II. 5. a. American Frontier Theatre.
(ca. 13 items.)
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| box-folder 9/35-36 |
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II. 5. a. i. The Theatre on
the Frontier , Drafts, Part I and Part II.
(1 item.)
Scope: This includes various drafts of The
Theatre on the Frontier, a draft entitled " Thalia and Melpomene See the West," and a letter
about frontier theatre. These items were originally in one large envelop, but
they were too big to fit in one folder so they are in two folders labeled Part I
and Part II.
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| box-folder 9/37 |
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II. 5. a. ii. The Theatre
on the Frontier , Revisions.
(ca. 3 items.)
Scope: This includes correspondence about the revisions and a draft with revisions by
the publishers not by Carson.
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| box-folder 9/38 |
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II. 5. a. iii. " Thalia
& Melpomene " Lecture. .
(1 item.)
Scope: This is a lecture Carson presented. The information is tied to The Theatre on the Frontier
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| box-folder 9/39 |
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II. 5. a. iv. " Denver
Talk " August 28, 1960, and " The Stock Company as an Academy of Dramatic Art "
Lecture.
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 9/40 |
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II. 5. a. v. Clippings.
(ca. 6 items.) |
| box-folder 10/41-43 |
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II. 5. b. St. Louis Goes to
the Opera Material.
(ca. 36 items.)
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| box-folder 10/41 |
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II. 5. b. i. Research Material.
(1 item.)
Scope: This includes various notes concerning Carson's work on St. Louis Goes to the Opera.
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| box-folder 10/42-43 |
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II. 5. b. ii. Correspondence and Research Material, Part I and Part
II.
(ca. 18 items and ca. 17 items.)
Scope: This includes correspondence and some research towards and responses to St. Louis Goes to the Opera.
These items were originally in one large envelop, but they were too big to fit
in one folder so they are in two folders labeled Part I and Part II.
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| box-folder 11/44-48 |
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II. 5. c. " As You Like
It ."
(ca. 47 items.)
|
| box-folder 11/44 |
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II. 5. c. i. Notes & Drafts.
(3 items.)
Scope: This includes some hand written notes and two carbon copy drafts.
|
| box-folder 11/45 |
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II. 5. c. ii. Analyses.
(ca. 9 items.)
Scope: This is a file of Carson's analyses of different productions of " As You Like It."
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| box-folder 11/46 |
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II. 5. c. iii. Notes on Act and Scene Divisions.
(ca. 14 items.)
Scope: This is a file of Carson's notes on act and scene divisions in different
productions of " As You Like
It."
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| box-folder 11/47 |
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II. 5. c. iv. Notes on Cuts and Changes.
(ca. 18 items.)
Scope: This is a file of Carson's notes on cuts and changes in different productions
of " As You Like It."
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| box-folder 11/48 |
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II. 5. c. v. Notes on Wrestling Scene.
(ca. 3 items.) |
| box-folder 12/49-50 |
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II. 5. d. Managers in
Distress Material, Part I and Part II.
(ca. 33 items and ca. 19 items.)
Scope: This includes reviews and correspondence regarding Carson's book Managers in Distress. These items
were originally in one large envelop, but they were too big to fit in one folder
so they are in two folders labeled Part I and Part II.
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| box-folder 13/51 |
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II. 5. e. Material Relating to Carson's biography of Kate
Reignolds.
(ca. 9 items.)
Scope: This includes research notes, drafts, and correspondence relating to Carson's
biography of Kate Reignolds, English actres, which appeared in Notable American Women 1607-1950: A
Biographical Dictionary.
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| box-folder 13/52-55 |
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II. 5. f. Letters from Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kean .
(ca. 8 items.)
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| box-folder 13/52-53 |
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II. 5. f. i. Photostats of Letters of Charles and Ellen (Tree) Kean,
Part I and Part II.
(3 items.)
Scope: This includes Photostats of letters fo Charles and Ellen (Tree) Kean, a letter
about another Kean letter, and a copy of a newspaper article. These items were
originally in one large envelop, but they were too big to fit in one folder so
they are in two folders labeled Part I and Part II.
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| box-folder 13/54 |
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II. 5. f. ii. Clipping.
(1 item.)
Scope: This newspaper article is about Letters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, edited by Carson.
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| box-folder 13/55 |
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II. 5. f. iii. Miscellany.
(ca. 4 items.)
Scope: This includes two photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean and a letter
regarding Kean letters for sale.
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| box-folder 13/56 |
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II. 5. g. " These Were
Actors ," Carson's Review.
(1 item.)
Scope: This is Carson's Review of "We Were Actors," which appeared in Players Magazine May 1956.
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| box-folder 14/57-58 |
|
II. 6. Material from St. Louis' Little Theatre. [subseries]:
(ca. 29 items.)
Scope: Consists of programs, clippings, and articles on St. Louis' Little Theatre.
|
| box-folder 14/57 |
|
II. 6. a. Programs & Clippings.
(ca. 28 items.)
Scope: This includes several programs from St. Louis' Little Theatre and
newsclippings.
|
| box-folder 14/58 |
|
II. 6. b. Article in The St.
Louisan c. 1935.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 14/59-61 |
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II. 7. Material from The Players. [subseries]:
(ca. 24 items.)
Scope: Consists of clippings, photographs, a program, and fliers relating to The
Players.
|
| box-folder 14/59 |
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II. 7. a. Clippings & Programs.
(ca. 15 items.) |
| box-folder 14/60 |
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II. 7. b. Program.
(1 item.)
Scope: This is a program for Three One Act Plays including " Pierrette Herself," " Tea" by William Carson, and " The Dreaming Brow."
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| box-folder 14/61 |
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II. 7. c. Fliers.
(ca. 8 items.)
Scope: This includes fliers for various performances.
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| box-folder 14-17/62-68 |
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II. 8. Material Relating to Carson's Research on Theatre and Music
Performances. [subseries]:
(ca. 45 items.)
Scope: Consists of various issues of Broadside, English 16 Plays, material for encyclopedia, material from
William Clark Breckenridge, and notecards of research information on St. Louis stage
history and on American theatre.
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| box-folder 14/62 |
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II. 8. a. Broadside .
(ca. 29 items.)
Scope: This includes issues of Broadside arranged chronologically. It is an incomplete set ranging
from December 1944 to Fall 1964. Some issues have notations by Carson.
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| box-folder 14/63 |
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II. 8. b. " English 16 Plays
Deposited in Ridgely Library ."
(2 items.)
Scope: This includes a list of English 16 Plays deposited at Ridgely Library and one
letter.
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| box-folder 14/64 |
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II. 3. c. " English 16 Plays
Produced in Annual Contests for the Wilson Prize ."
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 14/65 |
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II. 8. d. " Dramatic Life As
I Found It ." Index by Noah M. Ludlow.
(2 items.) |
| box-folder 14/66 |
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II. 8. e. Material for Encyclopedia.
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 14/67 |
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II. 8. f. Articles on theatre productions.
(2 items.)
Scope: Includes an issue of Stage
December 1936 and Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper May 31, 1856. Stored in OVERSIZE.
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| box-folder 14/68 |
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II. 8. g. Correspondence and Research from William Clark
Breckenridge.
(ca. 6 items.)
Scope: This material is from Accession 22907. It includes correspondence and research
material from William Clark Breckenridge on theatre in St. Louis, materials dated
1926, 1927, and 1937.
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| box-folder 15 |
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II. 8. h. Notecards on the History of the St. Louis Stage.
(1 item, ca. 400 index cards, 3.5x5 inch.) |
| box-folder 16-17 |
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II. 8. i. Notecards on American theatre.
(1 item, ca. 2000 index cards, 3.5x5 inch.) |
| box-folder 18-20/69-78 |
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III. Printed Material. [series]:
(55 items.)
Scope: Consists of books and reprints of articles, includes some work by Carson. It is
arranged alphabetically by author's las name or by title if there is no noted
author.
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| box-folder 18/69 |
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Adams, Henry W. " The
Montgomery Theatre 1822-1835 . " University of Alabama Studies, no. 9,
September 1955. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/69 |
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American Quarterly
Review . no. XXXII, December 1834. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Arizona Quarterly . vol.
16, no. 3, Autumn 1960. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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" A Brief History of Thespian
Hall ." Boonville, Missouri: The Thespian Hall Preservation Committee,
1937. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Briggs, Harold E. and Ernestine. The Theatre in Early Kansas City . Printed from Mid America vol. 32: new series, vol.
21, no 2. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Bryant, Donald C. " Symposium,
Of Style ." Western
Speech . Spring 1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Byrne, Muriel St. Clare. " Theatrical Records " Archives . vol. III, no.17, Lady Day, 1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Carson, William G. B. " As You
Like It and the Stars: Nineteenth-Century Prompt Books ." The Quarterly Journal of Speech . vol.
XLIII, no. 2, April 1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Carson, William G. B. " The
Beginnings of the Theatre in St. Louis ." Reprinted from Missouri Historical Society
Collections . vol. V, no. 2, 1928. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/70 |
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Carson, William G. B. " Some
Thoughts on Graduate Theses ." Reprinted from Educational Theatre Journal . vol. VII, no. 3, October
1955. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/71 |
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Cowell, Joe. Thirty Years
Passed Among the Players . New York: Harper & Brothers,
1844. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/71 |
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Downer, Alan S. " Players and
Painted Stage - Nineteenth Century Acting ." Reprinted from PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language
Association of America . vol. LXI, no. 2, June 1946. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/71 |
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" Drottningholms Slottsteater
Program ." 1959. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/71 |
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Faulkner, T.C. The Dramatic
Mirror, and Musical Journal . vol. 1, no. 2, November 1966. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 18/71 |
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" A Few Particulars Concerning
Chang-Eng, The United Siamese Brothers ." Printed by J. M. Elliot, New
York, 1836. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/72 |
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Ford, Paul Leicester. Washington and the Theatre . New York: The Dunlap Society,
1899. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/72 |
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Freedley, George. " Theatre
Librarianship ." Reprinted from Bulletin of the New York Public Library .vol. 66, no. 1, January
1962. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/72 |
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Freedley, George. " The 26
Principal Theatre Collections in American Libraries and Museums ."
Reprinted from Bulletin of the New York
Public Library . vol. 62, no.7, July1958. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/72 |
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Frenz, Horst. " American Drama
and World Drama ." Reprinted from College English . vol. 6, no. 6, March 1945. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/72 |
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Garrick, David. " The Bon Ton;
or High Life Above Stairs, A Farce ." as performed at the New Theatre in
Boston, Printed by P. Edes and S. Etheridge, 1794. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/72 |
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Gates, William Bryan. " Performances of Shakespeare in Ante-Bellum Mississippi ." Reprinted from
The Journal of Mississippi
History . January 1943. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Gilbert, W. S. The Mikado: or
the Town of Titipu . New York: William A. Pond & Co.,
1885. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Hillyer, Katharine and Katharine Best. The Amazing Story of Piper's Opera House in Virginia City,
Nevada . Virginia City, Nevada: The Enterprise Press, 1953. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Howell, Wilbur Samuel. " Sources of the Elocutionary Movement in England: 1700-1748 ." Reprinted
from The Quarterly Journal of
Speech . vol. XLV, no. 1, February 1959. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Hunt, Douglas L. " The
Nashville Theatre, 1830-1840 ." Birmingham-Southern College Bulletin . vol. XXVIII, no. 3, May
1935. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Johnson, Albert E. " Dion
Boucicault: Man and Fable ." Reprinted from Educational Theatre Journal . vol. VI, no. 4, December
1954. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Kernodle, George R. " Stage
Spectacle and Victorian Society ." Reprinted from The Quarterly Journal of Speech . vol. XL, no. 1,
February 1954. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Kernodel, George R. " Symbolic
Action in the Greek Choral Odes? ." Classical Journal . vol. 53, no. 1, October
1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/73 |
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Lefevre, Carl. " Gogol and
Anglo-Russian Literary Relations During the Crimean War ." Reprinted from
The American Slavic and East European
Review . vol. VIII, no. 2, 1949. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Mackenzie, W. Roy. " Ballad-Singing in Nova Scotia ." Reprinted from The Journal of American Folk-Lore . vol. XXII, no. LXXXV,
July-September 1909. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Mackenzie, W. Roy. " Ballads
from Nova Scotia - Continued ." Reprinted from The Journal of American Folk-Lore . vol. XXV, no. XCVI,
April-June 1912. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Mackenzie, W. Roy. " The Debate
Over the Soul in "The Pride of Life ."" Reprinted from Washington University Studies . vol.
IX, no. 2, 1922. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Mackenzie, W. Roy. " A New
Source for Mankind ."Reprinted from Publications of the Modern Language Association of
America . vol. XXVII, no. 1, 1912. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Mackenzie, W. Roy. " A Source
for Medwall's Nature ." The Modern Lanugage Association of America, 1914.
Reprinted from Publications of the
Modern Language Association of America . vol. XXIX, no. 2. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Mackenzie W. Roy. " Standing
Water ." Modern Language
Notes . vol. XLI, no. 5, May 1926. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Maverick, Lewis A. " Pierre
Poivre: Eighteenth Century Explorer of Southeast Asia ." Reprinted from
The Pacific Historical Review .
vol. X, no. 2, June 1941. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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Maverick, Lewis A. " Yankee
Doodle ." Reprinted from The
Ameircan Neptune . vol.XXII, no. 2, April 1962. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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McDermott, John Francis. " Eugene Ney's Mississippi Travels 1830 ." Reprinted from Mid America . vol. 34, new series vol.
23, no. 4, n.d. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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McDermott, John Francis. " J.
C. Wild, Western Painter and Lithographer ." Reprinted from Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Quarterly . vol. 60, no. 2, April 1951. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 19/74 |
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" The Padlock: A Comic
Opera ." Performed at the Theatre, Boston, Printed by William Spotswood,
1795. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Patrick, J. Max. Savannah's
Pioneer Theater: From Its Origins to 1810 . Athens: University of Georgia
Press, 1953. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Quinn, Arthur Hobson. " American Drama at Pennsylvania ." Part of this essay appeared originally
as the introduction to Check List of
American Drama . Philadelphia, Univeristy Library, 1951. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Roppolo, Joseph Patrick. " Audiences in New Orleans Theatres, 1845-1861 ." Reprinted from Tulane Studies in English . vol. II,
New Orleans: Tulane University, 1950. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Ryan Jr., Pat M. " John
Brougham: The Gentle Satirist ." Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public
Library . vol. 63, December 1959. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Smither, Nelle. " A History of
the English Theatre at New Orleans, 1806-1842 ." A Dissertation in English,
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1944. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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The Southwest Review .
Autumn 1946. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Stout, George D. " Leigh Hunt
on Wordsworth and Coleridge ." Reprint from Keats-Shelley Journal . vol., VI, Winter
1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/75 |
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Taylor, Tom. " An Unequal
Match, A Comedy ." New York: Samuel French & Son, 1882. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/76 |
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Theatrical Apprenticeship of
Sol. Smith . Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, 1845. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/77 |
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The Theatrical Journey-work and
Anecdotical Recollections of Sol. Smith . Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson,
1854. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/78 |
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The Theatre Notebook .
vol. 4, no. 2, January-March 1950. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/78 |
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The Washington University
Librarian . vol. 11, no. 3, May 1979. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/78 |
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Weisert, John J. " Beginnings
of the Kentucky Theatre Circuit ." The Filson Club Quarterly . vol. 34, 1960. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/78 |
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Woodress, James et al. " The
Idea of Progress ." Reprinted from The Georgia Review . vol. XI, no. 3, Fall
1957. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/78 |
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" The Young Quaker, A
Comedy ." Performed at the Theatre-Royal Smoke-Alley and by the Old
American Company, Philadelphia, Printed by Thomas Bradford, 1794. [subseries]:
(1 item.) |
| box-folder 20/79 |
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IV. Maps. [series]:
(10 items.)
Scope: Consists of one large map (65x43 inches) of Pennsylvania and nine smaller maps of the
Southwestern states. The large map is stored in a Map Roll and the smaller maps are
stored in OVERSIZE.
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