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1. Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy papers, 1885-2007

   115,400 items. 411 containers plus 68 oversize. 180 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Actor, producer, and director Hume Cronyn and stage and film actor Jessica Tandy. Family papers, correspondence, annual file, productions and projects file, and scrapbooks documenting Cronyn and Tandy's stage, screen, and television performances and Cronyn's activities as a director, producer, and writer.

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2. John Vachon papers, 1913-1995

   4,000 items. 12 containers. 4.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer. Correspondence, family papers, writings, and miscellaneous material relating primarily to Vachon’s career as a photographer with the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, and Look magazine.

3. Frederick Nicklaus papers, 1940-1999

   1,150 items. 6 containers. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet and editor. Correspondence, articles, clippings, notes, photographs, printed matter, and writings relating primarily to Nicklaus's poetry and personal life, with a small amount pertaining to his literary contemporaries.

4. Rouben Mamoulian papers, 1740-1987

   59,000 items. 209 containers plus 48 oversize and 12 artifacts. 102 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Theatrical and film director. Correspondence, diaries, scripts, production material, speeches, writings, printed matter, scrapbooks, memorabilia and other papers relating to Mamoulian's life and career.

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5. Margaret Webster papers, 1837-1974

   7,000 items. 28 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Actress, theatrical producer, author, and lecturer. Correspondence, family papers, prompt copies of plays and operas, musical scores, set and staging diagrams, articles, lectures, research material, scrapbooks of clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers consisting primarily of material used by Webster in compiling two family biographies and reflecting her theatrical career.

6. Lars Schmidt papers, 1910-2010

   7,320 items. 57 containers. 29 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lars Schmidt was a Swedish theater producer and director whose company held the Scandinavian rights to numerous English-language plays. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, photographs, business papers, scrapbooks, and other materials related to his life and work, and that of his wife, actress Ingrid Bergman.

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7. American / Century Play Company scripts and business papers, 1894-2006

   approximately 16,000 items. 187 containers. 94.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The American Play Company / Century Play Company was a conglomerate publishing house that represented many of the most prominent American playwrights and dramatists of the 20th century. The scripts and business papers in the collection document numerous aspects of American theater production history, including author representation, show production, publishing, and licensing for television, film, radio, and stock productions. The script library notably includes five working copies of The Glass Menagerie (1944) by Tennessee Williams and early performance drafts of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1921), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), and Strange Interlude (1923). The collection also highlights several unpublished, unproduced works by female playwrights, such as Harriet Ford and Margery Benton Cooke.