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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

Maxwell Anderson Papers

Identifier: MS009008
Abstract

Playwright. Correspondence and scripts, including drafts and galleys deposited in the Library of Congress Copyright Office.

Dates 1920-1989; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1955)
 Collection

Lillian Gish Papers

Identifier: MSS22871
Abstract

Actress. Chiefly synopses of silent films and scripts of plays, films, and television productions in which Gish did not appear; scripts, some annotated, for productions in which she did perform; letters received by Gish; and legal files.

Dates 1829-1978; Majority of material found within ( 1920-1969)
 Collection

Ruth Gordon Papers

Identifier: MSS49825
Abstract

Actress and playwright. General correspondence, production material, business records, and other papers concerning Gordon's career in movies and the theater.

Dates 1924-1969; Majority of material found within ( 1940-1969)
 Collection

Zane Grey Papers

Identifier: MSS24125
Abstract

Author. Primarily pencil drafts of novels by Grey and playscripts submitted for copyright.

Dates 1912-1939
 Collection

Garson Kanin Papers

Identifier: MSS29280
Abstract

Actor, author, producer, and director. Correspondence and production material relating to Kanin's stage and film projects.

Dates 1941-1965
 Collection

George S. Kaufman Papers

Identifier: MSS28233
Abstract

Playwright and newspaperman. Typescripts of plays by Kaufman. Coauthors include Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Ring Lardner, Isabel Leighton, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Robert Nathan, Irving Pichel, W.W. de Renne, Morrie Ryskind, Herbert Seligman, and Alexander Woollcott.

Dates 1911-1941
 Collection

Rowland V. Lee Papers

Identifier: MSS54346
Abstract

Director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Scripts, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating to Lee's career in motion pictures as a silent film actor, director, and producer during the period 1917-1959.

Dates 1907-1971; Majority of material found within ( 1917-1959)
 Collection

Reader's Collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office Drama Deposits

Identifier: MSS85226
Abstract

Typewritten or handwritten play scripts deposited with the United States Copyright Office as unpublished and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Division.

Dates 1863-1928; Majority of material found within 1880-1900
 Collection

May Robson Papers

Identifier: MSS38059
Abstract

Actress and author. Correspondence, books, playscripts, and other material autographed or created by prominent actors and producers of stage and screen from the late nineteenth-century until Robson’s death; also includes scrapbooks, playbills, correspondence, photographs, and other material documenting her life and stage and film career.

Dates 1849-1955; Majority of material found within 1885-1950
 Collection

Robert E. Sherwood Play Scripts

Identifier: MSS39818
Abstract

Dramatist. Typescripts of plays by Sherwood submitted for copyright to the Library of Congress Copyright Office.

Dates 1921-1962
 Collection

Mae West Play Scripts

Identifier: MSS78386
Abstract

Actress and author. Typescripts of unpublished plays by West.

Dates 1921-1964