William Howell Wells papers
Scope and Contents
Includes unpublished short stories, plays, and reports by Wells; printed material concerning the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; a photograph of Wells with Office of Price Administration administrator Chester Bowles; magazines and clippings featuring short stories and journalism by Wells; a Harvard pennant; and books on drama and Harvard University owned by Wells.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1922-1960
Language of Materials
In English.
Extent
1.25 linear feet (1 box)Biographical / Historical
William Howell Wells (1901-1991) was a 1923 graduate of Harvard University who went on to work as a documentary film-maker, freelance journalist, and book publicist.
Arrangement
Unprocessed.
Physical Location
GEN
Other Finding Aids
Unpublished inventory available at repository.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Mrs. William Howell Wells. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1993 Feb. 3. Accession number--2006MT-55.
Processing Information
Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Melanie Wisner, 2020.
- Title
- Wells, William H. (William Howell). William Howell Wells papers, 1922-1960 (2006MT-55): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 16, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou04239
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu