Overview
Typescript copies of Timothy S. Mayer's play, "Prince Erie", produced at Harvard University.
Dates
- Creation: 1967
Creator
- Mayer, Timothy S. (Person)
Condition Description
In good condition.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.08 linear feet (1 box)Two copies of the play, one typescript and one typescript prompt copy, with different accompanying material. The prompt copy includes a program for the performance.
Biographical / Historical
The play received the third Phyllis Anderson Award and was produced at Harvard University's Loeb Drama Center. The script owned by Paul Cooper, the stage manager, is copy number two in this collection, for the Harvard Dramatic Club production.
Arrangement
Arranged in folders by separate copy number.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
67M-68. Gift of Robert H. Chapman, 1968 January 18 (copy 1)
2024MT-9. Gift of Paul Cooper, 2023 July 27 (copy 2).
Processing Information
This collection was formed by combining a single typescript copy, previously cataloged in HOLLIS only, with a second copy received later.
Processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Melanie Wisner, 2023)
Creator
- Mayer, Timothy S. (Person)
Subject
- Harvard University. Dramatic Club (Organization)
- Harvard University. Loeb Drama Center (Organization)
- Title
- Mayer, Timothy S. Timothy S. Mayer's "Prince Erie" typescripts, 1967 (MS Thr 89.2): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2023 September 5
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03597
Repository Details
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