Overview
Papers of American playwright, Tina Howe.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-2017
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Most of this collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but 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.
Conditions Governing Use
Special equipment or surrogate required; consult Houghton staff (box 16).
Extent
15.5 linear feet (17 boxes)0.0317 Gigabytes
Collection includes plays, short plays, film scripts, correspondence, photographs, speeches, essays, audiovisual and digital media, and printed ephemera.
For more detail about collection contents, see curatorial file.
Biographical / Historical
Tina Howe (born 1937) is an American playwright.
Arrangement
Arranged in six series: I. Corrrespondence; II. Compositions; III. Printed and miscellaneous material; IV. Photographs; V. Audiovisual and digital media; and VI. Additions to collection.
Arrangement within files is that of the creator.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository, b, pf
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2016MT-2. Purchased with funds from the Frank E. Chase Bequest; received: 2016 July 19.
2018MT-95. Gift of Tina Howe, 2018.
General note
Most of this collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Accessioned by: Melanie Wisner.
- Title
- Howe, Tina. Tina Howe papers, circa 1958-2017 (MS Thr 1487): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02775
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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