Overview
Professional papers of American playwright and composer, Janet Neipris.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1966-2017
Creator
- Neipris, Janet (Person)
Language of Materials
English and Chinese
Conditions Governing Access
Partially Restricted: correspondence between Janet Neipris and Tina Howe closed for both their lifetimes. The rest of collection 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
1.75 linear feet (3 boxes)1.4 Gigabytes (2 CDs)
Collection includes scripts for plays and radio plays, articles, reviews, photographs, speeches, audiocassettes of radio productions, and correspondence of American playwright, Janet Neipris.
Biographical / Historical
Janet Neipris, playwright and composer, was born in Boston, graduated from Tufts University, and received an M.A. in English from Simmons College and an M.F.A. in playwriting from Brandeis University. She is co-head of Graduate Studies and Professor of Dramatic Writing at New York University where she served as chair of the Department of Dramatic Writing from 1983-1999. She has taught writers in China, Indonesia, Australia, England, and Italy.
Arrangement
Arranged in 12 series: Articles, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Play scripts, Published books and plays, Radio play scripts, Reviews, Screenplays, Talks and lectures, Television scripts, and Additions to collection.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019MT-143. Gift of Janet Neipris, 2019 May.
2014MT-39. Gift of Janet Neipris, 2015 May 1.
2006MT-4r. Gift of Janet Neipris, 2000 December.
Separated Materials
Born-digital material has been separated: Thr1951BD
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019 May.
Creator
- Neipris, Janet (Person)
- Title
- Neipris, Janet. Janet Neipris papers, circa 1966-2017 (MS Thr 1951): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 May 29
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03196
Repository Details
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