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Papers of the Cannon family, 1887-1980 (inclusive), 1917-1945 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 553
Overview:

Diaries, engagement calendars, and correspondence of Ida Maud Cannon; stories, articles/essays, and scrapbooks by Cornelia James Cannon; family correspondence, of Cornelia, Walter B. Cannon, and their children: Bradford Cannon, Wilma (Cannon) Fairbanks, Linda (Cannon) Burgess, Marian (Cannon) Schlesinger, and Helen (Cannon) Bond; photographs of family and events.

Collection of Josephine Preston Peabody posters, 1905-1910

Collection Identifier: A/P352d
Overview:

Posters announcing performances of Josephine Preston Peabody's plays in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Edward Dyas collection of English play sides

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2003MT-191
Scope and Contents:

Manuscript sides, most bound without boards and most annotated with play title and role. Some marked with name and address of E. Dyas, Glasgow.

Papers of Anna Spicer Gladding and Miriam Van Waters, 1855-1992

Collection Identifier: MC 426
Overview:

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs, etc., of librarian Anna Spicer Gladding, and penologist Miriam Van Waters.

Gloria Parkinson papers

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: 2006MT-83
Summary:

Includes scripts and notes for plays by Gloria Parkinson; photographs of theatrical productions; playbills; and an audiocassette, most or all apparently relating to her work with TheatreMobile.

Gore Vidal papers

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Am 2350
Overview:

Contains papers of American author Gore Vidal (1925-2012), including literary manuscripts, correspondence, political papers, legal and business records, photographs, family papers and mementors, and other material. Also includes papers of his companion, Howard Austen (1929-2003).

Papers of Susan Griffin, 1914-2015 (inclusive), 1943-2015 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 884: CD-105: DVD-110: MP-77: T-508: Vt-272
Overview:

Writings, correspondence, and notes by feminist writer and social critic Susan Griffin.

Harvard Theatre Collection collected scripts of plays

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2003MT-364
Scope and Contents:

Typescript plays by various authors, including: Alfred Lys Baldry, C. Lafont, Dorothy Leighton, Cyril Twyford, and Herman Vezin. Also with an autograph manuscript of La lune rousse by F. Burillon and a script by an unknown author.

Harvard Theatre Collection of printed plays inscribed by John Gilbert and George Pierce Baker

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2006MT-148
Summary:

Printed plays and theatrical pamphlets signed by actor John Gilbert, 1828-1864, including some marked up as prompt books; and printed plays signed by George Peirce, 1886-1890.

Papers of June Brenner Judson, 1923-2011

Collection Identifier: MC 960: Vt-203
Overview:

Biographical and personal papers, correspondence, theatrical activities, writings, photographs and other papers of actress, director, and playwright June Brenner Judson.

Papers of Adrienne Kennedy, 1904-2021 (inclusive), 1954-2021 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 1224: DVD-167: T-599
Overview:

Playscripts, autobiographical writings, correspondence, promotional material (including reviews, flyers and posters), photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, and audiovisual material of experimental playwright Adrienne Kennedy. Some material related to her extended family is also included.

Lily W. Jewett costume designs for "The Potentate of Weatherdom"

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box: unidentifiedIdentifier: 2003MT-341
Summary:

Watercolor designs on tissue paper with three pages of manuscript text describing the costumes.

Audiovisual collection of Eve Merriam, 1964-1992

Collection Identifier: T-72: Vt-184
Overview:

Audio- and videotape collection of Eve Merriam, poet, playwright, director, lyricist, and feminist.

Records of the North Bennet Street Industrial School, 1880-1973

Collection Identifier: MC 269
Overview:

Minutes, reports, correspondence, etc., of North Bennet Street Industrial School (Boston, Mass.), a trade school and settlement house.

Records of Nucleus, 1921-2021

Collection Identifier: MC 1136
Overview:

Plays, meeting minutes, financial records, and membership directories of the Nucleus, a women's group founded in 1921 to write and perform plays.

Olive Mortimer Remington Goldman papers

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box: 1Identifier: 2006MT-210
Summary:

Consists of several typescript plays by Goldman, 1919-1944; prompt books used by her as a director; a draft of her M.A. thesis from the University of Illinois titled Religious Drama in England, 1900-1944; and 2 letters to Henri Ghéon, 1939. Includes numerous printed plays in French, published 1923-1968, mostly by Henri Brochet and Henri Ghéon.

Other title: Religious drama in England, 1900-1940.

Papers of Abbie Farwell Brown, 1859-1927

Collection Identifier: A-12
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, etc., of Abbie Farrell Brown, children's book author.

Papers of Annie Ware Winsor Allen, 1818-1993

Collection Identifier: MC 322
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, etc., of Annie Ware Winsor Allen, educator and founder of the Roger Ascham School in White Plains, New York.

Papers of Cora Brooks, 1769-2009 (inclusive), 1950-2009 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 802
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and writings of poet, activist, and teacher Cora Brooks.

Papers of Florence Lewis Speare, 1911-1968

Collection Identifier: MC 210
Overview:

Published copies of plays, correspondence, programs, photographs, etc., of Florence Lewis Speare, playwright and teacher.

Papers of Gloria Albee, 1910-2008 (inclusive), 1970-2006 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 743: T-482: Vt-255
Overview:

Journals, correspondence, plays, speeches, coursework, and video- and audiotapes of socialist, feminist, and playwright Gloria Albee.

Papers of Grace Ellery Channing, 1806-1973

Collection Identifier: 83-M201
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, etc., of author Grace Ellery (Channing) Stetson.

Papers of Honor Moore, 1802-2001 (inclusive), 1900-1996 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 704: T-351: Vt-247: Phon-037
Overview:

Papers of poet and author Honor Moore, including papers of her mother Jenny McKean Moore and her grandmother, artist Margarett Sargent McKean.

Papers of Marita Bonner, 1940-1986

Collection Identifier: SC 97
Overview:

Correspondence, essays, short fiction, photographs, etc., of Marita Bonner, Radcliffe College Class of 1922.

Papers of Mary Lee, 1834-1982 (inclusive), 1915-1949 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 587
Overview:

Correspondence, biographical and financial material, clippings and articles, book-related files, family papers, and photographs of author and journalist Mary Lee.