Sophie Treadwell papers 1905-1969
(bulk 1905-1969)
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Sophie Treadwell papers 1905-1969
(bulk 1905-1969)
MS 124 Creator:
Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970
Collection Name: Sophie Treadwell papers
Inclusive Dates: 1905-1969 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1905-1969) Physical Description:
11.25 Linear Feet
Abstract: Collection of typescript manuscripts, both published and
unpublished; chiefly plays, but also novels, articles, stories, and television scripts.
Several versions of each play are present. Also included is correspondence, copyrights,
lectures, clippings, photographs of Treadwell, and travel diaries. Collection Number: MS 124 Language: Materials are in English
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical NoteAmerican journalist, playwright, and author.
Scope and Content NoteCollection of typescript manuscripts, both published and unpublished; chiefly plays, but
also novels, articles, stories, and television scripts. Several versions of each play
are present. Also included is correspondence, copyrights, lectures, clippings,
photographs of Treadwell, and travel diaries. Correspondents include friends, literary
agents, producers, actors, actresses, and scene designers. Ephemera consists of travel
brochures, postcards, a few watercolors, and two etchings of Austrian buildings. Most of
the manuscripts in this collection were undated. Whenever a copyright date could be
located, it was used, even though the particular play or novel might obviously have been
written several years earlier. In general, correspondence - including that with producer
Arthur Hopkins - has been place with related manuscripts whenever possible. Exceptions
have been made in the case of the various literary agents who handled a variety of
scripts, and in the segregation of extensive correspondence with certain individuals.
Files in Box 1 have many references to separately-boxed plays and novels. Most materials
are English with a small amount in Spanish and German. La Cachucha Guess Again His Luck
John Doane A Man's Own Mrs. Wayne (later titled The Eye of the Beholder) Sympathy (the
first Sophie Treadwell play produced) To Him Who Waits Deep Waters Mora Laurite Sauce
and the Goose Mother Lode Tracks' End Bill and a Hatbox (2-part story published in Live
Stories, August and September, 1919) The Career of Liltha Zane (a synopsis). Joan's Job
(a synopsis).
Organization This collection is organized into three series.Restrictions
There are no restrictions on this collection.
Copyright
Copyright of the Treadwell works is assigned to the Diocese of Tucson. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
Related material can be found in: Sophie Treadwell papers (MS 318). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970 -- Archives
Subject(s) Actors -- Labor unions
Actors -- United States -- Correspondence
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources
Drama -- 20th century -- Stories, plots, etc. --
Sources
Manuscripts, American
Television plays, American -- Sources
Theater -- United States -- 20th century -- Sources
Women dramatists, American -- Sources
Genre Form(s) Correspondence
Dialogues
Diaries
Manuscripts (documents)
Photographs
Credit Line
Sophie Treadwell papers (MS 124). Special Collections, University of Arizona
Libraries.
Processing History
Processed by University of Arizona Special Collections staff.
Container List Series I: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Items, 1928-1969 Suberies 1: Correspondence; Copyright, 1928-1969 box folder 1 1 Correspondence: Lawyer M. L. Malevinsky (regarding various plays;
for legal matters, see following file)., 1931 1 2 Correspondence: Agent Adrienne Morrison, Pinker &
Son., 1931-1939 1 3 Correspondence: Agent Miriam Howell., 1947-1954 1 4 Correspondence: Agent Helen Harvey., 1951-1954 1 5 Correspondence: Agent Phyllis Anderson., 1952-1954 1 6 Correspondence: Agent John Gibbs Agency., 1953 1 7 Correspondence: Agent Leah Salisbury., 1953-1959 1 8 Correspondence: Agent Lucy Kroll., 1954-1955 1 9 Correspondence: Terese Hayden., 1943, 1953-1955 1 10 Correspondence: Zita Johann., 1928-1937? 1 11 Correspondence: Robert Edmond Jones., 1937-1945 1 12 Correspondence: Alexander Koiransky., 1928?-1953? 1 13 Correspondence: Abby Mann, etc., 1951-1954 1 14 Correspondence: Donald Oenslager., 1937-1953 1 15 Correspondence: Lawrence Langner, Theresa Helburn, Theatre Guild.
(Includes correspondence regarding television versions of various
plays)., 1945, 1953-1954 1 16 Correspondence: Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research., 1962-1963 1 17 Correspondence: Miscellaneous., 1 18 Correspondence: Book Orders and Subscriptions., 1963-1969 1 19 Correspondence: Property in California., 1 20 Correspondence: Property in California, "The Beverly
Dream.", 1940 1 21 Copyrights., Subseries 2: Articles, Trips, Miscellaneous, 1924-1949 box folder 2 1 Miscellaneous Personal Items, including Photographs., 2 2 Articles on Mexico for New York Herald
Tribune ., 1924 2 3 Articles on Mexico for New York Herald
Tribune ., 1943 2 4 Articles on Mexico for New York Herald
Tribune ., 1949 2 5 Mexico (Miscellaneous Material)., 2 6 Mexico (Miscellaneous Publications)., 2 7 "The Log of a Chrysler." (Automobile trips in Europe, U. S. and
Mexico)., 1929-1931 2 8 Far East Trip. (Diary, Notes, etc.)., 1936-1937 2 9 Far East Trip. (Travel Brochures, etc.: India, Egypt,
Ceylon)., 1936-1937 2 10 Far East Trip. (Travel Brochures, etc.: China, Japan)., 1936-1937 2 11 Notes on Modjeska., 2 12 Lectures for Koiranski., 2 13 Russian Theory of Acting. (Notes, clippings)., Subseries 3: Personal Interest Clippings. (Topics as listed by Sophie
Treadwell), 1964, no date box folder 3 1 Architecture., 3 2 Books., 3 3 Crime., 3 4 Man., 3 5 Morals., 3 6 Movies., 3 7 The Negro., 3 8 People., 3 9 Philosophy and Religion., 3 10 Poems., 3 11 Politics., 3 12 Schools., 3 13 Theatre., 3 14 Tucson, Arizona., 3 15 U.S.A., 3 16 Woman., 3 17 Zoology., 3 18 Miscellaneous., 3 19 Wien., 1964 3 20 World Affairs. (Including Nazism, Russia, Isolation,
Lindberg)., 3 21 Notes on Sutter., Subseries 4: Early Manuscripts; etc., 1906, no date box folder 4 1 University of California Notebooks. (Poetry, Miscellaneous
fragments, etc.)., 1906 4 2 Plays: untitled, unfinished, fragments., 4 3 Story: "Letters from 'A' to 'B'.", 4 4 Stories: various., 4 5 Notes, clippings, etc. on K. Jaspers, Monakow, and
psychology.,
Series II: Plays, 1905-1967 Subseries 1: Plays: Early, 1905-1918 box folder 5 1
Le Grand Prix . ("my first play")., ca. 1905 5 2
Constance Darrow ., 1908 5 3
The Right Man ., 1908 5 4-5
The Settlement . (4 versions; also called
Limelight )., 1911 5 6
Madame Bluff ., 1918 5 7
The Answer ., 1918? 5 8 One-act Play: Trance ., 1918 5 9 One-act Plays., Scope and Contents
La Cachucha
Guess Again
His Luck
John Doane
A Man's Own
Mrs. Wayne (later titled The Eye of the Beholder )
Sympathy (the first Sophie Treadwell play
produced)
To Him Who Waits
Subseries 2: Plays: Edgar Allen Poe
, 1919-1962 box folder 6 1-2
Poe (4 acts, 6 scenes, 2
versions)., 6 3
Nepenthe (4 acts, 5 scenes)., 6 4
Poe (3 acts, 5 scenes)., 6 5-6
Edgar Allen Poe (3 acts, 5 scenes, 2
versions)., 6 7
Plumes in the Dust (3 acts, 6
scenes)., 6 8 Correspondence (includes John Barrymore, Guthrie McClintic, Eugene
O'Neill, Kenneth Macgowan)., 1919-1962 6 9 Clippings., Subseries 3: Plays: Rights and Gringo
, 1921-1941 box folder 7 1-6
Rights and later versions with titles, The King Passes , Mary
Beaton , Love and Principle , Rights ., 1921, 1938, 1941 7 7-9
Gringo (various versions)., 1922 7 10
Gringo (correspondence, box office
statements, etc.)., 1922-1923, 1937 Subseries 4: Plays: Various, 1918-1925 box folder 8 1
Philomel
, 8 2
Loney Lee (later version of Philomel )., 1923 8 3
O' Nightingale (later version of Loney Lee )., 1923 8 4
Laughter (a play about Chaplin's
youth)., 1922? 8 5
Claws ., 1918 8 6
Old Rose (later version of Claws )., 1921 8 7
Love Lady (later version of Old Rose )., 1924 8 8-9
You Can't Have Everything (2
versions)., 1925 8 10
Many Mansions (2 versions)., 1925 Subseries 5: Play: Lone Valley
, 1926-1933 box folder 9 1
Inheritance (1st version of Lone Valley )., 9 2-3
Better to Marry (2nd and 3rd
versions)., 9 4
Deliverance (4th version)., 9 5
Wild Honey (5th version)., 9 6
Set Free (6th version)., 9 7
Bound (7th version)., 9 8-10
Lone Valley (8th, 9th & 10th
versions), 9 11 Correspondence, etc., (includes letter from Katherine
Hepburn)., Subseries 6: Play: Machinal
, 1928-1964 box folder 10 1 Correspondence., 1928-1964 10 2 Correspondence (foreign rights and productions)., 1928-1963 10 3 Clippings and Miscellaneous Items., Subseries 7: Play: Machinal
, 1928-1961 box folder 11 1-8 Various versions, including the 1961 production in New
York., Subseries 8: Plays: Ladies Leave and Million Dollar Gate
, 1929-1930 box folder 12 1
Ladies Leave (2 versions)., 1929 12 2-5
Million Dollar Gate (4 versions)., 1930 Subseries 9: Plays: For Saxophone
, 1934 box folder 13 1-8 Various versions., 13 9 Correspondence., 13 10 German version., Subseries 10: Plays: Various, 1930-1936 box folder 14 1
The Island (3 versions)., 1930 14 2
Andrew Well's Lady ., 1931 14 3
The Last Are First (1st version of Promised Land , includes letter from Thomas
Mitchell)., 1933 14 4
Promised Land (2 versions, includes letters
from Paul Muni and Theresa Helburn)., 1933? 14 5-6
Three (2 versions)., 1936 Subseries 11: Play: Hope for a Harvest
, 1938-1953 box folder 15 1 Correspondence (includes letters from Frederic March, Theresa
Helburn, Lawrence Langner)., 1941-1953 15 2 Contracts, Sketches, etc., 15 3 Notes during re-write., 15 4 Box office statements., 1941 15 5 Clippings., 15 6 Source material., 15 7-10 Various versions., no date Subseries 12: Play: Hope for a Harvest
, 1938-1941 box folder 16 1-9 Various dated and/or indentified versions., 1938-1941 Subseries 13: Play: Highway
, 1942-1955 box folder 17 1 Correspondence (includes letters from Margaret Webster, Lawrence
Langner, Howard Lindsay, Theresa Helburn, Marc Connelly, Eliott
Nugent)., 1942-1955 17 2-9 Various versions (including television scripts)., Subseries 14: Play: The Last Border
, 1943-1946 box folder 18 1 Correspondence (includes letters from Florence Eldridge, Katharine
Cornell, Margaret Webster, Alfred Lunt, Helen Hayes, Lawrence
Langner)., 1943-1946 18 2-12 Various versions with changing titles: Madrid
7 , The Watched Door , Borderline , The Last
Border ., 1945-1946 Subseries 15: Plays: The Last Border and
A String of Pearls
, 1943-1953 box folder 19 1-3
The Last Border (various
versions)., 1947 19 4
The Last Border (German version)., 19 5
A String of Pearls :
Correspondence., 1951-1953 19 6-10
A String of Pearls (various
versions)., 1943?-1950 Subseries 16: Plays: Judgement in the
Morning , Garry , The Siren
, 1951-1954 box folder 20 1
Judgement in the Morning : Correspondence
(includes letters from Louis Calhern, Alfred Lunt, Billy Rose, Theresa
Helburn)., 1951-1954 20 2-7
Judgement in the Morning (various versions,
with changing titles: Don't Leave Me , I was Like That in a Way , I was Like That , Judgement in the
Morning )., 1952 20 8
In Loving Lost (early version of Garry )., 20 9-10
Garry (also version as cut for
television)., 1954 20 11
The Siren ., 1953 Subseries 17: Play: Woman With Lilies
, 1948-1968 box folder 21 1 Correspondence., 1956-1968 21 2 Background, notes, etc., 21 3
Sauce for the Goose (early version of Woman With Lilies )., 21 4
Take My Ear (early version of Woman With Lilies )., 1950 21 5
Siempre (early version of Woman With Lilies )., 1954 21 6-8
Woman With Lilies (3 undated versions,
including one identifiedas "original version for U. A." - University of
Arizona)., Subseries 18: Play: Woman With Lilies
, 1967 box folder 22 1-3
Now He Doesn't Want to Play (3 versions,
including copy of Peter Marroney's copy as performed in Tucson, Arizona,
July 26-29, 1967)., 22 4
Woman With Lilies (copy made after "the
Tucson debacle")., 22 5
Woman With Lilies (last version)., December 15, 1967 22 6
Woman With Lilies (various endings,
fragments, re-writes).,
Series III: Novels and Other Writings, 1906-1968 Subseries 1: Novels: Lusita and Hope for a Harvest
, 1930s-1948 box folder 23 1
Lusita ., 1930s 23 2
Hope for a Harvest :
Correspondence., 1939-1948 23 3
Hope for a Harvest (fragments, "pages from
original")., 23 4-5
Hope for a Harvest (2 incomplete
versions)., 23
Hope for a Harvest (final
typescript)., Subseries 2: Novel: One Fierce Hour and
Sweet
, 1957-1964 box folder 24 1
One Fierce Hour and Sweet :
Correspondence., 1957-1964 24 2-4
One Fierce Hour and Sweet (3 versions,
including 2 with first title: Deep Well
Center )., 24 5
One Fierce Hour and Sweet :
Reviews., Subseries 3: Novels: By Line and The Great Name Story
, 1959-1966 box folder 25 1-2 Outlines only., 25 3
The Great Name Story :
Correspondence., 1959-1966 25 4-5
The Hill and the Bay (fragments of an early
version of The Great Name Story )., 1961? 25 6-9
The Great Name Story (chapters 1-47 of the
Abbott Magness version, also some fragments)., 1965? Subseries 4: Novel: The Great Name Story
, 1968? box folder 26 1-2
The Great Name Story (2nd version, chapter
1-26)., 26 3-4
The Great Name Story (Anna Magness version,
miscellaneous notes, outlines beginning chapters, etc.)., 1968? Subseries 5: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1919-1948 box folder 27 1 Work for United Artists: New York
Nights and Blind
Raftery ., 1929 27 2 Play: Actress
(incomplete)., 27 3 Play: Untitled (outline and notes only, folder is marked "San
Salvador")., 27 4 Television Dramas: The Gorgeous
Innocent and Natalie, Inc. (also
titled Women are Terrible )., 27 5 Novel: Rio Bravo
(incomplete)., 27 6 Novel: About a young girl in New York and Mexico
(incomplete)., 27 7 Story: "Heaven on Earth.", 1948 27 8 Early Scenarios:, Scope and Contents
Deep Waters
Mora
Laurite
Sauce and the Goose
Mother Lode
Tracks' End
27 9 Scenarios with William High., Scope and Contents
Bill and a Hatbox (2-part story published in
Live Stories , August and September,
1919)
The Career of Liltha Zane (a synopsis).
Joan's Job (a synopsis). 27 10 Collaborations with Gilda (unidentified)., 27 11 Miscellaneous stories, "ideas," and fragments.,