TABLE OF CONTENTS
Collection Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series I: Biographical
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Writings
Series IV: Clippings
Series V: Memorabilia
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Guide to the Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder
papers, 1928-1994
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Creator: |
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
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Title: |
Waldo Greene collection of
Thornton Wilder papers |
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Dates: |
1928-1994 |
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Abstract: |
This collection is
comprised of materials which Waldo Greene, a student of Thornton Wilder's,
gathered about Wilder during Wilder's lifetime and up until Greene's death.
Included among these materials are correspondence, bibliographies, newspaper
and journal clippings, photographs, playbills, and copies of Wilder's
typewritten journals. |
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Identification: |
MS
484 |
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Quantity: |
11 boxes (4 linear
feet) |
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Language: |
Materials are in
English. |
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Repository: |
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library
Rice University, Houston, TX |
Waldo Greene was born ca. 1906 and died in 1994. At age seventeen he was
a student of Thornton Wilder, then a French teacher at an exclusive prep school
in New Jersey. Greene, a seventeen year old student at the time Wilder taught
him, came to Texas after World War II, married and remained in the Rio Grande
Valley.
Greene spent much of his life seeking details about his former teacher's
life and collecting memorabilia about him. He corresponded with Wilder and
Wilder's sister after Wilder's death.
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This collection is comprised of comprises the materials Waldo Greene, a
student of Thornton Wilder's, gathered about Wilder during Wilder's lifetime
and up until Greene's death. Included among these materials are correspondence,
bibliographies, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, playbills, and
copies of Wilder's typewritten journals.
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Arrangement |
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Series I: Biographical |
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Series II: Correspondence |
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Series III: Writings |
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Series IV: Clippings |
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Series V: Memorabilia |
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Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from the Waldo Greene collection of Thornton
Wilder papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren
Library, Rice University.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Wilder, Thornton,
1897-1975--Diaries. |
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Wilder, Isabel |
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Greene, Waldo |
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Subjects |
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Dramatists, American--20th
century--Correspondence. |
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Authors, American--20th
century--Biography. |
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Correspondence. |
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Photographs. |
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Newclippings. |
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Journals. |
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Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers, 1928-1994, MS 484,
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Waldo Greene donated the bulk of the materials, including a book
collection in 1981. He continued to add to the collection until 1993.
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Series I: Biographical |
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Thornton Wilder Biographical Materials |
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Chronology of Thornton Wilder |
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Bibliography |
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Series II: Correspondence |
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The Correspondence includes handwritten and photocopied
letters to various people from Wilder. Also included in this series is
correspondence from Waldo Greene to various people regarding Wilder, his
whereabouts at certain times, or asking for explanations about correspondents.
There are letters between Greene and manuscript dealers regarding Wilder
materials for sale. Finally there are letters from Isabel Wilder about her
brother, about Greene's collecting of Wilder memorabilia, and personal notes
about the friendship that was formed between the Wilders and the Greenes. |
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Wilder Letters to the Bentleys, 1946-1952, n.d.
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Wilder Letters to Roger Brooks, 1968, 1975 |
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Wilder Letters to Ludi Clare |
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Wilder Letters to Peggy Clifford, 1958-1975, n.d.
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Wilder Letters to Julian Cornell, 1950-1951 |
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Wilder Letters to Katherine Cornell, 1941, 1965, 1970
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Wilder Poem to John Craven, 1938 |
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Wilder Letters to Waldo Greene, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935,
1937-1942, 1944, 1945 |
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Wilder Letters to Waldo Greene, 1952-1975 |
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Envelopes of Letters from Wilder to Greene |
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Wilder Letters to Walter Hickens |
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Wilder Letters to the Isaacs, 1927-1941 |
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Wilder Letters to Winifred Scott, 1949 |
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Wilder Letters to Katherine M. Wygant |
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Wilder Letters to various people, 1928-1949 |
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Wilder Letters to various people, 1950-1975, n.d.
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Photocopies Wilder Letters to Various People,
1929-1981 |
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Correspondence between Greene and various people regarding
Wilder, 1960-1979 |
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Letters to Greene regarding Wilder Memorabilia |
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Letters to Greene regarding Wilder Memorabilia, 1978-1982
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Letters to Greene regarding Wilder Memorabilia, 1983-1986
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Letters to Greene regarding Wilder Memorabilia, 1989-
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Letters from Isabel Wilder to Waldo Greene |
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Letters from Isabel Wilder and Amos Wilder to Waldo
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Greene's notes from visits with Irene Wilder |
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Notecards |
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Photographs |
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Series III: Writings |
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The Writings series consists of playbills of many of
Wilder's plays, copies of several of the plays including one in Arabic, several
articles written by Wilder and typescript copies of Wilder's journal. |
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Subseries A: Playbills |
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42nd Street |
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The Alcestiad |
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Hello Dolly |
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The Long Christmas Dinner |
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The Matchmaker |
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Plays for Bleeker Street |
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Our Town |
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The Skin of Our Teeth |
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The Unicorn of Big-City Hotels |
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Subseries B: Plays |
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folder |
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Love and How To Cure It |
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Matchmaker |
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folder |
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Our Town |
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The Trumpet Shall Sound |
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Subseries C: Articles |
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"The Silent Generation," from Current Thinking and Writing |
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Subseries D: Journals |
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Journal of T.N. Wilder - 1st Typing of Manuscript, D.G.
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Thornton Wilder Journals, 1939-1961, pages 1-176
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Thornton Wilder Journals, 1939-1961, pages 177-362
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This Journal |
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Series IV: Clippings |
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The Clippings series consists of clippings that Greene
collected during Wilder's life and after his death. Topics range from
publication of new work, to openings of plays, to events in Wilder's life. |
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Notes and Clippings pertaining to Thornton Wilder
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Newspaper Clippings, 1927- 1960's |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1989 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1987-1990 |
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Copy of Transcript of CBS Coverage of Wedding of United
Kingdom's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer, 1981 - mention of Thornton
Wilder |
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Magazines with articles about Thornton Wilder |
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Series V: Memorabilia |
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Lighter |
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Drawing and Fabric Swath of Costume for Dolly Levi - Hello
Dolly (Hello Dolly was a remake of Wilder's play The Matchmaker.) |
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