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Collection Summary

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Papers

Selected Search Terms

Container List

Correspondence, 1920

Scripts

Oversize

Maxwell Anderson Papers

A Register of the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by John R. Monagle

2000

Collection Summary

Creator Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
Title Maxwell Anderson Papers
Span Dates 1920-1989 (bulk 1920-1955)
Abstract: Playwright. Correspondence and scripts, including drafts and galleys deposited in the Library of Congress Copyright Office.
Extent: 50 items6 containers plus 1 oversize3 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Identification: MS009008

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) span the years 1920-1989, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1920-1955. The collection consists of letters to and from Harold Monro and copies of various plays and screenplays by Anderson, including scripts which he submitted for copyright to the Library of Congress Copyright Office. Among the drafts, corrected galleys, and annotated copies are scripts for “Anne of the Thousand Days,” “Joan of Lorraine,” “The Eve of St. Mark,” and “What Price Glory.”

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Selected Search Terms

People

  • Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959--Correspondence.
  • Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
  • Monro, Harold, 1879-1932--Correspondence.

Subjects

  • Drama--Stories, plots, etc.
  • Motion picture plays, American.

Occupations

  • Dramatists.

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Arrangement of the Papers

The copyright deposits are arranged chronologically. Other scripts are arranged alphabetically by title.

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Container List

Correspondence, 1920

Scripts

Copyright Deposits*

"Outside Looking In" 1925,

"Saturday's Children" 1926,

"Both Your Houses" 1932,

"Valley Forge" 1934,

1935

"The Wingless Victory"

"Wintersong"

1936

"High Tor"

"The Masque of Kings"

1937

"The Feast of Ortolans"

"Second Overture"

"The Star-Wagon"

"Key Largo" 1939,

"Journey to Jerusalem" 1940,

"Journey to Jerusalem" 1940,

"Candle in the Wind" 1941,

"The Eve of St. Mark" 1942,

"Storm Operation" 1943,

"The Greeks Remember Marathon" 1944,

"Truckline Café" 1945,

"Anne of the Thousands Days" 1948,

"Lost in the Stars" 1949,

"Barefoot in Athens" 1951,

"Carmen" 1953,

"The Bad Seed" 1955,

Drafts, galleys, and annotated copies

"Anne of the Thousand Days," 1948

"Both Your Houses," 1932

"Candle in the Wind," 1941

"The Eve of St. Mark," 1942 (4 folders)

"Joan of Lorraine"

Screenplay, filmed as Joan of Arc

Notes by Alan Anderson, 1989

Text, 1948 (5 folders)

Stage play, See Oversize undated

"Journey to Jerusalem," 1940

"Key Largo," 1939 (3 folders)

"Second Overture," undated

"Valley Forge," 1936

"What Price Glory," undated

"Winterset," See Oversize undated

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Scripts

Drafts, galleys, and annotated copies

"Joan of Lorraine," (Container 4) undated

"Winterset," (Container 6) undated

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