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Stella Hanau Papers, 1904-1971Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteDance card, undatedBorn Stella Bloch, New York City, 1890; B.A. English, Barnard, 1911; married Leo Hanau 1923 (divorced 1940s); one son. Press agent, publicity manager for several "experimental" theatres, New York City, circa 1920s, including the Greenwich Village Theatre and Neighborhood Playhouse, and Provincetown Playhouse (Mass.); co-authored, with Helen Deutsch, The Provincetown: A Story of the Theatre (1931); managed Paul Robeson's first concert; published playbills, press releases, and similar material. Involved in suffrage and birth control movements; editor, Birth Control Review (1929-33); educational director, National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control, D.C. (1935-38); editor and director of publications, American Birth Control League, D.C. (1933-35). Staff editor, Federal Writer's Project, Works Progress Administration (1938-42); Information Specialist, War Production Board, 1942-45, Chief Copy Editor, Department of Commerce, 1945-49. Self- employed as editor, New York City (1949-72); worked with friend and associate, Hella Bernays (Sigmund Freud's niece) on psychiatry books. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionExtensive correspondence to and from family (1904-72), associates in birth control movement, and the Works Progress Administration (1930s). Printed material includes birth control and WPA publications edited by Hanau as well as her playbills from her theatre publicity days. Also biographical information, memorabilia, photographs, and material for her book, The Provincetown: A Story of a Theatre (1931). NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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