Creator:
Bennett, Murray.
Inclusive Dates:
1842- 1965
Abstract:
Papers of the American stage actor, director, poet. Incoming correspondence (1875, 1909-1961), letter books, Bennett's subject file, theater programs, photographs, manuscript poems, and clippings. Includes correspondence of Charles E. Herring, Archibald Rutledge, Sybil Thorndike, and Estelle Winwood, and others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Letter books.
Photographs.
Poems.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Actors.
Poets.
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
Actors -- United States.
Poets, American.
Creator:
Brooks, George Sprague, b. 1895.
Inclusive Dates:
1918- 1920
Abstract:
Memorabilia from Brooks' months as an American soldier and student at the University of Poitiers. Brooks was one of 249 American soldiers -- both officers and enlisted men -- who briefly attended the University of Poitiers (halfway between Paris and Bordeaux) as full-time students in 1919 after having fought on the Western Front. All but one item date from 1918-1920.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Playbills.
Ephemera.
Diplomas.
Menus.
Subject:
Poitiers (France) -- Universities and colleges.
Literature -- American Fiction
Military history
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- France.
Universities and colleges -- France -- Poitiers.