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Creator
American Play Company
Call number
Berg Coll MSS APC
Physical description
14 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence dating from 1924 to 1934.

Biographical/historical information

The American Play Company was a business organization that handled the licensing of plays. Prior to 1914 it was involved in play production and script purchase, but after that time it dealt exclusively in representing dramatists.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence dating from 1924 to 1934. The correspondence consists of letters and telegrams to Frances Steloff relating to Eugene O'Neill and to Howard Irving Young, as well as a letter from Sinclair Lewis to the American Play Co.

Administrative information

Custodial history

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Related Material

  • American Play Company Records, 1892-1960
  • *T-MSS 1993-055
  • 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
  • The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • American Play Company Records, [ca. 1940-1950]
  • 1 linear ft.
  • The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Container List

Correspondence
Incoming
Manuscript box
Lewis, Sinclair. TLS to the American Play Co., Inc.
 1921 Jan. 5
 1 p
Outgoing
Manuscript box (Gotham)
Steloff, Frances. TL. Relates to Eugene O'Neill
 1934 May 24
 1 p
Manuscript box (Millay, K.)
Young, Howard Irving. 11 TL and 1 telegram
 1924 July 26 - 1928 Nov. 10
 12 items in 3 folders

Letters signed Richard J. Madden and Jane Rubin