Alexander M. Drummond papers
Abstract
Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia relating to various aspects of the field of Speech and Drama.
Dates
- 1917-1956.
Creator
- Drummond, A. M. (Alexander Magnus), 1884-1956. (Person)
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944. (Person)
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. (Person)
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. (Person)
- O\'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor of Speech and Drama, Cornell University.
Organized the Cornell Dramatic Club and was its Director from 1912-1947. Wrote original plays and a monograph on play production.
Extent
19.2 cubic feet. (19.2 cubic feet.)
SEPARATED MATERIAL
- Kingsley, Sidney. Men in White. Signed by the author.
- The Playground. v.13, no.2,4,9 (1919)
- The New Yorker. October 2, 1954.
- Hatch, Emily Gilchriest, 1897-. On the road to market. Trivandrum : Keston House, 1938.
- The Public Speaking Review. Public Speaking Conference of New England and the North Atlantic States.
- The Speech Teacher. v.5, no.3 (September 1956).
- World premieres : monthly bulletin of the International Theatre Institute. International Theatre Institute. v.1, no.3-6 (1949-1950).
Physical Description
Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Date completed:
- December 1966September 2010
- EAD encoding:
- Evan Earle, September 2010
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, September 2018
General
Selected correspondence available on microfilm.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 2010
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu