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Alexander M. Drummond papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-24-435

Scope and Contents









Dates

  • 1917-1956.

Creator

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.)

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.

RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collection #14-24-1143. See also Walter Stainton papers. #14-24-573.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

  1. Kingsley, Sidney. Men in White. Signed by the author.
  2. The Playground. v.13, no.2,4,9 (1919)
  3. The New Yorker. October 2, 1954.
  4. Hatch, Emily Gilchriest, 1897-. On the road to market. Trivandrum : Keston House, 1938.
  5. The Public Speaking Review. Public Speaking Conference of New England and the North Atlantic States.
  6. The Speech Teacher. v.5, no.3 (September 1956).
  7. 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

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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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