Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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Letters from 20th century Irish dramatist and memoirist Sean O'Casey, as well as letters from his wife Eileen to an American collector and a letter from Arthur Sinclair to Thomas King Moylan.

Overview Dark Command, a film based on the novel by William Riley Burnett, relates the exploits of William Quantrill and his raid on Lawrence, Kansas, during the Civil War. With such movie stars as John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Claire Trevor and Roy Rogers, the film had its premiere showing in Lawrence on April 4, 1940. This collection is comprised of area newspaper clippings about the film's debut and preparations for the gala which included a parade, a ball and a reenactment of the burning of the...

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Collection of materials relating to the theatrical and film production of the play "Dutchman" by Amiri Baraka. These materials are from the papers of Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who co-starred in both the LA Theatre production of the play and the film version directed by Anthony Harvey, both produced in the 1960s. This collection comprises photographs, a Playbill, a photocopied contract, and a script heavily annotated by Knight.

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A 17th- or 18th-century copy of the pastoral tragicomedy, Il pastor fido, written in 1590 by the Italian poet and diplomat, Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612).

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The Langston Hughes literary works collection contains a variety of typescripts, proofs, and publications of Hughes' writings acquired from various sources.

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The Langston Hughes papers consist of a range of items chiefly pertinent to his career as a poet and playwright.

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This collection consists of six play scripts written by or about Langston Hughes, sometimes with other authors. All scripts have been autographed by Hughes.

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This collection consists of a bound volume containing a printed play (Madonna Pia, inlaid); sketches for costumes; a portrait photograph tentatively identfied as Sir Frederic William Burton; and some loose materials that have been physically separated, including a letter and pencil sketch.

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Angela V. Woodhull was a Ph.D graduate of the University of Florida in 1983. This collection contains a script, notes, and related drawings regarding the play, The Last of the True Scholars by Angela V. Woodhull, and its performance at the University of Kansas [KU] by the KU theatre dept.

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Patton taught Speech and Drama at the University of Kansas from 1967-1988. This collection consists of Wichita State University course notes as well as KU course notes and outlines.

Overview Woodyard taught in the Department of Spanish and Portugese at the University of Kansas beginning in 1966. This collection consists of a manuscript, Bibliography of Latin American Theatre Criticism, 1940-1974, as well as numerous other publications written by Woodyard. Also included are papers relating to classes he taught, including information on various Latin American authors whose work he taught, as well as papers relating to the construction of the Rotary...

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The Lois Wilson collection contains a program and script for the play "Distinguished Service," a 1943 production of the University of Kansas Department of Speech and Drama with an all-female cast.

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Oscar Haugh was an English professor at the University of Kansas from 1950 until 1979. This collection includes programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and drama scripts from his days as a high school teacher in the 1920s and 1940s, as well as work he did at the University of Kansas.

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Lim has taught English at the University of Kansas since 1978. This collection consists of several issues of Solidarity magazine, and three plays, Sammy's Swingles, Homerica: A Trilogy on Sexual Liberation, and Conpersona: A Recreation in Two Acts.

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Two author's press proof volumes and two playbooks heavily annotated and used by production staff for one of O'Casey's plays. The plays include The Plough and the Stars: A Tragedy in Four Acts; Juno and the Paycock; The Shadow of a Gunman; and Within the Gates: A Play of Four Scenes in a London Park.

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This collection includes correspondence, personal records, typescript and mimeograph copies of published material, predominantly of plays and poetry.