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Correspondence with R. Baird Shuman

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P915

Overview

R. Baird Shuman is an author and biographer who wrote a biography of William Inge, and corresponded with him throughout the 1960s. After Inge's suicide in 1973, Shuman corresponded with Inge's sister, Helene Inge Connell. The collection includes letters from Inge to Shuman, one letter from Shuman to Inge, and two letters from Inge's sister to Shuman.

Dates

  • Creation: 1963 - 1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of William Inge

William Motter Inge (1913-1973) was born in Independence, Kansas. He studied speech and drama at the University of Kansas and graduated in 1935. He received his Master's degree from George Peabody College at Nashville, Tennessee in 1938. He worked as a teacher, laborer, and theater critic. He is best-known as a playwright and novelist. In his lifetime he earned both a Pulitzer Prize for Picnic and an Academy Award for the screenplay to the motion picture Splendor in the Grass. His later works did not achieve this same acclaim and this lack of notice is believed to have played a factor in his suicide in 1973 at the age of 60.

Extent

3 folders ; 25 x 38 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from 1963 to 1974, between R. Baird Shuman and William Inge, and upon Inge's death, between Shuman and Helene Inge Connell.

Physical Location

RH MS P915

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, R. Baird Shuman, 1988

Related Materials

Inge, William Peter Stansky's William Inge Collection RH MS 1249

Inge, William William Inge Collection 1950-1976, RH MS 165

Inge, William Correspondence with Mendy Weisgal RH MS 1304

Title
Guide to the William Inge Collection
Subtitle
Correspondence with R. Baird Shuman
Author
Finding aid prepared by hc, 2014; revised by mhr, 2015
Date
2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8498293569
Preferred citation
William Inge Collection, RH MS P915, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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