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Mabel DeVries Tanner, Playwright, Correspondence and Play Scripts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4408

Scope and Contents

Mabel Tanner was a playwright who lived in Morgantown, West Virginia. The collection includes her correspondence advocating her plays, including letters to the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s. There is also correspondence with the Hollywood movie star Anthony Quinn.

box 1; correspondence (including letters from Anthony Quinn), four play scripts authored by Mabel Tanner (including "May Madness," "Call it Madness," "The Go-Between," and "Bread and Wine"), two photographs of Mabel Tanner, a copyright certificate, a play program for "The Pajama Game" performed by the University Theatre, and two opera librettos

box 2; 16 folders of Tanner's alphabetized correspondence

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1906-1965

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

.8 Linear Feet (10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

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Mabel DeVries Tanner, Playwright, Correspondence and Play Scripts
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Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536