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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
E. Wilkinson
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for reseach use.
Preferred Citation
MSS 16352 Elizabeth F. Gresham papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Provenance
Donated by Nancy Faulkner, 14 June 1986.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typescripts of three comedy-dramas by Gresham: "The whetstone," rewritten as "Woman, with a difference," and "That lesser Aphrodite." In addition there is a typescript copy of "Death takes a holiday" by Walter Ferris, with Gresham's acting "sides" containing stage directions; and portions of the script for Edgar Allan Poe's "Politian."
General
Formerly listed as MSS 6679-e
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Gresham, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Fenner), 1904-1985
Container List
A comedy in three acts, by Walter Ferris. Acting "sides" containing stage directions for the production at the University Theatre, January 30 and 31, 1936, used by actress Elizabeth Fenner Gresham.
A tragedy, by Edgar Allan Poe. [Portions of the script used for a production at the University of Virginia]