Mabel DeVries Tanner, Playwright, Correspondence and Play Scripts

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mabel DeVries Tanner, Playwright, Correspondence and Play Scripts, A&M 4408, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mabel DeVries Tanner, Playwright, Correspondence and Play Scripts, A&M 4408, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

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

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 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
plays (performing arts compositions)