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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 1

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

The Whetstone, 1936

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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."

Dates: 1936
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Elizabeth F. Gresham papers

Woman, with a Difference, 1936

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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."

Dates: 1936
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Elizabeth F. Gresham papers

That Lesser Aphrodite, circa 1937

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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."

Dates: circa 1937
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Elizabeth F. Gresham papers

Death Takes a Holiday, 1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930s
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Elizabeth F. Gresham papers

Politian, 1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

A tragedy, by Edgar Allan Poe. [Portions of the script used for a production at the University of Virginia]

Dates: 1930s
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Elizabeth F. Gresham papers