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Stark Young letters to Mrs. Scribner, between 1921 and 1947
- Author
- Young, Stark, 1881-1963
- Physical Description
- 4 items
- Additional Creators
- Scribner, Vera Bloodgood, 1892-1985
- Restrictions on Access
- Unrestricted access.
- Summary
- The collection contains four handwritten letters to Mrs. Scribner (Vera Gordon Bloodgood Scribner, wife of Charles Scribner, Jr. (1890-1952)). The letters include details on an upcoming visit to the Scribners' home with companion William M. Bowman, discuss a Pirandello play, mention friends who are visiting, and describe a character in one of Stark's novels. The letters are undated apart from "Monday" and "Thursday, " but probably date to between 1921 and 1947 as three are on the New Republic letterhead and the fourth is sent from 31 Charlton St., N.Y. where Young resided in 1922.
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- Note
- In Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (#1968-0086R/VF Lit)
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased from Walter Benjamin, 1968.
- Biographical or Historical Sketch
- A native of Mississippi, Young obtained a masters degree from Columbia University and joined the faculties of the University of Mississippi, University of Texas, and Amherst College before moving in the 1920s to New York to become an independent artist. As a scholar, playwright, and director, Young's experience made him a brilliant editor of Theatre Arts magazine and critic for the New Republic from 1921 until he retired in 1947. His drama criticism was informed by historical scholarship, by his own experience writing poetry, plays and fiction, and by practical knowledge of lighting, and costume design gained as a director of a performing company. His four novels and his other writings endorsed the traditional southern values of family and the land.
- Binding notes
- Housed in ShareBox 094
boxShare094 GST/P/2/2 c.1 (Archival/Manuscript Material) bound in ShareBox 094
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