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Title: Tennessee Williams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1970
Collection number: 492
Creator:
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Thomas Lanier Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus, Missouri. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for
A Streetcar Named Desire, and another in 1955 for
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Many of his plays were adapted for the screen. His works include 24 major plays, 2 novels, several screenplays, and a volume
of memoirs. The collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams' published and unpublished plays, play fragments, short
stories, screen scenarios, and poems.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Papers cannot be copied or published except with the permision of the literary executor (information on file).
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Tennessee Williams, purchase, 1970.
[Identification of item], Tennessee Williams Papers (Collection 492). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Missouri; his first major success came with the 1945 Broadway
premiere of
The Glass Menagerie; won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for
A Streetcar Named Desire, and another in 1955 for
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; adapted a number of his plays for the screen; his works include 24 major plays, 2 novels, several screenplays, and a volume
of memoirs; died on February 25, 1983 in New York City.
Collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams' published and unpublished plays, play fragments, short stories, screen
scenarios, and poems. Includes transcripts of early versions of
Sweet Bird of Youth and
The Night of the Iguana. Also includes uncorrected proofs and galleys of Gilbert Maxwell's book,
Tennessee Williams and Friends (1965).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Dramatists, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Maxwell, Gilbert, 1910- --Tennessee Williams and Friends.