Samuel L. C. Lee Papers, 1954-1964

Summary

Creators:

Lee, Samuel L. C., 1878-1964.

Extent:

4 linear ft.

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes correspondence, typescript plays in various degrees of completion and form, and miscellaneous music and verse.

Biographical / historical:

Lee, Samuel L.C. (Samuel Cohn) Papers and Plays

4 Boxes app. 4 linear ft.

Collection # 338

Date	Event
1878	Born Samuel Cohn in Ennis, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
1897	Graduated from Texas A&M with a B.S. in Civil Engineering
1898-1927:	worked for the railroads as a civil engineer worked in a lawyer's office studied for, and passed the Texas Bar Exam. worked for his father's retail business travelled around the country conducting liquidation sales
1905	Moved to San Francisco, CA.
1913	Secured a 99 year lease on the Horace Wood property in Indianapolis and started the Circle Theatre with his uncle, Morris Cohn
1928-1942:	Owned the Christmas card concession at Livingston's Department Store, Grant and Geary, San Francisco
1942	Retired from work
1943-ca. 1962:	Wrote plays while living in San Francisco
ca. 1964	Died

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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