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Title: Tennessee Williams papers
Collection number: 492
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date: 1930-1970
Abstract: Thomas Lanier Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus, Mississippi. 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 The collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams's published and unpublished plays, play fragments,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 UCLA Library Special Collections
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Creator:
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Tennessee Williams, purchase, 1970.
[Identification of item], Tennessee Williams Papers (Collection 492). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3649243
Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi; 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Collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams's published and unpublished plays, play fragments, short stories, screen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).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Maxwell, Gilbert, 1910- --Tennessee Williams and Friends.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Dramatists, American--20th century--Archival resources.