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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Tennessee Williams papers
Creator:
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0492
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1970
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Williams' published and unpublished plays, play fragments, short stories, screen scenarios,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.
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[Identification of item], Tennessee Williams papers (Collection 492). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Tennessee Williams, purchase, 1970.
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. He won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for
A Streetcar Named Desire and another in 1955 for
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Williams adapted a number of his plays for the
screen, and his works include 24 major plays, 2 novels, several screenplays, and a volume of
memoirs. Williams 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Collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams' published and unpublished plays,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).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Maxwell, Gilbert -- Tennessee Williams and
Friends.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983--Archives.