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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 The collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams' published and unpublished plays, play fragments, short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.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Online Items Available note for the link to the digitized materials.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Tennessee Williams, 1970.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9936492433606533
[Identification of item], Tennessee Williams papers (Collection 492). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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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Collection contains manuscripts of several of Williams' published and unpublished plays, play fragments, short stories, screen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).
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Tennessee Williams Papers (1 item) .
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.