Samuel L. C. Lee Papers, 1954-1964

Summary

Creators:

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

Extent:

4 linear ft.

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Samuel L. C. Lee Papers, M0338, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

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

Custodial history:

Gift of Robert L. Levin, 1979.

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Samuel L. C. Lee Papers, M0338, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

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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