Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Samuel L. C. Lee Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1954-1964
Collection number: Special Collections M0338
Creator:
Lee, Samuel L. C., 1878-1964.
Extent:
4 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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.
Provenance
Gift of Robert L. Levin, 1979.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Samuel L. C. Lee Papers, M0338, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical Note
Lee, Samuel L.C. (Samuel Cohn) Papers and Plays
4 Boxes app. 4 linear ft.
Collection # 338
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 |
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worked in a lawyer's office |
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studied for, and passed the Texas Bar Exam. |
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worked for his father's retail business |
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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
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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 |
Scope and Content
Collection includes correspondence, typescript plays in various degrees of completion and form, and miscellaneous music and
verse.