Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Biography
Content/Description
Partial List of Correspondents
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Noël Sullivan Papers
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1911-1956]
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 801
Creator:
Sullivan, Noël
Extent:
Number of containers: 135 boxes, 8 cartons
1 Digital Object (1 image)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Correspondence; manuscripts; diaries; clippings; some legal and financial papers; cards, announcements and invitations; concert
and theatre programs; address books; snapshots and photographs.
Mainly concerning cultural and social life in San Francisco and Carmel: his role as patron of the arts, particularly music;
his interest in abolition of the death penalty; his support of Carmelite monasteries in California; his close relationships
with his family and with his friends, many of whom were prominent Negroes.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf
of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Noel Sullivan papers, BANC MSS C-B 801, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
Digital reproductions of selected items are available.
Material Cataloged Separately
- Materials in Cartons 9, 10 and 1 portfolio have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC
PIC 1962.009-.010)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Arts and Humanities --Performing Arts
Geographical (By Place) --California
History --History, California
Biography
Noël Sullivan was born in San Francisco on December 25, 1890, the youngest child and only son of Frank J. and Alice Phelan
Sullivan, the nephew of Senator James D. Phelan, and the grandson of John Sullivan who came west in 1844 with the "Sullivan-Murphy
Party." The family was a wealthy and distinguished one. Young Sullivan attended the Jesuit colleges of St. Ignatius and Santa
Clara, but his interests were musical, not academic. He studied voice abroad and for a number of years maintained residence
in Paris. During World War I he served as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in France.
In 1925 his father was stricken with paralysis, and Sullivan returned to take up residence with him at 2323 Hyde Street, San
Francisco. The house had an interesting history. It had belonged to Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and was purchased by Sullivan's
mother as a home for the community of Carmelite nuns who had come to San Francisco in 1908 at the invitation of the bishop.
The Carmelites remained there until 1914 when they removed to Santa Clara. One of the nuns was Sullivan's sister, Ada, known
in religious life as Sister (later Mother) Agnes of Jesus.
The Hyde Street residence remained Sullivan's home for many years, and it became a gathering place for the musicians, artists,
writers and poets who were his friends. He pursued his musical interests as a patron of the art, and as a concert singer of
considerable reputation, albeit a local one. Sullivan often described himself as a "gifted waster," adding, "even a career
of intelligent wasting requires some thought and planning." This was not an altogether fair estimate of himself, however.
In addition to his contributions to San Francisco's musical wealth, he devoted much money, time and effort, during the early
thirties, to the campaign for the abolition of capital punishment, serving as chairman of the California Committee of the
American League to Abolish Capital Punishment. He was also greatly interested in the welfare of Negroes and many became close
personal friends.
In August 1930, James D. Phelan, his famous and wealthy uncle, died, making Sullivan one of his heirs. The estate, however,
yielded little to the residuary legatees during the early years of the thirties. In order to secure the three to four million
dollars needed for the great number of cash bequests and the inheritance taxes, the trustees of the estate incurred a heavy
indebtedness, deciding not to sell securities on the depressed market. The interest and payment on the debts, and the depleted
revenue characteristic of the depression, practically wiped out the income Phelan had anticipated for his heirs. The legend
of Sullivan's inheritance, however, made him the target for financial appeals of all kinds, and those who had profited from
Phelan's generosity in the past naturally looked to Sullivan for a continuance. The death of his father, in November 1950,
and his aunt, Mary Louise Phelan, in January 1933, in whose estates he also shared inheritances, further complicated his financial
difficulties.
Despite the number of years he lived abroad, Sullivan remained close to his family, due undoubtedly to the strong Irish Catholic
upbringing. His two married sisters, Alyce S. Murphy and Gladys S. Doyle, produced families in whose happiness and well being
Sullivan was greatly concerned, and after the death of Mrs. Doyle in July 1933, he assumed considerable responsibility for
the upbringing of her five children, the oldest of whom was ten. His deep affection for his sister, Mother Agnes of Jesus
(and the tradition of the Sullivan and Phelan families), prompted his continued interest in the Carmelite monasteries in Santa
Clara, Carmel and San Diego, and led to the establishment of a new community in Berkeley.
In the late thirties Sullivan purchased property in Carmel Valley and he made "Hollow Hills Farm" his permanent home in 1939.
There Sullivan, a great animal lover, raised his dogs and his sheep and goats. He made that home, also, a gathering place
for notables in the artistic world and a haven for his many friends. Continuing his musical interests, he took an active part
in the Carmel Bach festivals, and served as organist and soloist at the Carmel Mission and as director of the board of the
Carmel Music Society.
In the closing years of his life, Sullivan suffered from a heart condition, and he died of a heart attack on September 15,
1956.
Content/Description
Sullivan's papers were presented to the Bancroft Library in September 1961 by his friend of long standing, Professor Benjamin
H. Lehman. They consist primarily of correspondence; manuscripts; diaries; clippings; some legal and financial papers; cards,
announcements, and invitations; concert and theatre programs; address books; photographs and snapshots. Most of the material
dates from 1950 to his death, but there are some letters as early as 1911. The correspondence consists mainly of letters written
to him; there are relatively few copies of letters written by him. Sullivan disliked writing, and those letters he did write
were usually in longhand. The papers as a whole reflect his role as a patron of the arts, particularly music; his interests
in the abolition of capital punishment and in the Negro problem; the cultural and social life of San Francisco and Carmel
in which he participated; and his close relationships with his family and his friends, many of whom were famous.
Partial List of Correspondents
A Miscellany (single letters)
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Title:
Abas, Nathan
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Feb. 14, 1940
-
Title:
Alford, Walter
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Aug. 4, [1947]
-
Title:
Allenby, Dorothy
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Nov. 10, 1948
-
Title:
Amara, Lucine
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Nov. 18, 1948
-
Title:
Aubert, Pauline
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Dec. 13, 1952
-
Title:
Adam, James
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1931-1933
-
Title:
Adriani, Bruno
-
Title: 18 letters,
Date: 1947-1954
-
Title:
Alexandre, René
-
Title: 7 letters,
Date: 1914-1944
-
Title:
Alsen, Elsa
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1952-1933 & undated
-
Title:
Anderson, Judith
-
Title: 9 letters,
Date: 1937-1947
-
Title:
Arden, Elsie
-
Title: 1102 letters,
Date: 1915-1945.
Boxes 101-108
-
Title:
Armitage, Walter
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1934-1950
B Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Baker, Dalton
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Oct . 7, [1954]
-
Title:
Bampton, Rose E.
-
Title: Letter,
Date: July 27, 1950
-
Title:
Bertola, Mariana
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Jan. 8, 1931
-
Title:
Burnham, Philip
-
Title: Letter,
Date: May 10, 1956
-
Title:
Bacon, Madi
-
Title: 7 letters,
Date: 1952-1953.
Include some form letters written for University of California Extension.
-
Title:
Bailer, Adolf
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1946-1948
-
Title:
Bancroft Library
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1941-1958.
Signed by Herbert I. Priestley and George F. Hammond.
-
Title:
Bank of America
-
Title: 18 letters,
Date: 1930-1953
-
Title:
Barati, George
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1949-1951
-
Title:
Bauer, John
-
Title: 35 letters,
Date: 1946-1955
-
Title:
Beach, Adrian
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1943-1945
-
Title:
Bendon, Dorothe
-
Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1931-1933
-
Title:
Bernac, Pierre
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1950-1956
-
Title:
Best, Edward G.
-
Title: 17 letters,
Date: 1931-1956
-
Title:
Black, Ernestine
-
Title: 55 letters,
Date: 1931-1954
-
Title:
Blackburn, Roy
-
Title: 40 letters,
Date: 1935-1956
-
Title:
Bliss, Isabel
-
Title: 36 letters,
Date: 1929-1955
-
Title:
Braun, Carl
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1930-1932
-
Title:
Bridgman, Amy L.
-
Title: 68 letters,
Date: 1932-1956
-
Title:
Brooke, Ruth
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1930-1933
-
Title:
Broughton, James
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1945-1946
-
Title:
Bruce, Robert de
-
Title: 26 letters,
Date: 1930-1952 & undated
-
Title:
Buhlig, Richard
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1930-1946
-
Title:
Burton, John
-
Title: 7 letters,
Date: 1929-1932
C Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Chung, Margaret
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Jan. 3, 1935
-
Title:
Claire, Ina
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Oct . 8, 1948
-
Title:
Cowper, John
-
Title: Letter,
Date: undated
-
Title:
Cronin, Melvin I.
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Jan. 10, 1953
-
Title:
Crooks, Richard
-
Title: Letter,
Date: [1931]
-
Title:
Casiglia, Arturo
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1930-1953
-
Title:
Chadwick, Anna
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1931-1939
-
Title:
Collins, Richard
-
Title: 14 letters,
Date: 1932-1953
-
Title:
Commonweal, The
-
Title: 17 letters,
Date: 1932-1955.
Include letters from Michael Williams.
-
Title:
Conley, Peter D.
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1932-1933
-
Title:
Cooke, Ruth
-
Title: 61 letters,
Date: 1946-1956
-
Title:
Cooper, Oscar
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
-
Title:
Costello, John D.
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1933-1935
-
Title:
Crane, Clarkson
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1944-1945
-
Title:
Cravens, Junius
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1931-1932
-
Title:
Crawford, Dorothy
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1934-1954
-
Title:
Crews, Laura Hope
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1931
-
Title:
Cushing, Oscar K., 1865-1948
See Cushing, Cullinan, Duniway & Gorrill.
-
Title:
Cushing, Charles S., d. 1946
See Cushing, Cullinan, Duniway & Gorrill.
D Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Dawson, Ernest
-
Title: Letter,
Date: May 20, 1931
-
Title:
Day, Dorothy
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Mar. 24, 1952
-
Title:
Dumont, Henry
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Apr. 28, 1935
-
Title:
Dean, Harriet
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1945-1949
-
Title:
Deering, Henri
-
Title: 467 letters,
Date: 1924-1956.
Boxes 110-111
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Title:
Dennison, George
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1932
-
Title:
Denny, Dene
-
Title: 26 letters,
Date: 1931-1956
-
Title:
Dickey, Elmer
-
Title: 37 letters,
Date: 1948-1956
-
Title:
Dill, Edna Fay
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
-
Title:
Dill, Marshall
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1931-1954.
With these: letter written by his wife, Marian.
-
Title:
Dougherty, Celius
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1945-1953
-
Title:
Doyle, Agnes
-
Title: 18 letters,
Date: 1937-1952.
Written as 3rd wife of Richard E. Doyle.
-
Title:
Doyle, Cyril
-
Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1931-1952
-
Title:
Draper, Paul
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1943 & undated
-
Title:
Duffy, Henry
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1926-1933
-
Title:
Dunne, George H.
-
Title: 9 letters,
Date: 1948-1954
-
Title:
Dye, Clarkson
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1933-1950
E Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Ehlers, Alice
-
Title: Letter,
Date: May 24, 1939
-
Title:
Edmunds, John
-
Title: 22 letters,
Date: 1946-1953
-
Title:
Englund, Sten
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1943-1956.
With these: letter written by his wife, Elizabeth.
-
Title:
Erskine, Morse
-
Title: 12 letters,
Date: 1930-1951
F Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Ferrier, Kathleen
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Oct . 22, 1951
-
Title:
Fellom, Roy
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1930-1934
-
Title:
Ferrier, André
-
Title: 23 letters,
Date: 1926-1956
-
Title:
Ficke, George
-
Title: 137 letters,
Date: 1929-1956
-
Title:
Fiske, Dwight
-
Title: 15 letters,
Date: 1930-1953 & undated
-
Title:
Foote, Patrick J.
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1923-1932
-
Title:
Frankau, Pamela
-
Title: 44 letters,
Date: 1946-1954
-
Title:
Frémont, Benton
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1930-1933
G Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Gardner, Murray
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Sept. 8, 1956
-
Title:
Gilbert, Giles
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Aug. 20, 1931
-
Title:
Glaz, Herta
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Oct. 15, 1949
-
Title:
Gordon, Taylor
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Dec. 5, 1933
-
Title:
Guarrera, Frank
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Oct . 1952
-
Title:
Garrott, Hal
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1949-1952
-
Title:
Gauger, Ray W.
-
Title: 35 letters,
Date: ca. 1925-1956
-
Title:
Gilles, Raymond
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1919-1932
-
Title:
Giorgianni, Marie
-
Title: 85 letters,
Date: 1927-1950
-
Title:
Girouard, Louis
-
Title: 86 letters,
Date: 1915-1956
-
Title:
Gleason, Madeline
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1949
-
Title:
Godchaux, Rebecca
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1932
-
Title:
Gramm, Donald
-
Title: 19 letters,
Date: 1950-1956
-
Title:
Graveure, Louis
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1928-1938
-
Title:
Gwin, William
-
Title: 18 letters,
Date: 1931-1955
H Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Hanifin, Ada
-
Title: Letter,
Date: 1931
-
Title:
Howell, Warren
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Mar . 13, 1948
-
Title:
Hanna, Gerita L.
-
Title: 41 letters,
Date: 1945-1956
-
Title:
Harris, Edward
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
-
Title:
Harris, Henrietta
-
Title: 21 letters,
Date: 1952-1956
-
Title:
Harvey, Soffie
-
Title: 117 letters,
Date: ca. 1928-1942
-
Title:
Hayes, Helen
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1932-1954
-
Title:
Henley, Homer
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1932
-
Title:
Henson, Violet
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: undated
-
Title:
Hettich, A. S.
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1932-1933
-
Title:
Hind, George U.
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
-
Title:
Hively, Wells
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1954-1956
-
Title:
Holden, Frances
-
Title: 10 letters,
Date: 1942-1956.
Box 116
-
Title:
Howard, Jane
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1932-1947
I Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Irving, George S.
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Feb 20, 1956
-
Title:
Ingersoh, Frank
-
Title: 37 letters,
Date: 1929-1953
J Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Janin, Louise
-
Title: Letter,
Date: May 7, 1943
-
Title:
Jensen, Rollin
-
Title: Letter,
Date: June 22, 1956
-
Title:
Johansen, Gunnar
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Aug. 25, 1956
-
Title:
Jaryc, Augusta L.
-
Title: 61 letters,
Date: 1944-1956
-
Title:
Jeffers, Donnan
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1937-1942
-
Title:
Jeffers, Garth
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: undated
-
Title:
Jenkins, Louisa
-
Title: 30 letters,
Date: 1949-1956
-
Title:
Jolas, Jacques
-
Title: 30 letters,
Date: 1946-1956
-
Title:
Jones, T. Duckett
-
Title: 26 letters,
Date: 1947-1954
-
Title:
Jordan, Howard
-
Title: 96 letters,
Date: 1934-1956
-
Title:
Justema, William
-
Title: 392 letters,
Date: ca. 1930-1956.
Boxes 112-113
K Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Kellogg, Jean
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1946-1953
-
Title:
Kerby, Marion
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1931-1932
L Miscellany single letters)
-
Title:
Ladd, Schuyler
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Sept. 15, 1930
-
Title:
Lehman, Gladys
-
Title: Letter,
Date: 1932
-
Title:
Loy, Myrna
-
Title: Letter,
Date: [1933]
-
Title:
Lamson, Margaret
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1933-1934
-
Title:
Landau, Rom
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1954-1955
-
Title:
Langstroth, Ivan
-
Title: 11 letters,
Date: 1912-1953
-
Title:
Laning, Clair
-
Title: 42 letters,
Date: 1944-1956
-
Title:
Laster, Georgia
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1952-1953
-
Title:
Lawrence, William
-
Title: 11 letters,
Date: 1926-1932
-
Title:
Legawiec, Walter
-
Title: 12 letters,
Date: 1946-1952
-
Title:
Lehmann, Fritz
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1946-1953.
Box 116
-
Title:
Leonard, Myrtle
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1931-1933
-
Title:
Leonard, Ray
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1953
-
Title:
Lightle, May
-
Title: 57 letters,
Date: 1930-1955
-
Title:
Linsley, Ralph
-
Title: 53 letters,
Date: 1942-1956
-
Title:
Little, Walter J.
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1933
-
Title:
Locke, Alain
-
Title: 9 letters,
Date: 1927-1950
-
Title:
London, Charmian
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1928-1940
-
Title:
Love, Hortense
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1947-1951
-
Title:
Lubin, Arthur
-
Title: 7 letters,
Date: 1934-1947
-
Title:
Lunn, Arnold
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1950
M Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
McCarthy, John F.
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Feb. 21, 1951
-
Title:
Mame, Roger
-
Title: Letter,
Date: May 26, 1950
-
Title:
Martin, Frank G.
-
Title: Letter,
Date: May 11, 1933
-
Title:
Mason, Redfern
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Apr. 14, 1933
-
Title:
Merola, Gaetano
-
Title: Letter,
Date: ca. Dec. 1932
-
Title:
Miles, Josephine
-
Title: Letter,
Date: June 1, 1937
-
Title:
Morcom, Fred N.
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Sept. 5, 1931
-
Title:
McConnell, Evelyn
-
Title: 64 letters,
Date: 1927-1954
-
Title:
McCoole, Paul
-
Title: 9 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
-
Title:
McHugh, Roger
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1950-1952
-
Title:
Magee, David
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1931-1932
-
Title:
Mann, Erika
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1938-1949
-
Title:
Marcus, Adele
-
Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1931-1933
-
Title:
Markoff, Mortimer
-
Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1949-1956
-
Title:
Matthias, Blanche
-
Title: 65 letters,
Date: 1936-1956
-
Title:
Mayer, Milton
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1949-1954
-
Title:
Meherin, Elenore
-
Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
-
Title:
Merrick, Mollie
-
Title: 9 letters,
Date: 1930-1955
-
Title:
Mikoun, Mika
-
Title: 88 letters,
Date: 1930-1956
-
Title:
Morbio, Patricia
-
Title: 12 letters,
Date: 1930-1936
-
Title:
Morrison, Julia
-
Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1930-1933
-
Title:
Morton, Rachel
-
Title: 62 letters,
Date: 1941-1956
-
Title:
Moten, Etta
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1934-1937
-
Title:
Mullen, Florence
-
Title: 59 letters,
Date: 1928-1936
N Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Niles, John Jacob
-
Title: Letter,
Date: [1932]
-
Title:
Nelson, Nils
-
Title: 10 letters,
Date: 1930-1934
O Miscellany (single letters)
P Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Plunkett, Walter
-
Title: Letter,
Date: [Sept. 1952]
-
Title:
Pons, Lily
-
Title: Letter,
Date: [1932]
-
Title:
Popper, Jan
-
Title: Letter,
Date: Aug. 31, 1946
-
Title:
Pasmore, Suzanne
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1948
-
Title:
Pasquier, Jean
-
Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1940-1953
-
Title:
Pasquier, Pierre
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1949-1956
-
Title:
Pazmor, Radiana
-
Title: 10 letters,
Date: 1933-1956
-
Title:
Peerce, Jan
-
Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1950.
With these: letter written by his wife, Alice.
-
Title:
Pharr, Eulah
-
Title: 44 letters,
Date: 1929-1955
-
Title:
Pittman, John
-
Title: 26 letters,
Date: 1930-1934.
Written mainly on behalf of
Spokesman.
-
Title:
Pochon, Alfred
-
Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1930-1933
-
Title:
Poulenc, Francis
-
Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1950-1954 & undated
-
Title:
Proebstel, Jacob
-
Title: 30 letters,
Date: 1931-1956
-
Title:
Quilter, Roger
-
Title: 41 letters,
Date: 1925-1952
R Miscellany (single letters)
-
Title:
Rathbone, Basil
-
Title: Letter,
Date: undated
-
Title:
Rich, Alan
-
Title: Letter,
Date: July 26, 1955
-
Title:
Rivera, Diego
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Title: Letter,
Date: Mar. 12, [1930?]
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Title:
Rox, Henry, 1899-
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Title: Letter,
Date: May 12, 1952
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Title:
Rukeyser, Muriel
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Title: Letter,
Date: May 7, 1947
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Title:
Rainey, Edward
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1934 & undated
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Title:
Ralston, Leonard
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Title: 11 letters,
Date: 1947-1951
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Title:
Reeves, Ruth
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Title: 12 Letters,
Date: 1929-1956
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Title:
Reinicke, Ann
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Title: 70 letters,
Date: 1945-1956
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Title:
Rejto, Gabor
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Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1946-1947
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Title:
Reyes, Angel
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Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1947-1954
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Title:
Reynolds, Gerald
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1925-1946
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Title:
Reynolds, Laurel
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Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1945-1953
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Title:
Ribeyron, John
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Title: 11 letters,
Date: 1930-1932
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Title:
Robson, May
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Title: 36 letters,
Date: 1916-1934 & undated
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Title:
Rooks, Shelby
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Title: 13 letters,
Date: 1944-1952
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Title:
Roos, Leon L.
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1933-1934
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Title:
Roth, Feri
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1946-1954
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Title:
Ryan, Agnes
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Title: 68 letters,
Date: 1931-1952
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Title:
Ryan, Daniel V.
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Title: 19 letters,
Date: 1938-1956
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Title:
Ryan, Paul A.
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1941-1956
S Miscellany (single letters)
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Title:
Savage, Rowena
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Title: Letter,
Date: Feb. 1948
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Title:
Souzay, Gerard
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Title: Letter,
Date: Mar. 21, 1956
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Title:
Stuart, C. D.
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Title: Letter,
Date: June 26, 1926
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Title:
Sablon, Jean
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Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1933
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Title:
Salz, Ansley K.
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Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1930-1955
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Title:
Schneider, Edwin
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Title: 13 letters,
Date: 1925-1954
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Title:
Sebastian, George
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Title: 33 letters,
Date: 1930-1956
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Title:
Seckels, Alice
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Title: 25 letters,
Date: 1931-1947
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Title:
Seitz, Ashleigh
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Title: 10 letters,
Date: 1932-1949
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Title:
Servoss, Mary
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Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1946-1948
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Title:
Sheed, Frank
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Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1953-1954
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Title:
Sloan, Blanding
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1931-1932.
One written for him by Mildred Taylor.
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Title:
Stebbins, Edith
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1944-1946
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Title:
Sterling, Frieda
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1930-1933
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Title:
Stern, Beatrice
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1950-1952
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Title:
Strauss, Lawrence
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Title: 141 letters,
Date: 1930-1950
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Title:
Sullivan, John A.
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Title: 22 letters,
Date: 1945-1956
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Title:
Symington, Powers
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Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1949-1955
T Miscellany (single letters)
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Title:
Temianka, Henri
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1947-1948
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Title:
Terry, Emilio
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Title: 15 letters,
Date: 1932-1951
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Title:
Thomson, Kenneth
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Title: 20 letters,
Date: 1928-1956
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Title:
Travers, Reginald
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Title: 7 letters,
Date: 1931-1933.
Include letters written with organization name: The Reginald Travers Repertory Players.
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Title:
Travis, Rose
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1931-1932
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Title:
Tully, Jim, 1891-
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1931-1932
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Title:
Turner, Claramae
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Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1952-1955
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Title:
Ueland, Brenda
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Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1952-1954
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Title:
Ulanowsky, Paul
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1945-1956
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Title:
Uppman, Theodor
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Title: 3 letters,
Date: 1946-1949
V Miscellany (single letters)
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Title:
Vaughn, Hilda
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Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1948
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Title:
Vincent, Allen
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Title: 4 letters,
Date: 1930-1949
W Miscellaney (single letters)
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Title:
Wasner, Franz
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Title: Letter,
Date: June 15, 1950
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Title:
Welch, Andrew
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Title: Letter,
Date: Mar. 9, 1934
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Title:
Waldrop, Uda
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1930
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Title:
Walsh, Theresa
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Title: 155 letters,
Date: 1914-1954
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Title:
Weill, Michel D.
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Title: 8 letters,
Date: 1932-1955
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Title:
Wendel, Beth
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Title: 18 letters,
Date: 1933-1956
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Title:
Whitaker, Clem
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Title: 32 letters,
Date: 1931-1934
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Title:
Wills, Helen
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Title: 9 letters,
Date: 1930-1938 & undated
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Title:
Wolfison, Wolfe
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Title: 2 letters,
Date: 1929
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Title:
Wood, Erskine
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Title: 5 letters,
Date: 1934-1949
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Title:
Woodruff, Richard
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Title: 43 letters,
Date: 1930-1955.
Some are signed Porter Woodruff.
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Title:
Yates, Robert
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Title: 6 letters,
Date: 1931-1933