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Clements/Ryerson Papers

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Clements, Colin, 1894–1948

Colin Clements was an American playwright and author.

The collection consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, published works, and memorabilia of Clements and his wife, Florence Ryerson Clements. The correspondence consists of few or single letters of twenty-five individuals, including S. Foster Damon, Emily Dickinson [to Maria Whitney], Marie Dressler, Sinclair Lewis, and Willard Huntington Wright. One screenplay, "The Wizard of Oz" (mimeo), and two playscripts, "Years of the Locust" and "Harriet," are included.

Series: I. Correspondence; II. Manuscripts--A. Works--Articles, Screenplay, Playscripts, B. Reference Material; III. Published Material--A. Works, B. Miscellaneous and Memorabilia.

Gift of the Clementses.

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Folder inventory prepared by Alicia Corona '2013 in 2011.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Baker, George Pierce, Letter, 1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Blackwell, Donald, Letter, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Damon, S. Foster, Letter, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dickinson, Emily, Letter, 1882. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dressler, Marie, Letters, 1930-1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Freedley, Vinton, Letter, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gouraud, Henri Joseph Eugene, Letter, 1920. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Jackson, Barry, Letter, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kropotkin, Alexandra, Letters, 1933-1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lewis, Sinclair, Letter, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lowell, Amy, Letter, 1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McIntyre, O.O., Letters, 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Marie, Queen of Romania, Letter, 1925. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Perkins, Maxwell E., Letter, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pickford, Mary, Letter, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roosevelt, Eleanor, Letter, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Roosevelt, Theodore and Charlies Dwight Willard, Letters, 1911. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scott, C.A. Dawson, Letter, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

van Dyke, Henry, Letters, 1921. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wallace, Inez, Letter, 1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Walpole, Hugh, Letters, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Williams, Blanche Colton, Letters, 1930-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Withers, Jane, Letter, 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wright, Willard Huntington, Letters, 1928-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Who is Van Dine?", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Notes on Screen Writing", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Wizard of Oz Shooting Script, 1938-1939. 5 folders.
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5 folders

"Years of the Locust", 1941. 3 folders.
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3 folders

"Harriet", 1942. 3 folders.
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3 folders

"Aux Armes", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Dogs, People, and Other Animals", 1936-1937. 2 folders.
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2 folders

"Apple Dan", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Daft Michael", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Inshallah", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Lobster John's Annie", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Miss Jezebel", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Red", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Sea Gypsy", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Useless", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Anecdotes of a Dachshund Family", 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Credat Judoeus Apella!", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Articles about Clements/Ryerson, 1939-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Glamour Preferred", 1940-1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"June Mad", 1937-1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Wizard of Oz" Program and Award, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Articles About Willard H. Wright, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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