Call Number:

TC029

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 3 boxes
• 1.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); H. Wright Johnson Collection on Harley Granville-Barker, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1947-1950 (inclusive)

Creator:

Johnson, H. Wright (Horace Wright), 1924-

Form:

Correspondence.

Abstract:

This collection consists of letters to H. Wright Johnson (Princeton Class of 1948) regarding Harley Granville-Barker, the subject of Johnson's senior thesis at Princeton. Included is Johnson's thesis, typescripts and correspondence concerning The Prevalence of Witches and Weekending, and correspondence between Johnson and George Bernard Shaw who worked closely with Granville-Barker in the English theater.

Horace Wright Johnson, H. Wright is an American publicist and was a member of the Princeton Class of 1948.

The collectin consists of letters to Johnson (Princeton Class of 1948) by Sir Lewis Casson, Laurence Housman, Desmond McCarthy, Gilbert Murray, and others regarding Harley Granville-Barker, the subject of Johnson's senior thesis at Princeton. Included is correspondence between Johnson and George Bernard Shaw who worked closely with Granville-Barker in the English theater; Johnson's thesis on Granville-Barker; and typescripts and correspondence concerning The Prevalence of Witches and Weekending.