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Townsend Martin Collection

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

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
TC031
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 3 boxes
  • 1.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Townsend Martin Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1928 (inclusive)
Creator:
Martin, Townsend, 1895-1951
Form:
Typescripts.
Abstract:
This collection consists of two boxes of typescripts, screenplays, and scene descriptions by American playwright and screenwriter Townsend Martin (Princeton Class of 1917) as well as one box of similar material by other authors, such as Willis Goldbeck and Fannie Hurst.

Martin, Townsend, 1895-1951

Townsend Martin (Princeton Class of 1917) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

Consists of two boxes of typescripts, screenplays, and scene descriptions by Martin (Princeton Class of 1917) as well as one box of similar material by other authors, such as Willis Goldbeck and Fannie Hurst.

This collection was processed in 2002.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of movie typescripts by Townsend Martin, including "The American Venus," "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em," and "A Most Immoral Lady," as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of material and alphabetically by title.

Physical Description

2 boxes

The American Venus, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Glorifying the American Girl, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miss Bluebeard, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

A Most Immoral Lady, dates not examined. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Correspondence to Martin: one TLS, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photograph of Martin (?) on beach, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook with carved wooden cover portraying a bull and the phrase Came the Dawn. Notebook contains three pages of manuscript, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

Consists of plays and movie screenplays by others, including "A Kiss for Cinderella" by J. M. Barrie (screenplay by Willis Goldbeck) and "Romance a la Carte" by J. Clarkson Miller, as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged by title.

Physical Description

1 box

A Kiss for Cinderella by J. M. Barrie Screenplay by Willis Goldbeck, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Untamed by Fannie Hurst Adapted by James Ashmore Creelman, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Victory (a play in four acts) from the novel of Joseph Conrad By Almet Jenks, dates not examined. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Afraid to Love Continuity by J. Clarkson Miller, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Romance a la Carte By J. Clarkson Miller, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Play (untitled) by Michel Mourguet "Written trans by Townsend Martin?" in pencil on cover, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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