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Bretaigne Windust 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.
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Bretaigne Windust (1906-1960) was an American director and actor. Windust graduated from Princeton in 1929 and was co-founder of the University Players.
The collection contains photographs, programs, reviews, articles, circulars, and inter-office communications concerning plays directed by Windust (Class of 1929), mainly for the University Players (Falmouth, Massachusetts), of which he was a co-founder. Actors and actresses represented in the photographs include Ina Claire, Madge Evans, Henry Fonda, Lynn Fontanne, Howard Lindsay, Joshua Logan, Alfred Lunt, Myron McCormick, Ted Shawn, Kent Smith, Ruth St. Denis, Dorothy Stickney, and Margaret Sullivan. There are also are notebooks of scripts and production material for the television series of Life With Father, and the director's working scripts for the films June Bride and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky and for the theatrical productions of Finian's Rainbow, The Girls in 509, and Idiot's Delight. A scrapbook covering Windust's participation in Theatre Intime during his years at Princeton is also included in the collection.
Arranged in this order: plays associated with the University Players at Falmouth, Massachusetts; television scripts and production material, mainly for Life With Father; director's working scripts; and a scrapbook. The University Players material is in alphabetical order and has a checklist.
At least some of the materials were a gift of Bretaigne Windust's widow, Irene Windust.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Claire, Ina, 1893-1985
- Evans, Madge, 1909-1981
- Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
- Fontanne, Lynn, 1887-1983
- Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968
- Logan, Joshua
- Lunt, Alfred.
- McCormick, Myron
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
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Collection Inventory
(including playbills, clippings, etc.)
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Includes clippings about various plays, books, and actors.
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Includes chronological listings of plays and casts, among other items.
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Includes photos of Windust, Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullivan, Charles Leatherbee, Myron McCormick
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