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St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson

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Call Number:
F0391
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
8 item (13 pages and one photograph)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0391, St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1931-1961 (inclusive)
Creator:
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971
Form:
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein & Lawson.

Irish playwright, drama critic and author St. John Greer Ervine (1883-1971) is best known for his plays, some of which were staged at the Abbey Theatre. He also managed the Abbey Theatre for a brief period.

"St. John Greer Ervine 1883-1971." Literature Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 16, 2007).

This collection contains a small group of correspondence sent by St. John Greer Ervine over a period of thirty years. One 1931 letter was sent to Kenneth Lawson. The remaining letters were addressed to Harold Frederick Rubinstein and are dated from 1951-1961. All are typed letters signed with some corrections. There is also a photograph labeled "Honey Ditches, Seaton, Devon." It is addressed to Harold Frederick Rubinstein and dated Christmas 1961. The letters discuss George Bernard Shaw, various anecdotes, and a book on Shaw which Ervine is writing. Pencil notations on one of the Rubinstein letters may be by the recipient.

Box 22, F0391: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Purchase, 1992.

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 2007.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2007 March 2
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson, 1931-1961.
Box 22 Folder F0391
Physical Description

7 typed letters signed with some corrections (13 pp.) and one photograph with autograph on reverse.

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