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Creator
Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946.
Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Extent
- 5.4 linear feet (13 boxes).
Access Restrictions
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Scope/Contents Note
Collection consists of Hamilton's personal and professional correspondence; writings such as diaries, lectures, speeches, plays, poetry, and reviews; contracts;and miscellaneous papers.
Biographical/Historical Note
Clayton Meeker Hamilton (1881-1946) was an American drama critic, lecturer and playwright. He wrote dramatic criticism for various New York publications, wrote popularplays, and worked at several movie studios in the 1920s.
Controlled Access Terms
- Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946.
- Dramatic criticism -- United States.
- Theater -- United States -- History.
- American drama -- History and criticism.
- Diaries.
- Theater critics.
- Authors.
Additional Creator Names
- Archer, William.
- Gillette, William, 1853-1937.
- Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944.
- Jessop, George Henry, d. 1915.
- Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929.
- Thorne, Doris.
- Wing, Arthur.