Finding Aid for American Play Company Records, 1924-1934.

• Descriptive Summary
• Biography
• Scope and Content Note
• Series Descriptions
  • Correspondence
    • Incoming
    • Outgoing

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

The American Play Company was a business organization that handled the licensing of plays. Prior to 1914 it was involved in play production and script purchase, but after that time it dealt exclusively in representing dramatists.

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence dating from 1924 to 1934. The correspondence consists of letters and telegrams to Frances Steloff relating to Eugene O'Neill and to Howard Irving Young, as well as a letter from Sinclair Lewis to the American Play Co.

• American Play Company Records, 1892-1960
• *T-MSS 1993-055
• 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
• The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

• American Play Company Records, [ca. 1940-1950]
• 1 linear ft.
• The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.