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Description

1. 2.5 lin ft. (4 boxes and 4 vols.).

Summary

1. The papers of Walter Abel consist primarily of correspondence, contracts, speeches, and clippings documenting his work as an actor.

Subject

1. Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954
2. Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985
3. Actors
4. College theater
5. Theater > United States
6. Bitter, Marietta, 1904-1979
7. ANTA (Organization)
8. Golden, John, 1874-1955
9. Abel, Walter, 1898-1987
10. Speeches
11. Contracts
12. Clippings
13. World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Contracts.
3. Speeches.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1993-050

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. Abel, Walter

Biography (note)

1. An actor on stage, film, radio, and television, Abel's career spanned sixty years.
2. Abel was active in many professional theatrical associations, serving as a council member of Actor's Equity, a vice president of the Screen Actor's Guild and of the Episcopal Actors Guild, a member of the board of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), and president of ANTA (1966-1970). Through ANTA he visited colleges and universities, lecturing and acting in and directing plays.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Processing action (note)

1. Reprocessed from 8-MWEZ + n.c. 24,911-24,920 and MWEZ + n.c. 24,925

Author

1. Abel, Walter, 1898-1987.

Title

1. Walter Abel papers, 1900-1976, 1916-1975.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. An actor on stage, film, radio, and television, Abel's career spanned sixty years. He was born on June 6, 1898 in St. Paul, Minnesota and studied for the stage at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1917-1918. He made his first professional appearance in the 1918 film Out of a Clear Sky, and his Broadway debut in Forbidden at the Manhattan Opera House in 1919. His early career was on the New York stage where he appeared in plays by Eugene O'Neill and others. His film career began in earnest when he starred as D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers in 1935. He appeared in over sixty films, usually in supporting roles, often playing district attorneys or harrassed fathers. Abel returned to the stage after World War II and in his later years was also a concert narrator or reader.
2. Abel was active in many professional theatrical associations, serving as a council member of Actor's Equity, a vice president of the Screen Actor's Guild and of the Episcopal Actors Guild, a member of the board of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), and president of ANTA (1966-1970). Through ANTA he visited colleges and universities, lecturing and acting in and directing plays. Abel was married to Marietta Bitter, a concert harpist.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository.

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2. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1993-050