Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Archer, Will.
2. Gillette, William, 1853-1937.
3. Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944.
4. Jessop, George Henry, -1915.
5. Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929.
6. Thorne, Doris.
7. Wing, Arthur.

Description

1. 5.4 linear feet (13 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of Hamilton's personal and professional correspondence; writings such as diaries, lectures, speeches, plays, poetry, and reviews; contracts; and miscellaneous papers.

Subject

1. Authors
2. Theater critics
3. Diaries
4. American drama > History and criticism
5. Theater > United States > History
6. Dramatic criticism > United States
7. Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.

Call number

1. MssCol 1298

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Hamilton, Gladys Coates (Mrs. Clayton Meeker)

Biography (note)

1. Clayton Meeker Hamilton (1881-1946) was an American drama critic, lecturer and playwright.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946.

Title

1. Clayton Meeker Hamilton papers, 1899-1946.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Clayton Meeker Hamilton (1881-1946) was an American drama critic, lecturer and playwright. He wrote dramatic criticism for various New York publications, wrote popular plays, and worked at several movie studios in the 1920s.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Theater critics.
2. Authors.

Added author

1. Archer, Will.
2. Gillette, William, 1853-1937.
3. Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944.
4. Jessop, George Henry, -1915.
5. Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929.
6. Thorne, Doris.
7. Wing, Arthur.

LCCN

1. ms 70001728

Research call number

1. MssCol 1298