Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991.
2. Sarton, Eleanor Mabel, 1878-1950.
3. Dominique, Jean François.
4. Sarton, George, 1884-1956.
5. Apprentice Theatre.
6. Associated Actors Theatre, Inc.
7. Civic Repertory Theatre.

Description

1. 188 boxes (47 linear feet), plus oversized material.

Summary

1. The May Sarton Papers at the Berg Collection cover the years 1846-1995 (bulk dates 1920-1995) and are housed in 188 boxes (47 linear feet), plus oversized material. They include manuscripts, correspondence, personal notebooks, artwork, handmade collections, anthologies and commonplace books as well as family papers and photographs. They also include professional papers, theater-related materials, translations, and work inspired by May Sarton.

Subject

1. Sarton, May, 1912-1995

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Sarton

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Various

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. For additional Sarton material, including manuscripts, journals, correspondence, and portraits, see the Berg Collection card catalog (Room 320), or the Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969, 5 vols., plus 2 supplements published in 1975 and 1983, available in many research libraries. Most of the material described in the card catalog was puchased in 1972 from May Sarton and complements the material described in this guide.

Biography (note)

1. Eleanor May Sarton was born May 2, 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium and raised in Cambridge, MA. She was the daughter of George Sarton, the historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes Sarton, an artist and designer. May Sarton began her career in theater, first as an apprentice in Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre in New York (1929-34) and then as the founder and director of the Associated Actors Theatre (1934-37). She published her first book, a volume of poetry entitled Encounter in April, in 1937 and her first novel, The Single House, in 1938. Her works also include journals and film scripts. Throughout her career Sarton taught, read and lectured extensively across the United States. She received awards and grants from the Poetry Society of America, The Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation. In addition, she received the American Book Award and honorary doctorates from Bates College, Colby College, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Maine, Bowdoin College, Union College and Bucknell University among others. She died on July 16, 1995.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding Aid available in repository and on internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed

Author

1. Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

Title

1. May Sarton Papers 1846-1995 (bulk 1920-1995)

Access

1. Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Eleanor May Sarton was born May 2, 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium and raised in Cambridge, MA. She was the daughter of George Sarton, the historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes Sarton, an artist and designer. May Sarton began her career in theater, first as an apprentice in Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre in New York (1929-34) and then as the founder and director of the Associated Actors Theatre (1934-37). She published her first book, a volume of poetry entitled Encounter in April, in 1937 and her first novel, The Single House, in 1938. Her works also include journals and film scripts. Throughout her career Sarton taught, read and lectured extensively across the United States. She received awards and grants from the Poetry Society of America, The Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation. In addition, she received the American Book Award and honorary doctorates from Bates College, Colby College, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Maine, Bowdoin College, Union College and Bucknell University among others. She died on July 16, 1995.

Indexes

1. Finding Aid available in repository and on internet.

Location of other archival materials

1. For additional Sarton material, including manuscripts, journals, correspondence, and portraits, see the Berg Collection card catalog (Room 320), or the Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969, 5 vols., plus 2 supplements published in 1975 and 1983, available in many research libraries. Most of the material described in the card catalog was puchased in 1972 from May Sarton and complements the material described in this guide.

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1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991.
2. Sarton, Eleanor Mabel, 1878-1950.
3. Dominique, Jean François.
4. Sarton, George, 1884-1956.
5. Apprentice Theatre.
6. Associated Actors Theatre, Inc.
7. Civic Repertory Theatre.

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Sarton