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Series 1: Works, 1900-1971, bulk: 1900 - 1919

 Series

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Manuscripts, typescripts, and published materials of Kenneth Sawyer Goodman's plays, poems, short stories, and student papers. The Plays subseries contains multiple drafts of Goodman's short theatrical works, including collaborations with Ben Hecht and Thomas Wood Stevens. The Poems subseries contains a significant number of unpublished poems in manuscript and typescript form. Miscellaneous works include a short film treatment written with John T. McCutcheon called Cousin Jim. The film was a photoplay produced by the Casino Club, and featured scenes shot on Lincoln Park's infamous "suicide bridge." Series also contains a few short stories, some of which were published in the Nassau Literary Magazine on which Goodman was an editor while at Princeton.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-1971
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1919

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Kenneth Sawyer Goodman papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Audiovisual recordings in this collection have not been digitized and are unavailable for use at this time.

Arrangement note

Organized in the following subseries: Subseries 1: Plays, 1907-1971, bulk 1907-1916; Subseries 2: Poems, 1900-1919; and Subseries 3: Miscellaneous, 1905-ca. 1916.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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