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Mae Hawley Pritchard Papers, 1934-1970

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pritchard, Mae Hawley
Title
Mae Hawley Pritchard Papers
Dates
1934-1970 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 container., (.5 linear feet of shelf space.), (32 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 379
Summary
Drafts, revisions, and screenplays of her plays; theses, some correspondence, articles, and other papers.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Mae Hawley Pritchard was born in Rockford, Washington on April 10, 1913. She graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Political Science in 1934. While at W.S.U. she worked in an editorial capacity for the Agricultural Experiment Station, contributing as co-author or assistant to three bulletins. She subsequently went on to receive her Master's in Political Science from Columbia University in 1938. She married Dr. Earl Pritchard on December 22, 1934. In 1952 the Philadelphia Experimental Theatre produced her first play, Phantoms. She wrote two more plays and was working on her fourth at the time of her death at Tucson, Arizona on February 17, 1970.

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Content Description

The Mae H. Pritchard papers include her Honor's and Master's theses, drafts of her plays, some correspondence, and other papers.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 379, Mae Hawley Pritchard Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The papers are basically arranged as received and, in general, are in chronological order. Correspondence with her mother and her husband concerning the writing and production of the plays were retained with them.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Mae Hawley Pritchard were donated to Washington State University Libraries in August 1977, by Dr. Earl Pritchard of Tucson, Arizona (77-47).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: The American Police Problems. (Honor's Thesis, Washington State University). 88 p. typescript.
    1 item.
    Dates: May 12, 1934
    Container: Folder 1
  • Description: Recent Trends in Unionizing Among Women Workers. (Master's Thesis, Columbia University). 88 p. typescript.
    1 item.
    Dates: May 1938
    Container: Folder 2
  • Description: Phantoms, early draft. 63 p. typescript.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Folder 3
  • Description: Phantoms, personal copy. 63 p. typescript.
    6 items.
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Folder 4
  • Description: Phantoms, revised version (probably as was presented in Philadelphia). 83 p. typescript Phantoms, play program and correspondence
    1 item.
    7 items.
    Dates: 1952; October-December, 1951
    Container: Folder 5
  • Description: Our English Cousins--Lethargic or Efficient? 9 p. typescript.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Folder 6
  • Description: Phantoms, screen treatment. 67 p. typescript Phantoms, letter
    1 item.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1957; November 12, 1957
    Container: Folder 7
  • Description: Phantoms, final version. 83 p. typescript Phantoms, correspondence
    1 item.
    4 items.
    Dates: 1969; March 10, 1969-January 21, 1970
    Container: Folder 8
  • Description: A Knight in Shining Armour. 67 p. typescript A Knight in Shining Armour copyright certificate
    1 item.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951; November 5, 1951
    Container: Folder 9
  • Description: The Encumbered Arm. 28 p. typescript.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1953
    Container: Folder 10
  • Description: The Academic Hood. 30 p. holograph.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1968-1969
    Container: Folder 11
  • Description: W.S.U. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins
    3 items.
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Folder 12

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Subject Terms

  • Dramatists, American--20th century--Correspondence

Personal Names

  • Pritchard, Earl, Dr. waps --Archives (donor)
  • Pritchard, Mae Hawley, 1913-1970 --Archives (creator)

Titles within the Collection

  • A Knight in Shining Armour
  • Our English Cousins--Lethargic or Efficient?
  • Phantoms
  • Recent Trends in Unionizing Among Women Workers
  • The Academic Hood
  • The American Police Problems
  • The Encumbered Arm
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