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Cage
379
Pritchard, Mae Hawley
Mae Hawley Pritchard
Papers
1934-1970
1 container.
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
32 items.
Drafts, revisions, and screenplays of
her plays; theses, some correspondence, articles, and other papers.
Collection materials are in
English
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.
The Mae H. Pritchard papers include her Honor's and Master's theses,
drafts of her plays, some correspondence, and other papers.
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.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
379, Mae Hawley Pritchard
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Pritchard, Mae Hawley, 1913-1970 --Archives
Pritchard, Earl, Dr. waps --Archives
Dramatists,
American--20th century--Correspondence
Arts and Humanities
Washington (State)
Performing Arts
Phantoms
Our English Cousins--Lethargic or Efficient?
A Knight in Shining Armour
The Encumbered Arm
The Academic Hood
The American Police Problems
Recent Trends in Unionizing Among Women Workers
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
The American Police Problems. (Honor's Thesis,
Washington State University). 88 p. typescript.
May 12, 1934
1 item.
2
Recent Trends in Unionizing Among Women Workers.
(Master's Thesis, Columbia University). 88 p. typescript.
May 1938
1 item.
3
Phantoms, early draft. 63 p. typescript.
1951
1 item.
4
Phantoms, personal copy. 63 p.
typescript.
1951
6 items.
5
Phantoms, revised version (probably as was presented
in Philadelphia). 83 p. typescript
1952
1 item.
Phantoms, play program and
correspondence
October-December,
1951
7 items.
6
Our English Cousins--Lethargic or Efficient? 9 p.
typescript.
1954
1 item.
7
Phantoms, screen treatment. 67 p.
typescript
1957
1 item.
Phantoms, letter
November 12, 1957
1 item.
8
Phantoms, final version. 83 p.
typescript
1969
1 item.
Phantoms, correspondence
March 10,
1969-January 21, 1970
4 items.
9
A Knight in Shining Armour. 67 p.
typescript
1951
1 item.
A Knight in Shining Armour copyright
certificate
November 5, 1951
1 item.
10
The Encumbered Arm. 28 p. typescript.
1953
1 item.
11
The Academic Hood. 30 p. holograph.
1968-1969
1 item.
12
W.S.U. Agricultural Experiment
Station Bulletins
1936
3 items.