Maxwell Anderson Papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm80010942
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Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Maxwell Anderson Papers 1920-1989 (bulk 1920-1955)
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
Scope and Content Note The papers of Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) span the years 1920-1989, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1920-1955. The collection consists of letters to and from Harold Monro and copies of various plays and screenplays by Anderson, including scripts which he submitted for copyright to the Library of Congress Copyright Office. Among the drafts, corrected galleys, and annotated copies are scripts for “Anne of the Thousand Days,” “Joan of Lorraine,” “The Eve of St. Mark,” and “What Price Glory.”
file
Correspondence, 1920
Scripts
Copyright Deposits*
*Copyright deposits may not be photocopied.
1925, "Outside Looking In"
1926, "Saturday's Children"
1932, "Both Your Houses"
1934, "Valley Forge"
"The Wingless Victory"
"Wintersong"
"High Tor"
"The Masque of Kings"
"The Feast of Ortolans"
"Second Overture"
"The Star-Wagon"
1939, "Key Largo"
1940, "Journey to Jerusalem"
1941, "Candle in the Wind"
1942, "The Eve of St. Mark"
1943, "Storm Operation"
1944, "The Greeks Remember Marathon"
1945, "Truckline Café"
1948, "Anne of the Thousands Days"
1949, "Lost in the Stars"
1951, "Barefoot in Athens"
1953, "Carmen"
1955, "The Bad Seed"
Drafts, galleys, and annotated copies
"Anne of the Thousand Days," 1948
"Both Your Houses," 1932
"Candle in the Wind," 1941
"The Eve of St. Mark," 1942
"Joan of Lorraine"
Screenplay, filmed as Joan of Arc
Notes by Alan Anderson, 1989
Text, 1948
Stage play, undated See Oversize
"Journey to Jerusalem," 1940
"Key Largo," 1939
"Second Overture," undated
"Valley Forge," 1936
"What Price Glory," undated
"Winterset," undated See Oversize
Oversize
"Joan of Lorraine," undated (Container 4)
"Winterset," undated (Container 6)