Maude Adams Papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79010215
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Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
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Maude Adams Papers 1925-1956
Adams, Maude, 1872-1953
Biographical History for: Maude Adams Papers 1925-1956
Biographical Note Maude Adams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1872, was an American stage actress. Active in the years 1888-1916, she was a successful and high-paid performer known mostly for her role as Peter Pan. Adams headed the drama department at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, from 1937 to 1943. She died in Tannersville, New York, in 1953.
Scope and Content Note The papers of Maude Adams (1872-1953) span the years circa 1925-circa 1956. The entire collection is composed of writings by Maude Adams and a draft by Phyllis Robbins of her biography of Adams, Maude Adams: An Intimate Portrait, published in 1956. The writings of Adams include both published and typescript versions of magazine articles, a speech, a religious play, a book-length typescript and a pamphlet for teaching speech, and a proposal with scripts for a radio program with Homer Saint-Gaudens.
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Writings
By Maude Adams
Articles
"The One I Knew Least of All"
Published copy, Ladies Home Journal, 1926
Typescript, circa 1925
"'Thumbs Up' for Joy and Adventure," typescript and published copy from Ladies Home Journal, 1927, undated
Book draft, "The First Steps in Speaking Verse," with an anthology, undated
Commencement address, Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., 1939
Miscellany, undated
"Pamphlet on English Speech and English Verse," circa 1947
Play, life of Jesus Christ, undated
Radio program proposal, with Homer Saint-Gaudens
Description and scripts, undated
Notes, undated
By Phyllis Robbins, Maude Adams: An Intimate Portrait, typescript, circa 1956