Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Mae Hawley Pritchard
Papers
1934-1970
Cage
379
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Pritchard, Mae Hawley
- Title
- Mae Hawley Pritchard Papers
- ID
- Cage 379
- Date [inclusive]
- 1934-1970
- Extent
- 1 container., .5 linear feet of shelf space., 32 items.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Drafts, revisions, and screenplays of her plays; theses, some correspondence, articles, and other papers.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 379, Mae Hawley Pritchard Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
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.
Scope and Content
The Mae H. Pritchard papers include her Honor's and Master's theses, drafts of her plays, some correspondence, and other papers.
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.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
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).
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Pritchard, Mae Hawley, 1913-1970 --Archives
Donor(s) :
- Pritchard, Earl, Dr. waps --Archives
Subject(s)
- Dramatists, American--20th century--Correspondence
Detailed Description of Collection
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The American Police Problems. (Honor's Thesis, Washington State University). 88 p. typescript. May 12, 1934 1 item. |
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Recent Trends in Unionizing Among Women Workers. (Master's Thesis, Columbia University). 88 p. typescript. May 1938 1 item. |
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Phantoms, early draft. 63 p. typescript. 1951 1 item. |
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Phantoms, personal copy. 63 p. typescript. 1951 6 items. |
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Phantoms, revised version (probably as was presented in Philadelphia). 83 p. typescriptPhantoms, play program and correspondence 1952 October-December, 1951 1 item. 7 items. |
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Our English Cousins--Lethargic or Efficient? 9 p. typescript. 1954 1 item. |
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Phantoms, screen treatment. 67 p. typescriptPhantoms, letter 1957 November 12, 1957 1 item. 1 item. |
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Phantoms, final version. 83 p. typescriptPhantoms, correspondence 1969 March 10, 1969-January 21, 1970 1 item. 4 items. |
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A Knight in Shining Armour. 67 p. typescriptA Knight in Shining Armour copyright certificate 1951 November 5, 1951 1 item. 1 item. |
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The Encumbered Arm. 28 p. typescript. 1953 1 item. |
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The Academic Hood. 30 p. holograph. 1968-1969 1 item. |
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W.S.U. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins 1936 3 items. |
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