Percy Wallace MacKaye Collection 1903-1913

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Percy Wallace MacKaye Collection, Accession 7431-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Percy Wallace MacKaye Collection, Accession 7431-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

mentioning that he is to lecture on "The Drama of Democracy" before the MacDowell Associationand also at Earl Hall, Columbia University, and wishing to see him while he is in town.

concerning the production of his play Mater

congratulating him on the loss of his job [from the New YorkSun?] which "may mean a black mark on your bank-account but it means a gold medal to you from the angels & the muses."

thanking him for the article on Anti-Matrimonyin the Chicago Record-Heraldand expressing his gratitude for Eaton's emphasis on "the use of putting the whole body of modern European drama into a better perspective for Americans..."

praising the excerpt of his lecture which appeared in the Transcript

having taken the liberty of asking the MacMillan Companyto send him a copy of MacKaye's play in verse, The Canterbury Pilgrims, and expressing his desire to have Winter's critical opinion of the play.

Acquisition information:
Transfer 1989 August 29
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
8 items