Gresham, Elizabeth F., papersElizabeth F. Gresham papers MSS 16352E. WilkinsonAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

8 December 2017

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:50:46 +0000.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Elizabeth F. Gresham papers Gresham, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Fenner), 1904-1985 MSS 16352 Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/571 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 document box 1936-1939 English General

Formerly listed as MSS 6679-e

 Provenance

Donated by Nancy Faulkner, 14 June 1986.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains typescripts of three comedy-dramas by Gresham: "The whetstone," rewritten as "Woman, with a difference," and "That lesser Aphrodite." In addition there is a typescript copy of "Death takes a holiday" by Walter Ferris, with Gresham's acting "sides" containing stage directions; and portions of the script for Edgar Allan Poe's "Politian."

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16352 Elizabeth F. Gresham papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for reseach use.

 Typescripts The WhetstoneArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/628351936English11Woman, with a DifferenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/628361936English12That Lesser AphroditeArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/62837circa 1937English13Death Takes a HolidayArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/628381930sEnglish14Scope and Contents

A comedy in three acts, by Walter Ferris. Acting "sides" containing stage directions for the production at the University Theatre, January 30 and 31, 1936, used by actress Elizabeth Fenner Gresham.

PolitianArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/628391930sEnglish15

Politian

Scope and Contents

A tragedy, by Edgar Allan Poe. [Portions of the script used for a production at the University of Virginia]