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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #7629 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
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Susan Glaspell Collection 1912-1922 7629 18 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Susan Glaspell Collection, Accession 7629, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

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Deposit 20 July 1964

 Item Listing Manuscripts Poem, " Though stone be broken" 1912 April TMs, 3 p. Poem, " The shining rocks" ca. 1922 TMs, 1 p.

[Dedicated to Arthur Davison Ficke. ]

 Poem, " The shining rocks" ca. 1922 TMs, 2 p.

[In corrected form.]

 Extracts from the Parnassus Letters ca. 1922 TMs, 2 p.

[Collected by Edna Kenton. ]

 Letters George Cram Cook, Greece, to Edna Kenton 1922 May 4 AL, 6 p.

[Mentions Delphi, The Rock of the Sybil, geology of the area, etc.; includes 2 poems, "I lay on the rocks in the cool gorge . . ." and "Beat against me, East Wind . . ."]

 George Cram Cook to Edna Kenton 1922 June 8 AL, 2 p.

[Gives her a copy of his "semi-drunken" letter to "Fitzie" [Mary Eleanor Fitzgerald] ; remarks unflatteringly about Fitzgerald's character.]

 Edna Kenton to Blanche 1922 June 22 TLS, 1 p.

[Writes of George Cram Cook 's sail to Greece ; discusses closing of the theater and renting it to a different group of players for one year; refers to Jane Street Church episode; expresses gratitude for help on Chains of Dew. ]

 George Cram Cook to Edna Kenton 1922 July 10-23 AL, 3 p.

[Discusses possibility of reopening of Provincetown Players with a new group of people; expresses ideas on how this group should be composed.]

 Jig ( George Cram Cook) to Edna Kenton 1922 May 29 AN, 1 p.

[Supplements Susan Glaspell's letter to Kenton; criticizes it.]

 Edna Kenton to Jig ( George Cram Cook ), Susan Glaspell , and "Gene" [Eugene?] O'Neill [1922] January 22 TL, 2 p.

[Proposes fundraising possibilities for the theater, such as a dinner, a ball, etc.; mentions Mr. Faust and The Ape.]

 Susan Glaspell to Edna Kenton [1922] May 11 TLS, 4 p.

[Includes autograph postscript; expresses fears that a play may not run long; invites her to come to Greece; requests a copy of Thus Spake Zarathustrain English.]

 Susan Glaspell to Edna Kenton [1922] May 29 TL, 3 p.

[Includes autograph postscript, signed, written in part by George Cram Cook ; remarks about Provincetown Players ' opening night; says he is pleased with reviews; complains that cashier's royalty check has not arrived yet; reports on lovely outing with "Phil" and friends; tells of Jig's drunken adventures in Athens.]

 Susan Glaspell to Edna Kenton [1922] June 26 TLS, 2 p.

[Includes an autograph postscript of [1922] July 2; says she had a wonderful time in camp on Parnassus; confirms arrival of requested copy of Thus Spake Zarathustra, and arrival of a script.]

 Edna Kenton to Jig and Sue ( George Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell ) [1922] July 7 ALS, 2 p.

[Reports on a committee meeting concerning Provincetown Players ; mentions actors and financial backers of theater.]

 George Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell to Edna Kenton [1922] n. d. ALS, 2 p.

[Confirms arrival of her letters with first news of Chains of Dew; describes Athens and its intellectual atmosphere; expresses appreciation for work well done; Glaspell says she is relieved that Ralph Stuart produced her play.]

 Susan Glaspell to Edna Kenton [1925] January 12 TLS, 2 p.

[Tries to explain her emotional state, her frustration in writing about Jig ( George Cram Cook ) after his death; asks her to write about Jig and the Provincetown Players, his upbringing, his life.]

 Miscellaneous New York Morning Telegraph, "The Story of Susan Glaspell" by Alice Rohe 1921 December 18 Interview,

[Glaspell admits to being interested in all progressive movements, feminist social or economic.]

 New York Herald review of Susan Glaspell's Chains of Dew 1922 April 28 Review,

[Reviews the comedy which satirizes bobbed hair and birth control; credits the play with much wit and an occasional line on birth control that hovered "on the verge," according to Glaspell.]