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Eugene O'Neill Papers
Series III. Writings  (click on links for digital images)

15.60' (42 boxes) Dates: 1914-1970
Series III, Writings, is organized into six subseries: Plays, Poems, Other Writings, Notes, Work Diaries, and Writings of Others. The first four subseries are arranged alphabetically by title. Work Diaries is arranged chronologically. Writings of Others is arranged alphabetically by author and then by title.

PLAYS

Ah, Wilderness!

Box Folder Date
39 847 Inscriptions to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, holograph 1932, 1933
848 Notes, holograph n.d.
Early draft
849 Typescript, corrected, in volume 1932 Sep 27
850 Typescript carbon, corrected, in volume 1932 Sep 27
851 Later draft, typescript, corrected, in volume n.d.
Inscribed to CMO, 1935 Jul 22.
Galley proof, corrected (1933)
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2497
852 (Notes on sequel), holograph n.d.
Contracts
See also: Contract with Albert Bonniers foerlag, box 69, folder 1314
853 Theatre Guild 1933 Aug 1
854 Carl Strakosch 1933 Dec 14
855 Amateur Plays, Inc. 1935 Oct 25
856 Theatre Guild 1941 Sep 3
857 Travelling Repertory Theatre Limited 1942 Oct 28
858 Whitehall Productions 1948 Sep 22
859 David Merrick and Jo Mielziner 1955 Apr 19
860-862 Programs and brochures 1933-59, n.d.
40 863-874 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1933-65, n.d.


All God's Chillun Got Wings

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
41 875-876 Draft, typescript and typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Includes American Play Company binder.
Posters (4) for Dramatiska teatern (Stockholm, Sweden) production 1945
Stored in: Oversize, box 151, folder 2615
877 Programs and brochures 1923-45
878 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1925-68, n.d.


The Ancient Mariner

879 Clipping of review and letter to editor 1924, 1937


"And Give Me Death"

See: Cycle plays, box 141, folder 2515


Anna Christie

See also: (Ideas for plays), holograph,
in notebook, box 77, folder 1425 See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I), box 43, folders 926-934
880 Draft, holograph, corrected 1919 Apr 11
Includes note of explanation by CMO.
Contracts
881 George Crouse Tyler 1919 May 23
882 Arthur Hopkins 1921 Jun 11
883 Thomas H. Ince Corporation 1923 Apr 3
884 Paolo Giordani 1923 May 22
885 Arvid Englind 1923 Sep 19
886 National Theatre of Greece 1932 Jul 30
887 Carl Strakosch 1936 Nov 23
888 Hans Bartsch 1937 Oct 11
889 Reginald Fogwell 1943 Mar 1
890 Joseph Kramm 1948 Feb 26
891 Curtis Brown Ltd. 1948 May 5
892 Ford Motor Company 1949 Jan 5
893 Harald Bromley 1952 Jan 11
894 Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith, and Harold S. Prince 1956 Jun 27
895-899 Programs and brochures 1921-57
42 900-908 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1919-57, n.d.
Clippings of reviews and photographs for production in Lisbon (Portugal), in scrapbook 1947
Includes note from Portuguese Purchasing and Trade Commission.
Stored in: Oversize, box 132, folder 2489


Before Breakfast

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
909 Program 1924
910 Clippings of reviews 1954-58


Beyond the Horizon

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
911 Draft, holograph, corrected (photostat) n.d.
Includes envelope annotated by EO: "Photostats longhand. Beyond The Horizon. Bound East for Cardiff."
Contracts
912 John D. Williams 1918 May 24
American Play Company 1919 Jan 14
Stored in: Oversize, box 141,folder 2506
913 John D. Williams 1920 Jan 1
914 John D. Williams 1920 May 3
915 Jack De Leon 1938 Feb 18
916 Carl Strakosch 1947 Aug 19
917 Curtis Brown Ltd. 1948 Nov 5
918 Enrique Serres Fluvia 1948 Nov 12
919 Programs 1933-63
920-921 Clippings of reviews 1918-20
43 922-923 Clippings of reviews 1921-62, n.d.
Clippings of reviews, in scrapbook 1920
Stored in: Oversize, box 133, folder 2490


Bound East for Cardiff

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
924 Draft, holograph, corrected (photostat) n.d.
See also: Beyond the Horizon, box 42, folder 911
925 Program 1957


"By Way of Obit"

See: Hughie, box 54, folder 1096
1096-1105


"Career of Bessie Bowlan"

See: Cycle plays, box 141, folders 2507
and 2514


"Chris Christopherson"

See: Anna Christie, box 41, folders 880-899
880 through box 42, folder 908


(Collected Plays)

926-934 (Volume I), printed versions of individual plays, disbound, corrected n.d.
Contains: The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The First Man, Welded, Diff'rent, Beyond the Horizon, Before Breakfast, and The Dreamy Kid.
44 935-943 (Volume II), printed versions of individual plays, disbound, corrected n.d.
Contains: The Hairy Ape, The Straw, All God's Chillun Got Wings, Gold, The Moon of the Caribbees, Bound East for Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In the
Zone
, Where the Cross Is Made, Ile, and The Rope.


Cycle plays

(Notes on plots and characters), holograph, in volume 1932-35
Includes notes on Days Without End, Ah, Wilderness!, "Career of Bessie Bowlan," A Touch of the Poet, More Stately Mansions, and "The Calms of Capricorn." Eight leaves excised at front of volume.
"The Calms of Capricorn, Act One - Scene One"
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2507
"Cycle (Family Tree Maps - Continuance
of Characters Diagrams)," notes and drawings, holograph
1937 Jul
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2508
"Cycle (Notes). Historical Dates - Pertinent Facts - Etc.," notes, holograph and typescript 1937-42
Includes notes, holograph, on And Give Me Death.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folders 2509-2510
"Cycle (Expanded to Eleven Plays). Notes & Outlines, New 1st Four Plays," holograph, in notebook 1940 Oct-Nov
Includes sixteen loose pages, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2511
944 "Cycle," notes, holograph 1941 Apr, n.d.
"Cycle - Character Charts," holograph n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2512
"Cycle. Technique (Schemes - Outlines - Notes)," notes, holograph n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2513
945 "Names, Dialects, etc.," lists, holograph n.d.
946 Press release by Theatre Guild n.d.
947 "Sets," drawings, holograph n.d.
948 "The Calms of Capricorn," notes and drawings, holograph n.d.
#1   #2   #3   #4   #5
"Career of Bessie Bowlan," notes, holograph n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2514
45 949 "The Earth is the Limit," notes, holograph n.d.
Also includes notes, holograph, on The Calms of Capricorn.
"Greed of the Meek"
Title pages and notes on scenes and characters, holograph n.d.
Also includes "And Give Me Death." Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2515
950 Notes on scenes and characters, holograph, in notebook n.d.
951 Notes and drawing, holograph 1937
"The Hair of the Dog," notes, holograph 1937
Also includes notes on "The Calms of Capricorn" and letter from (Joseph Corey?) to Saxe Commins, 1933 May 6, enclosing Associated Press obituary for Kate Gleason.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2516
952 "The Man on Iron Horseback," notes, holograph n.d.
More Stately Mansions
Notes and drawings, holograph   #1   #2   #3   #4   #5 1935-39
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2517
953-958 Draft, typescript, corrected   #1   #2   #3   #4 1938 Sep 8
Missing pages 16 and 83 when received from CMO.
959 Notes for revisions, holograph 1938
"Notes and Outlines for Rewriting A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions," holograph, in notebook 1938-41
Includes note of explanation, holograph, on cover. Includes eight pages, holograph, laid in.
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2518
960 Contracts with Dramatiska teatern (Stockholm, Sweden) 1957, 1959
961-962 Programs and brochures 1962-63, n.d.
963-965 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1957-70, n.d.
46 966 "Nothing Is Lost Save Honor," notes, holograph 1940
967 "Or Give Me Death," notes and drawings, holograph 1937 Jul
A Touch of the Poet
See also: "Notes and Outlines for Rewriting A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions," box 141, folder 2518
968 Drawing and notes for tavern 1938-42
Sketch of Simon's cabin
969-970 Early draft - Scenes, typescript, corrected 1942 Nov 13
Characters, typescript, corrected
971-972 Later draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
Poster for Belgian production (1959) Apr
Stored in: Oversize, box 141, folder 2519
973 Contract with Robert Whitehead 1956 Jun 15
974 Contract with Dramatiska teatern (Stockholm, Sweden) (1957 Oc 1)
975 Contract with S. Fischer Verlag 1957 Oct 7
976 Contract with Dramatists Play Service (New York, N.Y.) 1960 Jan 7
977-981 Programs and brochures 1957-63, n.d.
982-983 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1956-57
47 984-989 Clippings of reviews and advertisements (cont.) 1957-67, n.d.


Days Without End

48 990 Inscriptions to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, holograph 1934, 1935
991 Notes, holograph, "written before, during, or after the writing of first draft" 1931 Jul
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
992 Notes, holograph, "made after the writing of (remarks?) in notebook from year previously (1927)" n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
993 Notes and drawings for stage settings, holograph n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
994-996 Early draft, holograph, corrected 1932 Nov 30
Inscribed to CMO, 1934 Jan. Includes note of explanation, holograph.
997-999 Early intermediate draft, holograph, corrected 1933 Apr
Inscribed to CMO, 1934 Jan. Includes
note of explanation, holograph.
1000-1002 Later intermediate draft, typescript, corrected 1933
"The End of the End" is holograph, corrected. Inscribed to CMO, 1934 Jan. Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1003-1005 Later draft, typescript, corrected 1933 Oct-Nov
Inscribed to CMO, 1934 Jan. Includes
note of explanation, holograph.
1006 Working copy, typescript carbon, corrected, in volume n.d.
Includes insertions, holograph, laid in. Inscribed to CMO, 1934 Jan.
Contracts
49 1007 M. H. Brander, Jr. 1934 Mar 24
1008 Carl Strakosch 1934 Apr 18
1009 Hans Bartsch 1937 Oct 11
1010 Programs and brochures 1933-35
1011-1015 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1933-57, n.d.


Desire Under the Elms

Poster for Toneeloroep Theater (Amsterdam, Netherlands) production 1965
Stored in: Oversize, bsd, folder 2639
Contracts
1016 Greenwich Village Playhouse, Inc. 1924 Sep 15
1017 Peter Godfrey Limited 1930 Oct 27
1018 London Mask Theatre, Ltd. 1940 Jan 10
1019 William Rowland 1941 Sep
1020-1021 Programs and brochures 1943-58, n.d.
1022-1025 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1933-40
50 1026-1032 Clippings of reviews and advertisements (cont.) 1941-65, n.d.


Diff'rent

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
1033 Contract with Norman Macdermott 1921 Oct 1
1034 Programs n.d.
1035-1036 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1937-61, n.d.


The Dreamy Kid

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
1037 Printed version, Theatre Arts Magazine 1920 Jan
1038 Contract with Theatre Arts, Inc. (3 copies) 1937 Jul 16
1039 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1939-57


Dynamo

51 1040 Notes, holograph, and pencil drawings of scenes n.d.
#1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6   #7   #8
Includes letter from Horace Liveright, Inc. to CMO, 1932 Mar 18. Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1041-1042 Early draft, holograph, in two volumes n.d.
1043 Later draft, carbon, corrected, in volume n.d.
Inscribed to CMO, Christmas 1929.
Early galley proof n.y. Feb 25-27
Includes insertions, typescript, laid in. Inscribed to CMO. Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2498
Later galley proof, corrected n.y. May 14
Inscribed to CMO. Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2499
1044 Clippings of reviews 1941


"The Earth is the Limit"

See: Cycle plays, box 45, folder 949


The Emperor Jones

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
1045 Production bulletin by Federal Theatre Project (San Francisco, Calif.), typescript 1937
Includes photographs.
Contracts
See also: Contract with Hans Bartsch, box 53, folder 1090
1046 Maurice Bourgeois 1922 Jul 27
1047 Adolph Klauber 1922 Jul 31
1048 Gustaf Hellstroem 1922 Sep 25
1049 Louis Gruenberg 1930 May 2
1050 John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran 1933 Feb 10
1051 John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran 1933 Apr 18
1052 Enrico Raggio 1949 Mar 11
1053-1054 Programs 1923-64, n.d.
52 1055-1063 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1932-64, n.d.


Exorcism

1064 Clipping of review (1919-20?)


The First Man

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
1065 Contract with Augustus Duncan 1922 Mar 2
1066 Clippings of reviews 1926


Fog

1067 Draft, typescript carbon n.d.


The Fountain

Contracts
1068 Greenwich Village Playhouse, Inc. 1925 Jun 24
1069 Universum-Bohumil Perlik 1935 Nov 29
1070 Program 1925-26
1071 Clipping of review 1937 Aug 10


Gag's End

1072 Notes, holograph, in notebook 1940-41
1073 Draft of Act One, holograph, corrected n.d.
Includes notes titled "R. H. play," holograph, 1941-43.


Gold

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
1074 Contract with John D. Williams 1920 May 11
1075 Program 1921


The Great God Brown

53 1076 Notes, holograph n.d.
Includes "Author's foreword." Includes notes of explanation, holograph.
1077 Early draft, holograph, corrected 1925 Mar 22
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1078 Intermediate draft, holograph, corrected, in volume 1925 Mar 25
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1079-1080 Later draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Galley proof, corrected n.y. Jan 29-30
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2500
1081 Essay about The Great God Brown, holograph, corrected (1926)
Printed in The New York Post, 1926.
Contracts
1082 S. Fischer Verlag 1926 Mar 31
1083 Hans R. Dilling 1926 Aug 24
1084 Programs and brochures 1949-60
1085-1086 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1936-59, n.d.


"Greed of the Meek"

See: Cycle plays, box 141, folder 2515


"The Hair of the Dog"

See: Cycle plays, box 141, folder 2516


The Hairy Ape

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
Clippings of reviews, in scrapbook 1922
Stored in: Oversize, box 134, folder 2491
Contracts
1087 Arthur Hopkins 1922 Apr 3
1088 Maurice Bourgeois 1922 Nov 25
1089 E. Washburn Freund 1923 Mar 15
1090 Hans Bartsch 1923 Apr 2
Includes The Emperor Jones.
1091 Carl Strakosch 1933 Dec 1
1092 Jules Levey (2 copies) 1943 May 4
1093 Programs and brochures 1922-23, n.d.
1094-1095 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1922-60, n.d.


Hughie

54 1096 Very early draft, holograph, corrected n.d.
1097 Early draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
1098 Early intermediate draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation by CMO,
1952 May 22.
1099 Later intermediate draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
1100 Later draft A, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1101 Later draft B, typescript carbon, in binder n.d.
Binder signed by CMO.
1102 Programs and brochures 1959-64, n.d.
1103-1105 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1955-65, n.d.


The Iceman Cometh

1106 Notes and drawings, holograph 1939, n.d.
#1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6   #7   #8   #9   #10
1107-1109 Very early draft, holograph, corrected 1939
Begun 1939 Jun 8; finished 1939 Nov 26. Includes note of explanation, typescript, signed.
1110-1113 Early draft, typescript, corrected   #1   #2 1939 Dec
Inscribed to CMO, 1940.
55 1114 Early intermediate draft, typescript, corrected, in volume 1940
Inscribed to CMO. In CMO's hand: "2nd typed draft from first typed corrected script."
Middle intermediate draft
1115 Typescript, corrected, in volume 1940
Inscribed to CMO, 1941. In CMO's hand: "2nd draft with cuts made before rehearsal."
1116 Typescript carbon, corrected, in volume 1940
In CMO's hand: "2nd draft with cuts made before rehearsal."
1117 Typescript carbon, in volume 1940
56 1118-1120 Later intermediate draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
Includes Hart Stenographic Bureau binder.
Later draft
1121-1123 Typescript n.d.
Includes Hart Stenographic Bureau binder.
1124-1126 Typescript carbon n.d.
Includes Hart Stenographic Bureau binder.
1127 Cast list for Theatre Guild production, typescript carbon 1946 Jul 8
Clippings, notes, and watercolor drawings of costumes for Theatre Guild production 1946
Drawings by Robert Edmond Jones.
Stored in: Oversize, box 151, folders
2616-2620
Poster for Genova (Italy) production (2 copies) Stored in: Oversize, bsd, folder 2640 (1965?)
Poster for National Theatre (Great Britain) production in Cottesloe Theatre n.d.
Includes productions of Hughie and The Long Voyage Home.
Stored in: Oversize, bsd, folder 2641
1128 Programs and brochures 1947-48
1129-1133 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1940-46
57 1134-1143 Clippings of reviews and advertisements (cont.) 1946-68, n.d.


Ile

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
1144 Programs 1918, 1958
1145 Clippings of reviews 1921-42


In the Zone

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
1146 Programs 1924, 1961, n.d.
1147 Clippings of reviews 1917-48


"The Last Conquest"

1148-1149 Prologue, notes, and drawings, holograph  1940-42
"Scene Four, The Hall of Last Suppers, Set," drawing
"Scene Eight, Set, Summit of Calvary," drawing
Includes "The 13th Apostle."


Lazarus Laughed

58 1150 Notes and drawings, holograph   #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6   #7 n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1151-1153 Early draft, holograph, corrected 1926 May 11
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1154-1156 Intermediate draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph. Includes American Play Company binder.
1157 Later draft, typescript carbon, corrected, in volume n.d.
Inscribed to CMO.
Galley proof, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2501
1158 Contract with A. S. Berkman 1927 Aug 29
1159 Brochure 1956
1160 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1927-48


Long Day's Journey Into Night

1161 Plot summary, holograph   #1   #2 1939 Jun-Jul
1162 Notes and drawings, holograph   #1   #2   #3   #4   #5 1940, n.d.
Includes note by CMO.
Very early draft, holograph, corrected   #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6 1940 Sep 20
Inscribed to CMO, 1941 Jul 22.
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folders 2520-2523
1163-1164 Early draft, typescript, corrected   #1   #2 n.d.
1165-1166 Intermediate draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
Later draft
59 1167 Typescript, in volume n.d.
Inscribed to CMO, 1951 Dec 27.
1168-1169 Typescript carbon n.d.
1170 Invitation to dinner to mark publication 1956 Feb 20
1171-1174 Financial reports for production by Leigh Connell, Theodore Mann, and Jose Quintero 1956-65
Poster advertising film (2 copies) n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2524
Contracts
1175 Random House (Firm) 1955 Feb 17
Two different contracts.
1176 Carl Strakosch 1956 Feb 8
1177 S. Fischer Verlag 1956 Mar 15
1178 Jose Quintero, Theodore Mann, and Leigh Connell 1956 Jul 11
1179 Lars Schmidt 1956 Jul 18
1180 Jose Quintero, Theodore Mann, and Leigh Connell 1956 Sep 19
1181-1182 Programs and brochures 1955-56
60 1183-1189 Programs and brochures (cont.) 1956-62, n.d.
1190-1195 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1955-56 Jul
61 1196-1208 Clippings of reviews and advertisements (cont.) 1956 Aug-57
62 1209-1220 Clippings of reviews and advertisements (cont.) 1958-70, n.d.


The Long Voyage Home

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 4, folders 935-943
1221 Clipping of printed version, annotated in unidentified hand n.d.
Signed by Nina Moise.
1222-1225 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1939-61, n.d.


"The Man on Iron Horseback"

See: Cycle plays, box 45, folder 952


Marco Millions

63 1226 Notes and drawings, holograph n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1227-1228 Early draft, holograph, in two volumes 1923-24
Begun 1923 Aug 11; finished 1924 Oct 11.
1229-1231 Later draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Contracts
1232 Theatre Guild 1927 May 21
1233 London Mask Theatre, Ltd. 1938 Nov 30
1234 Programs 1964, n.d.
1235-1237 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1927-64, n.d.


A Moon for the Misbegotten

64 1238 Notes and drawings, holograph 1941-43
Early draft, holograph, corrected 1943 May 17
Note by EO: "2nd d."
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folders 2525-2526
1239-1240 Intermediate draft, typescript, corrected   #1   #2   #3 n.d.
Includes holograph pages.   #1   #2   #3
1241-1243 Later draft, typescript n.d.
Signed by CMO, 1947.
Contracts
1244 Carl Strakosch 1952 Aug 29
1245 Jonathan Cape Limited 1952 Sep 10
1246-1247 Programs 1919-69, n.d.
1248-1254 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1947-56
65 1255-1259 Clippings of reviews and advertisements (cont.) 1957-68, n.d.


The Moon of the Caribbees

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II), box 44, folders 935-943
1260 Clipping of printed version n.d.


More Stately Mansions

See: Cycle plays, box 45, folder 953-965


Mourning Becomes Electra

66 1261 Notes on characters and story, holograph, in volume n.d.
Inscribed to CMO, 1930 Jan 15.
1262 Notes on dialogues, holograph, in volume n.d.
Inscribed to CMO, 1934 Mar.
1263 Dialogue, holograph and typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1264-1266 "Homecoming," very early draft, holograph, corrected n.d.
1267-1268 "The Hunted," very early draft, holograph, corrected n.d.
1269-1270 "The Haunted," very early draft, holograph, corrected 1930 Feb 12
1271-1273 "Homecoming," early draft, holograph, corrected n.d.
Inscription to CMO, 1931 Apr 23.
1274-1275 "The Hunted," early draft, holograph, corrected n.d.
67 1276-1277 "The Haunted," early draft, holograph, corrected 1930 Jul 11
1278-1280 "Homecoming," early intermediate draft, typescript n.d.
1281-1283 "The Hunted," early intermediate draft, typescript n.d.
1284-1286 "The Haunted," early intermediate draft, typescript n.d.
1287-1289 "Homecoming," early intermediate draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1290-1291 "The Hunted," early intermediate draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
68 1292-1293 "The Haunted," early intermediate draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1294-1296 "Homecoming," later draft, typescript n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1297-1298 "The Hunted," later draft, typescript n.d.
1299-1300 "The Haunted," later draft, typescript n.d.
1301-1302 "Homecoming," working copy, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Inscribed to CMO, 1935 Dec 28. Includes note of explanation, holograph.
1303 "The Hunted," working copy, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1304 "The Haunted," working copy, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
69 1305 All three plays, first galley proof, corrected, in volume n.y. Jul 11-17
1306-1307 "Homecoming," second galley proof, corrected, in volume n.d.
Includes insertions, holograph, laid in, and loose notes, holograph.
1308-1309 "The Hunted," second galley proof, corrected, in volume n.d.
Includes insertions, holograph, laid in.
1310-1311 "The Haunted," second galley proof, corrected, in volume n.d.
Includes insertions, holograph, laid in.
"The Haunted," galley proof n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2502
1312 Production notes by Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, typescript and carbon 1961 Aug 20
Contracts
1313 Hans Bartsch 1936 Jan 22
1314 Albert Bonniers foerlag (4 copies) 1937 Apr 19
Includes Ah, Wilderness!.
1315 Anmer Hall 1937, 1938
1316 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 1946, 1947
1317 Robert Fryer 1956 Nov 7
1318 Tschechischem National Theatre (Prague, Czech Republic) n.d.
1319-1323 Programs and brochures 1931-67, n.d.
70 1324-1335 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1931-38
71 1336-1342 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1939-67, n.d.


Nine Plays

1343 Brochure n.d.


"Nothing Is Lost Save Honor"

See: Cycle plays, box 46, folder 966


"The Ole Davil"

See: Anna Christie, box 41, folders 880-899
880 through box 42, folder 908


Recklessness

1344 Draft, typescript carbon n.d.


The Rope

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
1345 Clippings of reviews 1955


S. S. Glencairn

1346-1347 Programs and brochures 1924-66, n.d.
1348 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1966


Servitude

1349 Clipping of review 1960 Apr 13


Strange Interlude

72 1350 Notes and drawings, holograph n.d.
Early draft, holograph, corrected
1351-1353 Vol. I 1927 Feb 24
1354-1356 Vol. II 1927 Feb 24
1357-1359 Vol. III 1927 Feb 24
1360-1362 Intermediate draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
73 1363-1365 Later draft, typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Galley proof, corrected n.d.
Includes note of explanation, holograph.
Stored in: Oversize, box 140, folder 2503
Legal Case Regarding Plagiarism
See also: (Ideas, scenarios, and notes for plays), holograph, in notebook, box 77, folder 1426
1366 "Page for Page Comparisons," holograph n.d.
1367 "Eugene O'Neill's Comments on First List of Alleged Similarities. Page for Page Comparisons," typescript n.d.
1368 Closing arguments in Georges Lewys vs. Eugene O'Neill, typescript 1931 Mar 16
1369 Closing arguments in Georges Lewys vs. Eugene O'Neill, typescript carbon, corrected 1931 Mar 16
Contracts
1370 Fanny R. Wallich 1935 May 31
1371 Petru Comarnescu 1939 Jan 11
1372 Loew's Incorporated 1955 Aug 5
1373-1375 Programs and brochures 1928-63, n.d.
1376-1378 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1928-65, n.d.


The Straw

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
1379 Contract with George Crouse Tyler 1919 Dec 15
1380 Clippings of reviews and advertisements 1920-38, n.d.


Thirst

1381 Draft, typescript carbon (2 copies) n.d.
Includes Richard J. Madden Play Company, Inc. binder.


A Touch of the Poet

See: Cycle plays, box 46, folder 968
through box 47, folder 989


"The Visit of Malatesta"

74 1382 Notes and outline, holograph, in notebook 1940-41


Warnings

1383 Draft, typescript carbon (2 copies) n.d.


The Web

1384 Draft, typescript carbon n.d.


Welded

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume I),
box 43, folders 926-934
Contracts
1385 Arch Selwyn 1924 Feb 4
1386 Cai Ingersley Nielsen 1948 Apr 13
1387 Clipping of review n.d.


Where the Cross Is Made

See also: (Collected Plays, Volume II),
box 44, folders 935-943
1388 Program 1939
1389 Clipping of review 1920 Jun 9


POEMS

75 1390 "Ballad of the Seamy Side," typescript, corrected n.d.
1391 (Dirty bricks of buildings...), typescript n.d.
On Tao House stationery.
"Eyes"
1392 Typescript 1917
Typescript, corrected, on Tao House (Danville, Calif.) stationery n.d.
Manuscript, in Carlotta Monterey O'Neill's hand n.d.
1393 "Fragment Suggested by Newspaper Article," holograph n.d.
1394-1395 "Fragments" 1942
Drafts, holograph, corrected; typescript, corrected; and typescript carbon. Includes copies in CMO's hand. Includes two envelopes.
1396 "Free," typescript n.d.
On Tao House stationery.
1397 "The Ghost," holograph n.d.
Annotated by CMO: "Eugene O'Neill -
year (?)."
1398 "Good Night," typescript, corrected n.d.
Includes typescript, corrected, on Tao House stationery, annotated by EO: "Hell Hole - 1916."
1399 (I had dwelt too long in lives...), typescript, corrected 1915
1400 (In that last hour...), typescript, corrected n.d.
On Tao House stationery. Annotated by
EO: "Hell Hole - 1915."
1401 "Moonlight," typescript 1916
1402 "Quiet Song in Time of Chaos" 1940 Dec 28
"To Carlotta on Her Birthday." Six copies: one holograph; three typescript, corrected; two typescript. Two envelopes.
1403 "Revolution," holograph, corrected 1916
"Silence"
1404 Holograph, corrected 1916 Jul 9
Typescript, corrected n.d.
1405 "Song in Chaos" 1942 Dec 28
Five copies: one holograph (includes envelope); two typescript, corrected; one typescript; one typescript carbon.
"A Song of Moods"
1406 Typescript, corrected 1914
Typescript n.d.
Manuscript, in Carlotta Monterey O'Neill's hand n.d.
"The Stars"
1407 Typescript, corrected 1915
Typescript, corrected, on Tao House (Danville, Calif.) stationery n.d.
1408 "'Tis of Thee," typescript, corrected n.d.
On Tao House stationery, annotated by EO: "Hell Hole - 1917."
(What do you see...)
1409 Holograph, corrected 1915
Typescript, corrected, on Tao House (Danville, Calif.) stationery n.d.
1410 "The White Night," typescript n.d.
On Tao House stationery, annotated by
EO: "Hell Hole - 1916."
1411 Unidentified fragment, holograph n.d.


OTHER WRITINGS

The American Spectator. Vol. I, No. 4; Vol. I, No. 5; Vol. I, No. 7; Vol. I, No. 8 1933 Feb-Jun
Stored in: Oversize, box 151, folder 2621
76 1412 "From Alice in Baccilland," holograph n.d.
1413 (Maksim Gorky), holograph (1936)
On Casa Genotta stationery.
Inscriptions: Eugene O'Neill to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill
1414 Transcriptions in Carlotta Monterey O'Neill's hand, in notebook n.d.
Includes copies of photographs.
Two envelopes (titles in Carlotta Monterey O'Neill's hand) that housed inscriptions n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2527
"Last Will and Testament of Silverdene Emblem O'Neill"
1415 Early draft, holograph, corrected n.d.
Annotated in CMO's hand: "1940 Dec 17."
1416 Later draft, typescript, corrected n.d.
1417 Copies (eight) made after Eugene O'Neill's death, typescript and carbon 1955, n.d.
Two copies signed by CMO, one inscribed to Eugene Davidson, 1955 Oct 3.
1418 (Nobel Prize acceptance speech), draft, holograph and typescript, corrected (1936)
1419 "O'Neill on Strindberg," clipping of printed version, The New York Times 1924 Jan 6
1420 "Professor G. P. Baker," clipping of printed version, The New York Times 1935 Jan 13
1421 "Tributes to George Pierce Baker by Eugene O'Neill and Lee Simonson," printed version, The Emerson Quarterly (2 copies) 1935 Jan


NOTES

77 1422 (Books by others), holograph n.d.
1423 "Cycles," holograph n.d.
Chronicles O'Neill's life and work, 1888-1946.
1424 (Don Juan of Austria and Phillip II), holograph n.d.
1425 (Ideas for plays), holograph, in notebook (1918-20)
Cover, with part of first page showing
"Act III, Scene II," drawing
Notes on "Anna Christie"
"Chris Christophersen"
"Exorcism," notes and drawings
"Honor Among the Bradleys," notes and drawings
"Shell-Shock," notes
"Silence," drawing
"The Trumpet," notes
"'To Overflowing,' 'Away!,' 'Carry On,'" drawing
1426 (Ideas, scenarios, and notes for plays), holograph, in notebook (1920s-30s)
Includes note of explanation, holograph. Also includes material regarding Strange Interlude legal case.
1427 "Ideas for Possible Future Plays," holograph, in notebook 1934-38
1428 (Ideas for plays), holograph n.d.
"Idea Play or Pantomime or P-Ballet"
"Scheme - Production of Lazarus as combination talky"
1429 "List of all plays ever written by me, including those I later destroyed, giving where and when they were written," holograph, in notebook n.d.
Lists plays, 1913-37.
1430 "Negro Play," holograph n.d.
1431 Nietzsche quotations, holograph n.d.
(Notes on plots and characters), holograph, in volume 1932-35
See: Cycle plays, box 141, folder 2507
1432 "Notes - Principally Concerning Masks (From a Notebook)," holograph, typescript, and typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1433 "Play about Aeschylus," holograph n.d.
1434 "Robespierre," holograph n.d.
1435 (Shih Huang-Ti), holograph, in notebook n.d.
Includes one loose page.
1436 "Time Wearily Coiling," holograph note n.d.


WORK DIARIES

78 1437 Work diary, holograph, in volume 1924-28
1438 Work diary, holograph, in volume, Jun 22 1929-33
Inscribed by CMO, 1931 Sep.
1439 Work diary, holograph, in volume 1934-38
1440 Work diary, holograph, in volume 1939-43


WRITINGS OF OTHERS

79 1441 Bowen, Croswell. "Eugene O'Neill's Magic Mountain," typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Assisted by Shane Rudraighe O'Neill.
Cane, Melville
1442 "I Remember Distinctly," poem, holograph 1946 Mar 2
"A Song for Linda," poem, typescript 1947 Sep 8
Sent to CMO.
Clark, Barrett Harper
1443 "Aeschylus and O'Neill," printed version 1932 Nov
Annotated: "With regards from BHC."
1444 (Eugene O'Neill), typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
Annotated: "For the London Arts Gazette."
Davidson, Eugene
1445 (Review of Long Day's Journey Into Night), typescript, corrected, signed n.d.
1446 (Review of A Touch of the Poet), typescript carbon, signed n.d.
1447 Dowson, Ernest Christopher. (Impenitentia ultima), in Eugene O'Neill's hand n.d.
1448 Hsiao, Chi'en. "Chinese Writers' Dilemma," clipping of printed version, The Listener 1942 Jun 18
1449 Jones, Robert Edmond. "The Drama of the Future," typescript, corrected 1942 Dec 12
Noted on cover: "Delivered at the
Metropolitan Museum at the Drama
Symposium, Jan. 21, 1943."
1450 Josephson, Lennart Hjalmar. (Notes on Eugene O'Neill's cycle plays taken from EO's work diary), holograph n.d.
1451 Kapp, David. "Judgement Day," poem, typescript, signed n.d.
1452 Kozol, Harry L. "The Psychopath Before the Law," printed version, New England Journal of Medicine 1959 Mar 26
Inscribed to CMO, 1959 Jul 17. Includes mailing envelope.
1453 Langner, Lawrence. "O'Neill and Strange Interlude" and "O'Neill and The Iceman Cometh," printed version, annotated by Carlotta Monterey O'Neill (1951)
From The Magic Curtain: The Story of
a Life in Two Fields, Theatre and Invention, By the Founder of the Theatre Guild
(New York: Dutton, 1951), p. 228-287 and p. 397-480.
1454 Levy, Martin David. "Mourning Becomes Electra (Opera Treatment, in Four Acts)," typescript carbon n.d.
1455 Mana-Zucca. "The Golden Rule," printed musical score 1946
Inscribed to EO. Includes two drafts, holograph, of "Rap, Rap, Rap Song" and "Potato Song."
1456 Middleton, George. "The Dramatists Guild: What It Is and Does...How It Happened and Why...," printed version 1959 Jun
Inscribed to CMO.
1457-1467 Miller, Jordan Yale. "A Critical Bibliography of Eugene O'Neill," typescript carbon (1956?)
80 1468 Molina-Tellez, Felix. "Un tema de nuestra epoca," printed version n.d.
Inscribed to EO in Spanish, 1937.
1469 Nathan, George Jean. "Eugene O'Neill," printed version, annotated by Carlotta Monterey O'Neill (1952)
From The World of George Jean Nathan (New York: Knopf, 1952), p. 30-43.
O'Neill, Eugene, Jr.
1470 "The Attic Pattern," clipping of printed version, The New York Times Book Review 1945 Jan 28
Review of Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture by Werner Jaeger.
1471 "Down Pindar's 'Impetuous, Dithyrambic Tide,'" clipping of printed version, The New York Times Book Review 1947 Apr 6
Review of The Odes of Pindar translated by Richmond Lattimore.
1472 "England's Golden Age," clipping of printed version, The New York Times Book Review 1947 Apr 20
Review of The Portable Elizabethan
Reader
edited by Hiram Haydn.
1473 "Famous Voyage, Cut-Rate," clipping of printed version, The New York Times Book Review 1946 Dec 8
Review of Homer's Odyssey translated by E. V. Rieu.
1474 "Finest Intellect of Antiquity," clipping of printed version, The Saturday Review of Literature 1946 Dec 21
Review of The Politics of Aristotle translated by Ernest Barker.
1475 Fitts, Dudley and Robert Fitzgerald, trans. The Antigone of Sophocles. Review of, printed version, American Journal of Philology 1939 Oct
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1476 "Homeric Hexameters," clipping of printed version, The New York Times Book Review 1944 Nov 5
Review of William Benjamin Smith and Walter Miller's translation of Homer's Iliad.
1477 "The Importance of Final Syllables in Greek Verse," printed version, Transactions of the American Philological Association 1939
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1478 "The Localization of Metrical Word-Types in the Greek Hexameter: Homer, Hesiod, and the Alexandrians," printed version, Yale Classical Studies 1942
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1479 "Note on Phrynichus' Phoenissae and Aeschylus' Persae, printed version, Classical Philology 1942 Oct
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1480 Page, Denys Lionel. Euripides. Medea. Review of, printed version, American Journal of Philology 1939 Oct
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1481 "The Prologue of the Troades of Euripides," printed version, Transactions of the American Philological Association 1941
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1482 Schuetze, Kurt. Beitraege zum Verstaendnis der Phainomena Arats. Review of, printed version, Gnomon 1938 Mar
Inscribed to EO and CMO.
1483 "Values From Above," clipping of printed version, The New York Times Book Review 1945 Feb 25
Review of Plato and Modern
Education
by Richard Livingstone.
1484 Wifstrand, Albert. Von Kallimachos zu Nonnos, metrischstilistiche Untersuchungen zur spaeteren griechischen Epik und zu verwandten Gedichtgattungen. Review of, printed version, American Journal of Philology 1936 Jul
Inscribed to EO.
1485 "Word-Accents and Final Syllables in Latin Verse," printed version, Transactions of the American Philological Association 1940
Inscribed to EO.
1486 Shaw, Patricia Joudry. "Longer is the Journey Through the Night: A Drama in Three Acts Written Posthumously by Eugene O'Neill and Transmitted in Automatic Writing Through the Hand of a Spiritualistic Medium," typescript mimeograph 1961
Includes letter from Shaw to CMO, 1962 Jan 16.
Sheaffer, Louis
1487 "The Question Is, Where's Off Broadway Going?," typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1488 (Review of Desire Under the Elms at Circle in the Square, staged by Jose Quintero), typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1489 Weinberger, Harry. "Sale of Private Letters," typescript carbon, corrected n.d.
1490 Unidentified. "Eugene O'Neill's A Touch of the Poet: The Hague Company's Impressive Performance," drafts, typescript and carbon n.d.
Initials: "B. S."
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