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Eugene O'Neill Papers
Series IV. Personal Papers  (click on links for digital images)

9.80' (27 boxes) Dates: 1872-1970
Series IV, Personal Papers, is organized into eight subseries: Address Books, Carlotta Monterey O'Neill Diaries and Calendars, Certificates and Awards, Clippings and Ephemera, Financial and Legal Material, Inscriptions and Signatures, Medical Information, and Personal Writings and Notes.


ADDRESS BOOKS

Box Folder Date
81 1491 "Addresses," brown volume n.d.
Signed by CMO, 1936.
1492 "Addresses," black volume n.d.
Signed by CMO, 1952 Jul 2.
1493 "Telephone," small black ringbinder n.d.
1494 "Telephone," large black ringbinder n.d.
82 1495 "Telephone," large brown ringbinder n.d.


CARLOTTA MONTEREY O'NEILL DIARIES AND CALENDARS

Arranged chronologically.
Green "Daily Reminder"
O'Neill bookplate.
83 1496 Diary 1928
1497 Diary 1929
1498 Diary 1930
1499 Diary 1931
84 1500 Diary 1932
1501 Diary 1933
1502 Diary 1934
1503 Diary 1935
85 1504 Diary 1936
1505 Diary 1937
1506 Diary 1938
1507 Diary 1939
86 1508 Diary 1940
1509 Diary 1941
1510 Diary 1942
1511 Diary 1943
87 1512 French Relief Fund engagement calendar 1944
Only Jan 2-4 filled in.
1513 Green "Daily Reminder" 1954
1514 "Bob, Inc." calendar 1955
1515 "Engagements" 1959
1516 Red three-ring binder 1959
88 1517 Red three-ring binder 1960
Calorie chart laid in.
1518 "Engagements" 1961
1519 Red three-ring binder 1962
Diary pages laid in.
89 1520 Red three-ring binder 1963
1521 "Engagements" 1964
Calendar for 1962, but used for 1964. Only 1964 May 24-28 filled in.


CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS

Arranged alphabetically by person and then by title.


Carlotta Monterey O'Neill

1522 Medal from Dramatiska teatern (Stockholm, Sweden) 1962 May


Eugene O'Neill

1523 American Academy of Arts and Letters. Membership pin (medal attached to ribbon), in black case 1933 Nov 9
American Philosophical Society. Certificate of membership 1935 Apr 19
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2528
1524 Antoinette Perry Award presented by the American Theatre Wing for Long Day's Journey Into Night. Silver medal   #1   #2 (1957)
i.e., Tony Award.
1525 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.). Plaque for nomination of Strange Interlude for best drama recording 1963
National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)
1526 Certificate of membership 1923
1527 Gold medal in Tiffany and Company box   #1   #2 (1923)
"New York Drama Critics Circle Award for the Best American Play, 1956-1957. Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill." Certificate (1957)
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2529
Nobel Prize. Handpainted certificate in case 1936 Dec 10
Stored in: Oversize, box 139, folder 2496
See also: Series III, (Nobel Prize acceptance speech), box 76, folder 1418
See also: Series IV, Clippings regarding Nobel Prize, box 93, folder 1599 through box 94, folder 1614
Pulitzer Prize certificates
Beyond the Horizon 1920 Jun 2
Stored in: Oversize, box 151, folder 2622
Anna Christie 1922 Jun 7
Stored in: Oversize, box 151, folder 2623
Strange Interlude 1928 Jun 6
Stored in: Oversize, box 151, folder 2624
1528 Long Day's Journey Into Night 1957 May 6
1529 United States. Post Office Dept. Certificate containing four $1 Eugene O'Neill stamps 1967 Oct 16
In portfolio stamped "Carlotta Monterey O'Neill."
Yale University. Honorary doctorate 1926
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2530


CLIPPINGS AND EPHEMERA

Folders contain clippings unless otherwise specified. Arranged alphabetically by name or title.
1530 American Museum of Natural History. Museum shop book catalog n.d.
1531 Barton, Ralph 1924-32
Boni & Liveright
1532 Brochure for "The Works of Eugene O'Neill in Eight Volumes" (1928)
1533 Brochure for "The Works of Eugene O'Neill in Four Volumes" (3 copies) n.d.
1534 Boulton, Agnes 1916-58, n.d.
1535 Branchard, Katharina Ruede 1937
1536 Chaplin, Geraldine 1962 Jan 3
1537 Chaplin, Michael 1965, n.d.
1538-1539 Chaplin, Oona Chaplin, Charlie 1942-65
1540 Courvoisier Ltd. Brochure n.d.
90 1541-1542 Dag Hammarskjoeld 1956-63, n.d.
1543 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Brochure (1966)
1544 Jones, Robert Edmond Jones 1954
1545 Krutch, Joseph Wood n.d.
Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
1546 Tourism brochure (1931)
1547 Packet of twelve tourism pictures (1931)
1548 Liveright, Horace Brisbin 1933
1549 Macgowan, Kenneth 1963 Apr 29
1550 Nichols, Dudley 1960 Jan 6
O'Neill, Carlotta Monterey
1551 Clippings 1924-25, n.d.
Stored also in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2531
1552 Dollar Steamship Line. First class ticket stub 1929 Jan 2
1553 Guadix (Spain). Picture cut from guide book n.d.
Annotated by CMO: "Where the gypsies live - Spain."
1554 National Wildlife Federation. Membership card 1965 Mar
1555 Program for performance in The Man in Evening Clothes 1924 Dec
1556 Program for performance in After Love - ? 1925 Feb
1557-1558 Programs for theater performances attended 1960-65
For non-Eugene O'Neill plays.
1559 Train ticket stubs and envelope for trip for two, New York to Seattle (1936)
O'Neill, Eugene
1560-1566 Biographical clippings 1916-33
91 1567-1579 Biographical clippings 1934-52
92 1580-1592 Biographical clippings 1953-70
93 1593-1598 Biographical clippings n.d.
1599-1607 Clippings regarding Nobel Prize 1936
94 1608-1614 Clippings regarding Nobel Prize 1936-43, n.d.
Scrapbook of clippings of play reviews and of clippings about Eugene O'Neill, #1 1915-20
Stored in: Oversize, box 135, folder 2492
Scrapbook of clippings of play reviews and of clippings about Eugene O'Neill, #2 1921
Stored in: Oversize, box 136, folder 2493
Scrapbook of clippings of play reviews and of clippings about Eugene O'Neill, #3 1920-22
Stored in: Oversize, box 137, folder 2494
1615 O'Neill, Eugene, Jr.
O'Neill, James
95 1616 Scrapbook regarding The Dead Heart: A Story of the French Revolution by Watts Phillips 1889-91
Includes printed versions of play, notes by James O'Neill, programs, and souvenir of the play.
96 1617 The Dead Heart: A Story of the French Revolution by Watts Phillips (London: Samuel French, 1889) n.d.
Printed version annotated by James O'Neill.
1618 Charles Fechter's Acting Edition. Othello (London: W.R. Sams, 1861) 1914
Presentation inscription from Frank Oakes Rose, 1914 May 21. Annotated, probably by Rose. On cover: "The property of Frank Oakes Rose. Presented to him by Charles Fechter Esqr., March 1874."
1619 Prayer cards (five) n.d.
Programs for James O'Neill's performances 1872-1901, n.d.
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folders 2532-2533; box 151, folder 2625
1620 Clippings of reviews of James O'Neill's acting, scrapbook #1 1882-83
97 1621 Clippings of reviews of James O'Neill's acting, scrapbook #2 1885-87
98 1622 Clippings of reviews of James O'Neill's acting, scrapbook #3 1903, n.d.
1623-1624 Loose clippings 1880-1937, n.d.
1625 A Sermon from Shakespeare: The Drama of Life by John Edgar Johnson (Philadelphia, (1902?)) (1902?)
1626 Standard Recitations by Best Authors (New York: M.J. Ivers & Co., 1886) 1886
Picture on cover of James O'Neill as Count of Monte Cristo. Includes note of explanation by CMO.
1627 O'Neill, Mary Ellen Quinlan 1922
1628 O'Neill, Shane Rudraighe 1936-61, n.d.
1629 Pell, James H. G. n.d.
1630 Piel Craftsmen (Newburyport, Mass.). Brochure for ship models n.d.
1631 Provincetown Playhouse (New York, N.Y.). Brochure for Fashion n.d.
1632-1635 Sao Paulo (Brazil) exhibition on Eugene O'Neill 1959-60
1636 Student Theatre (New York, N.Y.). Brochure n.d.
1637 Sze, Sao-Ke Alfred (1958) Jan 4
1638 Van Vechten, Carl 1961 Jun 18
1639 Zenith Radio Corporation. Operating guides for portable radio n.d.


FINANCIAL AND LEGAL MATERIAL

Arranged alphabetically by name and then by title.


Carlotta Monterey O'Neill

99 1640 L'Arche S.A. regarding French versions of all plays 1962 May 18
1641 Casa Genotta (Sea Island, Ga.). Legal documents and receipts regarding 1931-37, n.d.
Stored also in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2534
1642 Lincoln Repertory Company, Inc. regarding All God's Chillun and other plays 1963 Jun 10
1643 List of German productions 1957-60
1644 The Lowell, Apt. 5-A (28 E. 63rd Street, New York, N.Y.). Lease for 1954 Oct 6
Manufacturers Trust Company
1645-1647 Cancelled checks 1953-65
1648-1652 Checkbooks containing check stubs and unused checks 1955-57
100 1653-1655 Checkbooks containing check stubs and unused checks 1957-58
1656 Check stubs (loose) 1956
1657-1660 Statements 1961-65
Includes cancelled checks.
1661-1662 Checkbooks containing unused checks (196-?)
101 1663-1664 Checkbooks containing unused checks (196-?)
Passports 1927-31
See: Series V, Photographs, box 111, folder 1977
See: Series V, Photographs, box 111, folder 1987
See: Series V, Photographs, box 111, folder 2002
1665 Royalties from plays, holograph, in notebook 1953-57
Also includes medical expenses for EO, 1951-52.
1666 Royalty and refund checks 1963-64
Royalty statements for Italian productions 1954-55
Stored in: Oversize, box 142, folder 2535
Royalty statements for plays
1667-1668 From Dramatists Play Service (New York, N.Y.) 1953-58
1669-1672 From Random House (Firm) 1955-63, n.d.
1673 Shawmut Bank of Boston, N.A. Cancelled checks 1953-54
1674 Tao House (Danville, Calif.). Note for loan from Eugene O'Neill for building 1941 Jan 3
Includes note by CMO to Donald Clifford Gallup regarding loan.
1675 Taxes. Notes regarding 1958
1676 Wills 1954-64, n.d.


Eugene O'Neill

Contracts for plays
102 1677 Richard G. Badger regarding Thirst and other plays, 1914 Mar 30 (photostat) n.d.
Annotated by EO: "(1914) (photostat of)." Includes clause from Richard G. Badger to Gotham Book Mart, 1924 Jan 30 (photostat).
1678 Rudolf Kommer regarding The Moon of the Caribbees and The Emperor Jones 1923 May 3
1679 Arvid Englind regarding Ile and other plays 1924 Dec 12
1680 Jonathan Cape Limited regarding The Emperor Jones and other plays 1937 Jan 15
1681 Argosy Corporation regarding The Moon of the Caribbees and other plays 1940 Mar 30
1682 Editorial Sudamericana regarding Nine Plays 1945 Oct 16
1683 S. Fischer Verlag regarding German translations of The Emperor Jones and other plays 1951 Apr 16
1684 S. Fischer Verlag regarding German translations of Ah, Wilderness! and other plays 1951 Jun 25
Other
1685 Account book showing income from play performances and book publications, holograph, in notebook 1914-29
1686 Account book showing income from book publications, holograph, in notebook 1920-32
Includes four loose pages.
1687 Account book showing income from play performances, holograph, in notebook 1927-35
1688 Bill of sale to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill for Eugene O'Neill's possessions 1932 Feb 9
1689 Certificate of copyright registration for Thirst and Other One Act Plays from Library of Congress 1914
1690 Certificate of discharge as seaman from United States. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation 1911 Aug 19
Includes note of explanation by CMO.
1691 Legal document regarding moving picture of The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 Nov 23
1692 Notice regarding strictures on theatrical performances in Boston n.d.
Passport 1930 Feb 26
See: Series V, Photographs, box 108, folder 1868


Carlotta Monterey O'Neill and Eugene O'Neill

1693 Check register from unidentified bank 1949-50
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
1694-1700 Cancelled checks 1931-47
103 1701-1705 Cancelled checks 1947-53
1706-1709 Check registers 1945-47
Manufacturers Trust Company
1710 Cancelled checks 1945-53
1711-1715 Check stubs 1946-50
104 1716 Blank checks n.d.
1717 Marriage documents 1929 Jul
Includes one photograph of EO (another print in box 108, folder 1868) and one photograph of CMO (another print in box 111, folder 1995).
1718 Merchants National Bank (Salem, Mass.). Cancelled checks 1949-50
"Papers relative to our being residents of France"
1719 General receipts 1928-34
1720 Lease for Chateau du Plessis 1929 Jun 20
1721 Receipts regarding car rental 1929-30, n.d.
1722 Royalty statements for plays 1951-53
1723 Shawmut Bank of Boston, N.A. Cancelled checks 1951
1724 Tax returns 1952-53


James O'Neill; Mary Ellen Quinlan O'Neill

1725 Marriage certificate 1877 Jun 14


Mary Ellen Quinlan O'Neill

1726 Birth record (copy) 1937 Nov 10
1727 Inventory of property of estate of, typescript carbon 1922 Aug 17


INSCRIPTIONS AND SIGNATURES

Removed from books that belonged to Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill. Arranged alphabetically by last name of inscriber.
1728 Adams, Evangeline (Smith) to Eugene O'Neill 1930 Aug 25
From Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars by Evangeline Smith Adams (New York: Mead and Company, 1930).
1729 Chase, Ilka to Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1948 Jul
From Free Admission by Ilka Chase (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1948).
1730 (Elkins), Felton to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1939
From The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures by James Thurber (New York, London: Harper, 1939).
1731 Gallup, Donald Clifford to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1966 Jul 13
Includes signature of CMO, New York, 1964 Feb.
1732 Hopkins, Arthur n.d.
From How's Your Second Act? by Arthur Hopkins (New York: Knopf, 1919).
O'Neill, Carlotta Monterey
1733 To Eugene O'Neill 1929 Nov
From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa by George W. Peck (Chicago: J.R. Stanton).
1734 Signature, Chateau du Plessis 1930
From The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson by Genevieve Taggard (New York, London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930).
1735 Signature, New York 1959 Apr 10
From Composition of Foods, Agriculture Handbook No. 8 (U. S. Department of Agriculture).
1736 Signature, New York 1961 Aug
From Your Weight and Your Life by Alfred L. George (New York: Norton, 1951).
O'Neill, Eugene
1737 To Carlotta Monterey O'Neill (1927)
From The Life of William Blake by Mona Wilson (London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927). Also signed by CMO, 1927.
1738 Signature, Chateau du Plessis (19)29
From The Dramas of Sophocles translated by George Young (London: Dent, New York: Dutton, (1928)).
1739 Signature n.d.
From Fir Flower Tablets, English version by Amy Lowell (1921).
1740 Shyre, Paul to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1961 Jun 5
From Elsa by Joy Adamson (New York:
Pantheon, 1961).
1741 Skinner, Richard Dana to Eugene O'Neill 1934
From Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841). Includes title page.
Ward, Robert L.
1742 To Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1957 Dec 24
From Diseases of the Skin by George C. Andrews (Philadelphia, London: Saunders, 1932).
1743 To Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1959 Dec
From Blakiston's New Gould Medical
Dictionary
(Philadelphia, Toronto, 1949).
1744 To Carlotta Monterey O'Neill n.d.
From A Textbook of Medicine by Russell L. Cecil (Philadelphia: Saunders, 1943).
1745 Winther, Sophus Keith to Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1943 Sep
From The Penthouse Theatre: Its History and Technique by Glenn Hughes (New York, Los Angeles: S. French, 1942). Also includes inscription from Glenn Hughes to Sophus Keith Winther and Eline Winther, 1942 May.
1746 Young, Stark to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1929 Jun
From The Three Fountains by Stark Young (New York: Scribner's Sons, 1927).
1747 Unidentified to Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1958 Aug 18
From Shakespeare of London by Marchette Gaylord Chute (New York: Dutton, 1957).


MEDICAL INFORMATION

Arranged alphabetically by last name and then chronologically.


Carlotta Monterey O'Neill

Welton, Jean M., R.N. "Daily Medical Record of Mrs. Eugene O'Neill," holograph
1748 Book 1, Mar 1-Aug 24 1954
1749 Book 2, Aug 25-Oct 9 1954
1750 Welton, Jean M., R.N. "Nurse's Notes," holograph, in notebook 1956
Full dates: 1956 May 28-Jun 20.
1751 Heart rate results 1963 May 17
1752 Notes regarding medication taken, in notebook 1963 Nov
In CMO's hand.
1753 Information regarding nutrition n.d.
1754 Nurses at Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.). List n.d.


Eugene O'Neill

105 1755 Nurses' record 1946
1756 Illness. Notes by Jean M. Welton and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill 1951-53
See also: Series IV, Royalties from plays, holograph, in notebook, box 101, folder 1665
Medical record kept by Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, Jean M. Welton, Harry L. Kozol, and others
1757 First book 1951 Jun-52 Jan
1758 Vol. I 1952 Jan-Mar
1759 Vol. II 1952 Mar-May
1760 Vol. III 1952 May-Jul
1761 Vol. IV 1952 Aug-Oct
1762 Vol. V 1952 Oct-Dec
1763 Vol. VI 1952 Dec-53 Feb
1764 Vol. VII 1953 Feb-Apr
1765 Vol. VIII 1953 Apr-Jun
1766 Vol. IX 1953 Jun-Jul
1767 Vol. X 1953 Aug-Sep
106 1768 Vol. XI 1953 Sep-Oct
1769 Vol. XII 1953 Oct-Nov
1770 Vol. XIII 1953 Nov
1771 Autopsy report (2 copies, typescript and carbon) 1953 Nov 28
Includes note of permission from CMO, 1953 Nov 27.
1772 Death certificate (certified copy) 1954 Apr 7
Includes note, holograph, from CMO to
Donald Clifford Gallup, 1955 Jul 15.
1773 "Tolserol," holograph, in notebook n.y. Jul-Aug
List of dates taken. Annotated on cover in CMO's hand: "Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, Boston, 1954."


PERSONAL WRITINGS AND NOTES

Arranged alphabetically by last name and then by title.

Carlotta Monterey O'Neill

1774 Appointments. Notes regarding, holograph 1966, n.d.
1775 Christmas lists 1963, n.d.
1776 Envelopes inscribed with miscellaneous notes 1945-56, n.d.
1777 Gierow, Karl Ragnar. Account of meeting with, typescript carbon, corrected 1959 Apr 25
1778 Long Day's Journey Into Night. Comments on, drafts, typescript and carbon n.d.
1779 "'Notes' Dictated to me by Gene," typescript, corrected, signed n.d.
Regarding Eugene O'Neill
1780 Chronology of his life, 1908-1917, notes, holograph n.d.
1781 Excerpt from letter from Eugene O'Neill to Arthur Hobson Quinn, drafts, typescript and carbon n.d.
1782 First meeting and later life, notes, holograph, and drafts, typescript and carbon n.d.
1783 His manner of receiving guests, drafts, typescript and carbon 1959 Jan 1
1784 Impact of move from Tao House (Danville, Calif.) to San Francisco, draft, typescript carbon, corrected 1959 Mar 28
1785 List of manuscripts sent to institutions, draft, typescript carbon n.d.
1786 Searching for an apartment in San Francisco (Calif.), draft, typescript carbon, corrected 1959 Apr 4
1787 Poems by Eugene O'Neill copied by Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, in volume, holograph n.d.
1788 Poems by others copied by Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, holograph and typescript 1953, n.d.
1789 Signatures (four) 1953, n.d.
Three on notebook covers; one on diary front page.
1790 A Touch of the Poet. Comments on its production, drafts, typescript and carbon, corrected 1959 Mar 21


Eugene O'Neill

1791 Autobiographical notes, holograph and typescript, corrected n.d.
1792 Diagram of family relationship, holograph n.d.
1793 Signatures (26), cut from envelopes and financial forms n.d.


James O'Neill

107 1794 Envelopes, one from Lick House (San Francisco, Calif.); one from Union Place Hotel (New York, N.Y.) n.d.
Monte Cristo. Version as produced and acted by James O'Neill
1795-1797 Typescript n.d.
1798-1800 Typescript carbon (from folders 1795-1797) n.d.
1801-1803 Typescript carbon (from another typescript) n.d.
1804 Poems copied by, holograph n.d.
Box Folder Date

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