Research Catalog
Letters to Edith Rand
- Title
- Letters to Edith Rand, 1928-1929.
- Author
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-015 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 10 letters (1 portfolio).
- Summary
- The collection consists of 10 letters on 17 pages (9 typed and signed Clifford, one with an original drawing enclosed, and one, a handwritten note, unsigned) from a young Odets to his girlfriend, Edith Rand of the Bronx, New York.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Love-letters.
- Note
- Additional materials found in: The Clifford Odets Papers, *T-MSS 1981-008, at The Billy Rose Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum
- Biography (note)
- Playwright, poet and actor, Clifford Odets burst into the public eye in 1935 when four of his plays including the critically acclaimed AWAKE AND SING! and WAITING FOR LEFTY were produced on Broadway.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1995-015
- OCLC
- NYPW95-A59
- Author
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
- Title
- Letters to Edith Rand, 1928-1929.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Playwright, poet and actor, Clifford Odets burst into the public eye in 1935 when four of his plays including the critically acclaimed AWAKE AND SING! and WAITING FOR LEFTY were produced on Broadway. Other plays followed including GOLDEN BOY (1937), THE COUNTRY GIRL (1950) and THE FLOWERING PEACH (1954). He was also a screenwriter for THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN (1936) and other movies, and spent most of the 1940s in Hollywood.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1995-015