Research Catalog
Brooks Atkinson papers
- Title
- Brooks Atkinson papers, 1904-1980.
- Author
- Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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45 Items
Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 11 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 11 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 12 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 12 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 13 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 13 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 14 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 14 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 15 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 15 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 16 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 16 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 17 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 17 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 18 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 18 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 19 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 19 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 20 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1968-001 Box 20 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional Authors
- O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
- Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009.
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
- Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.
- Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.
- Service, John S., 1909-
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
- Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972.
- Description
- 11.25 lin. ft. (46 boxes).
- Summary
- The Brooks Atkinson papers contain correspondence, awards, personal papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, datebooks, clippings and subject files and document his life and career as a drama critic for the New York Times.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Brooks Atkinson; Oriana Atkinson
- Biography (note)
- Brooks Atkinson, drama critic for the New York Times was born Justin Brooks Atkinson in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1894.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed/Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1968-001
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A493
- Author
- Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984.
- Title
- Brooks Atkinson papers, 1904-1980.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Brooks Atkinson, drama critic for the New York Times was born Justin Brooks Atkinson in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1894. Atkinson was a graduate of Harvard University and began writing for the New York Times in 1922. In 1926 he became the drama critic after the retirement of Stark Young. A hiatus in this work occurred during World War II when he became a foreign correspondent. He returned to the drama desk in 1946 and remained the New York Times drama critic until his retirement in 1960.Brooks Atkinson's love of theater revealed itself not only in his frequenting of traditional Broadway theater but also by his discovery and encouragement of new talents to be found on the off-Broadway stage. A champion of all aspects of theater in New York, Atkinson was also known as an outspoken voice against the practices of the McCarthy era and the investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee, using his skill as a journalist to inform the public and expose the tactics of Joseph McCarthy and his supporters.Brooks Atkinson retired from the New York Times in 1960 but continued writing a twice-weekly column for another 5 years called Critic-At-Large. He died in Huntsville, Alabama on January 13, 1984.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Local Note
- Some materials in this collection previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 1788A; 17305; 20753; 20962-20966; 20968-20970; 20975; 20994; 21089; 22180; 23872; 26304-26315; 26315; 26318-26335.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009.Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.Service, John S., 1909-Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1968-001