| Abstract: | Contains chiefly Personal Materials, Diaries, Correspondence,
Scrap-books, Plays, Novels, and Photographs relating to her career as an American
playwright, author, and journalist from the 1910s through the 1960s. Diaries include her
travels to Europe and Moscow in the 1930s, and daily activities for selected years
spanning 1942 to 1970. Noted correspondents include Louise and Walter Arensberg, Arthur
Craven, Maynard Dixon, Helena Modjeska, Robert A. Parker, family and friends,
colleagues, employers, and inter-view-ees, including Sarah Bernhardt and Francisco
Villa. Scrapbooks document her private life; college years at University of California,
1901-1906; early acting, writing, and employment in California, New York, Europe, and
Mexico, 1909-1932; and critical coverage of the productions of her dramatic works from
1918-1949. | |