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Matthew J. Bruccoli Collection of Donald Ogden Stewart, circa 1950-1960 Collection: Mss. 2018:3
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Matthew J. Bruccoli Collection of Donald Ogden Stewart, circa 1950-
1960
Collection Number: Mss. 2018:3
Creator: Matthew J. Bruccoli
Extent: 1 box
Administrative Information
Provenance: Gift of Matthew J. Bruccoli
Processed by: Adam Crosby
Access Restrictions: Open to research
Preferred Citation: [Item], Matthew J. Bruccoli Collection of Donald Ogden Stewart, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries
Publication Rights: All rights reside with the creator. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Biographical Note
Donald Ogden Stewart was an American playwright, humorist, screenwriter, and political activist. He became a writer after meeting F. Scott Fitzgerald in
Minnesota. Stewart moved to New York and joined the Round Table then began writing stories that were published in various magazines. He spent time in Europe where his circle of friends included F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos.
After returning to the U.S. from Europe, Stewart met and married Beatrice
Ames and eventually settled down with her in California where he focused his writing on plays and movie scripts. Stewart won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay for The Philadelphia Story, which was based on Philip Barry’s play of the same name.
After divorcing Beatrice, Stewart met and married Ella Winter. Stewart was blacklisted in Hollywood for his political activities and in 1951 he and his family moved to London. In London he mainly wrote plays, though he still penned the occasional screenplay under a pseudonym.
Stewart died August 2, 1980 after suffering a heart attack. Ella Winter passed away less than forty-eight hours later.
The Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter papers are housed at the Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
Scope and Contents Note
This collection is comprised mainly by scripts written by Donald Ogden
Stewart, an Academy Award-winning writer and collected by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
Also included is a bibliography of Stewart’s work written by Eugene Newman.
Related Materials
The Matthew J. Bruccoli Papers are also housed in the Irvin Department and can be accessed via the online catalog or the ArchivesSpace web portal.
Contents
Series I: Biographical Series II: Manuscripts
Container List Series I: Biographical
Box 1
“Donald Ogden Stewart: a Bibliography” by Eugene Newman, no date
Notes on the collection written by Matthew J. Bruccoli, no date
Series II: Manuscripts
Honour Bright script (final draft of The Secret of the Gods), circa 1950-1960
How I Wonder script (photocopy) with letter from Ruth Miller (photocopy), no date
Kidders typescript draft (stage version), circa 1950-1960
The Secret of the Gods script, circa 1950-1960
The Secret of the Gods typescript draft, circa 1950-1960
The Tug script by A. H. Barton (Stewart pseudonym), no date