The Inventory Ofthe Anne Revere Collection #794

The Inventory

ofthe

Anne Revere

Collection

#794

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Revere, Anne Outline of Inventory September 1979

I. Manuscripts.

II. Playscripts.

III. Correspondence.

IV. Printed Items.

v. Photographs.

VI. Scrapbooks. f/794 Revere, Anne

September 1979

Explanatory notes by AR appear on many items.

I. Manuscripts

A. By AR.

Box 1 1. Speech for Wisconsin University. March 1964. Typescript with halo.

corr. , 15 p. (//1)

B. By Jane and Harriette (Winn) Revere (AR's sisters).

1. "Toni Walks" by Jane. Sketches by Harriette. June 25, 1932. Holo­

graph poem about AR's dog with sketches and 24 4" x 5½" black

and white photographs. In paper covers tied with shoelaces.

C. Other

1. "Keyhole Portrait: Anne Revere", carbon typescript, 4 p. with

, Lillian. ANS no date. ca. 1943.

2. Excerpt from Anne Fra~k's Diary with a page of introduction. Carbon

typescript in poor condition, 5 p. with photocopy. (#2)

II. Playscripts of stage plays ~:5'Jiich ~~: appeared,

A. "I Knock at the Door", by Arnold·Perl from autobiography of Sean O'Casey

(White Barn Theatre, Westport, CT. 1956). Carbon typescript with

halo. notes. 88 p. (#2)

B. "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht. (Purdue University,

1963; Olney, MD. 1964.) Photocopy of Paul Dessau's musical score

with halo. notations 85 p., and one holograph page of notes laid in.

C. "Toys in the Attic" by Lillian Hellman, (New York City, Hudson Theatre,

1960). Mimeograph and carbon typescript with holograph corrections

131 p. One page of holograph notes on verso of letter: Savan,

Bruce, TLS, Jan. 18, 1960. (#1) Revere, Anne page 2

Box 1 D. "A True Story" by Mark Twain, .(Washington, D.C., Arena Stage, 1962-

1963).

1. Typescript with holo. corr., 9 p. (#2)

2. Fourteen photographs of AR performing, by George de Vincent. All

black and white, varying in sizes. On verso, AR has numbered

them and matched them to the dialogue.

E. Material for AR's one-woman dramatic performances show in which she

appeared in the 1950's. (Arranged alphabetically)

1. "The Ballad of the Hangman" by Jack r:ienoya. Printed 2 leaves.

2. "The Bubble Bursts" by Sholom Aleichem, typescript with holo. notes.

17 p.

3. "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven", typescript 7 p.

4. "The Good Hope" by Herman Heijermans.

a. Typescript synopsis of play with halo. notes, 1 p.

b. Printed version of the play with extensive halo. notes.

5. "How ·I Edited an Agricultural Paper" by Mark .Twain. Typescript 8 p ,:

6. "I Knock at the Door" by Arnold Perl, adapted from a dramatization

of the Autobiography of Sean O'Casey, typescript, 20 p.

7. "If I Were Rothschild" by Sholom Aleichem, typescript, 7 p.

8. "Inheritors" by Susan Glaspell, typescript with halo. notes, 34 p.

9. "Salt of the Earth" by Michael Wilson, typescript with holo. notes.

42 p.

10. "Some W~y to Do Business by Sholom Aleichem, typescript 5 p.

11. "Tevye Becomes a Dairyman" by Sholom Aleichem, typescript 10 p. Revere, Anne page 3

Box 2 III. Correspondenc~

A. Personal and -Business, 1963-1968.

24 TLS, 7 CTL, 1 ALS includes: (#1)

Fletcher, Allen, TLS, Sept. 8, 1964.

Irving, Jules, TLS, Feb. 21, 1966.

Reich, John, TLS, Feb. 1, 1965.

Vance, Nina, ALS, "Friday", TLS, Oct. 13, 1964.

Weiler, Berenice, 2 TLS, Aug. 10, 1964 (signed by sec,), Sept.

9, 1964.

B. Fan Mail, 1964-1972.

16 ALS, 8 TLS, 1 CTL, includes:

Hellman, Lillian, TLS, Jan. 31, 1968.

McClelland, Doug, TLS, July 7, 1972.

IV. Printed Items

A. By AR.

1. "Oasis in Indiana", Equity Dec, 1964, p. 9 + (f/2)

2. "The Wingless Eagle", Wellesley Aluli1nae!Magc1cz:i,ne, May·l966,.p. 12 '. B. About AR.

Newsclippings and photocopies (including interviews with her), 1964-

1979. 15 items and 50th Reunion Book from Wellesley College,

Class of 1926.

C. Reviews of "Mother Courage", 1964. Newsclippings, 5 items.

D. About AR's family.

Newsclipping photo of C.T. Revere (AR's father) and "The Story of

Hannah Duston" (AR's father's great-grandmother). 1940. (#3)

E. Playbills, arranged chronologically, for plays in which AR appeared.

1. "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare. (NY: The Ritz Theatre,

1937). (113) Revere, Anne page 4

Box 2 2. "Liliom" by Ferenc Molnar (Maine: Surry Theatre, 1938). (f/3)

3. "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen. (Maine: Surry Theatre, 1938).

4. "The Distaff Side" by John Van Druten. (Mai~e: Surry Theatre,

1938).

5. "The Good Hope" by Herman Heijermans. (Maine: Surry Theatre,

1938).

6. "Art and Mrs. Bottle" by Benn W. Levy. (Maine: Surry Theatre,

1939).

7. "Arms and the Man" by Geroge Bernard Shaw. (Maine, Surry Theatre,

1939).

8. "Three Si~ters" by Anton Chekov (Maine: Surry Theatre, 1939).

9, "Zero Hour" by George Sklar and Albert Maltz (Los Angeles: HTA

Music Box Theatre, 1941).

10. "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht. English

version by Eric Bentley.

a. Purdue University: Loeb Playhouse, 1963, 4 copies.

b. Olney, Md: Olney, Theatre, 1964, 3 copies.

11. "Romeo & Juliet" by William Shakespeare. (Purdue: Experimental

Theatre, 1964).

a. Playbill

b. Advertisement

\I . c. Two 1965 playbills for Stop the World - I Want to Get Off" anc

"The Amorous Flea" which feature a photo of AR and Merle

Louise in "Romeo and Juliet" on the cover.

12. "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill (Purdue Univer­

sity, 196 7) . Revere, Anne page 5-

Box 2 F. Hollywood, Duplicate newsclippings of reviews and columns from 1944

which are in scrapbooks, ca. 35 items. (#4)

G. Announcements of Films

1. "Birch Interval", 1976, invitation to premiere screening.

2. "The Coming of the Stranger" advertisement.

H. Reference,

1. "Mark Twain on the Income Tax", New York Times Magazine, April 9,

1961, Tearsheets.

I. Lillian Hellman

1. Blackglama advertisement with AR' s note "The least gracious of my

encounters."

2. Review of SCOUNDREL TIME in The New York Review, June 10, 1976.

Tearsheet.

V. Photog!aphs (All are black and white unless specifically mentioned

otherwise.)

A. Portraits of AR, 1902- ca, 1960's. ,,/ -~! 27 photos of varying sizes, arranged chronologically, c;a. 8 as small / child. (//5)

B. Family photographs (includes AR's parents, brother and sisters).

7 photos of varying size. (#6)

C. AR and Others.

1. Academy Awards.

a. 1943, AR and husband Samuel Rosen, 8" x 10".

b. 1945

i. AR, Van Heflin & James Dunn, 8" x 10".

ii. AR, James Dunn, 8" x 10".

iii. (1. tor.) James Dunn, Peggy Ann Garner, Jean Hersholt, Revere, Anne page 6

Box 2 Bob Hope, Dore Schary, Ray Milland and AR. (#6)

c. 1946, Harold Russell and AR.

2. Florida, 1941.

(Apparently AR & Spencer Tracy were to appear in "The Yearling"

to be directed by Victor Fleming. The film was not made

for five more years and featured Gregory Peck and Jane

Wyman, directed by Clarence Brown).

a. Victor Fleming, AR and Spencer Tracy, 4" x 5";

b. AR and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of the book "The

Yearling", 4" x 5".

c. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 8" x 10".

3. Hospital Tour, 1945.

a. AR and 4 unidentified people seated at dinner table, Memphis,

TN', 5 11 x 7".

b. AR and 10 veterans, U.S. Navy photograph, 8" x 10".

4. AR and child, Barbara Ann White, 1947, 2½" x 4½".

5. AR and Irene Worth, 6½" x 9½''.

6. AR and her director Bill , "The Glass Menagerie", Durham,

NC, 1958, 8" x 10".

D. Stage Appearances, all blick and white photographs unless indicated

otherwise, (Chronologically arranged).

1. "Little Women",· (Cincinnati: Stuart Walker Stock Co., 1930). (117

a. Judith Lowry, AR and Katherine Hall, 8" x 10".

b. Elizabeth Johnston, AR, Margaret Callahan and Katharine War­

ren, 8" x 10".

c. Katharine Warren and Margaret Callahan, 8" x 10". Revere, Anne page 7

Box 2 2. "Dangerous Corner" (Suffern, NY: County Theatre, 1934), (1/7)

a. (1. tor.) Kathleen Emery, Richard Kendrick, Robert Shayne,

AR, Mary Morris, Isabel O'Madigan and Mitchell Harris.

7 11 X 9 3/8".

b. (1. tor.) Kathleen Emery (seated), Mary Morris, Richard

Kendrick, Robert Shayne, AR, Mitchell Harris. 711 x 9 3/1

3. "Candida" (Maine: Surry Theatre, 1937).

· a. (1. to r.) Robert Adams, Alan Handley, Whit Bissell, Shep­

perd Strudwick, Katherine Emery and AR. 811 x 10".

b. Whit Bissel and AR, 8" x 10".

c, AR (in dressing room). 811 x 10".

4. "Arms and the Man" (Maine: Surry Theatre, 1938) and Robert Allen,

11 11 5 X 7 ,

5. "Three Sisters" (Maine: Surry Theatre, 1939).

11 a. AR, Helen Winn, Katherine Emery. 4" x 6 •

b. (1. tor.) Dorothy Matthews, Ann Garrett, AR, Shepperd Strud­

wick, two unidentified actors, Katherine Emery, unidenti·

fied actor, Hume Cronyn. 311 x 7".

c. AR and Shepperd Strudwick.. 5" x 6 3/4.

6. "Candida" (Los Angeles: Phoenix-Westwood Theatre, 1945), Sepia

photographs.

a, AR, Freddy Bartholomew and J. Warren Kerrigan. 8" x 10".

11 11 b. J, Warren Kerrigan and Freddy Bartholomew. 8 x 10 •

7. "Ladies in Retirement" (1940's), 6 of AR and other actors. 811 x

10".

8. "Four Twelves are 48" (NY: 48th St. Theatre, 1951).

a. Ludwig Donath and AR, 8 11 x 10", Revere, Anne page 8

Box 2 b. AR and Hiram Sherman. 8" x 10".

9. "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" (Cambridge, MA: Brattle

Theatre, 1952).

11 a. Jerome Kilty, AR, and Paul Sparer. 8" x 10 •

b. AR and Paul Sparer. 8 11 x 10".

c. AR, Earl Montgomery and Paul Sparer. 8" x 10".

10. "The World of Sholom Aleichem" (Chicago: 11th Street Theatre,

1954).

a. Newsphoto of AR and 2 unidentified actors. 4¼" x 4 3/4".

b. Unidentified actor, Jacob Ben Ami and AR. 8" x 10".

c. Scene from "The High School". 811 x 10".

11. "Toys in the Attic" (NY: Hudson Theatre, 1960), photos by

Will Rapport. All 5" x 7" except last photograph.

a, Jason Robards, Jr. b. AR.

c. AR, Maureen Stapleton and Robards.

d, Robards and AR.

e, AR and Stapleton,

f, AR, unidentified black actor, and Maureen Stapleton.

g, Stapleton and AR.

h. Robards, Stapleton, unidentified actor and AR.

i. Jason Robards, Jr, and Irene Worth.

j. Irene Worth,

k. Percy Rodriguez and Irene Worth.

1. Percy Rodriguez and Rochelle Oliver,

m. Percy Rodriguez, Irene Worth, Jason Robards Jr., Maureen

Stapleton. Revere, Anne page 9

Box 2 n. Maureen Stapelton & Jason Robards, Jr.

o. Jason Robards, Jr., Maureen Stapleton and AR.

p. Maureen Stapelton, Jason Robards Jr., Rochelle Oliver and AB

q. (1. tor.) Stapleton, Oliver, AR, Robards and unidentified

black actor.

r. Scott McKay, Patricia Jessel and AR (The National Touring

Company), color photograph.

s. (1. tor.) AR, Olympia Dukakis and Margaret Barker (William-

11 11 s t own, MA • 1961) • 8 X 10 ,

12. "All the Way Home" (Philadelphia: Playhouse in the Park, 1961

and Washington, D.C.: Arena Stage, 1963), All 811 x 10".

a. AR, Gene Wilder and Marsha Hunt, (Philadelphia, 1961).

b. (1. tor.) Mary Bell, Rene Auberjonois, AR, Dorothea Ham-

mond and Tom Toner, (Washington, 1963).

c. AR and John Megna (Washington, 1963).

d. AR and John Megna (Washington, 1963).

e. AR and Dorothea Hammond, (Washington, 1963).

f. AR and Dorothea Hammond (Washington, 1963).

13. "Mother Courage and Her Children" (Purdue University 1963,

Olney, MD: Olney Theatre, 1964).

a. AR, 8" x· 10".

14. "Romeo and Juliet" (Purdue University, 1964), all 811 x 10".

a. AR.

b. Dale Helward and AR.

c. AR and Merle Louise.

d. Peter Simon and AR.

e. Robert Tolan, Peter Simon and AR. Revere, Anne page 10

Box 2 E. Film Appearances, all black and white unless indicated otherwise,

(arranged chronologically).

1. "Remember the Day", (20th Century-Fox, 1941).

a. Three of AR, 2 of which include 6 other women, 3" x 4". (f/2)

2. "The Flame of New Orleans", (Universal, 1941). All 811 x 10".

a. AR.

b. AR and Laura Hope Crews.

c. Laura Hope Crews and AR.

3. "Are Husbands Necessary?" (Paramount, 1942), both 8" x 10".

a. AR.

b. Ray Milland, AR and Betty Field.

4. "The Song of Bernadette" (20th Centruy-Fox, 1943), all 811 x 10".

a. AR and Roman Bohnen.

b, Roman Bohnen and AR.

c. Jennifer Jones, AR and Roman Bohnen.

d. Jennifer Jones and AR.

5. "Rainbow Island", (Paramount, 1944).

a. AR and others, 4"x5".

b. AR, and others, 7½" X 9½_",

c. AR, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Gil Lamb and Barry Sul'-

livan and others, 7½" X 9½",

d. AR, Barry Sullivan, Eddie Bracken, Gil Lamb, 7½_" X 9½_",

e. Barry Sullivan, Gil Lamb, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, AR.

7½_" X 9½_",

f. AR and Eddie Bracken, 7½" x 9½".

6. "The Keys of the Kingdom" (20th Century-Fox, 1944).

a. AR, 8" x 10". Revere, Anne page 12

Box 2 F. Inscribed to AR, 811 x 10".

1. Ross Allen and AR, signed and inscribed by Allen. (#3)

2. AR and Miles and Boone Nevin, signed and inscribed by the Nevins

AR's note on verso: "Kennedy General Hospital 1945. The

Twins - one a paraplegic the other never left his side."

G. Samuel Rosen, AR's husband, and his family.

1. Portrait of Samuel Rosen, Surry Theatre, 1936, 6½" x 8½;.

2, SR and his family, ca. 1918, mother 2 sisters and brother,

11 8½ X 10½",

J:I, Other

1. AR' s family home in Westfield, N.J., 2½" x 3½".

2. Postcard photo of the "Ackerman children . . and Wilson folk."

Aug. 14, 1908, in a donkey cart pulled by the Revere's donke:

Sancho Panza, 3½" .x 5½",

3. A dog named Pluto, 3\" x 4¼".

4. Two dogs, "Tony and Contemptable Pup", 2½" x 3½".

5. Dog, Faustus, in the snow, 5" x 7".

6. AR' s mother's Packard and dog Tony. Holo. notes on verso: "Thi.

was taken by Fred Taylor's sister. He wants you to have it"

And in AR's hand: "This was my mother's packard and Tony".

11 2½ X 4½",

7. Color photo of AR's first home in California, Dec, 1, 1947.

11 11 2 X 3 ,

8. Postcard photo of H.N. Tackett and 5 other sailors. AR's note

on verso: "My first '-bean' H.N. Tackett, World War I." 1 fr_;')l(;t,tA. 11 3½" X 5½ , Revere, Anne page 13

Box 3 VI. Scrapbooks

A. 1924-1947, includes newsclippings and reviews, programs, photo­

graphs and Revere, C.T. (AR's father) Telegram, Oct. 15, 1929.

Package 1 B. 1944, newsclippings and reviews, (Many of Song of Bernadette).

C. 1944-1951, newsclippings, reviews and photographs.

Box 4 D. 1950-1970, newsclippings, reviews, photographs and playbills. Revere, Anne Addenda, September 1985

Box 4 CORRESPONDENCE

Personal and professional, some fan mail, some financial, tax material. A few replies and statements by AR. 3 clips, 1949, re husband, Samuel Rosen's, plays.

1935, 1964-65, 1967, 1970-73 ( 4f2) 1974-1979 (#3) 1980·-1984 Ut4) Undated and clips (#5)

incl:

Ballard, Lucinda (Mrs. Howard Dietz) ALS April 27, 1975

Bosworth, Patricia 2 TLS April 21, 1976 May 23, 1977

Corcoran, Barbara (writer) 7 letters: TLS Dec. 10, 1978 ALS undated ALS Jan. 17, no year ALS March 4, no year ALS April 23, no year ALS July 1, no year ALS July 23, no year

Jessel, George TLS March 17, 1981

Kennedy, Edward M. TLS May 18, 1982

Maddox, Brenda TLS June 8, 1975

McClelland, Doug TLS Aug. 26, 1967

McGuire, Biff ANS on postcard, undated Ott, Frederick w. TLS June 21, 1976 Revere Anne ALS to Mary Herbert April 25, 1935

"How Did I Escape from Wellesley With a Degree?" Carbon typescript, 2 p. with letter from Wellesley College Alumnae of April 15, 1973. Comments on director Clarence Brown, Holograph, 2 p. on leaf with letter of Jan. 7, 19 from Vince Douall. Statement on Actors' Equity Declaration of Intent with letter from AEA, April 30, 1974. Typescript, 1 p.

Tax records April 10, 1978, June 11, 1979.

Copy of will September 12, 1980.

Sayre, Nora 2 TLS F'eb. 18, 1976 March 7, 1976 Trumbo, Dalton Christmas card with printed name, undated