Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy papers,
Cronyn, Hume.
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy papers, 1885-2007 (bulk 1935-2000). - 115,400 items. 411 68 containers plus oversize. 180 linear feet. - Part I arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1885-1993; Series 2: Annual File, 1935-1993; Series 3: Productions and Projects, 1928-1993; Series 4: Miscellany, 1914-1994; and Series 5: Oversize, 1918-1980. Part II arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1909-2002; Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-2001; Series 3: Annual File, 1971-2006; Series 4: Productions and Projects, 1932-2002; Series 5: Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums, 1927-2000; Series 6: Miscellany, 1913-2007; and Series 7: Oversize, 1927-2003.
Open to research.
Correspondence, productions and projects file, annual file, family papers, and other papers primarily documenting Cronyn and Tandy's stage, screen, and television performances together and separately and Cronyn's directorial and theatrical production activities. Productions and projects file contains correspondence, scripts, memoranda, notes, telegrams, playbills and theater programs, contracts, schedules, financial records, set plans, clippings, photographs, and other papers. Annual file consists of correspondence, memoranda, calendars and appointment books, reports, contracts, financial documents, notes, and printed matter. Family papers comprise correspondence, diaries, legal papers, notes, clippings, and scrapbooks; and miscellany includes financial, biographical, household, office, and personal files. Includes scripts and production material relating to dramatic works by Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Noel Coward, Jan de Hartog, Sean O'Casey, William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Edmund Wilson or directed by José Ferrer, John Gielgud, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Mike Nichols, and Alan Schneider. Correspondence with Cronyn (Cronin) and Tandy family members in England and Canada relates particularly to conditions during World War II and to the career of Cronyn's father, Hume Blake Cronyn, who served as a member of the Canadian House of Commons. Other correspondents include Conrad Aiken, Ludwig Bemelmans, Marlon Brando, Richard L. Coe, Cheryl Crawford, Jan de Hartog, Zoë Dominic, José Ferrer, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Jerome Hellman, Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Roddy McDowall, Mike Nichols, Sean O'Casey, Sir Laurence Olivier, Charles Nelson Reilly, Lynn Slotkin, Eli Wallach, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Whitehead, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Greta Wright, and William H. Wright.
Some photographs and posters
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Film and sound recordings
Library of Congress Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
transferred to
Hume Cronyn: actor, producer, and director. Born 1911; died 2003. Jessica Tandy: actress. Born 1909; died 1994. Cronyn and Tandy married in 1942.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003013
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Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 --Correspondence.
Albee, Edward, 1928-
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962 --Correspondence.
Brando, Marlon--Correspondence.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
Coe, Richard L. 1914-1995 --Correspondence.
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 --Correspondence.
Cronyn, Hume Blake, 1864-1933.
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002.
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002 --Correspondence.
Dominic, Zoë--Correspondence.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992 --Correspondence.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 --Correspondence.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 --Correspondence.
Guthrie, Tyrone, Sir, 1900-1971.
Guthrie, Tyrone, Sir, 1900-1971 --Correspondence.
Hellman, Jerome--Correspondence.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 --Correspondence.
Kazan, Elia--Correspondence.
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.--Correspondence.
McDowall, Roddy--Correspondence.
Nichols, Mike.
Nichols, Mike--Correspondence.
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 --Correspondence.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 --Correspondence.
Reilly, Charles Nelson--Correspondence.
Schneider, Alan, 1917-1984.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Slotkin, Lynn--Correspondence.
Wallach, Eli, 1915- --Correspondence.
Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- --Correspondence.
Whitehead, Robert, 1916-2002 --Correspondence.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 --Correspondence.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 --Correspondence.
Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
Wright, Greta--Correspondence.
Wright, William H., 1902-1980 --Correspondence.
Cronin family.
Cronin family--Correspondence.
Tandy family.
Tandy family--Correspondence.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons.
Drama.
Motion pictures.
Playbills.
Television.
Theater--Production and direction.
Theater.
Theater programs.
World War, 1939-1945--Canada.
World War, 1939-1945--England.
Canada--Politics and government--1914-1945.
Actors.
Actresses.
Theatrical directors.
Theatrical producers.
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy papers, 1885-2007 (bulk 1935-2000). - 115,400 items. 411 68 containers plus oversize. 180 linear feet. - Part I arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1885-1993; Series 2: Annual File, 1935-1993; Series 3: Productions and Projects, 1928-1993; Series 4: Miscellany, 1914-1994; and Series 5: Oversize, 1918-1980. Part II arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1909-2002; Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-2001; Series 3: Annual File, 1971-2006; Series 4: Productions and Projects, 1932-2002; Series 5: Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums, 1927-2000; Series 6: Miscellany, 1913-2007; and Series 7: Oversize, 1927-2003.
Open to research.
Correspondence, productions and projects file, annual file, family papers, and other papers primarily documenting Cronyn and Tandy's stage, screen, and television performances together and separately and Cronyn's directorial and theatrical production activities. Productions and projects file contains correspondence, scripts, memoranda, notes, telegrams, playbills and theater programs, contracts, schedules, financial records, set plans, clippings, photographs, and other papers. Annual file consists of correspondence, memoranda, calendars and appointment books, reports, contracts, financial documents, notes, and printed matter. Family papers comprise correspondence, diaries, legal papers, notes, clippings, and scrapbooks; and miscellany includes financial, biographical, household, office, and personal files. Includes scripts and production material relating to dramatic works by Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Noel Coward, Jan de Hartog, Sean O'Casey, William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Edmund Wilson or directed by José Ferrer, John Gielgud, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Mike Nichols, and Alan Schneider. Correspondence with Cronyn (Cronin) and Tandy family members in England and Canada relates particularly to conditions during World War II and to the career of Cronyn's father, Hume Blake Cronyn, who served as a member of the Canadian House of Commons. Other correspondents include Conrad Aiken, Ludwig Bemelmans, Marlon Brando, Richard L. Coe, Cheryl Crawford, Jan de Hartog, Zoë Dominic, José Ferrer, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Jerome Hellman, Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Roddy McDowall, Mike Nichols, Sean O'Casey, Sir Laurence Olivier, Charles Nelson Reilly, Lynn Slotkin, Eli Wallach, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Whitehead, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Greta Wright, and William H. Wright.
Some photographs and posters
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Film and sound recordings
Library of Congress Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
transferred to
Hume Cronyn: actor, producer, and director. Born 1911; died 2003. Jessica Tandy: actress. Born 1909; died 1994. Cronyn and Tandy married in 1942.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003013
mm 82017301
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 --Correspondence.
Albee, Edward, 1928-
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962 --Correspondence.
Brando, Marlon--Correspondence.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
Coe, Richard L. 1914-1995 --Correspondence.
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 --Correspondence.
Cronyn, Hume Blake, 1864-1933.
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002.
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002 --Correspondence.
Dominic, Zoë--Correspondence.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992 --Correspondence.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 --Correspondence.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 --Correspondence.
Guthrie, Tyrone, Sir, 1900-1971.
Guthrie, Tyrone, Sir, 1900-1971 --Correspondence.
Hellman, Jerome--Correspondence.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 --Correspondence.
Kazan, Elia--Correspondence.
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.--Correspondence.
McDowall, Roddy--Correspondence.
Nichols, Mike.
Nichols, Mike--Correspondence.
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 --Correspondence.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 --Correspondence.
Reilly, Charles Nelson--Correspondence.
Schneider, Alan, 1917-1984.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Slotkin, Lynn--Correspondence.
Wallach, Eli, 1915- --Correspondence.
Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- --Correspondence.
Whitehead, Robert, 1916-2002 --Correspondence.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 --Correspondence.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 --Correspondence.
Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
Wright, Greta--Correspondence.
Wright, William H., 1902-1980 --Correspondence.
Cronin family.
Cronin family--Correspondence.
Tandy family.
Tandy family--Correspondence.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons.
Drama.
Motion pictures.
Playbills.
Television.
Theater--Production and direction.
Theater.
Theater programs.
World War, 1939-1945--Canada.
World War, 1939-1945--England.
Canada--Politics and government--1914-1945.
Actors.
Actresses.
Theatrical directors.
Theatrical producers.