Guide to the Beatrice Straight Papers,
[ca. 1925]-1990

Collection Number: 4496

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Julia Parker
Date completed:
June 26, 2003
EAD encoding:
Julia Parker, 2003
Peter Martinez

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Beatrice Straight papers, [ca. 1925]-1990.
Collection Number:
4496
Creator:
Beatrice. Straight
Quantity:
c. 16 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Reviews, playbills, letters, scripts, press releases, photographs, and scrapbooks
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Reviews, playbills, letters, scripts, press releases, various photographs, and scrapbooks relating to her life and her acting career.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Actress.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reviews, playbills, letters, scripts, press releases, various photographs, and scrapbooks relating to her life and her acting career.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Straight, Beatrice.

Subjects:
Actresses.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Restricted.
Cite As:
Beatrice Straight papers, #4496. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Alphabetical.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Biographical Materials Box 1
Series II. Correspondence Boxes 1-2
Series III. Background and Reference Materials Boxes 2-4, 12
Series IV. Performance Production Materials Publicity and miscellaneous: Boxes 4-5; Scripts: Boxes 5-6, 9
Series V. Awards/Honors Box 6
Series VI. Business Materials Proposals: Box 6; Business miscellany: Box 9
Series VII. Visual Images Photographs: Boxes 7, 11, Mapcases F-2, F-3, JJ-12; Films: Boxes 13-14, Film Shelves; Drawings: Box 8, Mapcases F-2, F-3, JJ-12
Series VIII. Sound Recordings Audio reels: Box 12; Sound Recordings (78's): Sound Recordings Box
Series IX. Personal Materials Personal miscellany: Boxes 7, 9, 12; Appointment Books: Box 10; Photographs: Box 11; Films: Boxes 13-14; Museum items MU-1086, MU-1087

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Biographical Materials
1977-1981
Beatrice Straight
Box 1 Folder 1
1969
Dorothy Whitney Straight Elmhirst
Box 1 Folder 2
n.d.
Straight-Elmhirst family tree
Box 1 Folder 3
1980-1983
Whitney and Straight families
Box 1 Folder 4
1990
Peter Cookson obituaries
Box 1 Folder 4
Series II. Correspondence
General Correspondence
1966-1974
A - Academy of American Poets
Box 1 Folder 6
1977-1989
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Box 1 Folder 7
1974-1990
The Acting Company, Actors' Enclave - The Actors' Equity Association
Box 1 Folder 8
1971-1983
The Actors' Fund
Box 1 Folder 9
1973-1990
Adelphi University - Advocates for the Arts; Agency for the Performing Arts, Inc., (APA); APA Repertory Company; Air Time International Inc. - American College Theatre Festival; American National Theatre
Box 1 Folder 10
1971-1991
American Place Theatre; American Theatre Wing; Association of American Women Playwrights - Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc.; Austin
Box 1 Folder 11
1966-1991
B - Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Conservancy Council, Inc. (BLECC)
Box 1 Folder 12
1979-1991
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Box 1 Folder 13
1971-1991
Bern - Bombay Cinemas - Boz
Box 1 Folder 14
1973-1991
Br - Peter Brook, International Theatre Institute of the United States, Inc. - Curtis Brown Ltd. - Bu
Box 1 Folder 15
1966-1989
Ca - California Shakespeare Festival - Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, Chase
Box 1 Folder 16
1989-1990
Chekhov Studios
Box 1 Folder 17
1971-1988
The Children's Aid Society; Children's Center for Creative Arts - Circle Repertory Company; City Center; City of New York - Classical Theatre Foundation - Cogan Management - College at Purchase - CBS; Columbia University in the City of New York; The Columbus Dispatch - Connecticut Commission on the Arts Awards; Connecticut Theatre Foundation, Inc.; Conner
Box 1 Folder 18
1990
Condolences re Peter Cookson
Box 1 Folder 19-20
1978-1979
Cookson - CORD (Congress on Research in Dance) - The Corinthian Theatre
Box 1 Folder 21
1976-1990
Cornell University
Box 1 Folder 22
1975-1990
Corsair & Co. - Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, Inc. - Criswell Predicts - Richard Curland, October Productions - Cu
Box 1 Folder 23
1974-1990
D - De
Box 1 Folder 24
1973-1990
Do - Drama Desk - Dramatic Risks - Du Brock, Studio Arena Theatre; Du Prey; Duffy
Box 1 Folder 25
1972-1991
East Mid-Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Inc. - Educational Solutions - Ely, Library and Museum of the Performing Arts - Encore - Equity-League Pension Fund; Equity Library Theatre; Equity News; Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation
Box 1 Folder 26
1972-1991
Faerie Tale Theatre - Family Weekly - The Feminist Press - Films in Review- Fort Worth Art Center; Foster Parents Plan - Harold Freedman Brandt & Brandt; Stanley Friedman - Fryer, 20th Century Fox; Fund for New Priorities in America
Box 1 Folder 27
1966-1990
G - nf Geria III Filmgesellschaft mbH; Phil Gersh Agency; GeVa On Stage - Karolyn Gould - Group One Television, Inc. - Guardians Theatre Company - Gurian-Sholder Productions, Inc.
Box 1 Folder 28
1968-1988
H - Hambleton, Phoenix Theatre - Walter Hampden-Edwin Booth Theatre Collection and Library - Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc. - Hickman, Porterville Area Shakespearean Guild - High
Box 1 Folder 29
1938-1990
Hill - Historical Society of the Westburys - Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. - Hu
Box 1 Folder 30
1966-1991
IASTA (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theatre Arts); Institute of International Education; The Interchange; International Theatre Institute of the United States, Inc. - Is
Box 1 Folder 31
1969-1991
J - Jeffcoat, Manhattan Theatre Club, Inc.; John Jay College Drama Forum - Junior League Magazine
Box 1 Folder 32
1967-1991
K - Khokar - Kohner-Levy Agency
Box 1 Folder 33
1971-1990
L - Lagerfelt - The Lambs - Langdon
Box 1 Folder 34
1972-1990
Langton
Box 1 Folder 35
1971-1988
Larson - League of Theatre Artists, Inc. - Leukemia Society of America, Inc. - Robert Lewis Acting Company; Lexington Conservatory Theatre - Lion Theatre Company - Little
Box 1 Folder 36
1963-1965
Littler
Box 1 Folder 37
1966-1990
Live - Lynn
Box 1 Folder 38
1977-1988
M - Mahon
Box 1 Folder 39
1971-1990
Mal - Manhattan State Citizens' Group, Inc. - Charles Marowitz - Maslansky/Koenigsberg; Mason & Cumming Productions - Mayfair House
Box 1 Folder 40
1977-1988
McCabe - McGraw-Hill Book Company - The Mental Health Association of New York and Bronx Counties
Box 1 Folder 41
1975-1990
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Met - Midwest Playwrights Laboratory; Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc. - Miller Outdoor Theatre
Box 1 Folder 42
1973-1990
Mir - Richard Morse Mime Theatre - Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Mitchell - Museum of the City of New York
Box 2 Folder 1
1959-1979
National Broadcasting Company; National Endowment for the Arts; National Film Preserve Ltd.; National Repertory Theatre; National Telefilm Associates, Inc.; National Theatre of the Deaf; Navajo Community College
Box 2 Folder 2
1971-1990
NET (National Educational Television); "Network" (Simcha Productions, Inc.) - The New Dramatists, Inc.; The New Globe Theatre, Inc.; New School for Social Research; New York Philharmonic - The New York Public Library; The New York Quarterly; New York Shakespeare Festival; New York Theatre Review; New Yorkers for Koch
Box 2 Folder 3
1977-1990
Night of 100 Stars - Northwood Institute - Liz Nygaard, the Lynne Gordon show
Box 2 Folder 4
1966-1977
O - O'Neill Theatre Center; the Open Eye - Outer Critics Circle; Owen
Box 2 Folder 5
1966-1990
Pa - Wm. Packard; Palace Players, Inc. - Performing Arts Group - Pinto, Winokur & Pagano - Pittsburgh Public Theater; Players for the Globe - Poor Murderer Company
Box 2 Folder 6
1977-1990
Pr - Princeton University Press; property; Public Broadcasting Service; Putnam
Box 2 Folder 7
1966-1991
Ra - Readers Repertory Company - The Rehabilitation Institute - Res
Box 2 Folder 8
1971-1990
Ri - Rolling Rep; Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund, Inc. - Steve Ross, CBS - Ryan
Box 2 Folder 9
1973-1990
Sa - Saint Clement's - Saint John's University - The Shakespeare Globe Center (North America) Inc. - George Shdanoff - Sherman, E.
Box 2 Folder 10
1975-1989
Harold Sherman
Box 2 Folder 11
1971-1989
Shir - Simon Studios; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture - Sotheby's; Southbury Training School; The Friends of George Spelvin - Starlight International; State of New York Department of Agriculture and Markets; State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation - Stau
Box 2 Folder 12
1966-1991
The Rudolf Steiner School; STE Representation Ltd. - Studio Arena Theatre - Jean Sullivan - Sun Day in New York
Box 2 Folder 13
1973-1988
Arnold Sundgaard
Box 2 Folder 14
1973-1990
Sup - Ingo Swann - Robert Swann, Institute for Community Economics, Inc - Sz
Box 2 Folder 15
1970-1990
T - Theatre Communications Group, Inc.; Theatre Development Fund; Theatre Hall of Fame; Theatre in the Street; Theatre in a Trunk, Inc.; Theatre Institute at Storm King; The Theatre Museum, Boothbay, Maine; Friends of the Theatre and Museum Collection, The Museum of the City of New York; Theatre Network of Houston; Theatreworks USA - Town Hill School - Twelfth Night Club
Box 2 Folder 16
1971-1985
U - University of Chicago; University of Wyoming
Box 2 Folder 17
1972-1990
V - the Village Voice - Vogt
Box 2 Folder 18
1972-1990
W - Kelly Ann Whalen, Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, Inc. - William C. Whitney Foundation; Whitney Museum of American Art - Who's Who in the Theatre - The Williamstown Theatre; Williamstown Theatre Festival
Box 2 Folder 19
1971-1980
Yale University; Nicholas Yanni - Young World Foundation
Box 2 Folder 20
1966-1979
Z
Box 2 Folder 21
1939-1991
No surname: A - K
Box 2 Folder 22
1966-1989
No surname: L - V
Box 2 Folder 23
1966-1990
Illegible and unidentified correspondents
Box 2 Folder 24
Celebrity correspondence
1960-1989
Abraham D. Beame, Theodore Bikel, Jimmy Carter, Greer Garson, Lillian Gish, Alec Guinness, Hal Holbrook, Angela Lansbury, Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Artie Shaw, Elizabeth Taylor and Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Box 2 Folder 25
Family correspondence
1972-1979
Bowater family
Box 2 Folder 26
1971-1974
Nellie (Nello) Von Volkenberg Browne
Box 2 Folder 27
1978
Beatrice Straight Cookson
Box 2 Folder 28
1977-1988
Gary Cookson
Box 2 Folder 29
1950
Gary Straight Cookson baby book
Box 2 Folder 30
n. d.
Maurine Cookson to Gary Cookson
Box 2 Folder 31
1974, n. d.
Peter Cookson
Box 2 Folder 32
1974, 1981
Peter W. Cookson, Jr.
Box 2 Folder 33
1979, n. d.
Tony Cookson family
Box 2 Folder 34
1971-1987
Brooksie Cookson Copland
Box 2 Folder 35
1974-1975
Sue Elmhirst
Box 2 Folder 36
n. d.
Jessica Padillo
Box 2 Folder 37
n. d.
Lady Daphne Straight
Box 2 Folder 38
1971-1979, n. d.
Michael Straight
Box 2 Folder 39
1951-1977, n. d.
Whitney Straight
Box 2 Folder 40
n. d.
Unidentified
Box 2 Folder 41
n. d.
Blank cards and postcards
Box 2 Folder 42
Series III. Professional Papers
Background and reference materials
n. d.
"Acting for Life," by Felicity Mason with Michael B. Ellner. R.H.
Box 2 Folder 43
1987-1988
Actors' Enclave
Box 2 Folder 44
1978-1980
The Actors' Equity Association
Box 2 Folder 45
1977-1979
The Actors' Fund of America
Box 2 Folder 46
1990
Edward Albee
Box 2 Folder 47
1990
Alley Theatre
Box 2 Folder 48
1973
American College Theatre Festival
Box 2 Folder 49
1976-1988
AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
Box 2 Folder 50
n. d.
Tallulah Bankhead
Box 2 Folder 51
n. d.
Seymour Barab
Box 2 Folder 52
1987
Sherie Berk
Box 2 Folder 53
1990-1991
Berkshire Public Theatre
Box 2 Folder 54
1967-1988
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Box 2 Folder 55
1978
Brain/Mind Bulletin
Box 2 Folder 56
1978
California Shakespeare Festival
Box 2 Folder 57
1988
Martin Casella
Box 2 Folder 58
1990, b. d.
Anton Chekhov
Box 2 Folder 59
1971-1988
Michael Chekhov
Box 2 Folder 60
1984
"A Portrait of Misha: The Life and Artistic Accomplishments of Mikhail Alexandrovich Chekhov," by Lendley C. Black
Box 3 Folder 1
1973
"Letters of Anton Chekhov," translated by Michael Henry Heim in collaboration with Simon Karlinsky; Selection, Commentary & Introduction by Simon Karlinsky (volume)
Box 12
x
Chekhov Studio and Centre
Box 3 Folder 2
1989
Children's theatre
Box 3 Folder 3
1987
Children's World
Box 3 Folder 4
1978
Circle Rep
Box 3 Folder 5
1969-1989
Clippings featuring or about Beatrice Straight
Box 3 Folder 6
1967-1987
Miscellaneous clippings
Box 3 Folder 7
1988
"A World of Theater: Martha Coigney
Box 3 Folder 8
1988
Connecticut Arts Awards
Box 3 Folder 9
n. d.
The Conservancy
Box 3 Folder 10
[1978]
Peter W. Cookson, Jr.
Box 3 Folder 11
1977, 1989
Cornell University
Box 3 Folder 12
1975, 1978
Cornish School of Allied Arts
Box 3 Folder 13
1967-1989, n. d.
Dartington College of the Arts I: educational philosophy
Box 3 Folder 14
1975-1989
Dartington College of the Arts II: publications
Box 3 Folder 15
n. d.
Dartington College of the Arts III: brief sketches of individuals
Box 3 Folder 16
n. d.
Dartington: play review (play not named)
Box 7 Folder 3
1978
Death: A Concept Reborn
Box 3 Folder 17
1984
Democratic Party
Box 3 Folder 18
n. d.
East Indies Farm
Box 3 Folder 19
n. d.
Eastside Playhouse
Box 3 Folder 20
1939, 1969
Elmhirst, Dorothy (Whitney Straight), and Michael Chekhov
Box 3 Folder 21
n. d.
Elmhirst, Dorothy, talk at Dartington
Box 3 Folder 22
[1978]
Emmy Awards
Box 3 Folder 23
1988/1989
Ensemble Studio Theatre
Box 3 Folder 24
[1976]
Equity-League Welfare Trust Fund
Box 3 Folder 25
1978
Family Weekly
Box 3 Folder 26
1970-1982
Fashion/Decorating
Box 3 Folder 27
1972
Folie Douce
Box 3 Folder 28
1971
Golden Bough Theatre
Box 3 Folder 29
1979
HB Playwrights Foundation
Box 3 Folder 30
1989-1990
George Ray Hill
Box 3 Folder 31
1989-1990
Hoboken Theater Company, Inc.
Box 3 Folder 32
1978
Inner City Cultural Center: Neworld
Box 3 Folder 33
1977, n. d.
Institute for Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts (IASTA)
Box 3 Folder 34
1977-1989
International Theatre Institute of the United States, Inc.
Box 3 Folder 35
n. d.
"Journey to Ka Mountain," by Basil Langton
Box 3 Folder 36
1986
Franklyn Lenthall
Box 3 Folder 37
n. d.
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
Box 3 Folder 38
n. d.
Love Theatre
Box 3 Folder 39
1979
Manhattan Theatre Club
Box 3 Folder 40
1988
Media Center for Children
Box 3 Folder 41
1976-1979
Richard Morse Mime Theatre
Box 3 Folder 42
n. d.
Musicals of the 1930s
Box 3 Folder 43
n. d.
National Repertory Theatre
Box 3 Folder 44
1977, 1990, n. d.
The New Dramatists
Box 3 Folder 45
1977
New Manufactory
Box 3 Folder 46
1979
New Marlborough Historical Society
Box 3 Folder 47
1989
The New School
Box 3 Folder 48
1978
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Box 3 Folder 49
n. d.
Northwood Institute
Box 3 Folder 50
n. d.
Jay O'Callahan
Box 3 Folder 51
1946
Old Vic
Box 3 Folder 52
1981, 1988
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc.
Box 3 Folder 53
1978
Oscars
Box 3 Folder 54
1982
"'Our Town' Remembered," Thomas Coley
Box 3 Folder 55
1972
Antoinette Perry Awards
Box 3 Folder 56
n. d.
Poetic Philosophy
Box 3 Folder 57
1987
Poetry: clippings
Box 3 Folder 58
n. d.
Poetry: Elizabeth B. and Robert Browning
Box 3 Folder 59
[post-1951]
Poetry: T. S. Eliot
Box 3 Folder 60
n. d.
Poetry: Thomas Hardy
Box 3 Folder 61
n. d.
Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Box 3 Folder 62
n. d.
Poetry: selected poets
Box 3 Folder 63
n. d.
Poetry: selected poets
Box 7 Folder 4-5
1984
Poetry: Victorian poets
Box 3 Folder 64
n. d.
"Poets as Prophets: Living at the Edge of Consciousness"
Box 3 Folder 65
n. d.
"Press Cuttings" and "The Musical Cure"
Box 3 Folder 66
n. d.
Dory Previn
Box 3 Folder 67
n. d.
Reader's Repertory Company
Box 3 Folder 68
1974
Roundabout Theatre
Box 3 Folder 69
1990
"Saturday Theatre for Children"
Box 3 Folder 70
1978
Shakespeare & Company
Box 3 Folder 71
1990
Shakespeare's Globe
Box 3 Folder 72
n. d.
Ravi Shankar
Box 3 Folder 73
1977, 1983
Uday Shankar [see also correspondence Mohan Khokar]
Box 3 Folder 74
1974
Sharon Playhouse
Box 3 Folder 75
1964, n. d.
Stanislavsky
Box 3 Folder 76
n. d.
Arnold Sundgaard
Box 3 Folder 77
1973
"Eve" [Symington]
Box 3 Folder 78
1990
Theatre clippings
Box 3 Folder 79
1989-90
Theatre Communications Group
Box 3 Folder 80
1972
Theatre Hall of Fame
Box 3 Folder 81
n. d.
Theatre Institute at Storm King
Box 3 Folder 82
n. d.
Theatre of the Open Eye
Box 3 Folder 83
1986-1989
Theatreworks I
Box 3 Folder 84
1990
Theatreworks II
Box 3 Folder 85
1990-1991
Theatreworks III
Box 3 Folder 86
[1849]
"A Visit From St. Nicholas," Clement Moore [facsimile]
Box 3 Folder 87
n. d.
Edith Wharton and the Mount
Box 3 Folder 88
n. d.
Joan White English Theatre School
Box 3 Folder 89
n. d.
Getrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Box 3 Folder 90
1970-1977
William C. Whitney Foundation
Box 3 Folder 91
1978
Whitney Award
Box 3 Folder 92
1971
Women in Foundations
Box 4 Folder 1
n. d.
Michael Young
Box 4 Folder 2
Publicity materials [(B)=Beatrice participated, (P)=Peter Cookson participated
1974
"All My Sons," by Arthur Miller: clippings, programs, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 3
[1977]
"Andros Targets": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 4
1975-1978
"Beacon Hill": clippings, review, Irish dialect instructions (B)
Box 4 Folder 5
1976
"Bicentennial Minutes": press release (B)
Box 4 Folder 6
1978-1979
"Bloodline": shooting schedule, cast list, unit list, reviews, clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 7
1953
"Can Can": program, clippings, reviews (P)
Box 4 Folder 8
1988
"Checkout": program, clipping
Box 4 Folder 9
[1971]
"The Crucible": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 10
1977-1978
"Dain Curse": call sheets, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 11
n. d.
"Don't Ride the Clutch": broadside
Box 4 Folder 12
n. d.
"Eastward in Eden": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 13
[1981]
"Endless Love": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 14
1988
An Evening With Beatrice Straight (Houston, Texas): clipping, press release (B)
Box 4 Folder 15
[1967]
"Everything in the Garden": program (B)
Box 4 Folder 16
1988
"Faces of Woman in Opera": program (B)
Box 4 Folder 17
1979
"Festival Thirteen": full-page advertisement
Box 4 Folder 18
1980
"The Formula": full-page advertisement, review, clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 19
[1980]
"The Formula": broadside
Box 8 Folder 3
1957
"Four Winds": publicity pamphlet, clippings, reviews (P)
Box 4 Folder 20
1957
"Frozen Man," J. D. Feigelson (B)
Box 4 Folder 21
1985
"The Garden Party": press release (B)
Box 4 Folder 22
1973
"Ghosts": press release, program, program notes, clippings, leaflet, reviews, "Ghost Story," by Rabindranath Tagore (B)
Box 4 Folder 23
1962
"Gideon": program
Box 4 Folder 24
1957
"The Girl of the Golden West": clippings, reviews (P)
Box 4 Folder 25
1980
"The Glass Menagerie": clippings, 2 programs (B)
Box 4 Folder 26
1951
"The Grand Tour": clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 27
1979
"Hamlet": program, clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 28
[1948]
"The Heiress": program (B)
Box 4 Folder 29
1976
"Henry V": program
Box 4 Folder 30
n. d.
"Ichabod": broadside
Box 4 Folder 31
1950
"The Innocents": programs, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 32
1977
"Killer on Board": press release, clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 33
1953
"King Lear": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 34
1981-1982
"King's Crossing": clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 35
1989
"Lend Me a Tenor": program
Box 4 Folder 36
1968
"Light Up The Sky": program, clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 37
1986
"Lila's Island": story
Box 4 Folder 38
1966, 1977
"The Lion in Winter": programs, review, clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 39
[1976]
"The Lion in Winter": broadside (B)
Mapcase JJ-12 Folder 4
1990
"A Little Night Music": program
Box 4 Folder 40
n. d.
"MacBeth": sleep walking speech (B)
Box 4 Folder 41
n. d.
Maine Theatre Arts Festival: program (B)
Box 4 Folder 42
1986
March of Dimes Gala: clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 43
1972
Marie R: broadside (B)
Box JJ-12 Folder 4
1979
"Mary Stuart": program
Box 4 Folder 44
n. d.
"Message for Margaret": clippings (P)
Box 4 Folder 45
1978
Metropolitan Museum of Art: clippings re answering machine message recorded by B. Straight (B)
Box 4 Folder 46
1977
"Network": clippings, reviews, press release, academy award notices (B)
Box 4 Folder 47
1977
"Night of 100 Stars": full-page advertisement (B)
Box 4 Folder 48
1977
"Old Times": contact sheet for theatre, program, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 49
[1977]
"Old Times": broadside (B)
Box 8 Folder 4
1972
"The Palace at 4 A. M.": program, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 50
1955-1956
"Patterns": reviews, clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 51
1990
"People Like Us": staff and crew lists, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 52
1965-1966
"Phèdre": show cards, programs, notes, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 53
1946
"Playboy of the Western World": clipping, Theatre Arts, 9/1946 (2 copies) (B)
Box 4 Folder 54
1946
"Playboy of the Western World": clipping (B)
Box 7 Folder 7
1982
"Poltergeist": program, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 55
1982
"Poor Bitos": clippings, reviews
Box 7 Folder 6
1977
"Private Eye": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 56
1977-1979
"The Promise": cast list, staff list, list of contact people, mailing lists, board of directors list, production notes, clippings, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 57
1966, 1971
"The Right Honourable Gentleman": list of actors, programs, clippings, reviews, broadsides, box office statements (B)
Box 4 Folder 58
[1971]
"The Right Honourable Gentleman": set plans, broadside, sheet musicc (B)
Mapcase Folder 2
1983-1984
"Robert Kennedy and His Times": printed sheets from CBS, call sheets, production notes and schedules (B)
Box 4 Folder 59
1987
Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund Benefit: invitation, portrait of E. R.
Box 4 Folder 60
1983
"Second Chance": call sheets, notes from cast and staff, printed images, production schedules (B)
Box 4 Folder 61
n. d.
"Shadows Tremble" (Playhouse 90): press releases (B)
Box 4 Folder 62
1954
"Sing Me No Lullaby": program (B)
Box 4 Folder 63
1970
"Stanley,": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 64
1967-1970
"A Streetcar Named Desire": press releases, clippings, programs, reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 65
1967-1970
"A Streetcar Named Desire": clippings album (B)
Box 7 Folder 8
1978
"A Sunday With Beatrice Straight": invitation, program (B)
Box 4 Folder 66
1978
"The Tennis Game": clipping (B. helped get started, did not act in this production)
Box 4 Folder 67
1982
"This Wooden O": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 68
1978
"Timbuktu!": clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 69
1977
"Tobacco Road": program
Box 4 Folder 70
1979
"Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's MacBeth": programs
Box 4 Folder 71
1957
"Trial of Poznan": clipping (P)
Box 4 Folder 72
1940
"Twelfth Night": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 73
1943
"The Underground Reporter": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 74
1959
"Waltz of the Toreadors": reviews (B)
Box 4 Folder 75
1972
"Who Am I?": program, clippings (production of Young World Foundation [one of B.'s projects])
Box 4 Folder 76
[1972]
"Who Am I?": broadsides
Box 8 Folder 6
1990
"The Winter's Tale": program
Box 4 Folder 77
1977-1978
"Wonder Woman": clippings (B)
Box 4 Folder 78
1977
"The World of Darkness": clipping (B)
Box 4 Folder 79
Scripts [(B) indicates performance/production in which B. Straight took part)]
1985
"An Act of Love," by Willis Cooke (Peter W. Cookson)
Box 4 Folder 80
1971
"The Actor," by Peter Cookson
Box 4 Folder 81
1987
"An Actor's Dream," by Peter Cookson
Box 4 Folder 82
n. d.
"The American," dramatized by Ellen Van Volkenburg from the romance by Henry James
Box 4 Folder 83
1989
"Ay and What Then?" P. W. Ceigh (Peter W. Cookson)
Box 4 Folder 84
1968
"Bedroom Farce," Gary Anthony (Peter W. Cookson)
Box 4 Folder 85
1968
"Bedroom Farce," Gary Anthony (Peter W. Cookson)
Box 5 Folder 1
1985
"A Bit of Fluff," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 2
1974
"The Borrowers": clippings, scripts (B)
Box 9 Folder 1-3
n. d.
"Both Our Houses," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 3
1988
"Contradictions," P. W. Ceigh
Box 5 Folder 4
1987
"Coo," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 5
n. d.
"Dr. D & the 10 Speed Bicycle," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 6
n. d.
"Eastward in Eden: The Love Story of Emily Dickinson," by Dorothy Gardner (B)
Box 5 Folder 7
1978
"Epic That Never Was" (B)
Box 5 Folder 8
1983
"Expecting Max" Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 9
1984
"A Fair Exchange" Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 10
n. d.
"For Love or Money" Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 11
1984
"Frozen Man," J. D. Feigelson (B)
Box 5 Folder 12
[1973]
"Ghosts"
Box 5 Folder 13
1975
"The Glass Menagerie," Tennessee Williams (B)
Box 5 Folder 14
n. d.
"Grace at Table Six," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 15
1984
"The Hallucinations of Paul Tremaine," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 16
n. d.
"Henderson's Head," by Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 17
n. d.
"Ibsen's Life and Times"
Box 5 Folder 18
1944
"The Magic Pilot"
Box 5 Folder 19
n. d.
"Mania!" P. W. Cookson
Box 5 Folder 20
1980
"Maniac!" P. W. Cookson
Box 5 Folder 21
1991
"Memories of Midnight," Sidney Shelton (B)
Box 5 Folder 22
1967
"The Palace at 4 A. M." Howard Moss (B)
Box 5 Folder 23
1991
"Palomino," Danielle Steele (B)
Box 5 Folder 24
1965
"Phèdre," by Jean Racine (B)
Box 5 Folder 25
1986
"Pigeons," Peter Cookson
Box 5 Folder 26
1981
"Poltergeist," Steven Spielberg (B)
Box 5 Folder 27
1964
"The Right honourable Gentleman," M. Bradley-Dyne (prompt script) (B)
Box 5 Folder 28
1965
"The Right Honourable Gentleman" (revised version) (B)
Box 6 Folder 1
1983
"Robert Kennedy and His Times" (B)
Box 6 Folder 2
1983
"Second Chance" (B)
Box 6 Folder 3
[1970]
"Stanley," Gary Anthony (Peter W. Cookson) [2 versions] (B)
Box 6 Folder 4
[1967-1970]
"A Streetcar Named Desire," Tennessee Williams (2 acting editions) (B)
Box 6 Folder 5
n. d.
"Tell Me Later," Peter Cookson
Box 6 Folder 6
1978
"Three Million Rosebuds," Peter Cookson (1st draft)
Box 6 Folder 7
1978
"Three Million Rosebuds," Peter Cookson (completed copy)
Box 6 Folder 8
1985
"Two Acts of Murder," Willis Cooke (Peter Cookson)
Box 6 Folder 9
1986
"Two Acts of Murder" (second copy)
Box 6 Folder 10
1984
"Unique Species," Peter Cookson
Box 6 Folder 11
1990
"Used people," Todd Graff (B)
Box 6 Folder 12
1979
"Where Evil Dwells," Robert A. Suhosky and Peter W. Cookson (second revised rewrite)
Box 6 Folder 13
1979
"Where Evil Dwells," R. A. S. and P. W. C. (third revised rewrite)
Box 6 Folder 14
1987
"Who's Who in Connecticut," P. W. Cookson
Box 6 Folder 15
Proposals
n. d.
"The Bride, the Swans and the Mountain Lion," Michael Straight
Box 6 Folder 16
n. d.
"Once Upon a Castle," Beatrice Straight and Brian Froud
Box 6 Folder 17
n. d.
"The Saving Circle," Ingo Swann
Box 6 Folder 18
Series V. Awards/Honors
1977
Academy Awards
Box 6 Folder 19
1989
American Biographical Institute
Box 6 Folder 20
n. d.
American Biographical Institute (small medal)
Box 6 Folder 21
1989
American Biographical Institute (large medal)
Box 6 Folder 22
1978
"Distinguished Women of Northwood Institute"
Box 6 Folder 23
n. d.
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library medal
Box 6 Folder 24
1987
Screen Actors Guild
Box 6 Folder 25
1970
"Stars of the New York Stage, 1870-1970"
Box 6 Folder 26
1953
Tony Awards (1977 clipping)
Box 6 Folder 27
1965
U. S. Presidential inauguration invitation
Box 6 Folder 28
1983/1984
"Who's Who in the East"
Box 6 Folder 29
1986/1987
"Who's Who in the East"
Box 6 Folder 29
1991/1992
"Who's Who in the East"
Box 6 Folder 29
1952
"Who's Who in the Theatre" (bound volume)
Box 6 Folder 30
1984/1985
"Who's Who in the World"
Box 6 Folder 31
1977/1978
"Who's Who of American women"
Box 6 Folder 32
1979-1980
"Who's Who of American women"
Box 6 Folder 32
1981/1982
"Who's Who of American women"
Box 6 Folder 32
1983/1984
"Who's Who of American women"
Box 6 Folder 32
Series VI. Business Materials
Business miscellany
1971-1989
Contracts/Agreements
Box 9 Folder 4
1973, 1977
Receipts/Invoices
Box 9 Folder 5
1973, 1986-1989
Business Miscellaneous
Box 9 Folder 6
Personal miscellany
1977
Beatrice Cruise: performance of "Deadly Voyage"
Box 9 Folder 7
1978-1989, n. d.
Beatrice Miscellaneous: astrological chart, horoscope, miscellany
Box 9 Folder 8
Peter Cookson materials
1975
"And Never Asking Why," Peter Cookson ("words for music")
Box 9 Folder 9
n. d.
"Book," Peter Cookson: draft
Box 9 Folder 10-14
1971-1974
"Henderson's Head," Peter Cookson: miscellaneous correspondence and material
Box 9 Folder 15
1973
"Henderson's Head": uncorrected proofs (2)
Box 9 Folder 16
n. d.
Peter Cookson on Berkshire Theatre Fund
Box 9 Folder 17
1973
Peter Cookson reminiscences
Box 9 Folder 18
Series IV. Visual Images
Photographs
n. d.
Beatrice in India
Box 11 Folder 1
n. d., 1977
Beatrice: portraits
Box 11 Folder 2
1974
"All My Sons" (B)
Box 11 Folder 3
[1975?]
Lewis Allen, Beatrice, ?
Box 11 Folder 4
1990
Alley Theatre event, Houston, Texas (B)
Box 11 Folder 5
1977
"Andros Targets": Beatrice, Richard Kiley (B)
Box 11 Folder 6
n. d.
"Barretts of Wimpole Street" (B)
Box 11 Folder 7
n. d.
"Barretts of Wimpole Street" (B)
Box 7 Folder 9
[1975-1978]
"Beacon Hill" (B)
Box 11 Folder 8
n. d.
"Book of Hours" (B)
Box 11 Folder 9
1940, n. d.
Michael Chekhov
Box 11 Folder 10
n. d.
Chekhov Group; Ridgefield, Connecticut
Box 11 Folder 11
n. d.
Chekhov Studio
Box 11 Folder 12
n. d.
Beatrice and Peter Cookson
Box 11 Folder 13
1945, n. d.
Peter Cookson and Arlene Francis, Wendy Hiller, and Gail Storm
Box 11 Folder 14
n. d.
Dartington Hall and Chekhov Theatre (B)
Box 11 Folder 15
1935
Dartington Hall campus
Box 11 Folder 16
1977
Deadly Voyage
Box 11 Folder 17
n. d.
"Eastward in Eden" with Onslow Stevens, Beatrice Marley, Edwin Perone (B)
Box 11 Folder 18
n. d.
Mother (Dorothy W. S. Elmhirst), Deidre, Mishe (Michael Chekhov), Xzania at Dartington
Box 11 Folder 19
[1973]
"Ghosts" (B)
Box 11 Folder 20
[1980]
"The Glass Menagerie" (B)
Box 11 Folder 21
n. d.
Globe Theatre tour in England with Sam Wanamaker (B)
Box 11 Folder 22
[1979]
"Hamlet" (B)
Box 11 Folder 23
n. d.
"Heartbreak House," by G. B. Shaw with Larry Gates, Mary Lou Taylor, Peter Cookson (B)
Box 11 Folder 24
n. d.
"Heartbreak House" with Larry Gates (B)
Box 7 Folder 10
n. d.
"The Heiress" with Wendy Hiller, Peter Cookson, Basil Rathbone (B)
Box 11 Folder 25
n. d.
"The Heiress" with Basil Rathbone (B)
Box 7 Folder 11
[1950]
"The Innocents" with Iris Mann, David Cole, Isabel Elson (B)
Box 11 Folder 26
[1950]
The Innocents" (B)
Box 7 Folder 12
[1953]
"King Lear" with Yul Bryner, Hurd Hatfield, Ford Rainy, Mary Lou Taylor, John Flynn, Grael Regan (B)
Box 11 Folder 27
[1981-1982]
"Kings Crossing" with Bradford Dillman, Mary Frann, Linda Hamilton, Dorothy Meyer, Marilyn Jones, Daniel Zippi, Doreen Clark (B)
Box 11 Folder 28
n. d.
"Land of Fame" with Albert Bell, Norman Rose (B)
Box 11 Folder 29
n. d.
"Long Way Home" with James Daly, Frances Heflin (B)
Box 11 Folder 30
n. d.
"MacBeth" with Michael Redgrave (B)
Box 11 Folder 31
1976
"Network" with William Holden (B)
Box 11 Folder 32
1977
"Network" Academy Award photos with Sylvester Stallone, Muhammed Ali, Sidney Lumet (B)
Box 11 Folder 33
n. d.
N. Y. S. Department of Agriculture presentation to Mayor Koch (B)
Box 11 Folder 34
1982
Night of 100 Stars (2 photographs)
Box JJ-12 Folder 3
[1951]
"Nun's Story" with Audrey Hepburn, Colleen Dewhurst (B)
Box 11 Folder 35
[1977]
"Old Times" with Raúl Julia and Irene Worth (B)
Box 11 Folder 36
[1977]
"Old Times" with Raúl Julia and Irene Worth (B)
Box 7 Folder 13
n. d.
Old Vic stars with Gertrude Lawrence
Box 11 Folder 37
[1955-]1956
"Patterns" with Van Heflin (B)
Box 11 Folder 38
1946
Gregory Peck on the beach
Box 7 Folder 13
1965-1966
"Phèdre" (B)
Box 11 Folder 39
[1965-1966]
"Phèdre (B)
Box 7 Folder 15
n. d.
Phoenix production, N. Y. C. (B)
Box 11 Folder 40
n. d.
"Phone call from a Stranger" with James Mason, Eli Wallach(?), Wendy Hiller (B)
Box 11 Folder 41
1946
"Playboy of the Western World" with Gregory Peck (B)
Box 11 Folder 42
1982
"Poltergeist" (B)
Box 11 Folder 43
n. d.
"The Possessed" with John Flynn, Woodrow Chambliss (B)
Box 11 Folder 44
n. d.
Tony Randall, Eli Wallach, Beatrice
Box 11 Folder 45
[1971]
"The Right Honourable Gentleman" with Henderson Forsythe, Sarah Badel, Marie Wallace, Francis Bethencourt; Edward Mulhare, Carolyn Lagerfelt (B)
Box 11 Folder 46
1983-1984
"Robert Kennedy and His Times" (B)
Box 11 Folder 47
n. d.
Edward G. Robinson (B)
Box 11 Folder 48
1983
"Second Chance" with John Travolta (B)
Box 11 Folder 49
1935-1936
Uday Shankar
Box 11 Folder 50
[1956]
"Silken Affair" with David Niven, Geraldine Page, [Terry Thomas] (B)
Box 11 Folder 51
n. d.
Skowhegan Dinner with Gerda Vanderbilt, Beatrice, Michael Valenti
Box 11 Folder 52
[1967-1970]
"Streetcar Named Desire" (B)
Box 11 Folder 53
n. d.
"Two of a Kind" with Charles Durning, Oliver Reed (B)
Box 11 Folder 54
n. d.
Beatrice and Michael Valenti
Box 11 Folder 55
1986
Theatreworks/USA (B)
Box 11 Folder 56
[1972]
"Who Am I?" (B)
Box 11 Folder 57
n. d.
Beatrice: portrait
Box 7 Folder 15
n. d.
Unidentified roles (B)/set
Box 11 Folder 58
n. d.
Beatrice unidentified role
Box 7 Folder 16
n. d.
Family and friends: Dorothy [W. S. E.], Flora, Willard Straight, Beatrice, unidentified
Box 11 Folder 59
n. d.
Two interiors: "picture from bedroom front/east wall
Box JJ-12 Folder 4
Drawings
n. d.
Sketches: costumes
Box 8 Folder 1-3
n. d.
Sketches: horses, artist unidentified
Box 8 Folder 7
n. d.
Dartington Hall theatre plans
Box F-6 Folder 1
n. d.
Sketches: "Right Honourable Gentleman"
Box F-3 Folder 2
[1929]
Two chalk drawings [Hans Schaukar(sp?)]
Box JJ-12 Folder 3
n. d.
Sketch: Beatrice Straight Cookson
Box JJ-12 Folder 4
1929
Sketch: unidentified man [Michael Chekhov?]
Box JJ-12 Folder 4
n. d.
Sketch: set at Dartington Hall theatre
Box JJ-12 Folder 4
Films
n. d.
"The Garden Party"
1949
"Nevada 1949"
n. d.
"Bali Reel 1 Dup"
Box 13
n. d.
Greece?: very few shots of Bea - mostly landscape
Box 13
n. d.
Bea's trip to Russia (she is not seen on film)
Box 13
n. d.
Children at Dartington Hall
Box 13
n. d.
Children at the Chalet
Box 13
n. d.
Eloise
Box 13
n. d.
England, Chalet, Dartington Hall
Box 13
n. d.
No identification
Box 13
n. d.
Uday Shankar (to be spliced)
Box 13
n. d.
Not identified
Box 13
n. d.
India: Bea, Deidre Duprey, very little of Bea - landscape
Box 14
1934
Uday Shankar - original and duplicates
Box 14
n. d.
[Travel: India:] Fate pur, Sikri, Ellora, Ajanta, Almora (No. 4)
Box 14
n. d.
Not identified [travel: U. S. or India possibly Old Parsonage Farm]
Box 14
n. d.
[Travel:] Gibraltar, Cairo, Board Ship, Cawn Anir
Box 14
n. d.
[Travel:] Malabar, Cochin fisherman, Bombay, Udaipur (No. 2)
Box 14
n. d.
India - to be spliced
Box 14
Series VIII. Sound Recordings
Audio tapes
n. d.
Accompaniments: 260 End of Caro Meo Ben, 265 Begin Ney Ver De Sehn, 2/35 Amarillo
Box 12
n. d.
Beatrice Straight
Box 12
n. d.
Lady MacBeth "Sleepwalking Scene"
Box 12
n. d.
No Dialogue, need slate
Box 12
[1971]
"Right Honourable Gentleman" tape B
Box 12
n. d.
"Stanley" (2 reels)
Box 12
n. d.
"Who Am I?"
Box 12
n. d.
Not identified
Box 12
1955
Amor Ti Vieta
Box 12
n. d.
Barry Heard
Box 12
78's
1979
Music from "The Promise" (B)
Box 78/LP Box, SR-1
1955
Peter Cookson, London, "demo"
Box 78/LP Box, SR-2
1955
Peter Cookson
Box 78/LP Box, SR-3 - SR-6
Series IX. Personal Materials
Appointment books
1971-1989
Spiral notebooks and date books (15)
Box 10 Folder 1-15
Miscellaneous personal
1978
Certificate from flight on Concorde
Box 7 Folder 1
n. d.
Sketches: costuming ideas
Box 8 Folder 1-3
2 wicker suitcases: MU-1086, MU-1087
Box 15-16