Guide to the Alexander M. Drummond Papers,
1917-1956

Collection Number: 14-24-435

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Date completed:
December 1966
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, June 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alexander M. Drummond papers, 1917-1956.
Collection Number:
14-24-435
Creator:
A. M. (Alexander Magnus) Drummond, 1884-1956.
Quantity:
19.2 cubic feet
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia relating to various aspects of the field of Speech and Drama.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Speech and Drama, Cornell University.
Organized the Cornell Dramatic Club and was its Director from 1912-1947. Wrote original plays and a monograph on play production.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia relating to various aspects of the field of Speech and Drama.
Includes charcoal drawing of Professor Drummond by Christian Midjo.
Includes correspondence from Eugene O'Neill, Oscar Hammerstein II, George Bernard Shaw and Hendrik Van Loon.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Drummond, A. M. (Alexander Magnus), 1884-1956.
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University. Speech and Drama Dept.
Cornell University. Cornell Dramatic Club.

Subjects:
Drama--Study and teaching.
College theater--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Theater reviews.
Theatrical publishing.

Form and Genre Terms:
Scripts (documents)
Playbills.
Theater programs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alexander M. Drummond papers, #14-24-435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collection #14-24-1143.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
1906, 1911-[1912-1932]
Box 1
1933-1939
Box 2
1940-1945
Box 3
1946-1948
Box 4
1949-June 1951
Box 5
July 1951-1952
Box 6
1953-1957
Box 7
Photographs
 Box 8
File cards
 Box 9
Recordings, lantern slides, music
 Box 10
National Theatre Conference; Museum of Modern Art
 Box 11
Comfort Tyler Papers; catalogues; term reports
 Box 12
Notes; addresses; scripts
 Box 13
Theatre; arts
 Box 14
Undated
 Box 15
Correspondence, printed material, 1919-1960 : Hebel accession, 1921-[1948-1960], and Stainton accession, 1919-[1952]
Box 16
Play bills and programs
 Box 17
Scripts, film and theatre notes (detailed list in accession folder)
 Box 18
News clippings, play bills, theatre notes
 Box 19
Newspapers, printed material
 Box 20
Class plays, news clippings, theatre notes
 Box 21
Personal finances
 Box 22
Scripts, news clippings, printed material, theatre notes
 Box 23
Newspapers, clippings, bills, plays (typed)
 Box 24
Notes on authors, films, theatres
 Box 25
Scripts, notes, some printed material
 Box 26
Lecture notes and miscellanea (detailed list in accession folder)
 Box 27
File cards and notes (detailed list in accession folder)
 Box 28
Lecture notes and scripts (detailed list in accession folder)
 Box 29
Scripts and notes
 Box 30
NY State Fair Country Theatre scrapbook, 1919-1922
Box 31
Charcoal drawing of A.M. Drummond by Christian Midjo, probably in the 1930s, in cardboard folder