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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Wallsten (Robert) Papers,
1920s-1960s
Collection number:
PA Mss 43
Creator:
Robert Wallsten
Extent:
7.5 linear feet
(16 boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Shelf location:
For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Abstract:
Papers of actor and writer including correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and literary manuscripts. Wallsten acted on Broadway before serving in the Navy in New Guinea during WWII. After the war, Wallsten wrote plays, teleplays, and short stories and had a long association with Judith Anderson and ghost wrote her unpublished autobiography. Wallsten was married to actress Cynthia Rogers who was involved with the University Players (Falmouth, Mass). Wallsten and Rogers were family friends of the Steinbecks and Wallsten edited the edition of Steinbeck's letters.
Language:
English.
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