Guide to the Oliver Mayer Papers, ca. 1970-1998

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Department of Special Collections

Green Library

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, CA 94305-6004

Phone: (650) 725-1022

Email: speccollref@stanford.edu

URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/

Guide to the Oliver Mayer Papers, ca. 1970-1998

Collection number: M0973

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/

Processed by:: Special Collections staff
Date Completed:: 1998
Encoded by:: Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Descriptive Summary

Title: Oliver Mayer Papers,

Date (inclusive): ca. 1970-1998

Collection number: Special Collections M0973

Creator: Mayer, Oliver.

Extent: 16.5 linear ft.

Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Purchased, 1998.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Oliver Mayer Papers, M0973, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

Los Angeles playwright with a Latino background. His mother is Mexican-American, an actress who gave up the theatre for marriage; his late father, Alexander, was a film and television art director. A self-described "punk" in high school, Mayer went on to a highly successful academic career at Cornell, Oxford and Columbia universities. BLADE TO THE HEAT has received the most attention of the some dozen plays he has written. He inherited his passion for boxing from his father and Mexican grandfather and trained in the sport from the ages of 13 to 15.

Scope and Content

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts, childhood stories and drawings, correspondence, diaries, business papers and letters, press reviews and coverage, publications, posters, and photographs.

Container List

Box 1

Tears will tell it all [play] 1980s

Box 1

Tears (Blade) play

Box 1

Blade to the heat [play] 1990s

Box 1

Joy of the desolate

Box 2

Blade to the heat

Box 3

Unfinished plays

Box 3

Unfinished work

Box 4

Fortune is a woman [play]

Box 4

Machiavelli [novel, movie]

Box 4

Machiavelli papers

Box 5

Awards

Box 5

Medals, child's shoes

Box 5

Essays/articles 1970-1990

Box 6

Childrens drawings 1970-1980

Box 6

Short stories 1980-1990

Box 6

Poems 1980-1990

Box 7

Joe Louis Blues [play]

Box 8

Gog [play]

Box 8

Young Valieant [play]

Box 9

So much for winning [play]

Box 10

Personal letters to Mom 1980-1990

Box 10

The crossing

Box 10

Papers 1990-1996

Box 10

Boxing Illustrated [screenplay]

Box 11

The road to Los Angeles [play]

Box 11

Manifest destiny [screenplay]

Box 11

Rock and roll [movie]

Box 11

Who's the boss [screenplay]

Box 11

La Rabia [play]

Box 11

The Chess Machine [play]

Box 11

Oxford/Words

Box 11

Dramatic monologues

Box 11

England/Italy 1985

Box 11

Origin of the Foil [play]

Box 11

Words upon words [play]

Box 12

Notebook diaries 1980-1998

Box 13

Reviews (Blade mostly)

Box 13

Blade papers, letters

Box 14

Business papers and letters

Box 15

Personal letters

Box 15

Papers (assorted)

Box 16

Strong as death [play]

Box 16

Blade [screenplay]

Box 16

George C. Wolfe letter

Box 16

Madonna correspondence

Box 16

Blade letters/scrapbook

Box 16

Blade photos

Box 17

Publications

Box 18

Press coverage

Box 19

High school, junior high school

Box 19

Essays (various), Victims' rights, Holyfield essay, Rings

Box 19

My heart's in the highlands, Strong as death, So much for winning

Box 19

Columbia panel w/ Bill Jones 1997

Box 19, Folder

Sevilla [screenplay]

Box 19

Ragged time [play]

Box 20

(This box sent 2 weeks after rest)

Box 20

Young Valiant

Box 20

Correspondence

Box 20

Heartbreak Soup

Box 20

Video of Blade

Box 21

Water damaged materials

Box 22

Print box: posters, etc.

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