Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871-
- Abstract:
- Charles Rann Kennedy (1871-1950) wrote short stories, articles and poems, was an actor, a press agent, and a theatrical business manager. He also taught for several years at the dramatic department of Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York. The collection consists of manuscripts, pamphlets, scrapbooks of press clippings and dramatic notices, and copies of published works by Charles Rann Kennedy.
- Extent:
- 62 boxes (31 linear ft.) 5 oversize boxes
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts, pamphlets, scrapbooks of press clippings and dramatic notices, and copies of published works by Charles Rann Kennedy. Includes copies of letters written by Kennedy and his wife, actress Edith Wynne Matthison, and incoming letters from correspondents, including George Bernard Shaw, G.K. Chesterton, Hall Caine and Edna Lyndell. Also contains galley proofs of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Renascence, with holograph corrections by the author.
- Biographical / historical:
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Kennedy was born on February 14, 1871 in Derby, England; worked as an office boy and clerk from ages 13-16; began writing and lecturing; married actress Edith Wynne Matthison in 1898; wrote short stories, articles and poems, while also acting and serving as a press agent and theatrical business manager; made his first appearance on the stage in 1897 as a starving citizen in The seats of the mighty, at Her Majesty's Theatre, London; made his first appearance in New York in 1903 as the doctor and the messenger in Everyman; after 1905, devoted his time mainly to dramatic writing; with his wife, taught for several years at the dramatic department of Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York; published plays include The Servant in the House (1908), The Terrible Meek (1911), and The Idol Breaker (1914); retired to Los Angeles; he died on February 16, 1950.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Edith Wynne Matthison, 1952. Gift of Margaret M. Gage, 1959-82.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988