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The collection contains scripts from local playwrights, letters, programs, posters, flyers, and newspaper clippings. Daniel Ladmirault, Executive Director at Cite des Arts, donated the collection.

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This publication is from Denison & Company out of Chicago, IL. Plays by Lillian Mortimer.

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This collection consists of scripts of plays written primarily by John Fiero, who also donated the collection. There are also two plays written by Dr. Paul Nolan, another professor from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The plays are all organized in alphabetical order.

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Jane Bonin published a book on Dr. Fratti. Paul Nolan edited a collection of some of his plays and wrote some unpublished essays on him. Both were members of the USL English Department faculty and established this collection on him.

The collection contains play scripts, articles, reviews, and playbills on Dr. Fratti and his plays; the writings of Drs. Bonin and Nolan on Dr. Fratti; correspondence; and some research materials.

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Dr. Nolan was a prolific author, especially of plays. He founded and contributed to local theater groups including The Eavesdrop Theatre and Louisiana Playwrights’ Theatre. This collection contains plays, articles, and books authored by him. There is also some personal material, including correspondence and playbills. Most items are arranged chronologically.

Dr. Nolan’s widow and son, Peggy and John Nolan respectively, donated the collections.

Scope and Contents This collection contains unpublished one-act plays. Most of these plays were written for production in Lafayette, especially at the Eavesdrop Theatre which was located in the Red Dog Saloon [later The Corner] at the corner of General Mouton St. and Lamar St. They were also performed at the Louisiana Playwrights Theatre, The Red Garter, community theaters, and in small theaters in Virginia, New York City, London, and elsewhere. A few scripts are copies of unpublished or published...

Scope and Contents This collection contains literary material of Ernest Jackson Whisler, a turn-of-the-century writer of plays and folk stories under the name of Jack Whisler. His career appears to span the first half of the 20th century. Born in Rochester, Pennsylvania in the 1870s, Whisler's family later settled in Tucson, Arizona because of his parent's health. Whisler died in 1958 of a heart attack in his home in Burlingame, California. Also included in the collection are ads and flyers, plays,...

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This collection centers on the literary career of Espy Williams. It contains news clippings (primarily reviews), flyers and ads for Williams's works, a few photos, correspondence, two diaries, poetry, essays, librettos, and plays by Williams.

Eunice Simonds Osgood (Mrs. Phillips E.) of Summit, New Jersey donated this collection.