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Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 484
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of comprises the materials Waldo Greene, a student of Thornton Wilder's, gathered about Wilder during Wilder's lifetime and up until Greene's death. Included among these materials are correspondence, bibliographies, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, playbills, and copies of Wilder's typewritten journals.

Dates

  • 1928-1994

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Waldo Greene was born ca. 1906 and died in 1994. At age seventeen he was a student of Thornton Wilder, then a French teacher at an exclusive prep school in New Jersey. Greene, a seventeen year old student at the time Wilder taught him, came to Texas after World War II, married and remained in the Rio Grande Valley.

Greene spent much of his life seeking details about his former teacher's life and collecting memorabilia about him. He corresponded with Wilder and Wilder's sister after Wilder's death.

Extent

4 Linear Feet ( (11 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of materials which Waldo Greene, a student of Thornton Wilder's, gathered about Wilder during Wilder's lifetime and up until Greene's death. Included among these materials are correspondence, bibliographies, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, playbills, and copies of Wilder's typewritten journals.

Arrangement

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Biographical
  2. Series II: Correspondence
  3. Series III: Writings
  4. Series IV: Clippings
  5. Series V: Memorabilia

Acquisition Information

Waldo Greene donated the bulk of the materials, including a book collection in 1981. He continued to add to the collection until 1993.

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Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers, 1928-1994
Status
Completed
Author
Gerri Schaad
Date
2003
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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