Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers
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
- Creation: 1928-1994
Creator
- Wilder, Thornton (Person)
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
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
- Series I: Biographical
- Series II: Correspondence
- Series III: Writings
- Series IV: Clippings
- 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.
Subject
- Wilder, Isabel (Person)
- Greene, Waldo (Person)
- Wilder, Thornton (Person)
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu