mss0099_0313.xml Finding aid for"The Preacher's Practice" short storyundated University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 February 22) Finding aid encoded 2007 February 22 English "The Preacher's Practice" short storyundated Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), b. 1883. "The Preacher's Practice" short storyundated MSS 099, F313 2 items (27 pp.) "The Preacher's Practice" is an undated short story by Irish playwright St. John Ervine. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1990.

 Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F313, St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine, "The Preacher's Practice" short story, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, February 2007.

 Biographical Note

Irish playwright, drama critic, and author St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971) is best known for his plays, some of which were staged at the Abbey Theatre. He also managed the Abbey Theatre for a brief period.

"St. John Greer Ervine 1883–1971." Literature Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 16, 2007)."St. John Ervine is dead at 87." New York Times, January 25, 1971, http://proquest.umi.com (accessed February 22, 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

This small collection contains a short story, "The Preacher's Practice," and a newspaper obituary clipping of St. John Greer Ervine. There is an autograph addition on the cover sheet along with a stamp from the literary agent Paul R. Reynolds. The first page of the text bears a cross through of Ervine's name and address. The obituary clipping has an autograph of the date January 22, 1971. His date of death is actually January 24, 1971.

 Selected Search Terms Corporate Names Paul R. Reynolds. Topical Terms English fiction--Irish authors--20th century--Sources. Form/Genre Terms Short stories. Obituaries. OccupationPlaywrights. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

 Detailed Contents List 17F313 St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine short story "The Preacher's Practice" undated Carbon typescript (26 pp.) with an autograph addition and one clipping (1 p.).