mss0099_0391.xml Finding aid for St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson1931–1961 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library

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Date encoded (2007 March 2) Finding aid encoded 2007 March 2 English St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson 1931–1961 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library

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Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), b. 1883. St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson 1931–1961 MSS 099, F391 8 items (13 pp. and one photograph) St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein & Lawson. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1992.

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Citation

MSS 099, F391, St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 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).

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a small group of correspondence sent by St. John Greer Ervine over a period of thirty years. One 1931 letter was sent to Kenneth Lawson. The remaining letters were addressed to Harold Frederick Rubinstein and are dated from 1951–1961. All are typed letters signed with some corrections. There is also a photograph labeled "Honey Ditches, Seaton, Devon." It is addressed to Harold Frederick Rubinstein and dated Christmas 1961. The letters discuss George Bernard Shaw, various anecdotes, and a book on Shaw which Ervine is writing. Pencil notations on one of the Rubinstein letters may be by the recipient.

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

Detailed Contents List 22F391 St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein and Lawson 1931–1961 7 typed letters signed with some corrections (13 pp.) and one photograph with autograph on reverse.