Phoebus, Mia. Mia Phoebus collection of Tennessee Williams papers1940, 2007–2008
MSS 099, F828
6 items Items collected or created by Mia Phoebus, all but one of which are related to Tennessee Williams.
Materials entirely in
English.
University of Delaware Library -
Special Collections
Source Gift of Mia Phoebus, April 2008.
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Citation MSS
099, F828, Mia Phoebus collection of Tennessee Williams papers, Special Collections, University of Delaware
Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelving Summary
- Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
Processing Processed and encoded by Anita
Wellner, May 2008.
Biographical Note Educator and poet Mia Phoebus was a housemate and confidante of Tennessee Williams during the summer of 1940, at the age of 19. Born Ethel Elkovsky in New York City, Phoebus has been lecturing in the Beverly Hills, California School District for thirty years. It was her experiences with Holocaust survivors that inspired her to write poetry.
CUE Art Foundation. http://www.cueartfoundation.org/george-schneeman.html (accessed May 20, 2008).
Scope and Content Note Mia Phoebus knew Tennessee Williams during the summer of 1940. During that same summer Williams began writing the play,
The Parade. The items in this collection were collected or created by Mia Phoebus and all but one are related to Tennessee Williams. The Tennessee Williams material includes a photocopy of the typescript for his play, The Parade and a photocopy of a 1940 photograph which includes Williams and Phoebus. There are also three poems written by Phoebus which reflect on her relationship to Williams: "At Summer's End," "In Memory of Tennessee Williams. 1911–1983" and "In Memoriam: Tennessee Williams." The collection also includes a fourth poem written by Phoebus, titled "Dedicated to Naomi Vanek."
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Elkovsky, Ethel.
Topical Terms
Poets, American---20th
century--Sources. Dramatists, American--20th century--Sources.
Form/Genre Terms
Poems.
Photographs.Plays (document genre)
Related Materials in this
Repository This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and
Historical Manuscripts.
Detailed Contents List
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F828"The Parade" circa 1940 1
item (27 pp.) Photocopied typescript of Tennessee Williams' play,
The Parade, which is signed by Phoebus on the title page, with her autograph note: "Performed Sept 30 - 2007 P'Town. T. Williams Festival."
55 F828Photograph of Tennessee Williams
1940 1
item Photocopy of a photograph of Tennessee Williams, Mia Phoebus, and others taken in Provincetown during the summer of 1940.
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F828"In Memory of Tennessee Williams. 1911–1983." circa 2008 1
item (2 pp.) Typescript of a poem written by Phoebus dated "4/2008," with extensive autograph corrections.
55
F828"In Memoriam: Tennessee Williams" 2007 1
item (2 pp.) Typescript of a poem written by Phoebus dated 2007, with two autograph corrections.
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F828"At Summer's End" 2007 September 1
item (1 p.) Photocopied typescript of a poem written and signed by Phoebus, dated September 2007, with autograph note: "p. 9 - play - parade - Dan."
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F828"Dedicated to Naomi Vanek" 2007 October 1 1
item (2 pp.) Typescript of a poem written and signed by Phoebus, dated October 1, 2007, with a few autograph corrections. Bears the autograph note: "[Hamar?] p. 78 inspired by [Hamar?] - "Night of the Iguana."