Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1894-11-30 - 1980-08-02
Biographical / Historical
Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980), American screenwriter and actor.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Farwell Knapp papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 256
Abstract:
The Farwell Knapp Papers, largely consisting of correspondence, journals, photographs, and other papers, documents the personal and professional life of Connecticut tax lawyer Farwell Knapp. Knapp’s experience as a student at Yale University and Harvard University law school are recorded, including his involvement with the secret society Skull and Bones and friendships with fellow alumni (such as poet Phelps Putnam and painter Russell Cheney). The life of Knapp's wife, Helen Bayne Knapp, and...
Dates:
1891-1947, bulk 1907-1942
Letter : to William Bodfish, 100 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1931 June 10
Part of Collection — Box 106: [Barcode: 39002140920340], Folder: 34
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter, signed, saying that he is too busy with his work at Paramount Pictures to assist Bodfish with his play. With envelope.
Dates:
1931 June 10
Sara and Gerald Murphy papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 468
Abstract:
The collection consists of the personal and family papers of Gerald and Sara Murphy, including material created and accumulated by Gerald and Sara, their children Baoth, Patrick, and Honoria, and the Wiborg family. The collection documents the Murphy's unconventional and artistic lifestyle and their role in the American expatriate community in Paris and Antibes, France during the 1920s and early 1930s, as well as their personal connections with artists and writers of the Modernist period....
Dates:
1854-2005
Phelps Putnam papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 429
Abstract:
The Phelps Putnam papers contain correspondence, writings, and personal papers documenting the life and work of poet Howard Phelps Putnam. Correspondence in the collection features letters with family, Yale college friends, including Russell Cheney, Farwell Knapp, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Charles Walker, and other authors, including Paul Rosenfeld, Allen Tate, and Stark Young. Writings contains drafts for poems and short prose pieces dating from 1914 to the late 1940s. Other materials in...
Dates:
1914-1951
Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 483
Abstract:
The Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter Papers consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, financial papers, and other material that document the work and lives of the writers Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter. The Papers provide evidence of Stewart and Winter's writing careers as well as political activism. The Papers also relate to Stewart and Winter's friends and family, including Lincoln Steffens. The Papers illuminate the creative lives of Stewart and Winter and offer...
Dates:
1839-1993