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Jonathan Dodd collection of Edward Albee, Stephen Sondheim, and Tennessee Williams

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1411

Content Description

The collection contains drafts and print editions of scripts, scores, and other writings by American playwrights Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams, and musical theater writer and composer Stephen Sondheim. Also included is correspondence, contracts, and other materials related to the publication of Sondheim’s and Williams’s works; photographs; printed materials, such as playbills, souvenir programs, periodicals, and clippings; and notes and inventories related to the collection.

Dates

  • 1928 - 2015
  • Majority of material found within ( 1954-2015)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Jonathan Dodd Collection of Edward Albee, Stephen Sondheim, and Tennessee Williams is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018, and gift of Mrs. Lyell Dodd, 2018.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into three series: I. Edward Albee, 1960-2014. II. Stephen Sondheim, 1954-2015. III. Tennessee Williams, 1928-2015.

Extent

17.34 Linear Feet (27 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jdodd

Abstract

The collection contains drafts and print editions of scripts, scores, and other writings by American playwrights Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams, and musical theater writer and composer Stephen Sondheim. Also included is correspondence, contracts, and other materials related to the publication of Sondheim’s and Williams’s works; photographs; printed materials, such as playbills, souvenir programs, periodicals, and clippings; and notes and inventories related to the collection.

Jonathan Dodd (1936-2017)

Jonathan Dodd (1936-2017) was an American publisher and book collector. Born in Boston in 1936, Dodd spent the majority of his life moving between Connecticut and Rhode Island. After graduating from Yale University in 1958, he joined the publishing house Dodd, Mead, & Company, founded by his great-great grandfather, Moses W. Dodd, in 1839. Dodd eventually assumed the role of president of the company prior to its closure in 1990. He died on January 3, 2017, in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Separated Materials

Printed material received with the collection was removed for separate cataloging and can be accessed by searching the library’s online catalog.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing. This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

Title
Guide to the Jonathan Dodd Collection of Edward Albee, Stephen Sondheim, and Tennessee Williams
Status
Completed
Author
by Emma Gronbeck
Date
October 2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

Contact:
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(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

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