Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, including letters from Kay Boyle, Donald Gallup, Robert Haas, Marcel Marceau and the artist Henry Miller; photographs; clippings; printed material; sound recordings; and manuscripts relating to the production of Nancy Cole's one-woman show, Gertrude Stein's Gertrude Stein, and other projects, including One of Each.
Dates
- 1947 - 1986
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Boxes 15-16 (Phonograph records): Restricted Fragile Material. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Box 17 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Nancy Cole Papers 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 William Reese Co. on the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1987.
Arrangement
Organized under seven headings, reflecting the order in which the material was received by the library: Files Relating to One of Each, Correspondence, Clippings and Ephemera, Subject Files, Printed Material, Rolled Posters, and Sound Recordings.
Extent
4.88 Linear Feet ((13 boxes) + 2 rolls, 2 record album storage)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Nancy Cole
Nancy Cole is an American actor who, during the 1960s and 1970s, regularly took on the persona of Gertrude Stein and performed a one-woman show, Gertrude Stein's Gertrude Stein, based on Stein's original writings.
Processing Information
Former call number: Uncat ZA MS 53
This finding aid was created in 2008, and revised in 2013. Descriptive information was drawn from an initial survey of the contents; however, folder contents have not be verified in all instances. This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Actors -- United States
- Actors -- United States -- 20th Century
- American drama -- 20th Century
- American literature -- 20th century
- Audiotapes -- United States -- 20th Century
- Audiovisual materials -- United States -- 20th Century
- Cole, Nancy
- Impersonation -- Drama
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
- Theater -- United States
- Title
- Nancy Cole papers
- Author
- Finding aid by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- 2013
- 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
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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