University of Texas at Austin

Alfred S. Shivers:

A Preliminary Inventory of His Collection of Maxwell Anderson Research Materials at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Shivers, Alfred S., 1929-
Title: Alfred S. Shivers Collection of Maxwell Anderson Research Materials
Dates: 1970s-1980s
Extent: 4 boxes (1.68 linear feet)
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, family memoirs, photographs, and transcripts of interviews with Anderson and with Anderson's family and friends compiled by Professor Shivers for his three bio-bibliographical works on the playwright.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-04875
Language: English
Availability: Open for research


Administrative Information


Acquisition: Purchase, 2000 (Reg. no.14804)
Accessioned by: Liz Murray, 2001
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents


This collection of research material on American playwright Maxwell Anderson was compiled by Prof. Alfred S. Shivers of Stephen F. Austin State University in preparing his three bio-bibliographical works on Anderson. The collection is arranged in three series: Series I. Correspondence, Series II. Research Material, and Series III. Transcripts of Interviews.
The correspondence in Series I. consists primarily of Anderson's immediate and extended family members, as well as his former students and theater colleagues. Series II. contains research material, listed in the order in which Shivers arranged the folders. Included are personal papers, family memoirs, photographs, and Anderson's 1956 oral history interview. The last series contains transcripts of interviews with family members and friend Lotte Lenya, among others.
Interview tapes and a video tape of Anderson's home movies, received with the collection, have been transferred to the Ransom Center's Sound Recordings and Photography and Film Department respectively.

Alfred S. Shivers (Anderson Research Materials)--Folder List