Eva Le Gallienne papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00092
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Eva Le Gallienne's papers includes biographical material, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and her original manuscript of the second volume of her autobiography "Plus Twenty" (published as With a Quiet Heart in 1951). Included also in the collection is also a photograph of Le Gallienne as Queen Elizabeth in the production of Mary Stuart.
Dates of Materials
- 1951-1962
Creator
- Le Gallienne, Eva (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Conditions Governing Access
Until we move into New Neilson in early 2021, collections are stored in multiple locations and may take up to 48 hours to retrieve. Researchers are strongly encouraged to contact Special Collections (specialcollections@smith.edu) at least a week in advance of any planned visits so that boxes may be retrieved for them in a timely manner.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Biographical / Historical
Eva Le Gallienne was born 11 Jan 1899 in London, the daughter of poet and journalist Richard Le Gallienne and Danish journalist Julie Noiregard. Le Gallienne attended drama school for a few months, then moved to New York in 1915. Her first success on stage was at age 20 and was followed by other hits. She abandoned her acting career in 1926 and founded the Civic Repertory Theatre, which closed in 1933. Thirty-two of the thirty-four plays presented there were directed by Le Gallienne. She also starred on Broadway in L'Aiglon with Ethel Barrymore, and translated, staged, and acted in Ibsen's Rosmersholm. She moved with her companion Marion Evensen to a country estate and continued to lecture, tour, and act. Le Gallienne played Queen Elizabeth in Mary Stuart from 1957 to 1962. She won the National Medal of Arts in 1986. Le Gallienne died June of 1991.
Extent
1 boxes (.25 linear feet)
Overview
Author; actress; theatrical director and producer. Papers include biographical material, clippings, photographs, correspondence, photographs, and her original manuscript of the second volume of her autobiography Plus Twenty
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Eva Le Gallienne donated her papers to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1961.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed. Finding aid revised in 2002 by Gayla Spaulding, intern.
Creator
- Le Gallienne, Eva (Person)
- Title
- Eva Le Gallienne papers
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mnsss.
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2005-09-23: mnsss98 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- 2017-07-26T17:48:24-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
