Series 1: William Harlowe Briggs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868100 7 boxes 1887-1938 Scope and Contents

Consists of the papers of William Harlowe Briggs, primarily containing writings and correspondence.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into three subseries: Writings, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Papers.

Subseries 1A: Writings /repositories/5/archival_objects/868103 5 boxes 1903-1938 Scope and Contents

Consists of 23 typescripts, with some autograph notes for plays written by Briggs between the years 1903-1938. Included are scripts for Behold Thy Wife, produced in 1915 at the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Benjamin Franklin, The Passionate Salesman, Keeping Up With Lizzie, written in collaboration with Irving Bachellor, and Night Court, written in collaboration with Fulton Oursler.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

An Average Man, comedy in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868110 1 box 1907 TMs (bound copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868149 1 box dates not examined 1 Behold Thy Wife, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868111 1 box 1910 TMs (corrected copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868150 1 box dates not examined 1 TMs (3 acts bound separately) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868151 1 box dates not examined 1 TMs (prompt copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868152 1 box dates not examined 1 TMs (act 3 cuts) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868153 1 box dates not examined 1 AMs (notes) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868154 1 box dates not examined 1 Playbills /repositories/5/archival_objects/868155 1 box 1915 1 Scrapbook of clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/868156 1 box 1915 1 Benjamin Franklin, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868112 1 box 1938 TMs (corrected copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868157 1 box dates not examined 2 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868158 1 box dates not examined 2 AMs (notes) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868159 1 box dates not examined 2 Research Material /repositories/5/archival_objects/868160 1 box dates not examined 2 Blown in the Bottle, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868113 1 box 1931 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868161 1 box dates not examined 2 TMs (stage directions in red) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868162 1 box dates not examined 2 By the Dawn's Early Light, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868114 2 boxes 1936 TMs (submission copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868163 1 box dates not examined 2 TMs (carbon) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868164 1 box dates not examined 2 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868165 1 box dates not examined 2 TMs (corrected copy with AMs notes) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868166 1 box dates not examined 3 TMs (revised copy, "B script") /repositories/5/archival_objects/868167 1 box dates not examined 3 Chew Chew, comedy in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868115 1 box 1924 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868168 1 box dates not examined 3 He Wanted a Tent, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868116 1 box 1932 AMs (notes, early title "The Man Who Wanted a Tent" /repositories/5/archival_objects/868169 1 box dates not examined 3 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868170 1 box dates not examined 3 TMs (carbon) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868171 1 box dates not examined 3 Honor Bright, comedy in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868117 1 box 1906 TMs (carbon) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868172 1 box dates not examined 3 Keeping Up With Lizzie, comedy in four acts, by Irving Bachellor and WHB /repositories/5/archival_objects/868118 1 box 1911 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868173 1 box dates not examined 4 Light, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868119 1 box 1936 TMs (corrected copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868174 1 box dates not examined 4 Making a Man of Herself, comedy in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868120 1 box 1918 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868175 1 box dates not examined 4 Night Court, play in three acts, by Fulton Oursler and WHB /repositories/5/archival_objects/868121 1 box 1928 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868176 1 box dates not examined 4 The Passionate Salesman, comedy in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868122 1 box 1928 TMS /repositories/5/archival_objects/868177 1 box dates not examined 4 Saturday Night, play /repositories/5/archival_objects/868123 1 box 1936 TMs (act 2 only) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868178 1 box dates not examined 4 That Kind of a Girl, play in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868124 1 box undated TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868179 1 box undated 4 This Our Life, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868125 1 box 1903 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868180 1 box dates not examined 4 The Town That Committed Suicide, play /repositories/5/archival_objects/868126 1 box undated TMs (draft, 171 pp.) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868181 1 box undated 4 TMs (early script) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868182 1 box undated 4 The Under Dog, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868127 1 box 1909 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868183 1 box dates not examined 4 When Did I Marry You?, play in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868128 1 box 1932 TMs ("A script" first version) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868184 1 box dates not examined 5 TMs ("B script" revision) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868185 1 box dates not examined 5 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868186 1 box dates not examined 5 Window Dressing, comedy in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868129 1 box 1929 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868187 1 box dates not examined 5 TMs (2nd copy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868188 1 box dates not examined 5 Wives of Yesterday, comedy in three acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868130 1 box 1904 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868189 1 box dates not examined 5 The Woman Pays, comedy in four acts /repositories/5/archival_objects/868131 1 box 1905 TMs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868190 1 box dates not examined 5 Unidentified script /repositories/5/archival_objects/868132 1 box 1927 TMs and AMs notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/868191 1 box dates not examined 5 Subseries 1B: Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/868104 1 box 1890-1936 Scope and Contents

Consists of letters (1890s) by Briggs to his mother, Amanda R. Hebard Briggs, while working on local newspapers in Illinois and South Dakota; correspondence (1895-1919) with his father, Henry C. Briggs; letters from his wife "Berta" and his brother Henry B. R. Briggs (1881-1936), a journalist and Postmaster of Los Angeles. Also present is correspondence with Briggs concerning the development and disposition of his Dramatic Criticism Clipping Collection (1905-1933), which was acquired by the University of Chicago in 1933, and miscellaneous letters.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of correspondence.

Letters by William Harlowe Briggs to /repositories/5/archival_objects/868133 1 box 1894-1896 Amanda R. Hebard Briggs (mother) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868192 1 box circa 1894-1896 6 Henry C. Briggs (father) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868193 1 box circa 1895-1896 6 Letters to William Harlowe Briggs by /repositories/5/archival_objects/868134 1 box 1890-1936 Henry C. Briggs (father) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868194 1 box circa 1890-1919 6 "Berta" (wife) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868195 1 box circa 1907-1915 6 Henry B. R. Briggs (brother) /repositories/5/archival_objects/868196 1 box circa 1919-1936 6 Correspondence concerning WHB's "Dramatic Criticism Clipping Collection" /repositories/5/archival_objects/868135 1 box 1905-1933 Scope and Contents

(acquired by the University of Chicago, 1933)

notebook, 1905-1932, correspondence 1931-1933, includes 3 ALsS by Brander Matthews /repositories/5/archival_objects/868197 1 box 1905-1932 1931-1933 6 Miscellaneous letters /repositories/5/archival_objects/868136 1 box dates not examined 6 Subseries 1C: Miscellaneous Papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/868105 1 box 1887-1920 Scope and Contents

Consists of juvenalia of Briggs, including a diary (1887), school papers (1887-1888), and proofs of articles for his newspaper the Praire Grove Leaflet (1889-1890). In addition, there are copies of the Holmes' Trade Sheet (1916-1920), family memorabilia, and miscellaneous clippings.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Diary /repositories/5/archival_objects/868137 1 box 1887 7 School papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/868138 1 box 1887-1888 7 "Prairie Grove Leaflet," /repositories/5/archival_objects/868139 1 box 1889-1890 7 Memorabilia /repositories/5/archival_objects/868140 1 box dates not examined 7 Orpheum Theatre Opera House programs /repositories/5/archival_objects/868141 1 box dates not examined 7 Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, fire, 1904 clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/868142 1 box 1904 7 Holmes' Trade Sheet /repositories/5/archival_objects/868143 1 box 1916-1920 7 Miscellaneous clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/868144 1 box dates not examined 7