Contents and Arrangement Expanded View

Collection Overview

Creator:
Laflin, Louis Ellsworth, 1898-
Title:
Kernodle Collection of Louis E. Laflin
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6969z0813
Dates:
1940-1973
Size:
2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2
Language:
English

Abstract

The collection consists of letters by American educator and playwright Louis Ellsworth Laflin (Princeton Class of 1924) to George R. Kernodle (a friend from Yale Drama School), written over thirty-three years. Also included are Laflin's notes and papers on Asian/Indian, Egyptian, and Greek drama, copies of six plays written by him, and copies of two essays on the founding and history of Princeton's Theatre Intime.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

Consists of letters by Laflin (Princeton Class of 1924) to George R. Kernodle (a friend from Yale Drama School), written over thirty-three years; Laflin's notes and papers on Asian/Indian, Egyptian, and Greek drama; copies of six plays written by him; and copies of two essays on the founding and history of Princeton's Theatre Intime.

Arrangement

Arranged in this order: correspondence, notes and papers on Asian/Indian, Egyptian, and Greek drama, essays on Theatre Intime, and plays.

Collection Creator Biography:

Laflin, Louis Ellsworth, 1898-

Louis Ellsworth Laflin (Princeton Class of 1924) was an American educator and playwright.

Collection History

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2002.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Kernodle Collection of Louis E. Laflin; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6969z0813
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2