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Geduld mss., 1922-1995

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Creator
Geduld, Harry M.

Title
Geduld mss., 1922-1995

Collection No.
LMC 2504

Extent
79 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Geduld mss., ca. 1922–1995, consist of correspondence and papers of Indiana University Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, Harry M. Geduld.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Professor Geduld was born in London, England in 1931, attended the University of Sheffield for his B.A. and M.A., and did his doctoral work at the University of London, where he wrote his dissertation on George Bernard Shaw's play Back to Methuselah . An edition of Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah: (preface, play and postscript): being introduction, notes and full textual apparatus with a survey of the stage–history of the play, a study of the philosophical, dramatic and topic aspects, and a consideration of the place of Back to Methuselah in relation to Shaw's thought and dramatic work as a whole. A 6 volume set. (See Lilly Library: PR5368.G4 E23 1961) He came to Indiana University early in the 1960's as an instructor in English and retired in 1996 as Chairperson of the Department of Comparative Literature.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Biographical; II. Back to Methuselah ; III. Dmytryk; and, IV. Raphaelson.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence in the collection is primarily with film director Edward Dmytryk, 1908–1999, and dramatist, screenwriter Samson Raphaelson, 1896–1983. Other correspondents include Lady Helen Violet Bonham–Carter and stage director, producer Peter Coats.]

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Gift: 2005, 2006.
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Geduld mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing Information
Processed by staff.

Series: Box 1 Biographical,

Folder 1 Geduld, Harry

Series: Back to Methuselah,

Folder 2 Correspondence. Includes letters from Lady Helen Violet Bonham–Carter and Peter Coats. 1957–1958 

Folder 3 Articles concerning production of Back to Methuselah

(2 typed documents)


Folder 4 Photographs of production (5)

Folder 5 Play announcements and programs (13), 1922–1960 

Folder 6 Clippings and tear sheets, 1958–1960 

Folder 7 "Bernard Shaw Day in Chicago," [program], July 26, 1956 

Series: Dmytryk,

Folder 8 Correspondence (21), 1978–1995 

Folder 9 Photographs (3): Edward Dmytryk, Harry Geduld, Jean (Mrs.) Dmytryk; two stills from "Christ in Concrete" (1949), starring Sam Wanamaker, directed by E. Dmytryk

Folder 10 Dmytryk film festival, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 1979 

Folder 11 Clippings, 1951–1993 

Series: Raphaelson,

Folder 12 Correspondence (21), 1978–1995 

Folder 13 Oral history transcript, Samson Raphaelson. Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, NYC, June 1959 

(2 photocopies, 41 p. each)


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