Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956

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Ruth Draper was a monologist, based in New York City.

From the description of Ruth Draper Collection. 1913-1956. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476263868

American actress.

From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [n.p.], 22 February [1910?], to [Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler], [1910?] Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565965

From the description of Autograph letter signed : 35 Montpelier Square, Kensington, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [1949 Jan. 9]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514558

From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [1956 Dec. 24]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270511951

Ruth Draper, American dramatist, best known for her monologues.

From the description of Ruth Draper manuscript material : 42 items, 1947-1956 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174988399

From the guide to the Ruth Draper manuscript material : 42 items, 1947-1956, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

Epithet: actress

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000017

Monologist, New York City.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1910]-1956. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663714

Miss Draper translated the verse play, Icaro, and added a biographical note the The story of my death.

From the description of Letter, 1936 May 6 [New York] to Edward S. Bergin, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364836

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referencedIn Muriel Draper Papers., 1881-1977, 1925-1950 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Alsop family papers, 1734-1986 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Correspondence, received unless otherwise stated, of Eleanor Farjeon with persons outside her family, writers A-D. Including: Claude Abbott, May Agate, Sir Bronson Albery, Viola Allen (Mrs Peter Duryea) and her sister Edith Allen Hall, William Armstr..., 1926-1996 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Doris Stevens, 1884-1983 (inclusive), 1920-1960 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Ruth Draper manuscript material : 42 items, 1947-1956 New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Pope, Nancy Lucas Turner, d. 1950. Scrapbook, 1908-1929. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960. William Adams Delano papers, 1902-1960 (inclusive), 1939-1960 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-1980. Papers, 1876-1955 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931. Papers, 1917-1933. Houghton Library
referencedIn La Piana, George, 1879-1971. Papers, 1878-1972. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Edward Sheldon correspondence, 1899-1959. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf MS Mus. 1172. Eugene Goossens Collection. Vol. ii. Coke–Gipps; 1932-1962, n.d.ff. 175. 330 x 210mm.includes:ff. 1-10, 24, 26-28 Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens, conductor and composer: Roger Coke, composer: Letters to Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens fro..., 1932-1962 British Library
referencedIn Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. Papers: Series II, 1894-1948 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Mudie, Marie, d. 1937. Letters : 1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn Carter, Alice Draper, 1883-1970. Papers, 1838-1970 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931. Photographs and miscellaneous pamphlets, 1921-1985. Houghton Library
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. Alfred Noyes papers, [et al.], 1696-1951. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957 Houghton Library
creatorOf Donald Cooke Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). Collection of theatre programs collected by Donald Cooke, from Canada, United States and Europe, 1940-1994. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Ruth Draper papers The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Family papers, 1853-1954. Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Autograph card signed : [n.p.], to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [1956 Dec. 24]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Shelleyana collection, [ca. 1567-1954] Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Frederick Wagner autograph collection, 1917-1961. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Felix Mendelsohn scrapbook, 1927-1962, 1927-1935 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976. Autograph letter signed : Guildford, 1949 Jan. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection. The Measure of Love / by Nicolas Billon ; directed by Jean-Louis Roux, 2005 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964. Morton Dauwen Zabel papers 1861-1964, bulk 1930-1960. Newberry Library
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Letters : Paris, New York, and London, to Laurence Housman, 1935-1937 and undated. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Ruth Draper collection, [ca. 1923-ongoing]. Museum of Performance & Design
creatorOf Livingston, Arthur, 1883-1944. Arthur Livingston Papers, 1474-1986, (bulk 1904-1944). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Thornton Wilder papers, 1892-1991, 1935-1975 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Theatre Arts Monthly, collection of portraits, ca., ca., 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Ruth Draper manuscript material : 42 items, 1947-1956 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Mendelsohn, Felix, Jr. Felix Mendelsohn scrapbook, 1927-1962, bulk 1927-1935. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959. Letters : Somerset, to Ruth Draper, 1936 June 24 and 1937 Dec. 1. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Mazzini, Giuseppe, 1805-1872,. Vinaigrette [realia], [before 1852] Houghton Library
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Autograph letter signed : 35 Montpelier Square, Kensington, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [1949 Jan. 9]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn William James Jr. papers, 1857-1960 (inclusive), 1911-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Papers, [ca. 1910]-1956. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Howe, Helen, 1905-1975. Papers, 1872-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Isabella Stewart Gardner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn May Sarton Papers, 1846-1995, 1920-1995 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Scrapbook: Clippings, programs and publicity releases, New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
referencedIn Alsop family. Alsop family papers, 1734-1986 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Owen, Barnett. Barnett Owen papers regarding Ruth Draper, 1905-1956. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Mary Cadwalader Jones correspondence, 1876-1934 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Davis, Arthur Kyle, 1867-1953,. Papers of the Davis family [manuscript], 1852-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Victoria Ocampo papers, 1908-1979. Houghton Library
creatorOf COCKERELL PAPERS. Vol. XCII (ff. 218). Dow-Du.includes:ff. 1-2 Geoffrey Dowding, typographer: Letters to S. C. Cockerell: 1959-1961.ff. 3-6 Anthony Ian Doyle, bibliographer: Letters to S. C. Cockerell: 1948-1949.f. 7 Jean Carl Joseph Drucker, c... British Library
referencedIn Barnett Owen papers regarding Ruth Draper, 1905-1956 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1872-1975 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976. Autograph letter signed : to Ruth Draper, 1949 Jan. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Papers of Mary Ware Dennett Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Letter, 1936 May 6 [New York] to Edward S. Bergin, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan
referencedIn Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957 Houghton Library
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Ruth Draper Collection. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. III. Foreign historical, literary and musical autographs, etc.; circa 16th-20th cent. Included are Charles V of Spain, Madame de Maintenon, Lafayette, Garibaldi, Kropotkin, Mussolini and Roosevelt; Heinrich Heine, Alessandr..., approximately 16th century-20th century British Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous Manuscripts-II, 1696-1951 University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]
creatorOf Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956. Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [n.p.], 22 February [1910?], to [Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler], [1910?] Feb. 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Alsop family family
associatedWith Alsop family. family
associatedWith American Museum of Vaudeville corporateBody
associatedWith Benney, Robert, 1904-2001 person
associatedWith Bergin, Edward S. person
correspondedWith Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 person
associatedWith Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. person
associatedWith Carter, Alice Draper, 1883-1970. person
correspondedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 person
associatedWith Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, person
correspondedWith Cole, Corinne Robinson Alsop, 1886-1971 person
associatedWith Cullen, Frank, 1936- person
associatedWith Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950. person
associatedWith De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931. person
associatedWith Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960. person
associatedWith Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. person
associatedWith Donald Cooke Theatre Collection (University of Guelph) corporateBody
correspondedWith Doris Stevens person
associatedWith Draper, Muriel, b. 1886. person
associatedWith Draper, Paul, 1909- person
correspondedWith Eccles, Mary Hyde. person
associatedWith Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-1980. person
associatedWith Flagler, Harry Harkness, person
associatedWith Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
associatedWith Helen Howe, 1905-1975 person
associatedWith Hickling, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959. person
associatedWith Howe, Helen, 1905-1975. person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
correspondedWith James, William, 1882-1961 person
associatedWith Jones, Mary Cadwalader, 1850-1935 person
correspondedWith La Piana, George, 1879-1971 person
associatedWith Livingston, Arthur, 1883-1944. person
associatedWith Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938. person
associatedWith Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library) corporateBody
associatedWith MARY (WARE) DENNETT person
associatedWith McBean, Angus, 1904-1990. person
associatedWith McNeilly, Donald, 1945- person
associatedWith Mendelsohn, Felix, Jr person
associatedWith Mendelsohn, Felix, Jr. person
associatedWith Mudie, Marie, d. 1937. person
associatedWith Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965. person
correspondedWith Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958 person
correspondedWith Ocampo, Victoria, 1891- person
associatedWith Owen, Barnett person
associatedWith Owen, Barnett. person
correspondedWith Peabody, Marian Lawrence, 1875- person
associatedWith Pope, Nancy Lucas Turner, d. 1950. person
correspondedWith Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933 person
associatedWith Rogers, Neville. person
associatedWith Sarton, May, 1912-1995 person
associatedWith Sheldon, Edward, 1886-1946. person
associatedWith Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976. person
associatedWith Stratford Festival Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Wagner, Frederick, collector. person
associatedWith Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 person
associatedWith Wilding, Dorothy, 1893-1976. person
correspondedWith Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 person
associatedWith Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
American drama
Dramatists, American
Monologue
Monologues, American
Occupation
Actors
Activity

Person

Birth 1884-12-02

Death 1956-12-30

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