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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Whiffen, Edwin Thomas, b. 1874. |
| Title: | Edwin Thomas Whiffen Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1957 |
| Quantity: | 0.8 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American author. Collection consists of manuscripts of plays, poems, and a translation of a Greek play. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Edwin T. Whiffen was a teacher in New York, and an author of plays, poems, translations, and non-fiction.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Edwin T. Whiffen Papers consists of manuscripts, including plays, poems, a translation of a Greek play, and unidentifiable material in manuscript form.
Arrangement of the Collection
Material is arranged in alphabetical order by type and within that by title.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Subject Headings
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Edwin Thomas Whiffen Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: circa 1960
Revision history: 3 Dec 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)
Inventory
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Plays | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Idealist | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The King Who Would Be a Socialist | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Magnophile | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The New Squeal, or, These Lunatic Years | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Opportunist | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Prometheus | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Prometheus Bound | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Prometheus Loosed (2 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Realist | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Republican | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Socialist Who Would Be a King | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Tyrant Fortune | ||||||||||
| Poems | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Choice of Roads - illustrated by Mayme Sellers Leonetti | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Flames and Silver Birches | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Mocking Water and Other Poems | ||||||||||
| Translations | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Unidentified | ||||||||||