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Louis Sheaffer - Margery Boulton Papers |
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| Louis Slung was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Somewhere
along the line he changed his surname from Slung to Sheaffer, which he
amusingly called his "pen"
name, referring to the famous fountain pen company. Sheaffer became the
press agent for José Quintero's production of
The Iceman Cometh at the Circle in the Square in 1956,
and he was also the press agent for the first
New York production of Long Day's Journey
into Night. These events provided the galvanizing impetus for
Sheaffer's decision to write a biography of
Eugene O’Neill. The first volume, O’Neill, Son and Playwright, which takes the reader to 1920 and the New York premiere of Beyond the Horizon, was published in 1968 by Little, Brown & Company. The second volume, O’Neill, Son and Artist, was published in 1973 and was awarded the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Sheaffer died in 1993 at the age of 81. Among the important figures in the O'Neill story with whom Sheaffer became friends and corresponded was Margery "Budgie" Boulton Colman, the sister of the playwright's second wife, Agnes Boulton O'Neill. Sheaffer's correspondence with Budgie contains a wealth of information relating to O'Neill and his legacy. |
December 10, 1968, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 8, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. February 18, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Dallas. March 12, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 21, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 31, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. May 14, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. June 1, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 1, 1969, , TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Dallas. July 8, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 29, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. August 5, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. August 25, 1969, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 1, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 3, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 27, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 2, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 14, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 27, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. November 17, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. November 30, 1969, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 1, 1969, , TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 12, 1969, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 22, 1969, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 6, 1970, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie and Dallas. February 24, 1970, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. April 19, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. May 15, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. June 5, 1970, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 3, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. August 14, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 1, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 27, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. November 21, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. November 27, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 12, 1970, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December, 1970, Holiday Card Signed, Sheaffer to Budgie. April 9, 1971, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. April 27, 1971, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. May 10, 1971, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 23, 1971, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Barbara and Budgie. September 7, 1971, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 8, 1971, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. February 17, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 14, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 30, 1972, TLS (copy), 2 pages, Max Wylie to Sheaffer. April 14, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 24, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. August 24, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 9, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 27, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 9, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 30, 1972, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 22, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. February 5, 1973, TLS (carbon), 3 pages, Budgie to Sheaffer. April 9, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. April 14, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. June 1, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. June 16, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 12, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie and Dallas. August 12, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. August 15, 1973, TL (carbon), 1 page, Sheaffer to Georgina Klitgaard. August 20, 1973, ALS (carbon), 2 pages, Georgina Klitgaard to Sheaffer. August 25, 1973, APCS, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 1, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 6, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 8, 1973, TLS (carbon), 1 page, Budgie to Sheaffer. September 14, 1973, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 12, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 15 & 16, 1973, TL (copy), 1 page, Budgie to Sheaffer. October 25, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 30, 1973, APCS, Sheaffer to Budgie. November 29, 1973, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 12, 1974, TLS (carbon), 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 12, 1974, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 31, 1974, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. February 5, 1974, APCS, Sheaffer to Budgie. May 15, 1974, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. June 1, 1974, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 12, 1974, TLS (copy), 2 pages, Max Wylie to Sheaffer. September 19, 1974, TL (carbon), 1 page, Sheaffer to Max Wylie. September 19, 1974, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Oona, Barbara, and Budgie. September 27, 1974, TLS (copy), 1 page, Max Wylie to Sheaffer. September 30, 1974, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. February 22, 1975, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 17, 1975, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 12, 1975, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie & Family. January 2, 1976, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 5, 1976, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. February 9, 1976, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 1, 1976, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. [No Date], TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 31, 1976, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 11, 1977, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 12, 1977, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 17, 1977, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 8, 1977, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 29, 1977, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. August 15, 1977, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Barbara and Budgie. January 8, 1978, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie and Barbara. February 24, 1978, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. April 3, 1978, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 3, 1979, TL (copy), 1 page, Sheaffer to Murray Kempton. June 28, 1979, TLS (copy), 1 page, Martin E. Segal to Sheaffer. June, 1979, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 5, 1979, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. October 13, 1979, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Burton and Budgie. October 18, 1979, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Burton and Budgie. November 16, 1979, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 1, 1980, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Dallas. April 12, 1980, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie and Barbara. December 17, 1981, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie and Barbara. January 7, 1982, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Barbara and Budgie. February 15, 1982, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Barbara and Budgie. February 20, 1982, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. March 11, 1982, TLS, 2 pages, Sheaffer to Budgie. May 18, 1982, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie and Barbara. September 28, 1982, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie and Barbara. November 19, 1982, APCS, Sheaffer to Budgie. May 17, 1983, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. December 14, 1985, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. July 25, 1986, TLS (copy), 1 page, Marilyn Kushner to Sheaffer. August 20, 1986, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 3, 1986, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. September 14, 1986, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. June 12, 1988, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie. January 1, 1991, TLS, 1 page, Sheaffer to Budgie and Dallas. |
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