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A Guide to the Martha Hill Newell Papers, 1933-2007 Newell, Martha Hill Papers 43570

A Guide to the Martha Hill Newell Papers, 1933-2007

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 43570


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Processed by: Renee M. Savits

Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
43570
Title
Martha Hill Newell Papers, 1933-2007
Extent
3.05 cu. ft. (7 boxes)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

To obtain the rights to produce one of the plays on file please contact the donor (caplay@comcast.net).

Preferred Citation

Martha Hill Newell. Papers, 1933-2007. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dawn A. Westbrook-Boyd, Mechanicsville, 2007 December.

Biographical Information

Martha Hill Newell was born 26 July 1921 to Marshall Nelson Newell and Jessie Beatrice Hill in Richmond, Virginia. She received her undergraduate degree from William and Mary and master's degree from Richmond Polytechnic Institute. She was a drama consultant to the special education division of Richmond Public Schools and wrote plays for Richmond Children's Theatre. In 1955 she moved to New York where she worked for The Girl Scouts of America as their events chairwoman and as a book editor and writer for publishing firms. She was a member of The Dramatists Guild and very active in the theatre. In 1995 she returned to Richmond to continue writing, producing, and directing her own plays. She wrote more than twenty plays, including The Day Joe Montana Retired , Dogs and Other Actors , Endings , Phillis Wheatley , and Wives, Babies, and VMI . A resident of Westminster Canterbury in Richmond, she passed away 6 June 2007.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1933-2007, of Martha Hill Newell of Richmond, Virginia, and New York. The bulk of the collection consists of plays written by Newell, including stage notes, revisions, flyers, and programs. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, teaching notes, and a yearbook from the 1933 class of Patrick Henry School in Richmond.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1
Awards, 1953 .
Box 1 Folder 2
Clippings, 1938-2002 (bulk 2000-2002) .
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1974-2003 (bulk 2002-2003) .
Box 1 Folder 4
The Liberty Lovers Annual yearbook, Patrick Henry School, 1933 Feb. .
Box 1 Folder 5
Flyers and programs, Angel from Hell, 1949-1950 .
Box 1 Folder 6
Flyers and programs, The Day Joe Montana Retired, 1999-2005 .
Box 1 Folder 7
Flyers and programs, Dogs and Other Actors, 2003-2004 .
Box 1 Folder 8
Flyers and programs, The Elephant's Graveyard, 2000-2004 .
Box 1 Folder 9
Flyers and programs, Endings, 2001 .
Box 1 Folder 10
Flyers and programs, Names, ca. 2000 .
Box 1 Folder 11
Flyers and programs, Phillis Wheatley, 1981-2007 .
Box 1 Folder 12
Flyers and programs, Two By One, 2002 .
Box 1 Folder 13
Flyers and programs, Wives, Babies, and VMI, 2007 .
Box 1 Folder 14
Flyers and programs, Theatres, Barksdale Theatre, 2006 .
Box 1 Folder 15
Flyers and programs, Theatres, Firehouse Theatre, 2004 .
Box 1 Folder 16
Flyers and programs, Theatres, Green Mountain Playhouse, ca. 1960 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Flyers and programs, Theatres, Rice Playhouse, 1952 .
Box 1 Folder 18
Flyers and programs, Theatres, Virginia High School League, 1976 .
Box 1 Folder 19
Flyers and programs, Misc. ca. 2000-2005 .
Box 1 Folder 20
Notes, Acting.
Box 1 Folder 21
Notes, Actor-Director Workshop.
Box 1 Folder 22
Notes, Playwriting class.
Box 1 Folder 23-24
Notes, Misc.
Box 1 Folder 25
Notes, Teaching.
Box 1 Folder 26
Notes, Westminster-Canterbury.
Box 1 Folder 27
Notes, Workshop.
Box 2 Folder 1
Production notes and research, Dogs and Other Actors.
Box 2 Folder 2
Production notes and research, Endings.
Box 2 Folder 3-4
Production notes and research, Phillis Wheatley.
Box 2 Folder 5-7
Production notes and research, Miscellaneous.
Box 2 Folder 8
Resume.
Box 2 Folder 9
Resume, Scrapbook.
Box 2 Folder 10
Framed program notes, Manhattan Punch Line presents The Comedy Corps in Friends, Lovers, (And Others Beyond The Fringe) .
Box 3 Folder 1
A list of plays.
Box 3 Folder 2
Plays, The Adventure of Herbert, A Story for Very Young People.
Box 3 Folder 3
Plays, Alwasia and the Witch.
Box 3 Folder 4-6
Plays, Angel from Hell.
Box 3 Folder 7
Plays, Bosoms and Rhett Butler.
Box 3 Folder 8
Plays, A Cup of Clay.
Box 3 Folder 9-10
Plays, The Day Joe Montana Retired.
Box 3 Folder 11
Plays, Dogs and Other Actors.
Box 3 Folder 12
Plays, The Elephant's Graveyard .
Box 4 Folder 1-3
Plays, The Elephant's Graveyard .
Box 4 Folder 4-9
Plays, Endings .
Box 5 Folder 1
Plays, The English Lessons .
Box 5 Folder 2
Plays, Follies .
Box 5 Folder 3-4
Plays, The Free and the Brave .
Box 5 Folder 5
Plays, The Frog Prince and Alwasia and the Witch .
Box 5 Folder 6
Plays, The Gift of Belief .
Box 5 Folder 7
Plays, Mr. Monkey and the Magic Cobra .
Box 5 Folder 8-9
Plays, Names .
Box 5 Folder 10
Plays, Names , Photographs.
Box 5 Folder 11-12
Plays, Our Town or The Booster Club is Doing Our Town But I'm Too Old To Play Emily .
Box 5 Folder 13-14
Plays, Phillis, A Story of Phillis Wheatley, 1761-1784 .
Box 6 Folder 1-3
Plays, Phillis, A Story of Phillis Wheatley, 1761-1784 .
Box 7
Plays, Phillis, A Story of Phillis Wheatley, 1761-1784 .
Box 6 Folder 4
Plays, Rumplestiltskin .
Box 6 Folder 5
Plays, Sweet Revenge .
Box 6 Folder 6
Plays, Two short plays (or revue sketches), Untitled , and Fish Gotta Swim Birds Gotta Fly .
Box 6 Folder 7-11
Plays, Wives, Babies, and VMI .