Zelda Sears papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Zelda Sears papers
Creator: Sears, Zelda, 1873-1935
Creator: Wiswell, Louis C.
Inclusive Dates: 1910-1941
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.2 Linear Feet (344 items in 6 boxes)
Collection Number: ms189
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Zelda Sears (1873-1935), an actress and playwright, married Louis C. Wiswell, a theatrical manager.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers documenting the career of Zelda Sears and her husband, Louis C. Wiswell, from 1910-1941. Includes scrapbooks, correspondence, telegrams, notebooks, scripts, photographs, and music scores. The scrapbook contains mostly clippings (1910-1911) relating to "The Nest Egg", a play in which Sears starred. The notebooks contain anecdotes, jokes, quips, and brief outlines, evidently to be used in some of Sears' plays. The scripts are mainly of plays written by Sears', with a few written by others. The collection also includes short stories, scenarios, and lyrics written by Sears; photographs of plays particularly "The Nest Egg" and "The Show Shop"; and some correspondence and telegrams to Zelda and her husband from such show business people as Billie Burke, George M. Cohan, Jerome Kern, Jeanette MacDonald, and E.D. Starr.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Zelda Sears papers, ms189, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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"Adjoining Rooms"

 

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Adjoining Rooms Act II Script

 

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Adjoining Rooms Act III Script

 

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Adjoining Rooms Script

 

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The Balcony Walker Script

 

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The Clinging Vine Script

 

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"Katydid" Script

 

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"Lady Billy" Script

 

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"Lady Billy" Script

 

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"Lollipop" Script

 

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"Lollipop" Script

 

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"A Lucky Break" Script

 

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"The Magic Ring" Script

 

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"The Scarlet Woman" Script

 

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"The Scarlet Woman" Script

 

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"Shavings" Script

 

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"The Temporary Widow" Script

 

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"Undertow" Script

 

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Burke, Billy - Letters

 

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Cohan, George M. - Letters

 

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Kern, Jerome - Letters

 

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Greenwood, Albert - Letters

 

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MacDonald, Jeanette - Letters

 

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McFarland, Ethel - Letters

 

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Marquis, Mrs. Don

 

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Stair, E. D. - Letters

 

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Wood, Peggy - Letters

 

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Woods, A. H. - Letters

 

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Letters, Miscellaneous

 

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Manager's Agreement

 

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Short Story - "Devices of Desire"

 

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Short Story - "Eustace"

 

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Short Story - "Out of The Fourth Demension"

 

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Short Story - "Overplayed"

 

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Short Story - "The Wide Horizon"

 

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Untitled Short Story

 

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Play Script "The Fat Head"

 

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Scenario "Azure Shore"

 

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Scenario "A Blond for the Night"

 

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Scenario "Free & Easy"

 

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Scenario "Glittering Trinket"

 

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"The Left Over"

 

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Song Sheets "The Clinging Vines"

 

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Song Sheets "Lady Billy"

 

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Song Sheets from Various Musicals

 

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American Magazine

 

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Red Book, 1927

 

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Musical Lyrics - Miscellaneous A-L

 

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Musical Lyrics - Miscellaneous M-Y

 

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Scripts - Unknown Artists

 

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Untitled Story

 

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Untitled Family Story

 

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Untitled World War I Story

 

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Untitled N. Y. Life Comedy

 

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Notebooks

 

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Scrapbook

 

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Pictures: Scenes from "The Nest Egg"

 

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Pictures: Scenes from "The Nest Egg"

 

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Pictures: Zelda Sears

 

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Pictures: Scenes from "The Show Shop"

 

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Pictures: Scenes from "The Show Shop"

 

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Pictures: Scenes from "The Show Shop"

 

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Pictures: Scenes from unidentified plays