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Typescript. Only two copies of this play are known to be in existence, Harvard has the other." Letter from Leverton to Ernest Johnson, available in deed of gift file.

Records of student productions under Leverton's direction at the Northwestern University Theatre in the 1920s and 1930s.

V. 2 is a prompt script with a printed version pasted onto the notebook pages, and heavily annotated with instructions.

Carbon copy of masters thesis

Three playbills and a promptbook comprised of pasted in book pages with annotations in ink and by hand.

Paper diagrams, production reports, and stage blocking diagrams for a 1936 performance of the play

Prompt script, typed with hand printing and diagrams in ink. Title-page: "Paths of Glory'/ A Play /adapted by / Sidney Howard / from the novel by / Humphrey Cobb...." roughed out for Samuel French, and with a forward "for College Theatres" by Sidney Howard, the forward not present.

Typescript, in black, elite single-spaced, 9 pp.

Production package for a January and June (commencement) production of Ghosts, by the Seminar in Dramatic Production: typed prompt script with diagrams and photos of stage directions and appearance, and Part II, Technical Reports (Stage managers with working drawings and elevations, properties, costumes, and make-up.  Originally leather-bound, zip ring binder, stamped in gold "GHOSTS / Ibsen," included.

Master's thesis package for this play by Francis Beaumont, 1584-1616, and John Fletcher, 1579-1623, including script, music, playbill for this revival production on July 29, 1936 at Northwestern U., etc. Notable are thirty full-color hand-painted costume plates, plus one stage ground plan and one such elevation, painted in color.

Production reports for a 1937 performance of the play

Galleys of Samuel French 1932 ed. pasted on three-rind binder paper, with annotations in ink, 30 leaves.

Handwritten ink prompt script, on three-ring punched paper.  There are listings of properties, lighting, and characters, with a diagram of the ground plan, second part.See the program for the "The Spook Sonata," item 10, the play that appeared as the first part of a two-play program, "March 21-22-23," at Northwestern, directed by Leverton.  Kenneth Higgins wrote the program note for "Theater of the Soul."  The play was directed by John Baird.

Original trypescript (black with red pencil underlining, letter size, in three parts, with clip-pinned blue paper covers. Stamped "to be returned to Samuel French..." on cover front. The other two parts' covers are marked "Rosenfield Stenography..." Part I includes a title-page, "Cast of Characters" page, and Act I. script, 31 pp. Part II., Act II., includes 27 pp. Part III., Act III., has 22 pp. The front cover of Part I. is marked in pencil "1887."

Partial package, apparently for a thesis (on list of such Dramatic production Theses, elsewhere in collection). Part II, sections 1 (prompt script) and 2 (scene designs, three color elevations, three plans, equipment set-up charts, light plot; costuming, with twenty color plates; properties; music; and make-up).

Production reports on the play which ran at Northwestern: make-up, technicians, and properties.

Stage Crew Report and fold-out plans and reports for properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and make-up.

Prompt script, typed, with ink annotations and stage diagrams.  This preceded by a pasted-in program, "March 21-22-23" and directed by Leverton, at the Northwestern University Theatre.  The program note is by Marguerite Koneckny.

Original typescript of four-act play, variously paginated. On the title-page, typed: "Billy the Kid" and "Property of: Mrs. William Wood 318 West 51st Street New York City. In pencil: under the title "By Walter Woods" and "MS submitted by Barrett H. Clark Briarcliff Manor, N.Y." Pencilled in the upper left corner of the title-page, apparently in Barrett Clark's handwriting, "See Audrey Wood re copyright Lapsed last year".

This production at Northwestern July 1937 was staged by Garrett Leverton, according to the program, p. 4, v. 1. p. 10 of v. 1 includes a handwritten note of thanks from Glaspell, the author. There are twelve 4" x 6" b & w photographs of stage settings, etc., v. 1, pp. 77-82.