ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
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MAXWELL ANDERSON PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL# 50 (addition)

DATES: 1937-1939

SIZE: 3 folders

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Maxwell Anderson Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Judith Leroux, Atlantic Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2006 (Acc.# 2006-2820).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Maxwell Anderson Papers consists of production copies of two of Anderson's plays, The Masque of Kings and Key Largo. The Masque of Kings "…[provides] an answer for the mystery of January 30, 1889, when the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was found with his young mistress shot to death in a hunting lodge at Mayerling, Austria" (Alfred S. Shivers, The Life of Maxwell Anderson). Key Largo is the story of King McCloud, an American soldier who takes part in the Spanish Civil, regrets leaving his men to die in Spain, but rectifies the situation by helping out one of his men's family.

The material was a part of the estate of the actress, Zita Johann. The donator's son was doing work on Johann's house and found the production copies. Biographical data on Johann is also included.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

9. The Masque of Kings, 1937
10. Key Largo, 1939
11. Biographical Data on Zita Johann

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