Mary Chase oral history
Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH150-1
Scope and Contents
Chase discusses her background as a playwright and actress as well as her experiences with the WPA theater, Broadway and films.
Dates
- Check date
Creator
- Chase, Mary,1907-1981. (Person)
- Wickre, Karen. (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Denver, Colo. native. Playwright of many plays, six of which were produced on Broadway. Her most famous play was Harvey which was made into a film and for which she won a Pulitzer prize.
Extent
2 Audiocassettes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
Participant or Performer Note
Interviewed by Karen Wickre.
- Chase, Mary, 1907-1981 -- Interviews.
- Oral histories (document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Theater -- History -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women dramatists -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Mary Chase oral history,1979 Aug. 9[sound recording]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
