- Creator
- Paulson, Arvid
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2014-131
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
Collection of Arvid Paulson papers, *T-Mss 2014-131. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials
Arvid Paulson was a Swedish-born American actor and a translator of the works of August Strindberg. His papers date from 1911 to 1976, and primarily consist of correspondence. The collection of Arvid Paulson papers contains his correspondence with George Freedley, curator of the New York Public Library's Theatre Collection, regarding Paulson's donations to the library, his translations of Strindberg, and a proposed exhibit on Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen. The collection contains letters written to Paulson by actors, writers, and others associated with the theater world, including letters from Albert Hackett, Peggy Wood, Nancy Wickwire, Beverly Sitgreaves, and George Jean Nathan. Most of the letters are short notes regarding social engagements, reactions to Paulson's translations and other works, and invitations to events. The collection contains commemorative Strindberg stamps issued in Sweden in 1949 and copies of letters written by Strindberg in 1911, with explanatory captions and draft translations. The collection also contains a legal brief for a 1970 copyright lawsuit in which Paulson was the plaintiff, and an incomplete script for a musical allegory about European Jews during World War II. The earliest item in the collection is a membership card for the Green Room Club from 1911.
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Source of acquisition
Unknown.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015
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Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materialsConditions Governing Use
The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.