Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hopkins, Edwin, 1876-
- Abstract:
- The Hopkins, Edwin mss. consists of four unpublished plays by author and translator Edwin S. Hopkins, 1876-.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Hopkins, Edwin mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Edwin Hopkins was born October 8, 1876, in Indiana. His translations of Maxim Gorky from the early twentieth century have survived in published form, while his own plays no longer seem to be extant except in manuscript. He claimed in 1908 to be the inventor of the Hopkins talking motion pictures—"the first and only practicable combination of phonograph and cinematograph"—and served as President of the Playwrights League of New York.
- Scope and Content:
The Hopkins, Edwin mss. consists of four unpublished plays by Edwin S. Hopkins, Jr. The manuscripts in this collection are Hopkins's own copies, reproduced from typescript: The Old Brick Walk; Her Future: a Drama in Four Acts; The Shop-Worn Wife; and The Secret of Sunset Lode.
Collection size: 4 items
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 2010
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in the following order: I.The Playwright League. New York. The Secret of Sunset Lode. II. Her Future. III. The Old Brick Wall.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Literature--translating
Theater - Names:
- Hopkins, Edwin, 1876-
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Hopkins, Edwin mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu