General
Collection
Manuscripts, first editions, inscribed books, and various
reference materials
Photographs
Original photographs and negatives of O'Neill and his family,
friends, and associates
The
Sophus Winther Collection
Letters from
O'Neill to Winther, recollections by Sophus
and Eline Winther of visits with O'Neill, and books authored by Winther
The
Horst Frenz Collection
Books
and research papers by and about O'Neill and the theatre
Audio
& Videotapes
Plays, interviews, television specials, and
conferences
Visit
O'Neill's Tao House
Information
about Tao house along with a virtual tour
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In
1974, the Eugene O'Neill Foundation saved Tao House in Danville,
California from a wrecker's ball, then raised funds to secure
the site where O'Neill wrote his most famous plays. Today,
the Foundation maintains the largest O'Neill research library
west of the Beinecke at Yale, and produces artistic and
educational programming on different levels including seminars,
conferences, workshops, cultural events, student programming,
exhibits, scholarly conferences, Playwright's Theatre, and major
theatrical performances.
The
archive at Tao House contains a large collection of photographs,
ephemera, play bills, manuscripts, posters, O'Neill's original
phonograph record collection, literary papers, audio and
videotapes of productions and interviews, as well as a broad
collection of books and other materials about O'Neill and the
American Theatre. Also available to scholars
are copies of Carlotta Monterey O'Neill's diaries from 1928
through 1944 and 1954 courtesy of the Beinecke. |