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Green Grow the Lilacs

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Consists of privately collected Riggs ephemera and is arranged into the following categories:

Correspondence, which includes two letters from Riggs to Ben Henneke, and one letter to "Henri"; articles written by others about Riggs or related subjects; and reminiscences by those who knew Riggs.

Writings and related material, which includes playbills, photographs, press cutting of theatre reviews, and other ephemera relating to productions of Riggs' plays and the premiere showings of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, an adaptation of the play Green Grow the Lilacs.

Miscellaneous, which includes photographs of Riggs, photographs of Kaho, celebrities (Franchot Tone, Shirley Jones), and Riggs family members, and other materials relating to events at the Lynn Riggs Memorial, circa 1950s.

Dates

  • Creation: 1927 - 2002

Creator

Language

From the File:

These materials are in English.

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

From the File: 15 Linear Feet (13 document boxes)

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository

Contact:
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
2933 E. 6th St
Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
(918) 631-2496