Box 3
Container
Contains 21 Results:
[The Man Behind the Mask]: Who Was the Singer?
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
pp. 1-179. Probably antecedent draft to vol. 1, part I (pp. 1-502)
Dates:
1916-1924
[The Man Behind the Mask]: Who Was the Singer?:
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
The Examination of the Candidates pp. 180-364
Dates:
1916-1924
[The Man Behind the Mask]: Who Was the Singer?
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
pp. 365-452
Dates:
1916-1924
[[The Man Behind the Mask]: Who Was the Singer?
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
pp. 453-549
Dates:
1916-1924
Miscellaneous pages with revisions that duplicate pages in vol. 1, part I
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
(pp. 1-502) [15]pp.
Dates:
1916-1924
Articles (photocopies), 1916 - 1917
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1916 - 1917
John M. Maxwell, “The Man Behind the Mask,” Indianapolis Star, 1916
Item — Box: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1916
John M. Maxwell, The Man Behind the Mask (Indianapolis: Harrington & Folger), 1916
Item — Box: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1916
B.F. Brown & Co.
Item — Box: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1916 - 1917
"All's Well; or The Mirror Repolished" articles (copies), 1921
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1921
Editor's comments on Maxwell's theory, 1921-03
Item — Box: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1921-03
John M. Maxwell, “Sir George Somers None Other than the “faire friend”.”, 1921-04
Item — Box: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1921-04
John M. Maxwell, “Who Juggled the Hamlet Letters and Why?”, 1921-05
Item — Box: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John M. Maxwell Papers consist primarily of drafts and revisions of Maxwell's book, The Man Behind the Mask, which ascribes authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to Sir Robert Cecil or George Somers. Maxwell failed in his attempts to get his book published, even though Theodore Dreiser interceded with publishers on his behalf. The five bound volumes of typescript (1916-1919) circulated to publishers. Loose pages (box 2) are from an undated...
Dates:
1921-05
John M. Maxwell, “Did Raleigh and Essex Identify Robert Cecil as Shakespeare?”
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents
23pp., typescript of projected article for All's Well which was never published.
Dates:
1916-1924
Correspondence (photocopies only), 1897 - 1930
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
James Whitcomb Riley to John M. Maxwell (1897) Theodore Dreiser to John M. Maxwell (1919-1924) John M. Maxwell to Westminster Gazette (1921) John M. Maxwell to Henry Ellis (1924) Theodore Dreiser to Mrs. [Isabel Maxwell] Parry (1929) Theodore Dreiser to Waldo P. Maxwell (1930)
Dates:
1897 - 1930
Published selections re: John M. Maxwell (photocopies)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
W.A. Swanberg, Dreiser (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965), pp. 238-241, 246-247. Theodore Dreiser; American Diaries, 1902-1926 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982), pp. 262-267, 417. Dreiser-Mencken Letters, vol. 2 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986), pp. 350-351, 378-381, 398-399, 404-405.
Dates:
1916-1924
Publicity re: "The Man Behind the Mask", 1921
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents
John M. Maxwell published letter to the editorial offices of the Indianapolis Star, March 25, 1921, 1p. John M. Maxwell, [incomplete overview or introduction to The Man Behind the Mask], 11pp., undated.
Dates:
1921
John M. Maxwell, “That Rock of Ages–Sweet Swan of Avon”
File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents
9pp. Maxwell argues that “Stratford” has been misidentified.
Dates:
1916-1924
Miscellaneous John M. Maxwell
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents
[miscellaneous pages re: publication of Shakespeare's sonnets no. 80 and no. 142], 3pp.; plus miscellaneous fragment in Maxwell's hand, 1p.
Dates:
1916-1924
Box Fragments
File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents
Fragments of original box holding Maxwell papers kept by Waldo P. Maxwell with annotations in his handwriting.
Dates:
1916-1924