John Steinbeck: The Collection of  Preston Beyer: Donated to the Princeton University Library   
 By His Daughters:  Barbara A. Rice,  Marilyn S. Shuffler,  Lynne B. Sagalyn.
 Annotated Catalogue of the Collection
 
THEATER, RADIO, AND FILM
MANTLE, Burns (editor). The Best Plays of 1936-1937. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1937. JS p. 22. [Beyer - ABOUT - 426]
WILSON, Francis. Of Mice and Men - Radio Dramatization. Spiral bound. Broadcast May 16, 1937. BD-124. WEAF. [Beyer - ABOUT - 427]
JOHNSON, Nunnally. Screenplay for The Grapes of Wrath. 1939. Revised temporary in manila folder. [Beyer - ABOUT - 428]
ROSTEN, Leo C. Hollywood: The Movie Colony, The Movie Makers. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, c1941. JS not mentioned in index. [Beyer - ABOUT - 429]
GASSNER, John and Dudley Nichols (editors). Twenty Best Film Plays. New York: Crown Publishers, 1943. The Grapes of Wrath, by Nunnally Johnson, pp. 333-378. [Beyer - ABOUT - 430]
SWIERLING, Jo. Lifeboat: A Screenplay. September 16, 1943. Revised. Mimeographed copy in manila folder. [Beyer - ABOUT - 431]
GASSNER, John and Dudley Nichols (editors). Best Film Plays -1945. New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. Contains A Medal For Benny by Frank Butler, based on JS story, pp. 589-648. [Beyer - ABOUT - 432]
ATKINSON, Brooks. Broadway Scrapbook. New York: Theatre Arts 1947. First edition. Illustrated by Hirschfeld. Of Mice and Men, pp. 78-80. [Beyer - ABOUT - 433]
TYLER, Parker. Magic and Myth of the Movies. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. "The Moon is Down," pp. 142-146. "The Grapes of Wrath," pp. 230-247. [Beyer - ABOUT - 434]
As above, this copy published. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Pages same as above. [Beyer - ABOUT - 435]
NATHAN, George Jean. The Theater Book of the Year, 1950-1951: A Record and Interpretation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. "Burning Bright," pp. 67-70. [Beyer - ABOUT - 436]
SELDES, Gilbert. Previews of Entertainment Through June 1952. New York: Bantam Books, (c1951). JS p. 11 Viva Zapata. [Beyer - ABOUT - 437]
McMAHON, Luella E. The Leader of the People: A Play in One Act. Woodstock, Illinois: The Dramatic Publishing Company, (c1952). [Beyer - ABOUT - 438]
SIEVERS, W. David. Freud On Broadway: A History of Psychoanalysis and the American Drama. New York: Hermitage House, 1955. JS pp. 239, 438, 450. [Beyer - ABOUT - 439]
HAMMERSTEIN II, Oscar. Pipe Dream. New York: Viking Press, 1956. Music by Richard Rodgers. Based on Sweet Thursday. Signed by Oscar Hammerstein on frontispiece. [Beyer - ABOUT - 440]
BLUESTONE, George. Novels Into Film. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1957. The Grapes of Wrath, pp. 147-169, 211. [Beyer - ABOUT - 441]
AGEE, James. Agee on Film. New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1958. JS pp. 36, 301, 407. [Beyer - ABOUT - 442]
BLUESTONE, George. Novels Into Film. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1961. The Grapes of Wrath, pp. 147-169, 211. [Beyer - ABOUT - 443]
LAWRENCE, Reginald. John Steinbeck's Molly Morgan: A Play in Three Acts. Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Company, (c1961). Two copies. [Beyer - ABOUT - 444-445]
GREEN, Stanley. The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story. New York: The John Day Company, 1963. JS pp. 149-154. [Beyer - ABOUT - 446]
LAWSON, John Howard. Film: The Creative Process. New York: Hill and Wang, September 1964. JS pp. 215-218, 269, 358. [Beyer - ABOUT - 447]
TAYLOR, John Russell. Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear: Some Key Film-Makers of the Sixties. New York: Hill and Wang, June 1964. JS pp. 185, 199 Lifeboat, pp. 185, 199. [Beyer - ABOUT - 448]
OWEN, HAROLD H. The Motion Picture and the Teaching of English. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1965. The Grapes of Wrath, pp. 103-111. [Beyer - ABOUT - 449]
CROWTHER, Bosley. The Great Films: Fifty Golden Years of Motion Pictures. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (c1967). "The Grapes of Wrath," pp. 137-142. [Beyer - ABOUT - 450]
MALTIN, Leonard (editor). TV Movies. New York: Signet Book, September 1969. JS pp. 134, 186, 316, 381, 483. [Beyer - ABOUT - 451]
FLOYD, Carlisle. Of Mice and Men: A Musical Drama in Three Acts. Belwin-Mills Publishing Corporation, (c1970). Vocal score. [Beyer - ABOUT - 452]
FLOYD, Carlisle. Of Mice And Men: A Musical Drama in Three Acts. Belwin-Mills Publishing Corporation, (c1970). Libretto. [Beyer - ABOUT - 454]
FRENCH, Warren. Filmguide to The Grapes of Wrath. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, (c1973). Inscribed by author to Preston Beyer. [Beyer - ABOUT - 455]
JORDAN, Rene. Marlon Brando. New York: Galahad Books, 1973. First edition. Viva Zapata! p. 44. [Beyer - ABOUT - 456]
TOZZI, Romano. Spencer Tracy. New York: Galahad Books, 1973. Tortilla Flat, pp. 95, 96, 97. [Beyer - ABOUT - 457]
FROST, Warren. The Pearl: Dramatized in Two Acts. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, (c1975). Two copies. [Beyer - ABOUT - 459-460]
FROST, Warren. The Pearl: A One Act Dramatization. Woodstock, Illinois: The Dramatic Publishing Company, (c1975). [Beyer - ABOUT - 461]
LAURENCE, Frank M. Hemingway and the Movies. New York: Da Capo Press, (c1981). JS pp. 87, 88. [Beyer - ABOUT - 463]
de GUZMAN, Michael. TV Script for The Winter of Our Discontent. Culver City, California: Lorimar Productions, June 20, 1983. Second draft. Mimeographed copy. [Beyer - ABOUT - 464]
MILLICHAP, Joseph R. Steinbeck and Film. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, (c1983). [Beyer - ABOUT - 465]
GOLDMAN, William. The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway. New York: Limelight Editions, September 1984. JS pp. 70, 327, 413. [Beyer - ABOUT - 467]
BOYUM, Joy Gould. Double Exposure: Fiction Into Film. New York: Universe Books, (c1985). JS pp. 14, 65. [Beyer - ABOUT - 468]
COHEN, Daniel and Susan. 500 Great Films. New York: Exeter Books, (c1987). East of Eden, p. 66. The Grapes of Wrath, p. 92. [Beyer - ABOUT - 469]
WHITEBROOK, Peter. Staging Steinbeck: Dramatizing The Grapes of Wrath. London: Cassell Publishers, (c1988). [Beyer - ABOUT - 470]
GALATI, Frank. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Books, (c1990). Playscript. [Beyer - ABOUT - 471]
Another copy, but published in New York by Dramatists Play Service, (c1991). [Beyer - ABOUT - 472]
 
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