Mayerson, Evelyn Wilde papers

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Mayerson, Evelyn Wilde papers

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  • 1983-1996 (Creation)

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7 Boxes

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Novelist and playwright Evelyn Wilde Mayerson was associate professor of English and director of the composition program at the University of Miami, from where she received her B.A. in 1963. She is the author of several books set in South Florida including "No Enemy but Time" (1983) and "Miami: A Saga" (1994), as well as other titles. Her play "Marjory", about the life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, was commissioned by the Coconut Grove Playhouse to celebrate Miami's centennial and debuted in 1996.

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Evelyn Wilde Mayerson was an associate professor of English at the University of Miami and the director of its English composition program. She was also a published novelist and playwright. Her papers consists primarily of typescripts, galleys and research files.

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This collection is open for research.

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Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.

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University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creator.

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  • English

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