Eugene O'Neill Typed letter to Carol Bird

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O’Neill, Eugene. 1922. Eugene O’Neill Typed Letter to Carol Bird. eOneill.Com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive, The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman's Eugene O'Neill Collection, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/assembled-playwright/item/48543

Title: Eugene O'Neill Typed letter to Carol Bird
Description: O’Neill is responding to an interview request by Carol Bird, of Theatre Magazine, which he declined but two years later did an exclusive interview with her for the magazine. O’Neill also references that the Police Department had just charged that The Hairy Ape is "obscene, indecent, and impure," and that a copy of O'Neill's manuscript had been forwarded to the Chief City Magistrate.
Creator: O'Neill, Eugene
Date: 1922, May 22
Subject: O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 Eugene O'Neill's The hairy ape
Source: Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill; Box 01, Folder 02
Format: Letter
Identifier: mss160-01-01-02-01-1922-001.JPG
Relation: eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive