Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy Papers

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Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy Papers

1885-2007 (bulk 1935-2000)

Actor, producer, and director Hume Cronyn and actress Jessica Tandy. Family papers, correspondence, annual file, productions and projects file, and scrapbooks documenting Cronyn and Tandy's stage, screen, and television performances and Cronyn's activities as a director, producer, and writer.

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