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Title: Dorothy Stickney Papers
Dates: 1884-1960s
Collection Number: 10090
Quantity: 1.5 feet
Abstract: Papers consist of a speech, playbills, advertisements, photographs, programs, scripts, a poster, literary manuscripts, and newspaper clippings. Most of the collection deals with Stickney's roles in the plays "Life with Father" and "Life with Mother." The collection contains a photograph of and letter by Dorothy’s father, Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney, a pioneer physician who moved to Dickinson, ND, in 1884. A photograph of Dorothy as a child, a portrait of Dorothy and sister Marjorie, and a portrait of Dorothy's mother, Margaret (Hayes) Stickney.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Dorothy Stickney in 1954.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code or an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney, M.D., first letter from Dakota Territory to his father in Vermont (1884?), and "The Pioneer Doctor" by V. H. Stickney, reprinted from the Journal-Lancet, Jubilee Number, June 1921
2 Play and talk by Dorothy Stickney: “A Lovely Light” manuscript, August 1958, and talk at women’s luncheon, Dickinson, May 9, 195
3 Playbills, programs, and advertisements, 1948-1960
4 Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1948-1954
5 Childhood portrait - Dorothy Stickney, c. 1901 (10090-00030)
6 Dorothy Stickney professional photographs, 1920s-1960s
10090-00001 Dorothy Stickney as “Mollie Malloy” in “The Front Page,” 1928 or 1929
10090-00002 Dorothy Stickney in “Life With Mother,” between 1948 and 1949
10090-00003 The original family in “Life With Father,” between 1939 and 1945
10090-00004 Dorothy Stickney as “Vinnie” in “Life With Father,” “this was from a snapshot taken at our farewell party backstage at the Empire Theatre. We were leaving the play after having been in it for five years,” 1945
10090-00005 Dorothy Stickney as “Vinnie” in “Life With Father,” between 1939 and 1945
10090-00006 Dorothy Stickney as “Vinnie” in “Life With Father,” portrait by John Falter which hung in the Empire Theatre until it was torn down, photo taken between 1939 and 1945
10090-00007 Howard Lindsay as “Clarence” in “Life with Father,” between 1939 and 1945
10090-00008 Howard Lindsay as “Clarence” in “Life with Father,” between 1939 and 1945
10090-00009 Howard Lindsay as “Clarence” in “Life with Father,” between 1939 and 1945
10090-00010 Dorothy Stickney and Howard Lindsay in “Life With Mother,” between 1948 and 1949
10090-00011 Dorothy Stickney and Howard Lindsay as “Vinnie” and “Claire” in “Life With Mother,” between 1948 and 1949
10090-00012 Night photograph of the outside of the Empire Theater, between 1948 and 1949
10090-00013 Dorothy Stickney as “Margaret Munson” in “Kind Sir” with Mary Martin and Charles Boyer, between 1953 and 1954
10090-00014 Dorothy Stickney in “A Lovely Light,” 1960
10090-00015 Dorothy Stickney in “A Lovely Light,” 1960
10090-00016 Dorothy Stickney in “A Lovely Light,” 1960
10090-00017 Dorothy Stickney and Howard Lindsay for the occasion of being given honorary Master of Arts degrees at Bowdoin College, New Brunswick, Maine, 1951
10090-00018 Dorothy Stickney in costume for unidentified play, c. 1950
10090-00019 Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, authors and producers of the new melodramatic comedy “The Great Sebastians” starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Lindsay and Crouse won the Pulitzer Prize for their play “State of the Union,” 1956
10090-00020 Dorothy Stickney and Howard Lindsay at a yearly anniversary party, between 1945 and 1947
10090-00021 Howard Lindsay in the library of the Players Club, New York, 1964?
7 Copy negatives and modern reprints
1 (loose) Clarence Day’s Life with Father, made into a play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York, copyright 1939, 1940 by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, and Katherine B. Day (autographs of Dorothy Stickney, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse)
(loose) Clarence Day’s Life with Mother, made into a play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York, copyright 1948, 1949 by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, and Katherine B. Day (autographs of Dorothy Stickney, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse)
OVERSIZE - IN MAP DRAWER
10090-00022 Photograph - hands of Dorothy Stickney and Howard Lindsay on original manuscript of
"Life With Father"
10090-00023 Photograph - Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney, M.D. on horseback, as he was leaving on a ride into the range country to minister to the sick, c. 1885?
10090-00024 Portrait - Dorothy and sister Marjorie Stickney, c. 1902?
10090-00025 Portrait - Margaret (Hayes) Stickney, c. 1885?
10090-00026 Photograph - unidentified Indians at encampment, c. 1880s or 1890s
10090-00027 Photograph - stockyard scene, Stickney Ranch, Dickinson, c. 1902
10090-00028 Poster - “Life with Mother” at the Empire Theatre
10090-00029 Poster - “Life with Mother” on tour
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