The collection is open and available for use.
Contact the archivist regarding copyright of these materials.
Frederick Gaines papers (PA 22), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The collection was donated by Frederick Gaines beginning in 1971.
Frederick Gaines is a local playwright whose plays have been performed across the United States. He attended the University of Nebraska, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees. He also attended the University of Minnesota, earning a Ph.D. and the University of Manchester (England) as a Fulbright Fellow. Mr. Gaines held the McKnight fellowship in playwriting at the Guthrie Theatre (1965-1967) and was playwright in residence at the Asolo Festival Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. Locally, his plays have been performed at the Children's Theater Company, The Eastside Theatre, the University of Minnesota and the Firehouse Theatre.
The collection consists of correspondence and papers regarding Mr. Gaines' plays. The correspondence ncludes letters between Mr. Gaines and actors, actresses, agents, directors and members of the Gaines family. Papers regarding Mr. Gaines' plays include typescripts, mimeographed copies and incomplete and complete drafts of over 100 plays.
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.