Wallsten (Robert) Papers, 1930s-1950s
(PA Mss 43)
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Robert Wallsten
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Papers of actor and writer including correspondence,
photographs, scrapbooks and literary manuscripts. Wallsten acted on Broadway
before serving in the Navy in New Guinea during WWII. After the war, Wallsten
wrote plays, teleplays, and short stories and had a long association with
Judith Anderson and ghost-wrote her unpublished autobiography. Wallsten
was married to actress Cynthia Rogers who was involved with the University
Players (Falmouth, Mass). Wallsten and Rogers were family friends of the
Steinbecks and Wallsten edited the edition of Steinbeck's letters.