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2 unusual facts about Archibald MacLeish


Farmington Plan

In response to the war and its effect on scholastic access to material, Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish sent out a call for advice and suggestions on how best to handle the matter.

Judith Lowry

She also appeared on stage, most notably off Broadway in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, and on Broadway in a small role in Archibald MacLeish's drama J.B.


David Musgrave

He is a descendant of William Witter and Hannah Churchman of Boston, whose descendents include Thomas Pynchon, Archibald MacLeish, Katharine Hepburn and the poets Francis Goddard Tuckerman and Henry Theodore Tuckerman.

Douglas Moore

Apart from classical compositions, Moore also composed several popular songs whilst at Yale together with poet and Hotchkiss School mate Archibald MacLeish and later in collaboration with John Jacob Niles.

Kimon Friar

The plays produced there were primarily from the works of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Lillian Hellman, and Archibald MacLeish.


see also

MacLeish

Andrew MacLeish (1838–1928), Scottish-American merchant; father of Archibald MacLeish