Papers document the professional and personal activities of Richard Lord, a twentieth-century American playwright and Boston College English professor. Materials include correspondence, clippings, course materials, drafts of plays and poetry, Lord's graduate student work, and theater ephemera. The predominantly personal correspondence offers insight into Lord's life in Boston during the 1970s and in London in 1980. His time at Boston College is represented through his graduate school work, as well as his teaching materials as a member of the English department. Lord's creative and professional work is documented through play scripts, a poetry booklet, published reviews and articles, and theater ephemera, such as fliers and playbills.