Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909

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Polish actress.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125606

Actress.

From the description of Letter of Helena Modjeska, 1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454585

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Donahue, Lester, 1892-1964. Lester Donahue performing arts collection, 1871-1963. Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909. Letter, 1879. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Ellen K. Lee collection on Helena Modjeska and Orange County, 1874-2005 University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Elizabeth Buehermann papers, 1904-1955 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period Houghton Library
creatorOf Sink, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1879-1972. Papers, 1918-1954. University of Michigan
referencedIn Actress and Singer Photograph Collection, ca. 1850 - 1930, 1850-1930 The Society of California Pioneers.
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909. Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Elkins, Kate Felton. Kate Felton Elkins collection, 1775-1927. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Papers, 1868-1966 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909. Letter of Helena Modjeska, 1884. Library of Congress
referencedIn Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942,. Autograph letter signed from Otis Skinner to Mrs. Vieira [manuscript], 1894 March. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Field, Eugene, 1850-1895. Modjesky as Cameel : London : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, 1890 Sept. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Althouse, C. Irvin. Trade catalogs of entertainment, 1874-1939. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909,. Autograph letter signed from Helena Modjeska, El Toro, to Mrs. William Winter, Mentone [manuscript], 1893 June 27. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Mason Opera House (Los Angeles, Calif.). Mason Opera House playbills, 1912-1918. University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Chłapowski, Karol,. Autograph and typescript letters signed from Charles Bozenta, New York, Philadelphia, and "Arden", California, to various recipients [manuscript], 1882-1904. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Polk, Asa D. (Asa Davis), 1850-1940. Asa D. Polk and family papers, 1853-1930. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909,. Autograph letters signed and unsigned chiefly as Helena Modjeska to various recipients [manuscript], 1878-1905. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Elijah Walker Halford Papers, 1867-1938 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Photographs, prints, and drawings, ca. 1600-1936 (bulk: 1861-1936) Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Bates, James, d. 1784. Promptbooks for productions of Shakespeare's Cymbeline, 1806-1950. Houghton Library
referencedIn Photographs of American and European actors, actresses and singers [manuscript], ca.1890-1910. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Loewentheil, Stephan,. American theater collection of cabinet cards, [1871-1907]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Theatrical cartes-de-visite, circa late 1800s.
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn James Thomas Fields collection of autographs and portraits of distinguished women, 1814-1907. Houghton Library
referencedIn Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905. Promptbooks for productions of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, ca.1797-1907. Houghton Library
referencedIn Frohman, Daniel, 1851-1940,. Autograph letters signed to Daniel Frohman from various correspondents [manuscript], 1883-1926. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Robertson, Ian, 1858-1936,. Autograph letters signed from Ian Robertson, New York City and London, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [1881?]-1893. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Isabella Stewart Gardner papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909. Note [n.d.] Chicago, Ill., to [no addressee] University of Michigan
referencedIn Perley, Frank L. Writings, ca. 1913. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. [Theater programs and related ephemera in the John Davis Batchelder Collection. 3. Miscellaneous]. Library of Congress
referencedIn Collection of Helena Modjeska theater memorabilia, circa 1880s-1890s University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Mason Opera House playbills, 1912-1918 University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Fronczak, Francis E. (Francis Eustace), 1874-1955. Collection, 1874-1966 (bulk 1900-1956). Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library
referencedIn Moore, John, 1814-1893. Promptbooks for productions of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ca.1800-1934. Houghton Library
referencedIn Irvine, Frances Anita Plum, 1862-1909. Journal of Frances Irvine, 1894. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Sink, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1879-1972. Charles Sink papers, 1918-1954. University of Michigan
creatorOf Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. Statement of accounts for Booth-Modjeska tour [manuscript], 1890 April 7-12. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942. Otis Skinner papers, ca. 1898-ca. 1923. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn George Cochrane Hazelton papers, 1848-1941 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn [Helena Modjeska miscellanea]. California state library
referencedIn Skinner family. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive). Houghton Library
referencedIn Mason, Edward T. (Edward Tuckerman), 1847-1911. Two scenes of Helena Modjeska's Ophelia and the banquet scene of Edwin Booth's Macbeth [manuscript], ca. 1890. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Helena Modjeska collection, 1881-1989 University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf James, Henry, 1843-1916. Autograph letter signed : London, to Madame Helena Modjeska, 1891 Nov. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Portraits of Theatrical Personalities Collected by F. E. Faragoh [graphic], 18---19-- Bancroft Library
referencedIn Cosulich, Bernice, 1896-1956. Papers, 1923-1956. University of Arizona Libraries
referencedIn Nadal, Ehrman Syme, 1843-1922,. Autograph letter signed from E.S. Nadal to Mr. Flower [manuscript], 1880 May 1. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930. Houghton Library
referencedIn Otis Skinner papers, ca. 1898-ca. 1923 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881. James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda, 1767-1914 (bulk 1850-1914) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Buehermann, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Buehermann papers, 1904-1955. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Louise Chandler Moulton Papers, 1852-1908 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Rice family. Rice family papers, 1812-1972 (bulk 1875-1919). University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Lloyd Stephens Bryce Papers, 1807-1895, bulk 1882-1895 The Huntington Library
referencedIn Randolph Somerville collection of autographed photographs, circa 1880s-1940 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909,. Autograph letters signed from Helena Modjeska to various people [manuscript], [1888-1898?]. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Chłapowski, Karol,. Autograph letters signed from Charles Bozenta, New York and California, to William Winter [manuscript], 1899, 1904. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Modjeska, Helena. Helena Modjeska letters : El Toro, Calif., to Margaret J. Frick : ALS, 1902 June 12 and June 18. California historical society
referencedIn Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942,. Autograph letter signed from Otis Skinner, New York, to Bertha Welby [manuscript], 1894 January 27. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Carr, Jeanne C. Smith. Papers of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, 1842->1903. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Online Archive of California. Collection of Helena Modjeska theater memorabilia, circa 1880s-1890s. University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943,. Chyromantia : manuscript, 1884-1893. Houghton Library
referencedIn Goldberg, Harry, Mrs.,. Mrs. Harry Goldberg collection of 19th century American stage portraits, 1880-1894 and undated. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Welch, Lula James, 1873-. Papers, 1868-1966 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Chłapowski, Karol. Helena Modjeska collection, 1881-1989. University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. Theatrical autographs. 1880-1890. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914. Papers, 1830-1980 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
referencedIn Correspondence and journals of Henry James Jr, 1855-1916 . Houghton Library
referencedIn Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919,. Autograph letters signed from Oscar Fay Adams to various people [manuscript], 1884-1891. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Lee, Ellen K. Ellen K. Lee collection on Helena Modjeska and Orange County, 1874-2005. University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914. Papers of Caroline Maria Seymour Severance, 1830-1980 (bulk) 1860-1914. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Treadwell, Sophie, 1890-1970. Papers of Sophie Treadwell, ca. 1860-1970, (bulk 1910-1960). University of Arizona Libraries
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919, person
correspondedWith Bleyer, J. Mount (Julius Mount), 1859-1915 person
associatedWith Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 person
associatedWith Bryce, Lloyd Stephens, 1851-1917. person
associatedWith Buehermann, Elizabeth person
associatedWith Buehermann, Elizabeth. person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
associatedWith Carr, Jeanne C. Smith. person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
correspondedWith Chłapowski, Karol person
correspondedWith Cooke, Alan, 1933- person
associatedWith Cosulich, Bernice, 1896-1956. person
correspondedWith Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Donahue, Lester, 1892-1964. person
correspondedWith Donohue, Joseph, fl. 1888-1898 person
associatedWith Elkins, Kate Felton. person
associatedWith Faragoh, Francis Edwards person
associatedWith Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 person
associatedWith Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881. person
correspondedWith Freeman, Lu person
associatedWith Frick, Margaret J. person
correspondedWith Frohman, Daniel, 1851-1940 person
associatedWith Fronczak, Francis E. (Francis Eustace), 1874-1955. person
associatedWith Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. person
associatedWith Goldberg, Harry, Mrs., person
correspondedWith Halford, Elijah Walker, 1843-1938. person
associatedWith Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921 person
associatedWith Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943, person
associatedWith Irvine, Frances Anita Plum, 1862-1909. person
associatedWith James, Henry, 1843-1916. person
correspondedWith Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 person
associatedWith Lee, Ellen K. person
correspondedWith Leslie, Elsie, 1881-1966 person
associatedWith Loewentheil, Stephan, person
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
associatedWith Lula (James) Welch, 1873- person
correspondedWith Malone, Mr., 19th/20th cent. person
associatedWith Mason, Edward T. (Edward Tuckerman), 1847-1911. person
associatedWith Mason Opera House (Los Angeles, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. person
associatedWith Nadal, Ehrman Syme, 1843-1922, person
associatedWith Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 person
correspondedWith Perley, Frank L. (Frank Lee), b. 1859 person
associatedWith Polk, Asa D. (Asa Davis), 1850-1940. person
associatedWith Rice family. family
associatedWith Robertson, Ian, 1858-1936, person
associatedWith Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937 person
correspondedWith Sargent, Harry J., 1843-1896 person
associatedWith Sargent, H. J. (Harry J.), 1843-1896, person
associatedWith Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914. person
associatedWith Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. person
associatedWith Sink, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1879-1972. person
associatedWith Skinner family. family
associatedWith Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942. person
associatedWith Society of California Pioneers corporateBody
associatedWith Somerville, Randolph person
associatedWith Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900, person
associatedWith Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 person
correspondedWith Treadwell, Sophie, 1890-1970. person
associatedWith Welch, Lula James, 1873- person
correspondedWith Winter, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Campbell), 1841-1922 person
correspondedWith Winter, William, 1836-1917 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
California
Subject
Theater
Actors
Shylock (Fictitious character)
Occupation
Actresses
Activity

Person

Birth 1840-10-12

Death 1909-04-08

Polish

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