Compare Constellations

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01543/catalog View

Taylor, John, of Bath. David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection, 1741-1776.

Title: David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection, 1741-1776.

Letters, manuscript poems, financial papers, and other documents relating to David Garrick and his tenure as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Letters include a lengthy 1751 letter from Richard Berenger describing theaters and operas in Paris; transcripts of two letters from Garrick to Francis Hayman about plans for a series of prints from Shakespeare; and a 1767 letter from the actor Patrick O'Brien discussing his "exiled" life in New York. Manuscript verse consists of drafts of several prologues and epilogues, and copies of comic epigrams and songs. Other papers include a record of receipts for the first season of Drury Lane; "A Scheme for a Theatrical Society;" a list of characters performed by Garrick in 1741-42; and a copy of "Mr. Taylor's address to young students and lovers of landscape painting."

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702179967 View

Beltz, George Frederick, 1777-1841,. Letters concerning the estate of Eva Marie Violetti Garrick, 1822-1824.

Title: Letters concerning the estate of Eva Marie Violetti Garrick, 1822-1824.

Includes 65 letters concerning the estate of Eva Marie Violetti Garrick, widow of David Garrick, mostly addressed to George Frederick Beltz and Thomas Rackett, executors.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612375117 View

Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822. Papers of Eva Maria Garrick and her executor, Reverend Thomas Rackett [manuscript], 1728-1860 (bulk 1790-1820).

Title: Papers of Eva Maria Garrick and her executor, Reverend Thomas Rackett [manuscript], 1728-1860 (bulk 1790-1820).

Majority of papers are letters to and from Mrs. Garrick's friends and friends of her late husband. Other items include poems, small engravings, portraits, and other keepsakes; newspaper clippings; playbills; benefit tickets; advertisements. Correspondents include David Garrick (1 autograph letter signed), Hannah More (10 autograph letters and one poem), Kitty Clive, William IV, Lady Amherst, Jane Barrington, George Beltz, Dorothy Jordan, Elizabeth Montague, Frances Nichol, Catherine Payne, and Madame Rackett.

ArchivalResource: ca. 450 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/461319735 View