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Spear, George Gaines, 1809-1887,. Autograph letter signed from G.G. Spear, Buffalo, to John B. Wright, Boston [manuscript], 1848 July.

Title: Autograph letter signed from G.G. Spear, Buffalo, to John B. Wright, Boston [manuscript], 1848 July.

Regarding Spear's desired payment and terms for future seasons at the National Theatre. Urges Wright to procure the services of J.W. Wallack, Jr., whom Spear considers to be the best Richard III that he has ever seen.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 24 x 20 cm.

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Wallack, James William, 1818-1873. Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., ca. 1855?], to E[dward] T[yrrell] Smith, [n.d., ca. 1855?].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., ca. 1855?], to E[dward] T[yrrell] Smith, [n.d., ca. 1855?].

Saying that he and Mrs. Wallack offered their services for £30 a week, that he cannot offer his for less than £20, that Mr. Robson's new play cannot be performed unless Mrs. Wallack plays the heroine or Smith engages Miss Cushman, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

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Photographs featuring 19th-century theatrical groups, companies, productions, and related personalities, 1870-1893.

Title: Photographs featuring 19th-century theatrical groups, companies, productions, and related personalities, 1870-1893.

Photographs of 19th-century theatrical companies, personalities, and productions.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.75 linear ft.)

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Wallack, James William, Mrs., d. 1879. Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [London], 3 July [n.y.], to Mr. [Edward Tyrrell] Smith, [n.y.] July 3.

Title: Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [London], 3 July [n.y.], to Mr. [Edward Tyrrell] Smith, [n.y.] July 3.

Returning something that arrived too late, and asking if he can let her have a [theatre] box any night during the week of the 10th.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

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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.

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MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, chiefly of British actors, dramatists, authors, musicians, etc., addressed mainly to Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist (b. 1800, d. 1856), and to Wellington Guernsey, song-writer and composer (b. 1817, d. 1885); 182..., 19th century

Title: MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, chiefly of British actors, dramatists, authors, musicians, etc., addressed mainly to Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist (b. 1800, d. 1856), and to Wellington Guernsey, song-writer and composer (b. 1817, d. 1885); 182... 19th century

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Crawford Theater collection, 1663-1992

Title: Crawford Theater collection 1663-1992

The collection consists of playbills and programs, photographs in a variety of formats, engravings, posters, clippings, and other printed material which document the performing arts in the United States and throughout the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Material relating to dramatic performance forms the nucleus of the collection, but dance, opera, motion picture, circus, radio, and television performances are also represented.

ArchivalResource: 468.5 linear feet (827 boxes, 3 folios)

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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.

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Shakespeare Society of New York. Records of the Shakespeare Society of New York [manuscript], 1852-1853.

Title: Records of the Shakespeare Society of New York [manuscript], 1852-1853.

(1-8) meeting notes, including some drafts of official minutes (possibly in the hand of Robert Balmanno). With (8), ballots proposing election of James F. Ruggles and Robert M.C. Graham, with a note that both were blackballed. (9) two leaves "cut out of the Record," including the original proposal for the founding of the society and resolutions made at the first and second anniversary festivals. (10-52) correspondence, mostly from members of the Society addressed to Robert Balmanno, secretary for the Shakespeare Society of New York. The bulk of these letters concern either the correspondents' election to the Society or whether or not they plan to attend the next meeting. Correspondents: C.L. Elliott, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana, W.H. Burroughs, John Grieg, Parke Godwin, Charles Daly, Cornelius Grinnell, James Otis, C.A. Davies, Richard Grant White, Hiram Fuller, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Charles Gayler, Egerton Ellesmere, James Wallack Jr., Mary Cowden Clarke, G.C. Verplanck, William Rufus Blake, F.S. Cozzens. (53) a log recording attendance of members at meetings. (54-55) menus from dinners held by the Society.

ArchivalResource: 55 items ; 12 x 9 cm to 33 x 21 cm.

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Wallack, James William, 1818-1873,. Autograph letter signed from J.W. Wallack, Boston, to William Winter [manuscript], 1870 December 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed from J.W. Wallack, Boston, to William Winter [manuscript], 1870 December 3.

Wallack discusses a misunderstanding with Mr. Fechter. Addressed from 2 Bulfinch Place, Boston.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 21 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/416501222 View

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XL (ff. 609). Aug.-Nov. 1830. (1) 'Wards and Wardens'. ff. 1-15 b. (2) 'The Feudal Lady', [by J. Banim?]. ff. 16-41. (3) 'Ambition or Marie Migniot', by T. Mayhew. ff. 42-239. (4) 'The Irish Girl', by R. Ryan. ff. 240-2...

Title: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XL (ff. 609). Aug.-Nov. 1830. (1) 'Wards and Wardens'. ff. 1-15 b. (2) 'The Feudal Lady', [by J. Banim?]. ff. 16-41. (3) 'Ambition or Marie Migniot', by T. Mayhew. ff. 42-239. (4) 'The Irish Girl', by R. Ryan. ff. 240-2... Aug 1830-Nov 1830

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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