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Robertson, Donald, 1860-1926. Donald Robertson papers, 1825-1947 (bulk 1900-1926).

Title: Donald Robertson papers, 1825-1947 (bulk 1900-1926).

Incoming letters to Robertson, manuscript poetry and plays by Robertson, 6 scrapbooks pertaining to Robertson's career and miscellaneous items; plus a diary, autograph book, and letter relating to the family of his wife Anna Titus, an actress. Materials reflect Robertson's career as director of the Donald Robertson Company of Players, who performed at Fullerton Hall of the Art Institute of Chicago; as promoter and artistic director of the Chicago Woman's Club's Players' Theatre Association (later the Chicago Civic Theatre Association); and as dramatic director of the first season of the Chicago Theatre Society. A chief correspondent was Edith Rockefeller McCormick, sponsor and board member of the Chicago Civic Theatre Association and the Chicago Theatre Society. Other correspondents include Jane Addams, Arthur Bissell, Hamlin Garland, James O'Donnell Bennett, Louis H. Sullivan, Lorado Taft, Anna Titus, and Samuel Titus. Also present is a 1922 Lake View High School diploma.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder.

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Robertson, Donald, 1860-1926,. Autograph letter signed from Donald Robertson, Chicago, to William Winter [manuscript], 1908 May 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Donald Robertson, Chicago, to William Winter [manuscript], 1908 May 4.

Robertson gives Winter a resume of his season. List of plays and dramatic poems: The Miser by Molière, The triumph of youth by Edouard Pailleron, Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen, The coming of peace by Gerhart Hauptmann, The intruding widow by Charles Lamb, In a balcony by Robert Browning, A blot in the scutcheon by Robert Browning, The intruder by Maurice Maeterlinck, A night in Avignon by Cale Young Rice, The law by Mary d'Este, The gauntlet by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Keep your own secret by Calderón, Sigurd Slembe by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, The inspector by Gogol, As the leaves by Guiseppe Giacosa, Madman or saint by Jose Echegaray, and A curious mishap by Carlo Goldoni. On letterhead of Donald Robertson's Company of players.

ArchivalResource: 3 leaves ; 28 x 23 cm.

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Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34370095 View

Robertson, Donald, 1860-1926,. Autograph letters signed from Donald Robertson, New York, to William Winter [manuscript], 1893-1898.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Donald Robertson, New York, to William Winter [manuscript], 1893-1898.

(1) Asks Winter to look at three sonnets and hopes he will find a place for them in his dramatic notes. On letterhead of the Hotel Viano, New York; (2) Robertson writes that bad bookings and bad business have compelled him to close his season for a time and asks Winter if the enclosed sonnets "are worth anything to the magazine" [no longer here]. On letterhead of the Third Annual Tour, Donald Robertson and Miss Brandon Douglas; addressed from Taylor Ave. & East 184th St., New York.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Sutton, Vida Ravenscroft, 1880-1956,. Autograph letter signed from Vida Sutton, New York, to Mr. Walter J. Toute [manuscript], 1911.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Vida Sutton, New York, to Mr. Walter J. Toute [manuscript], 1911.

Regarding Toute's plan for a theatrical page for the Cap and Gown. Mentions Miss Marjorie Benton Cooke, Frank Adams, and Donald Robertson's company.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 18 x 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428977782 View

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Letter 1918 October 21, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Donald Robertson, Unknown / [Edwin Markham].

Title: Letter 1918 October 21, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Donald Robertson, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

Markham discusses his Lincoln poem and the revisions. Letter is unsigned.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45293174 View

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68796459 View