Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905

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Dates:
Birth 1829-02-20
Death 1905-04-23
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Biographical notes:

American actor.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to Mrs. Sullivan, 1903 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489232

From the description of [Letter] 1893 Feb. 22 [to] Madame / J. Jefferson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251899

From the description of Letter, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451408

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Clancy and Reilly, 1880 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489945

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to John D. Barry, Dramatic Editor of "Colliers Weekly", 1900 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489207

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Buzzard's Bay (Mass.), 4 October 1894, to Willie [i.e. William Winter?], 1894 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578610

From the description of Collection 1891, 1898. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 48818686

From the description of Lithograph, post 1865 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809652

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Buzzard's Bay, Mass., to Sol Smith Russell in Chicago, 1893 Aug. 3. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 84207736

From the description of Autograph letters signed : Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, to E. Burges Warren, 1902 May 18 and 1903 May 23. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 122606660

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to Mrs. Sullivan, Monday evening. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 82755443

From the description of Autograph, 1896 September 5. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853665

Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) was an American actor and author.

From the guide to the Joseph Jefferson Collection, 1823-1976, 1829-1905, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)

Joseph Jefferson III was an American actor from Philadelphia, Penn., famous for his dramatic version of the story of Rip Van Winkle that he created in 1859. He continued acting in this show for forty years, touring in Australia, Britain, and the United States. He was one of the first to establish the traveling combinations which superseded the old system of local stock companies. Joseph Jefferson purchased Orange Island (now Jefferson Island) in Iberia Parish, La., in 1869 for a winter home.

From the description of Joseph Jefferson letter, circa 1850s. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 173662187

From the description of Joseph Jefferson papers, 1876-1907. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 173662191

From the description of Joseph Jefferson letter, 1899 Apr. 23. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 173662188

From the description of Joseph Jefferson letter, 1904 Mar. 31. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 173662190

From the description of Joseph Jefferson letter, 1900 Mar. 14. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 173662189

Joseph Jefferson was an American actor.

From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122630868

Joseph Jefferson, actor.

From the description of Speech for the dedication of the Actors' Fund Home, 1902. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485728

From the guide to the Speech for the dedication of the Actors' Fund Home, 1902, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

American actor; resident of Sandwich, Mass.

From the description of Joseph Jefferson collection, 1874-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70969177

Epithet: actor

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000290

Actor.

From the description of Papers of Joseph Jefferson, 1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423670

American actor noted for portratyal of Rip Van Winkle.

From the description of Joseph Jefferson papers [manuscript] 1893-1896, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 186989361

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Subjects:

  • Theater
  • Actors
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  • Acres, Bob (Fictitious character)
  • Actresses
  • Anthony, Sir (Fictitious character)
  • Celebrities
  • Christian Science
  • Melnotte, Claude (Fictitious character)
  • Prefaces
  • Theater/Film
  • Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character)

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  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
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  • Massachusetts--Sandwich (as recorded)
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