Dunlap, William, 1766-1839

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American playwright, theatrical manager, painter, historian.

From the description of Papers of William Dunlap, 1765-1839. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135371

Theatrical manager, dramatist, painter, and historian; New York City and elsewhere.

From the description of Diaries, 1797-1798, 1819-1820, 1833-1834. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663747

William Dunlap, American producer, playwright, actor, and historian.

From the guide to the William Dunlap collection, 1786-1835, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

American painter, dramatist and historian.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to John Trumbull, 1817 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744071

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Post, Wright, 1766-1828. Papers, 1791 and undated. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Diaries, 1797-1798, 1819-1820, 1833-1834. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Dunlap, William. [William Dunlap] : artist file John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library
referencedIn New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. Records, 1785-1849. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831. Why, huntress, why? : from the opera The archers / Benjamin Carr ; edited and arranged by Philip Weston. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
referencedIn Autograph File, D, 1586-1975. Houghton Library
referencedIn Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870. Letters of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck [manuscript], 1825-1831. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn American Academy of the Fine Arts. Records, 1802-1840. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Papers of William Dunlap, 1765-1839. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Yankee chronology; or, Huzza for the Constitution! : A musical interlude, in one act. To which are added, the patriotic songs of The freedom of the seas, and Yankee tars / By W. Dunlap, Esq. University of Florida
referencedIn Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888. Printed menu card complimentary to Lester Wallack, for dinner at the Lotos club [manuscript], 1887 December 17. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf William Dunlap collection, 1786-1835 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. Papers of Charles Brockden Brown, 1783-1848, and n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kent State University. Institute for Bibliography and Editing. Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records, 1689-1995 (bulk 1917-1995). Kent State University
creatorOf Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854. Letters of Anne Newport Royall [manuscript] 1824-34. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Charles Brockden Brown Bicentennial Edition records, 1689-1995, 1917-1995 Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Portrait of Edmund Pendleton, Jr. [manuscript] / by William Dunlap. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. A fatal deception, or, Progress of guilt : a tragedy in five acts : manuscript, [181-?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Correspondence to Richard Penn Smith, 1833. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Thomas Cole papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Charles Henry Elam papers relating to William Dunlap Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oscar Wegelin papers, Wegelin (Oscar) papers, 1899-1966 Brown University Library, Special Collections
referencedIn Early American playbills, 1750-1812. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Cole's notes in Dunlap's History of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States Archives of American Art
referencedIn Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera Archives of American Art
referencedIn Asher Brown Durand papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Autograph letter signed : New York, to John Trumbull, 1817 Jan. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Pelissier, Victor. [Voice of nature; incidental music to William Dunlap's play. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870. Letters of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, 1825-1831. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Dunlap, William, 1766-1839 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Parker family. Papers, 1680-1936. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. Drawings of the Hudson River School. 1969-1970. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Robertson, Alexander, 1768-1841. Letters : N.Y., to Andrew Robertson, London, 1835-1837. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. Papers of Charles Brockden Brown [manuscript], 1769-1848, 1922, and n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819. False shame; or, The American orphan in Germany, as translated and altered from the German of August Von Kotzebue, by W. Dunlap, New York, 1799. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Parker family (Perth Amboy, N.J.). Parker family papers, 1676-1946 1760-1820. New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf Selected art related letters from Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Society Collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Jensen, Alfred C. The theatre in Los Angeles, 1936. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861. John Wakefield Francis collection, 1816-1858. New-York Historical Society Library
creatorOf Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831. Archers ballad opera collection, 1796-1941. University of Colorado, Boulder
referencedIn Dubuar, Paul,. Paul Dubuar papers, [ca. 1873-ca. 1889] and undated. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. Tell truth and shame the devil [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Brown University. Library (Providence, Rhode Island). Selected correspondence, 1913-1993, "Coombs" to "Gerald". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Pelissier, Victor. Voice of nature / [Victor Pelissier]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn The Robert Cushman Butler Collection of Theatrical Illustrations Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
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associatedWith American Academy of the Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Beaunoir, M. de, 1746-1823. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. corporateBody
associatedWith Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. person
associatedWith Brown University. Library (Providence, Rhode Island). corporateBody
associatedWith Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831. person
associatedWith Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1839, person
associatedWith Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848. person
associatedWith Constitution (Frigate) corporateBody
associatedWith Dennis, Seth, Mrs, person
associatedWith Dubuar, Paul, person
associatedWith Dunlap, Samuel, fl. 1835, person
associatedWith Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886, person
associatedWith Elam, Charles H. person
associatedWith Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861. person
associatedWith Godey, Louis Antoine, 1804-1878, person
associatedWith Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Historical Society of Pennsylvania. corporateBody
associatedWith Hodgkinson, John, 1767-1805. person
associatedWith Jensen, Alfred C. person
associatedWith Johnston Lewes?, fl. 1765, person
associatedWith John Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Kent State University. Institute for Bibliography and Editing corporateBody
associatedWith Kent State University. Institute for Bibliography and Editing. corporateBody
associatedWith Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819. person
associatedWith Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588 person
associatedWith National Academy of Design. corporateBody
associatedWith New Theatre (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. corporateBody
associatedWith Old American Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Parker family. family
associatedWith Parker family (Perth Amboy, N.J.) family
associatedWith Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860. person
associatedWith Pelissier, Victor. person
associatedWith Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803, Jr. person
associatedWith Post, Wright, 1766-1828. person
associatedWith Robertson, Alexander, 1768-1841. person
associatedWith Robinson, Alexander, 1772-1841, person
associatedWith Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854. person
associatedWith Sterlitz, Joseph, person
associatedWith Taylor, Robert H., person
associatedWith The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, person
associatedWith Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870. person
associatedWith Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888. person
associatedWith Wegelin, Oscar, 1876-1970 person
associatedWith Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, person
associatedWith William Dunlap, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
New York (State)--New York
United States
New York (N.Y.)
United States
Subject
American literature
Theater
Theater
Book industries and trade
Design
English drama
Dramatists, American
English literature
Illustration of books
Portrait painting
Portrait painting, American
Theater management
Occupation
Dramatists
Lyricists
Activity

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Birth 1766-02-01

Death 1839-09-28

Americans

English

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