Tom Taylor Collection c. 1950s - 1980s

Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870

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Irish composer and singer. British composer. Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. (Wikipedia contributors, "Michael William Balfe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_William_Balfe&oldid=1100078344 (accessed September 9, 2022). M. W. (Michael William) Balfe was an Irish composer, singer, and conductor. Balfe began his musical career as a ...

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002ea ...

Taylor, Wycliffe., 1859-1925

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Milton, John, 1608-1674

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English poet. From the description of Documents relating to Kensington mortgage, 1651-1700. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475458 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x00012e John Milton (1608-1674), the poet. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the English translat...

Brough, Robert, 1872-1905

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Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896

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Brother of Lester Wallack's wife Emily. From the description of Correspondence to Emily Wallack, 1883. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236184633 English painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 2 Palace Gate, Kensington ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 Aug. 19, [n.y.] Nov. 2, and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125260 British painter and illustrator. From the description of Corre...

Wyndham, Charles, 1837-1919

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English actor and theater manager. From the description of Letters, ca. 1897-1900, to son Howard Wyndham. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019039 English actor-manager. From the description of Better late than never : autograph sentiment signed : [London, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584377 Epithet: actor-manager, pseudonym of Charles Culverwell Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catal...

Heslewood, Thomas., 1868-1959

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Reading, Jack., 1912-2004

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MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894

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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000076 Sir Joshua Reynolds was the leading portrait painter of late 18th-century England. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and a founding member of the Literary Club, and was knighted in 1769. He also delivered a series of influential discourses on painting to the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790. From the description of Papers, 1767-...

Reading, Jack., 1916-2004

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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi., 1571-1610

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Taylor, Laura

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Epithet: wife of Tom Taylor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000130 ...

Merriam, Augustus C. (Augustus Chapman), 1843-1895

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Wycliffe, John, 1887-1949

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Epithet: of Add MS 40671 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00034f Epithet: died in the year 1387 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000348 Epithet: of Add MS 37677 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00034e ...

Taylor, Lucy

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Weber, Adna Ferrin, 1870-1968

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Professor. Adna Weber graduated from Cornell University in 1894, and was instrumental in the development of urban studies in the United States. He helped found and was secretary of the American Association of Labor Legislation. From the description of Adna Ferrin Weber papers, 1884-1966. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63939210 ...

Taylor, Arnold

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Kelly, Charles

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Taylor, Wycliffe

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Laing, John, 1809-1880

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Epithet: tidesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x0001c3 ...

Taylor, Laura., d. 1905

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van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon ., 1606-1669

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Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Charles Reade was born in Oxfordshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; he became a fellow of the college, studied law, and earned a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, although he never practiced law. He wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration with other dramatists, including translations of continentral drama (sometimes without permission). His most successful play was Masks and Faces which, on the advice of actress Laura Seymour, he turned into a novel. He was eventually more successfu...

Terry, Kate, 1844-1924

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1866 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591360 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Kentish Town, 25 June 1866 and 12 July 1867, and [n.p., n.d.], to Miss Boyle, 1866 June 25, 1867 12 July, and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676635 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...

Dubourg, A. W.

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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859

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Epithet: RA; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x00034a Anglo-American painter. From the description of ALsS : 1814-1852. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617150 British painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1829-1858. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81331228 Epithet: RA; of Egerton MS 2075 ...

Cox, Douglas

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Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x0001f9 ...

Cowper, William, 1731-1800

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William Cowper, English poet. From the guide to the William Cowper manuscript material : 32 items, ca. 1784-1799, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weston Underwood, to William [i.e. Walter] Churchey, 1786 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531182 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Olney], to Lady Austen, 1782 Aug...

Raynor, Colin

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Barry, Helen

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00034a ...

Wigan, Alfred, 1814-1878

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English actor. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p., n.d.], to [Lewis Strange Wingfield?], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679209 ...

Keely, Robert., 1793-1869

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Taylor, Laura., ?? ?? - 1905

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Keely, Mary Ann., 1805-1899

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Kingsley, Octavia

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Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Bernard, William Bayle, 1807-1875

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Kingsley, William

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Epithet: of Maidstone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00034d Epithet: Colonel; afterwards Major -General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000186 ...

Hill, Phillipa

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Taylor, Benjamin

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Terry, Fred, 1863-1933

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000311 ...

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846

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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], being the name and address of W.Y. Otley [sic], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269605958 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford Row [Leeds], to Thomas Lupton, 1839 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471360 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London?, to the Marquess of Stafford, 1816 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606160 ...

Stirling, Mary Anne., 1813-1895

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Maria, Foote., 1797-1867

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Charles Dickens, English novelist. From the guide to the Charles Dickens manuscript material : 7 items, 1842-1851, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the Victorian novelist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Charles Dickens, with related material, ca. 1834-1955, (Leeds University Librar...

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban, 1617-1682

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Lewis, Arthur

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