James Hazen Hyde papers 1899-1934

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James Hazen Hyde papers 1899-1934

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1471

Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Hyde. Includes correspondence with French actors and dramatists, and correspondence while Hyde was in Paris acting as foreign agent for the New Theatre in New York City. Topics include the building of the theater, financial and policy matters, and choosing and producing plays. Also, documents relating to the organization of the New Theatre. Correspondents include Winthrop Ames, Gabriel Astruc, Eugène Brieux, Lucien and Sacha Guitry, Jean Richepin, and Henry R. Winthrop.

.5 linear foot (2 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311468

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Ames, Winthrop, 1870-1937

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Theatrical manager, producer, director and writer, Winthrop Ames was born on November 25, 1870 into a wealthy and socially prominent family in North Easton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard and began a career in publishing because of his family's strong opposition to a career in theater. In 1904, however, he traveled to Europe to study the "new stagecraft" and on his return became joint manager of the Castle Square Theatre in Boston with Loren F. Deland. This led to his appointment in 1...

New Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Brieux, Eugéne (1858-1932).

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Astruc, Gabriel, 1864-1938

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French impresario, publisher, journalist, and Director of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) in 1913. From the description of Papers, 1904-1925, 1907-1914 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122467726 March 14, 1864Born in Bordeaux, France ca. 1877-1881Educated at the Lycegrave;e Fontanes, Paris. 1881Briefly worked for Enoch Fregrave;res et Costallat, music publishers, in Paris. ca. 1882-?Wor...

Guitry, Sacha, 1885-1957

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Richepin, Jean, 1849-1926

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French writer. From the description of Contes Galantes-Le Korrigan : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270844227 ...

Guitry, Lucien

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Winthrop, Henry R

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Hyde, James H. (James Hazen), 1876-1959

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James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) was a businessman, francophile, and expatriate. He graduated from Harvard in 1898. In 1899 he was left in charge of his father's (Henry Baldwin Hyde, 1834-1899) life insurance company, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. In 1905 Hyde lost control of the company in a publicity scandal that resulted in an investigation of the insurance industry by the New York State. In late December 1905 Hyde sailed for Paris, where he lived until the Nazi occup...