Aloysius I. Mudd collection 1800-1919

Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979

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Actress; interviewee married Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Charles (Buddy) Rogers. From the description of Reminiscences of Mary Pickford : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419352 Star of the silent screen, Mary Pickford, called America's sweetheart, was perhaps the most famous actress of her day. From the guide to the Mary Pickford scrapbook, 1915-1917, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Divisio...

First Congregational Church (Washington, D.C.)

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Founded in 1865; extant as First Congregational UCC in 1996. From the description of Statistics, 1829-1850. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70942838 The members of the First Congregational Church of Washington, D.C. Were largely responsible for the founding of Howard University in 1867. Of the seventeen original incorporators of the bill which established the Howard University, fourteen belonged to the First Congregational church inclu...

Booth, Junius Brutus, 1821-1883

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Junius Brutus Booth Jr. (December 22, 1821 – September 17, 1883) was an American actor and theatre manager. As a member of the Booth family of actors, Junius Brutus Booth Jr. was overshadowed by his father Junius Sr. and brothers Edwin and John Wilkes (the assassin of Abraham Lincoln), and later by his wife Agnes, a successful actress. Booth was married three times: first briefly to Clementina De Bar, sister of comedian and theatrical manager Ben De Bar; then in California to Harriet Mace,...

Moore's Plaza Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Cosmos Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Law, Thomas, 1756-1834

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Thomas Law (1756-1834) was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation’s capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Colum...

Crandall's Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Gayety Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Grover's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Belasco Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Chase's New Grand (Washington, D. C.)

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Ford's Opera House (Washington, D.C.)

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Lafayette Square Opera House (Washington, D.C.)

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Opened 1895; in addition to opera also offered ballet and theater performances; sold in 1905 when it became the Belasco Theatre. From the description of Lafayette Square Opera House records, 1894-1905. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70958986 ...

Lyceum Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Criterion Theatre (Washington, D. C.)

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Columbia Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Moore's Strand Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Crandall's Criterion (Washington, D.C.)

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Orpheum Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Casino Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Academy of Music (Washington, D.C.)

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Moore's Rialto Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Howard Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Moore's Garden Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Chase's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Bijou Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Shubert-Garrick Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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New Lyceum Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Sir Henry Irving

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Crandall's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Kernan's Lyceum Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Majestic Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915

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Italian actor. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1883 Apr. 4. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489397 From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Brooklyn, 6 February 1883, 1883, 6 February. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668694 Actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ontignono, 1870 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634102 Italian tragedian. From the...

Resolute (Warship)

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New National Theatre (Washington, D.C.).

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Shubert-Belasco Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Hashim's Academy of Music (Washington, D. C.)

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Folly Theater (Washington, D.C.)

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Poli's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Loew's Columbia Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Imperial Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Albaugh's Grand Opera House (Washington, D.C.)

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B. F. Keith's Theatre

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New Howard Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852

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Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was a 19th century English stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre manager, and Asia Booth Clarke, a poet and writer. Booth was born in St. Pancras, London, Great Britain, the son of Richard Booth, a lawyer and avid supporter of the Am...

Empire Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Mudd, Aloysius I. (Aloysius Ignatius), 1844-

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Aloysius I. Mudd was an expert on Washington D.C. theater history. He compiled records of every theatrical and operatic performance in Washington D.C. from June 1800 through the early 1900s, put together a history of Ford's Theatre, and completed THE HISTORY OF POLITE VAUDEVILLE. He also wrote two papers for the Columbia Historical Society on early theaters in Washington from 1800-1850. Mudd was the day manager of the Washington office of the Associated Press until 1892 ...

New Academy (Washington, D.C.)

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Loew's Palace Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Crandall's Metropolitan Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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