Adah Isaacs Menken, collection undated, 1862-1868

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Adah Isaacs Menken, collection undated, 1862-1868

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The collection consists of playbills of "Rookwood" (1864?) and "La Juive" (undated); letters to "Dear Brother Ed" (1862), Henry Francis Keenan (1862) and J.C. Hotten (1868); two photograph Cartes De Visite and a photograph and negative of Menken with Algernon C. Swinburne.

.25 linear feet (1 half manuscript box)

eng,

American Jewish Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6345986

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Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis), 1850-

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909

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British poet. From the description of The descent into hell [manuscript poem], 1873 Jan. 9. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416044 From the description of Autograph quotation, [ca. 1890?]. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315968127 Swinburne (1837-1909) was an English lyric poet, dramatist, and critic of the Victorian era. He was famous for the innovative versification of his poetry and infamous for his violent attacks on Victorian morality. ...

Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835-1868

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Actress and author. From the description of Adah Isaacs Menken papers, 1862-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980303 American actress active in England. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Liverpool, 19 April [n.y.], to [Edward Tyrrell] Smith, [n.y., Apr. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582298 Adah Isaacs Menken was born in Milneburg (a suburb of New Orleans), Louisiana, in 1835. Learned in Bible, literature ...

Hotten, J. C.

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