Diaries of Clara Morris, 1867-1924

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Diaries of Clara Morris, 1867-1924

1867-1924

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The Clara Morris diaries cover the period from 1867 to 1924 and discusses her career on the stage, her writings, current events, and her personal life. An address book and date book of Frederick C. Harriott are also included. The presence of a "+" on a diary page means Morris took a drug by hypodermic that day.

.83 linear feet (2 file boxes)

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Morris, Clara, 1848-1925

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Actress Clara Morris was born in Toronto and moved with her mother to Cleveland, Ohio. She became a ballet girl in the resident company of the Cleveland Academy of Music; after nine years of training with that company she played a leading lady at Wood's Theatre in Cincinnati in 1869. She made her New York debut in September in "Man and Wife," directed by Augustin Daly at his Fifth Avenue Theatre. She worked with Daly in a series of highly emotional roles over the next three years in such plays a...