Portraits of Theatrical Personalities Collected by F. E. Faragoh [graphic], 18---19--

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919

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Adelina Patti was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century. From the description of Adelina Patti letters, 1889-1891. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269476576 Spanish-born soprano trained in New York City; by 1861 Adelina Patti was the leading operatic prima donna. In 1886 she married tenor Ernest Nicolini, who had sung opposite her in La traviata at her castle in Wales. He died in 1898. From the description of ALS, Yst...

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...

Mapleson, Marie Roze

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Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933

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Actor. From the description of E. H. Sothern papers. 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980499 Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) was an American actor and author who appeared on the New York and London stages; Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) was a successful actress in New York. They became co-stars in 1904, were married in 1911, and toured, mainly in Shakespeare plays, until her final retirement in 1924. Sothern devoted much of his later years to public readings, lectures ...

Grubb, Lillian

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Terry, Ellen

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Mather, Margaret, 1859-1898

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Theo

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Alexander, George

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Thorne, Charles R.

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Marlowe, Julia

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Clayton, Estelle

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Blanchard, Mrs. McKee

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Barrett, Wilson, 1848-1904

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Alfred Wilson Barrettt was an actor, dramatist, theatre proprietor and manager. One of his 27 works for the stage was set in Australia (The never-never land, 1902). He visited Australia twice in 1896 and 1902-03. From the description of The sign of the cross [manuscript]. [1895?] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224360457 Wilson Barrett, an actor, playwright, and theatre manager, was raised in London, where he worked odd jobs as a child. He began acting in 1864, an...

Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916

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Ada Rehan was an Irish-American actress. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1890. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 206691443 Irish-American actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel Metropole, W.C., London, to Arthur Sullivan, 1891 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126537 Irish-born American stage actress. From the description of Papers, ca. 1879-1918. (University ...

Kellogg, Clara Louise

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Epithet: singer and impresario British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x0000ff ...

Robe, Annie, 1866-1922

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Annie Robe (1866–1922)[2] was an English-born American stage actress, married to Daniel Paine Griswold (1889). Robe died a widow at Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 26, 1922...

Juch, Emma, 1863-1939

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American soprano. From the description of Signature, dated : New York, 14 April 1886, 1886 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578701 ...

Litta, Maria

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Russell, Sol Smith, 1848-1902

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Solomon Smith Russell (1848–1902) was a 19th-century American comedic stage actor who began performing as a boy during the American Civil War. Russell was born at Brunswick, Missouri, the eldest of two sons and a daughter raised by Charles and Louise (née Mathews) Russell. While a young boy Russell's family moved to St. Louis where his father manufactured and sold tinware. Russell's mother was from Ohio, the daughter of a Cincinnati music teacher. It soon became apparent that Russell did not ...

Dyas, Ada, 1843-1908

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Goodwin, Nat

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Wilson, Francis, 1854-1935

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 8 April 1891, to an unidentified recipient, 1891 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679262 Francis Wilson was an attorney working out of his own firm in Santa Fe. From the guide to the Francis Wilson Files, 1927-1962, (School for Advanced Research) Actor, author, lecturer; first president of the Actor's Equity Association. From the description of Franc...

Neilson, Adelaide, 1848-1880

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Adelaide Neilson was an English Shakespearean actress. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886279 Adelaide Neilson, on of the most popular and successful 19th century actresses was born in or near Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She was born out of wedlock and never knew her father. Her mother married a Mr. Bland and the family settled in Guiseley. The young Lizzie Ann (Miss ...

Faragoh, Francis Edwards

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Cary, Annie Louise, 1842-1921

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Singer. From the description of Annie Louise Cary correspondence, 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452803 Grand opera contralto and wife of banker Charles Raymond; toured Europe and U.S. From the description of Letter and letter fragment with autograph, 1880 June 30 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54752207 American opera and concert singer. From the description of Annie Louise Cary autograph, 1877 Dec. 13. (Cornel...

Palmer, Minnie

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Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909

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Sarah Orne Jewett was one of America's foremost regional writers. She produced novels, stories, and sketches, generally concerned with the lives and traditions of women in the rural areas of coastal New England. Her gentle, well-observed, respectful style transcends the limitations of genre and continue to make her work relevant. From the description of Sarah Orne Jewett letter to Loulie, ca. 1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54429003 ...

Studholme, Marie

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Warde, Fred

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Thursby, Emma

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Tempest, Marie

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0002f0 ...

Booth, Edwin

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Edwin Booth, who also wrote under the names Don Blunt and Jack Hazard, was born in 1906 in Beatrice, Nebraska. He attended public schools in Nebraska and Iowa before moving to Colorado, where he studied civil engineering at Colorado College. During summer vacations Booth drove a milk truck, worked as a postal clerk, and guided tourists through Colorado's Cave of the Winds. In New Mexico, he worked as a ranch hand. After moving to California, Booth worked in a chain grocery store while studying a...

Elliott, Maxine, 1868-1940

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American actress, producer, & theatre owner; debuted on stage, 1890; ret. from stage, 1920; d. Mar. 5, 1940. From the description of Maxine Elliott autograph, between 1890 and 1940. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 643245449 ...

Pixley, Annie, 1858-1893

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Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924

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Lotta Crabtree was an American actress and theater producer. From the description of Papers, 1866-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81865873 From the guide to the Lotta Crabtree papers, 1866-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Nov. 7, 1847 Charlotte (Lotta) Mignon Crabtree born N.Y.C. Sept. 25, 1924 ...

Tittell, Minnie

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Jansen, Marie

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Gale, Minna K.

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Langtry, Lillian

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Howe, Mary

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Harned, Virginia, -1946

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Eames, Emma, 1865-1952

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American soprano. From the description of 7 photographs of Emma Eames, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500329 From the description of Emma Eames autographs, 1893 Oct. 20. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 639465193 From the description of Autograph letter signed Emma Eames Gogorza, dated : New York, 9 December 1928, to Mrs. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1928 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566097 From the description of Autograp...

Walsh, Blanche, 1873-1915

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Collier, William, 1742-1803

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Epithet: journalist and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002f5 Epithet: of Add MS 43737 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002f8 Epithet: of Add MS 42963 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...

Lingard, Alice Dunning, 1847-1897

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Anderson, Mary, 1921-

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This manuscript is a close hand-written transcript of the Lewis and Clark journals. The transcript (“an exact copy, word for word, letter for letter, and point for point”) was begun around December 1892 by “expert copyist” Mary Anderson at the request of Elliott Coues (Cutright, History 89), and was completed in 1893. Elliott Coues had been hired by Francis Harper to annotate the 1814 Biddle/Allen narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During his research, Coues became aware o...

Salvini, Alexander

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Varian, Nina

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Olcott, Chauncey, 1858-1932

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Tenor and composer. From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270907068 ...

Wainwright, Marie, 1853-1923

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Kingdon-Gould, Edith

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Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923

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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a French actress. From the guide to the Sarah Bernhardt Collection, 1878-1969, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Actress, sculptor, and painter, Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris, France. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007114 French born actress, artist, and writer. From the description of Sarah Bernhardt Collection, c...

Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891

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Lawrence Barrett was manager of his own dramatic company. From the description of Agreement between Lawrence Barrett and Fred C. Mosley [manuscript], 1882 June 10. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643577 Lawrence Barrett, actor. John Weiss, Reverend, lecturer and scholar on Shakespeare. From the description of Letter to John Weiss, 1873-1876. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416811 American author and actor. From ...

Cayvan, Georgia, 1858-1906

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Crane, William H., 1845-1928

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Kelcey, Herbert

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Allen, Viola, 1867-1948

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Actress. From the description of ALS, Saturday, Empire Theatre, to Miss Freeman. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935481 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000013 American actress. From the description of Invitation and an envelope, 1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367563537 From the guide to the Viola Allen letters, 1885, (...

Russell, Annie, 1864-1936

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Epithet: Mrs; novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000106 Annie Russell began appearing on stage at a very young age, partially as a result of her family's financial troubles. She achieved her signature role as a teenager as Esmeralda; health problems and an unstable marriage forced her off the stage, but she was able to come back. After retirement she taught at Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla. ...

Martinot, Sadie, 1861-1923

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Jefferson, Joseph

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Kavenaugh, Lyla

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Nilsson, Christine

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Fitzgerald, Cissy, 1873-1941

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Davenport, Fanny, 1850-1898

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Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport was an American actress and theatrical manager. In 1882 she established her own theatrical company, the Fanny Davenport Company, which toured the United States with productions of Fedora, La Tosca, Cleopatra, and Gismonda, among others. She was married first to Edwin H. Price and then to Melbourne MacDowell. From the description of Fanny Davenport collection, 1881-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612235888 Davenport first performed on stage at ...

Bellew, Lyrle

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Mulle, Ida

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Verona, Irene

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Sparks, J. Gary (John Gary), 1948-

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McCall, Lizzie

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Fox, Della

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Claxton, Kate, 1848-1924

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Kate Claxton was a popular American actress, and was even called the American Sarah Bernhardt. She began her career in Chicago, and later played in stock companies in New York, mostly in comedy and melodrama. She created a sensation in the role of Louise in The Two Orphans, touring widely in the part and becoming a household name. She was onstage at the time of the tragic Brooklyn Theatre Fire in 1876. She was married to actor Charles A. Stevenson from 1878-1911. The city of Claxton, Georgia, wa...

Opp, Julie

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Calve, Emma

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Vokes, Rosina

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Mansfield, Richard, 1723-1820

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Dixey, H. E.

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Wallis, Gladys

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Rigl, Emily

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Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909

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Polish actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125606 Actress. From the description of Letter of Helena Modjeska, 1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454585 ...

Lynton, Ethel

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Montague, H. J.

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Schalchi, Mme.

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Burroughs, Marie

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Gardini, Etelka, 1856-1920

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Rignold, George Richard, 1839-1912

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Actor. Visited Australia from England in 1877 and returned in c. 1886 to manage and act in Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225769849 ...

Rôze, Marie 1846-1926

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Suaret, Theresa Careno

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Davenport, E. L.

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Ross, Hope

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Oates, Mrs. James A.

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Granger, Maud

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Seligman, Minnie

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Russell, Lillien

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Scanlan, W. J.

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Rhea

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Archer, Belle

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Buckley, E. J.

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Branscombe, Maude

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Irving, Sir Henry

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Potter, Cora Urquhart

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Wyatt, Carrie

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Coghlan, Rose, 1851-1932

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