Robert J. Gibson collection of Lillian Russell materials, 1894-1984.

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Robert J. Gibson collection of Lillian Russell materials, 1894-1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144651960

The bulk of the collection is various drafts of Gibson's unpublished biography, THE SHADOW OF A STAR on the star (Lillian Russell) and the shadow (Dorothy Russell), manuscript letters by Lillian Russell to her sister Susan Westford or her daughter Dorothy, letters to Dororthy primarily from her stepfather Alex Moore and letters from James Gibson to his wife, perhaps Dorothy.

2 boxes (.75 lin. ft.)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6827197

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Russell, Dorothy, d. 1954.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs0npd (person)

Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w95gtf (person)

Gibson, Robert J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g0dxz (person)

Robert J. Gibson collected this material in order to write a biography of the famous American musical and vaudeville star, Lillian Russell (1861-1922), and her daughter Dorothy whose stage career was brief. From the description of Robert J. Gibson collection of Lillian Russell materials, 1894-1984. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651960 ...