A few reminiscences of the stage [1931].

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A few reminiscences of the stage [1931].

Recollections of actors, productions, and critics while he was treasurer of the Ann Arbor Opera House in the 1880's and later in Detroit. Subjects include L. Barrett, Edwin Booth, O. Fawcett, G.P. Goodale, Katherine Goodale, Bronson Howard, Nellie McHenry, and John Webster.

15 l. Typescript, with holograph revisions.

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University of Michigan

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