Peter D. Rankin collection, ca. 1857-ca. 1959.

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Peter D. Rankin collection, ca. 1857-ca. 1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42794492

Collection includes, among others, photocopies and correspondence to members of the Davenport family from Eleonora Duse, Edwin Booth, Clyde Fitch; poems: Storm at night by Edward L. Davenport; God is the only power by Harry Davenport, Sonnets to E.L. Davenport by Francis S. Saltus; two etchings of Lionel Barrymore, photocopies of t.p. and p. 273-299 from "Famous stars of light opera" by Lewis C. Strang (ca. 1900); photocopy of a program at Heverly's 14th Street Theatre, New York, dated Sept. 10, 1857, featuring Mr. and Mrs. McKee Rankin; a program of the Empire Theatre, New York, featuring the actress Ethel Barrymore in Tante by C. Haddon Chambers (1913?); playbill of the Garrick Theatre, New York, featuring Ethel Barrymore in the role of Mme Trentoni in "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" by Clyde Fitch (1901?);programs of "Happy landing" by Julius B. Hymer and William E. Barry at Chanin's Forty Sixth Street Theatre, featuring Harry Davenport in the role of George Stebbins; souvenir program of "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare at New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, June 1927, featuring Harry Davenport in the role of Flavius; an autograph signed by Fanny Davenport; programs featuring Fanny Davenport in several shows, including "As you like it" by William Shakespeare at Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York in the role of Rosalind; souvenir booklet of Fanny Davenport; phtotgraphs of Phyllis Rankin Davenport, Edward L. Davenport, Harry Davenport in "Gone with the wind." Included also are newspaper clippings, biographies, theatre reviews.

1 box ; 26 x x 39 x 7 cm.

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Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924

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Internationally renowned Italian actress and theatrical company manager. From the description of Eleonora Duse letters to Gabriele d'Annunzio, 1895-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80942293 From the description of Eleonora Duse letters to Gabriele d'Annunzio, 1895-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146497 Italian actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Antonio Zippico, 1902 Apr. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...

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 ...

Chambers, C. Haddon (Charles Haddon), 1860-1921

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Rankin, Peter D.

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Photographs, playbills, souvenir programs, booklets, flyers, clippings, copies of correspondence, biographical and ephemeral materials chiefly relating to members of the Rankin and Davenport families, many of whom were leading American stage and film actors. Much of the collection dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pertains to E.L. Davenport, his daughter Fanny Davenport (who performed with Augustin Daly's company), son Harry Davenport (famous child star, stage and film actor ...

Davenport, Harry, 1866-1949

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Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Chicago, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Dec. 5 and 1890 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532629 From the description of Letters, 1858, 1887. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56685372 Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles. ...

Hymer, John B.

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New Amsterdam Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Davenport, Edward Loomis, 1815-1877

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American actor. From the description of Clipped signature, dated [n.p., London?, 1853[?], [1853?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565385 ...

Barrymore, Lionel

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After the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. First performance Indianapolis, Indiana, 23 November 1946, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Piranesi suite / Lionel Barrymore. c1946. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696866 Barrymore was born as Lionel Blythe on Apr. 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, PA; he became a leading Broadway actor by 1900; began film career in 1909; appeare...

Empire Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Strang, Lewis Clinton, 1869-1921.

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Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909

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William Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), American playwright. From the description of Nathan Hale : an original play in four acts, [circa 1897] / by Clyde Fitch. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202011 Dramatist. From the description of Grace de Granmont : holograph play script, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614397 1886 graduate of Amherst College. American playwright best known for plays of social satire and character study and notable for having fou...

Barry, William E. (William Edward), 1846-932.

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Garrick Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959

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American actress. From the description of Ethel Barrymore autograph, 1895. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936509 ...

Saltus, Francis Saltus, 1849-1889

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