Fanny Davenport collection, 1881-1945.

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Fanny Davenport collection, 1881-1945.

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The collection contains business and financial records for the Fanny Davenport Company, mostly from 1881-1898, including theatrical contracts; transportation, equipment, and costume records; correspondence with playwrights (Frances Aymar Mathews, Victorien Sardou) and agents (Elisabeth Marbury); and Davenport's household management and real estate records. The remainder of the collection (currently unprocessed) contains documents and photographs from the family of Fanny Davenport's niece, May Davenport Seymour (Curator of the Theatre Collection, Museum of the City of New York), and her daughter, actress Fanny Davenport Seymour, who married Princeton geology professor Richard Field.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7794891

Houghton Library

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Price, Edwin H.

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Appomatox Co., Va. resident. From the description of Papers, 1837-1876. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36115926 ...

Field, May Davenport Seymour, 1883-1967.

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Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933

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Seymour, May Davenport, 1856-1927.

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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 ...

Mac Dowel, Melbourne, 1857-1941

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Fanny Davenport Company.

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Field, Richard M. (Richard Montgomery), 1885-

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Field (Harvard College Class of 1909) earned his Harvard SB in 1910, his Harvard AM in 1914 and his Harvard PhD in 1919. From the description of Thesis in Mining 28, 1908-1909 / Richard Montgomery Field (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074886 ...

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908

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Louis Verneuil (1893-1952), French playwright, actor, director, and dramatist, was the author of such works as "La vie merveilleuse de Sarah Bernhardt" and "Affairs of state." From the description of Théâtre complet : [tome] 2, Patrie!, L'espionne, Théodora : prompt book / Victorien Sardou. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68944675 French dramatist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Nenniam, 1890 Sept. 2...

Mathews, Frances Aymar, approximately 1865-1925

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