Robert Gould Shaw letter to Fostelle, 1920 November 15.

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Robert Gould Shaw letter to Fostelle, 1920 November 15.

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Houghton Library

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Fostelle,

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Shaw, Robert Gould, 1850-1931

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Robert Gould Shaw (1850-1931) was born in Maine to Samuel Parkman (1813-1869) and Hannah Buck (b. 1820) Shaw, and spent much of his life in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a cousin to famous military commander of the same name. Shaw was a prominent figure in the theater in Boston and the first curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection, appointed 1915. He was married to Isabella Pratt Hunnewell Shaw (1849–1934); they had three children: Robert Gould Shaw (1877–1931), Hollis Hunnewell Shaw (1878–193...