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Archives related to: Robertson, R. Austin
| title | Edwin Booth letters to Richard A. Robertson and other papers, 1865-1870. | repository | Houghton Library |
| description | Collection contains 19 letters from Edwin Booth to Richard Austin Robertson, 1865-1870. Also with 7 manuscript documents concerning the financial matters of Booth's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), including letters from Oakes Ames to Robertson, a receipt, clipping, and work order for painting scenery. Historical Note Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was an American actor and theater owner. Richard Austin Robertson (died 1891), a Boston businessman, invested heavily in the building and management of Booth's Theatre in New York, which opened in February 1869 and was bankrupt by 1874. Preferred Citation for Publication: Edwin Booth Letters to Richard A. Robertson and Other Papers, 1865-1870 (MS Thr 932). Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University. |
| extent | 1 box (.5 linear ft.) |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Clippings Administrative Records |
| access | There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research. The collection has been digitized and, along with the finding aid, it is available on the repository's web site. |
| record source | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02381 |
| finding aid | Available online. |
| acquisition information | 2003MT-59. Purchase; received: 2002 June; 2002-2003.15. Microfilm No. 05-1843. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:03 |
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| title | Autograph letters signed from Edwin Booth to various recipients 1858-1893. | repository | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| description | The collection consists of autograph letters from Edwin Booth to various recipients, with more than half addressed to William Winter (204-510; 534). Many letters are theater related, with discussions of Booth's American and European tours, theater management, and financial troubles. Booth also comments on the difficulties of a stage career, his troubled second marriage to Mary McVicker, and mixed coverage in the press. A number of letters concern Shakespeare, with mentions of Booth's restoration of Shakespeare's texts for Richard III and King Lear (42, 86, 135, 247, 256, 524) and collaborations on acting editions, first with Henry L. Hinton (118-125) and later with William Winter on The prompt book series. The collection also includes a playbill for Booth's premiere in Richard III (93) and a ticket to his funeral, addressed to Adam Badeau (26). Recipients: Adam Badeau, Lawrence [Barrett], Anne Charlotte (Lynch) Botta, Udo Brachvogel, Thomas Allston Brown, Charles Edward Carryl, Lewis Jacob Cist, Creston Clarke, Augustin Daly, Andrew H.H. Dawson, Sarah Platt (Haines) Doremus, Fredinand Cartwright Ewer, Owen Fawcett, Henry Martyn Field, Charles Edward Flower, John Thomson Ford, Valentine Mott Francis, Horace Howard Furness, Maurice Grau, Jesse Cope Green, Gildroy Wells Griffin, Edwina (Booth) Grossmann, William Gardner Hale, George Hughes Hepworth, Henry L. Hinton, John Thompson Hoffman, George Henry Howard, Laurence [Hutton], Robert Green Ingersoll, Thomas Wallace Keene, Jean Margaret (Davenport) Lander, James Ripley Osgood, Samuel Osgood, Albert Marshman Palmer, Richard A. Robertson, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Alfred Stringer, Howard Malcom Ticknor, George Alfred Townsend, Charles Dudley Warner, Elizabeth (Campbell) Winter, William Winter and others. The letters to Henry L. Hinton, ca. 1866, and some of those to Winter, ca. 1876-1878, discuss their editions of plays by Shakespeare and others based on Booth's own prompt books. |
| extent | 534 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | Open for research. |
| record link | http://findingaids.folger.edu/dfoboothedwin.xml |
| record source | http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=230920. |
| finding aid | Available on the repository's website. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:17 |
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