Ms Coll\Dr.Mus. Dramatic Museum. Papers, 1732-1995. 18 linear ft (ca.4,500 items in 29 boxes, 2 flat folders, & 3 cartons). Historical note: Columbia University's Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1910-1971, collected materials of a theatrical interest. Summary: A collection of letters, manuscripts, and documents of prominent actors, actresses, and theatrical managers. Many of these are single, unrelated items. The largest body of correspondence is from the American actress, Charlotte Cushman (14 letters). Another figure of major interest is William Charles Macready, partly because of Miss Cushman's relationship to him (she toured with him for several years) and also as there are several of his letters. Sir Henry Irving, Edwin Forrest and James Mowart are each represented by a few letters. A group of 8 unsigned letters may have been written by the famous singer, actress, and manager, Eliza Vestris. There are also 30 letters, etc. to and from Mr and Mrs Richard Mansfield. Three boxes contains manuscripts of Samuel Coit, Charlotte Cushman, Clyde Fitch, Wallace Gould, Henry von Heiseler, Arthur Morrison, Richard Shapiro, E.H. Sothern, and Lester Wallack. Six boxes contain Augustin Daly's check stubs and bank books for Daly's Theatre, New York, for 1872-1899. (For additional Augustin Daly business records, see description sheets for Daly's Theatre Collection, X810.128/D15, & the Dramatic Library Collection shelf list). GEOFFROY: 86 letters removed from the Charles Michel Geoffroy, Nouvelle Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques, which contains his engravings of theatrical personalities. 15 of these letters are to Leon Monval, stage director of the Paris Gymnase Dramatique, 1832-1852, and were transferred to the Dramatic Museum\Monval Collection This is a collection of letters, 1828-1892, from performers, authors, directors, and those seeking boxes for the evening's entertainment. Among these are Jacques Offenbach, Pauline Viardot, Delestre Poirson, Marguerite George, Mile Person, Rachel Felix, and Edouard Plouvier. GILBERT: Misc. autographs and photographs collected by Anne J. Gilbert (Mrs George Henry). IRELAND: 494 autograph letters, manuscripts, and documents concerning the New York and London theater world, 1750-1899, from Ireland's own collection, which were bound in William Hartman Woodin's extra- illustrated copy of Ireland's Records of the New York Stage. The other items bound in this set (portraits, original drawings, playbills, views of theaters and localities referred to) are still bound in the set (in the Dramatic Museum book collection). MONVAL: 315 letters to Leon Monval (see also GEOFFROY above). MOORE: 8 letters & telegrams, along with photographs, clippings, programs, and other printed materials relating to the American operatic and film star, Grace Moore, collected by June Lord-Wood, an admirer and music student. Organization: Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Collection organized into five series: I. Ms Coll\Dram.Mus, (25 boxes, 6 of which contain cataloged correspondence); II. Ms CollVDr.MusAGeoffroy, (one box); III. Ms Coll\Dr.Mus.\Ireland, (3 boxes); IV. Ms Coll\Dr.Mus.\Monval, (2 boxes); V. Ms Coll\Dr.Mus.\ Moore, (one box); Alphabetical arrangement. The oversized cartons are on Stack 15, alcove to left over Cage 21. The flat folders are on Stack 15, Cage 26. In: Columbia University. Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum. Related Rec. ID: NNC89-al69. Donors: Deposit by the Museum, 1956. Gift of June Lord-Wood, 1991. Gift of William Asadorian, 1992. Available for faculty, students, and researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books & Manuscripts. Ms CollYDr.Mus. 1. Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797-1839. 2. Bennett, Dorothy Cheston. 3. Clark, Barrett Harper, 1890-1953. 4. Coburn, Charles. 5. Cochran, Charles Blake, Sir, 18727-1951. 6. Coit, Samuel. 7. Cornell, Katharine, 1893- 1974. 8. Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. 9. Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876.10. Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899. 11. Delestre-Poirson, C.-G. (Charles-Gaspard), 1790-1859. 12. Donaldson, Thomas. 13. Durham, Nelson Wayne, 1859-1938. 14. Farquhar, Sybella Martha Rockcliff, d. 1869. 15. Felix, Elisa Rachel, 18217-1858. 16. Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932. 17. Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909. 18. Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872. 19. Frith, Walter. 20. Geoffroy, Charles Michel. 21. George, Marguerite. 22. Gilbert, Anne Hartley, 1821-1904. 23. Gould, Wallace. 24. Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946. 25. Guiterman, Arthur, 1871-1943. 26. Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946. 27. Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955. 28. Harrison, Mary Scott Lord Dimmick. 29. Heiseler, Henry von, 1875-1928. 30. Hill, Thomas, 1760-1840. 31. Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841. 32. Hyslop, James H. (James Hervey), 1854- 33. Ireland, W.H. (William Henry), 1777-1835. 34. Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905. 35. Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. 36. Lawrence, A. R. (Abraham Riker), 1832-1917. 37. Lunt, Alfred. 38. McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961. 39. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873. 40. Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. 41. Mansfield, Beatrice Cameron, 1868-1940. 42. Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907. 43. Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929. 44. Maugham, Robin, 1916- 45. Meissner, Sophie Radford de. 46. Meredith, Burgess, 1908-. 47. Monval, Leon. 48. Moore, Grace, 1898-1947. 49. Morrison, Arthur, 1863- 1945. 50. Mowatt, James, dl851. 51. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. 52. Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956. 53. Paulson, Arvid. 54. Plouverie, Edouard. 55. Prestige, Fanny. 56. Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. 57. Scaife, Roger Livingston, 1875-1951. 58. Schott, Angie. 59. Shapiro, Richard, 1934- 60. Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831. 61. Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933. 62. Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. 63. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. 64. Tynan, Brandon. 65. Unger, Caroline, 1803-1877. 66. Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856. 67. Viardot-Garcia, Pauline, 1821-1910. 68. Walker, Stuart, d. 1941. 69. Wallack, Lester, 1820- 1888. 70. Webb, Clifton, 1893-1966. 71. Widdemer, Margaret. 72. Wilcox, Herbert, 1891-1977. 73. Wilenski, R. H. (Reginald Howard, b.1887. 74. Wilstach, Paul, 1870-1952. 75. Woodin, William Hartman, 1868-1934. 76. Young, Roland, 1887-1953. 77. Daly's Theatre (New York, NY). 78. Gymnase Dramatique (Paris). 79. Action and defenses. 80. Conjuring. 81. Copyright. 82. Design protection. 83. Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) 84. Opera. 85. Theater. 86. Theater management. 87. Affidavits. 88 Announcements. 89. Autographs. 90. Bankbooks. 91. Certificates. 92. Check stubs. 93. Engravings. 94. Financial records. 95. Inscriptions. 96. Legal documents. 97. Manuscripts (literary). 98. Notes. 99. Obituaries. 100. Photographs. 101. Photoprints. 102. Playbills. 103. Plays. 104. Portraits. 105. Posters. 106. Programs. 107. Receipts. 108. Screenplays. 109. Summonses. 110. Actors. 111. Actresses. 112. Authors. 113. Dramatists. 114. Entertainers. 115. Magicians. 116. Singers. 117. Sopranos (Singers). 118. Theatrical managers. 119. Theatrical producers and directors. 120. Women entertainers. 121. Women singers. ID: NYCR90-A67 2/71 JLW - 11/86 JLW - 2/88 HR - 12/91 HR - 12/92 HR - 7/00 HR - 4 -7/01 Dramatic Museum -- Ephemera [ca. 1750]-1970. 7 series. Material on Microfilm: 317 Posters filmed on 157 microfiche ( funded by the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials). Restriction on Use: Readers must use the fiche copies of posters, in draper A fj^f/ on bctlcotg ,o d^r Summary: A collection of prints, photographs, pamphlets, clippings, playbills, and programs dealing with the theater, chiefly American and English, in all its aspects including drama, opera, dance, movies, puppets, and spectacles. The majority of the material documents the 19th century. This collection is divided into seven series: Portrait file; Subject file; Program file; Scrapbook file; Playbill file; Poster file; and Lantern slides file. Finding Aid: List of Program File, Playbills, and Posters. 33 pages. Source: Transferred from Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1971 (numerous cabinet photographs were gifts from Edna Elliot and Alex Waugh from the estate of Dr. James Randolph Miller). Series Descriptions: Portrait File: Prints and photographs of actors, actresses, playwrights, composers, opera stars, movie stars, dancers and other performing artists. The portraits are arranged by name in three groups. 1) Prints and Photographs [60% American; 40% English and others] 2) Cabinet Photographs [75% American; 25 % English and others] 3) Carte de Visite Photographs and Prints [90% American; 10% English and others] (ca. 34,500 items) Finding Aid: Card Catalog of Names And Locations. v Subject File: Clippings, pamphlets, programs, prints, and photographs arranged by name and subject. Included are many prints and photographs of scenes from plays. There are extensive files on Shakespeare and Moliere. The programs included are a selective group of twentieth century programs filed under playwright, producer, composer or other important person connected with a production. They are chiefly for the New York stage and to a lesser extent for other northeastern U. S. cities. In addition there is a selective group of late 19th and early American and English souvenir programs, (ca. 15,000 items). Program File: A collection of mid-19th and 20th century American, English and to a lesser extent 20th century German and Austrian programs arranged alphabetically by country and subdivided alphabetically by