Research Catalog
Philip Faversham papers
- Title
- Philip Faversham papers, 1919-1982.
- Author
- Faversham, Philip.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-004 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- .25 lf (1 box)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Recipes.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Mrs. Philip Faversham
- Biography (note)
- Philip Faversham, actor, was born in 1907 in New York, son of William and Julie Opp Faversham.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1988-004
- Author
- Faversham, Philip.
- Title
- Philip Faversham papers, 1919-1982.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Summary
- The Philip Faversham papers consist solely of his correspondence. Included are letters he received from notables from the worlds of theater, film and politics. Of special note are letters from Cornelia Otis Skinner, Lynn Fontanne and Joan Fontaine, as well as a more substantial correspondence with Eva Le Gallienne. Other correspondents include Emily Kimbrough, Francis Robinson, Margaret Webster, Effie Moore, and Dame May Whitty. In the late 1970s Faversham wrote to a number of celebrities for their favorite recipes, and several replies are present in the collection, including one apiece from First Ladies Bess Truman, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter.
- Biography
- Philip Faversham, actor, was born in 1907 in New York, son of William and Julie Opp Faversham. His career spanned both stage and screen. Among his credits are the film THERE GOES THE BRIDE and the play CANDIDA. Faversham served in World War II in the British Ambulance Corps and was a prisoner of war in France. He died on April 20, 1982 in Vero Beach, Florida.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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- Added Author
- Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.Fontanne, Lynn.Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013.Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991.Carter, Rosalynn.Ford, Betty, 1918-2011.Truman, Bess Wallace.Kimbrough, Emily, 1899-Robinson, Francis, 1910-Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972.Moore, Effie.Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1988-004