Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Blashfield, Grace Hall.
2. Cameron, Beatrice, 1863-1940.
3. Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947.
4. Clements, Colin, 1894-1948.
5. Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950.
6. Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909.
7. Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955.
8. Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.
9. Landone, Brown.
10. Mansfield, George Gibbs, 1898-1918.
11. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.
12. Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946.
13. Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.
14. Rudersdorff, Hermine, 1822-1882.
15. Stahl, Lorraine.
16. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
17. Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
18. Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928.
19. Winter, William, 1836-1917.
20. American Society for Psychical Research.
21. Comité Américain pour les Régions Dévastées de la France.
22. Christodora House (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 13.84 linear feet (32 boxes, 8 volumes, 1 oversized folder)

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, legal documents, drawings, photographs, printed matter, and other Mansfield family papers.

Subject

1. Mansfield family
2. Parapsychology
3. Theater > New York (State) > New York
4. Blueprints
5. Disaster relief
6. Photographic prints
7. Drawings
8. Diaries
9. Drama > Study and teaching
10. Actors
11. Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907

Genre/Form

1. Blueprints.
2. Diaries.
3. Drawings.
4. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. MssCol 1863

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Van Doren, Harold

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (NYPW 90-A43)

Biography (note)

1. Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was a prominent stage actor in the late 19th century.

Language (note)

1. in German, French and Czech.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907.

Title

1. Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940)

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was a prominent stage actor in the late 19th century. He was born in Germany into a family involved in the performing arts. Mansfield began his stage career touring the English provinces in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and made his first appearance in New York in 1882 in light opera. His most important roles were in productions of Shakespeare plays but he also performed in musicals. He introduced George Bernard Shaw's drama to America and produced the first English language version of Peer Gynt. He wrote revisions of noted plays, as well as original works. His wife, Beatrice Cannon (Susan Hegeman Mansfield), was a stage actress who appeared with his company. She retired from the stage in 1898 and after her husband's death did relief work overseas and then taught speech and drama in New York City.

Language

1. Some materials in German, French and Czech.

Location of other archival materials

1. Richard Mansfield correspondence located at: The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (NYPW 90-A43)

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Actors.

Added author

1. Blashfield, Grace Hall.
2. Cameron, Beatrice, 1863-1940.
3. Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947.
4. Clements, Colin, 1894-1948.
5. Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950.
6. Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909.
7. Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955.
8. Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.
9. Landone, Brown.
10. Mansfield, George Gibbs, 1898-1918.
11. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.
12. Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946.
13. Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.
14. Rudersdorff, Hermine, 1822-1882.
15. Stahl, Lorraine.
16. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
17. Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
18. Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928.
19. Winter, William, 1836-1917.
20. American Society for Psychical Research.
21. Comité Américain pour les Régions Dévastées de la France.
22. Christodora House (New York, N.Y.)

Research call number

1. MssCol 1863