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Additional authors

1. Boniface, George C., 1832-1912.
2. Boniface, George C., 1861-1917.
3. Weaver, Stella Boniface, 1856-1936.
4. Jones, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1811-1877.
5. Jones, Nathaniel Dexter, 1838-1912.

Description

1. 5.5 linear feet (6 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of promptbooks and other papers of George C. Boniface, George C. Boniface, Jr. and Stella Boniface Weaver; many manuscripts of plays by Joseph Stevens Jones, and his account books, 1839-1867, relating to theatrical production expenses at the Tremont Theatre in Boston, as well as other theaters in Boston and Bangor, Maine; thirty-five promptbooks used by Nathaniel Dexter Jones, and a notebook and diary of his Boston to India voyage, 1857; and business correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous papers of the Jones and Boniface families.

Subject

1. Theatrical managers
2. Dramatists
3. Actors
4. Prompt books
5. Photographs
6. Diaries
7. Bangor (Me.) > Social life and customs
8. Boston (Mass.) > Social life and customs
9. India > Description and travel
10. Boston (Mass.) > Description and travel
11. Theaters > Maine > Bangor
12. Theaters > Massachusetts > Boston
13. American drama
14. Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
15. Jones family
16. Boniface family

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Photographs.
3. Prompt books.

Call number

1. MssCol 332

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Boniface, Mrs. John D. (via Theatre Division)

Biography (note)

1. George C. Boniface (1832-1912) was an American actor. His son George C. Boniface, Jr. (1861-1917) was an actor and theater manager. Joseph Stevens Jones (1811-1877) was a playwright and actor and his son Nathaniel Dexter Jones (1838-1912) was a playwright and theater manager.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Boniface family.

Title

1. Boniface and Jones family papers, ca. 1828-1902.

Restricted access

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

Biography

1. George C. Boniface (1832-1912) was an American actor. His son George C. Boniface, Jr. (1861-1917) was an actor and theater manager. Joseph Stevens Jones (1811-1877) was a playwright and actor and his son Nathaniel Dexter Jones (1838-1912) was a playwright and theater manager.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Actors.
2. Dramatists.
3. Theatrical managers.

Added author

1. Boniface, George C., 1832-1912.
2. Boniface, George C., 1861-1917.
3. Weaver, Stella Boniface, 1856-1936.
4. Jones, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1811-1877.
5. Jones, Nathaniel Dexter, 1838-1912.

LCCN

1. ms 70001711

Research call number

1. MssCol 332