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Booth-Grossman family papers

Title
Booth-Grossman family papers, 1840-1953.
Author
Booth-Grossman family.
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StatusContainerFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 4Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 5Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 6Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 6Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 7Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 7Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 8Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1967-001 Box 8Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Additional Authors
  • Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
  • Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863.
  • Grossman, Edwina Booth, 1861-
Description
3.5 lin. ft. (8 boxes).
Summary
The collection contains correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, personal ephemera, programs, printed material and a few speeches.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photographic prints.
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. White
Biography (note)
  • Edwin Booth, the focus of this collection of family papers, was one of the most famous American actors of the 19th century.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
*T-Mss 1967-001
OCLC
NYPW00-A52
Author
Booth-Grossman family.
Title
Booth-Grossman family papers, 1840-1953.
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Biography
Edwin Booth, the focus of this collection of family papers, was one of the most famous American actors of the 19th century. Other family members represented in this collection are his first wife, Mary Devlin Booth, their daughter and his biographer, Edwina Booth Grossman and her husband, Ignatius R. Grossman. There is only a small amount of material on Booth's father, the actor Junius Brutus Booth Sr. and his acting brothers, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. and John Wilkes Booth, most famous as the man who assassinated President Lincoln.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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Added Author
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863.
Grossman, Edwina Booth, 1861-
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1967-001
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