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Booth-Grossman family papers
- Title
- Booth-Grossman family papers, 1840-1953.
- Author
Collection information
Finding aid
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Items in the library and off-site
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 8 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 8 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 7 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 7 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 6 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 6 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 5 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 5 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 4 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 4 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 3 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 3 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 2 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1967-001 Box 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 3.5 lin. ft. (8 boxes).
- Summary
- The collection contains correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, personal ephemera, programs, printed material and a few speeches.
- Subject
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
- Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
- Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852
- Booth, Junius Brutus, 1821-1883
- Grossman, Edwina Booth, 1861-
- Grossman, Ignatius R
- Grossman, Edwin Booth
- Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891
- Booth family
- Grossman family
- Actors
- Theater -- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints.
- Call number
- *T-Mss 1967-001
- 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
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
- Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863.
- Grossman, Edwina Booth, 1861-
- Research call number
- *T-Mss 1967-001