Autograph letters signed from William Winter to various recipients
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the call numbers Y.c.573 (1-114).
The letters of William Winter mostly concern theater life and people, both in England and America. Several of the letters specifically relate to Winter's work writing theatrical biography and criticism, including numerous requests for biographical information of actors, references to his biographies of David Belasco (51, 52, 65, 66) and Joseph Jefferson (10, 72, 89), and commentary on publishers and editors. The letters also mention playbills (6, 11, 111), Winter's poems about Shakespeare (83-84), Edwin Booth's promptbooks (58-60), and Thomas Nast's "The Immortal Light of Genius" (68-70, 114), which Henry Irving and Winter arranged to have exhibited in the Arthur Winter Memorial Library.
Dates
- 1864-1917
Creator
- Winter, William, 1836-1917 (Person)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Extent
114.0 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters from William Winter to various recipients, most concerning theater life and people of the late 19th and early 20th century, both in England and America.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged mostly alphabetically by recipient and then chronologically.
Folger accession
Items acquired at various times from various sources. See item level descriptions for accession numbers.
Existence and Location of Copies
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- Belasco, David, 1853-1931
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
- Brown, James H. (James Hutchinson), -1897
- Brown, T. Allston (Thomas Allston), 1836-1918
- Bryant, W. E., active 1864-1917
- Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933
- Carey, W. R. (William R.)
- Coombes, George J.
- Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
- Daly, Joseph Francis, 1840-1916
- Edwards, Henry, 1827-1891
- Elderkin, John, 1841-1926
- Fife, George Buchanan, 1869-1939
- Fiske, Harrison Grey, 1861-1942
- Flower, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1830-1892
- Foord, John, 1842-1922
- Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937
- Gillis, J. L. (James Louis), 1857-1917
- Great Britain
- Handy, Moses P. (Moses Purnell), 1847-1898
- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
- Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905
- Laffan, William M.
- Leslie, Elsie, 1881-1966
- Letters (correspondence)
- Magonigle, J. Henry (John Henry), 1830-1919
- Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Mayer, G. B., active 1864-1917
- McElroy, William H. (William Henry), 1838-1918
- Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Nicholson, Donald, 1834-1915
- Nineteenth century
- Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892
- Parker, Louis Napoleon, 1852-1944
- Plympton, Eben, 1853-1915
- Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916
- Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 1844-1916
- Simons, M. Laird (Michael Laird), 1843-1880
- Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908
- Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903
- Stuart, Clinton, 1852-1937
- Stuart, William, 1821-1886
- Taylor, Douglas, 1830-1913
- Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928
- Theater
- Tinsley, William, 1831-1902
- Twentieth century
- United States
- Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931
- Winter, Charles, 1800-1878
- Winter, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Campbell), 1841-1922
- Winter, William Jefferson, 1878-1929
- Title
- Guide to Letters from William Winter to Various Recipients Folger MS Y.c.573 (1-114)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Allison Bailey and Nadia Seiler, March 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository
201 E. Capitol St. SE
Washington DC 20003 USA