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Papers of the Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle
Collection
Identifier: F47836
Abstract
Family and official papers of the Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century (mostly mid-sixteenth century to mid-seventeenth century) concerning the family's political, legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs mostly in Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.
Dates:
1371-1806 (bulk 16th - 17th century); Majority of material found within 1500 - 1600
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Guide to the Playbills Relating to the Theatrical Career of David Garrick
Collection
Identifier: G37753
Abstract
A guide to the playbills in the Folger Shakespeare Library relating to the professional career of David Garrick, spanning the years 1741-1776.
Dates:
1741-1776
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Guide to Letters and Papers by German Authors, 1777-1912
Collection
Identifier: G47388
Abstract
Letters and other documents from 68 authors, written almost exclusively in German and mostly pertaining to the works of Shakespeare. The items range in date from 1777-1912, although most of them fall within the nineteenth-century. More than three-quarters of the items are letters, many from the Augustin Daly collection. Also included are newspaper clippings, a short biography, an encomium, poetry and translations, a 21 folio typescript called “Nochmals Shakespeares Totenmaske” (along with...
Dates:
1777-1912
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Hall, Nidderdale, Yorkshire
Collection
Identifier: G66753
Abstract
Contains 28 letters and 11 documents relating to the careers of Sir John Goodricke, his son Sir Henry Goodricke and their family, spanning the reigns of Charles I through the ascension of William & Mary.
Dates:
1639?-1689
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Scrapboxes of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps
Collection
Identifier: H35745
Abstract
Intended for inclusion in J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps' Shakespeareana scrapbook series (Folger MS W.b.201-256) mainly pertaining to Shakespeare's life, residences, friends, family, and literary predecessors. The scraps include: letters, printed book fragments, notes, clippings, prints, copies of accounts, maps, and photographs.
Dates:
19th century
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Letters from Mary Hatton Helsby to various recipients
Collection
Identifier: H38445
Abstract
The Letters of Mary Hatton Helsby consists of ten letters, 1651-1668 and thirteen newspaper clippings reproducing Hatton Helsby's correspondence, ca. 1900. The collection includes letters from both sides of the courtship between Mary Hatton Helsby and her eventual husband, Randolph Helsby, several containing commentary critical of both Royalist and Parliamentary factions.
Dates:
1651-1668
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Manuscripts in the William Henderson collection of playbills, etc.
Collection
Identifier: H46347
Abstract
The William Henderson collection of playbills, etc. consists of varied materials (chiefly playbills) concerning music on the British stage, Shakespeare, stage adaptations of Waverley, and Scottish plays, assembled by the music printer and composer William Henderson. This finding aid describes only the manuscript content in the larger collection. The manuscript content includes numerous autograph letters of 19th century authors, poets, artists, composers,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1801-1889; approximately 1750-1889 (bulk 1801-1889)
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings
Collection
Identifier: H63373
Abstract
Materials by and relating to C. Walter Hodges, illustrator and Shakespearean scholar, including: production, set and costume designs, sketched reconstructions of Elizabethan theaters, book illustrations, and designs for a Shakespeare's Globe project in Detroit.
Dates:
1933-1990
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Letters of Charles Kean
Collection
Identifier: K43343
Abstract
Letters collected from various sources. Includes autograph letters signed or initialed by Charles Kean. Topics of these letters include Kean's opinions on Shakespeare, acting theory, and theater management, as well as more personal matters such as his engagement and marriage to Ellen Kean and comparisons of his own success as an actor to his father's success.
Dates:
1828-1866
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Leo, Friedrich August. Letters mostly to him from various people
Collection
Identifier: L46586
Abstract
650 letters, mostly autograph letters signed (ALS). Leo was editor of the Shakespeare Jahrbuch from 1880-1898; much of the correspondence illuminates the early history of the Deutsche Shakespeare Gesellschaft and Shakespeare studies in Germany, England, and the United States. Several concern the theatre. A few include poems. In addition, H.A. Bulthaupt and H.H. Furness mention Edwin Booth [Y.c.1510 (2, 3); Y.c.1530 (13, 16)]; Furness refers to a Shakespeare Calendar...
Dates:
1852-1899
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
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