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Delia Salter Bacon papers

 Collection
Identifier: B33345
Abstract

Includes 312 autograph letters signed and initialed and one typed letter signed to and from Delia Bacon and others; 10 miscellaneous items including prospectuses of Delia Bacon, her The author's apology and claim, [1857?], an engraving of Leonard Bacon, a memorandum of an agreement between Delia Bacon and Samuel Coleman, an inventory of school items to be sold at a private sale in 1831 and payments to various people for sums due, and 3 newspaper clippings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1827-1859,; 1820-1952

Edwin Booth autograph correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: B66586
Abstract

Letters from Edwin Booth to various recipients. A large portion of the letters (approximately 307 items) are addressed to theatre critic William Winter.

Dates: 1858-1893

Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various recipients

 Collection
Identifier: C65547
Abstract

Letters written by John Payne Collier, mostly from later in his life. Also, newspaper clippings about the forgery controversy. Items not collected together until Folger staff created this collection.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1830-1882; 1824-1882

John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: C65663
Abstract

Items collected by John Payne Collier for An old man's diary. Removed from Collier's own annotated copy, cataloged as W.b.504-507. Includes autograph manuscripts by Collier himself, as well as letters addressed to Collier and others.

Dates: 1647-1875 (bulk 1830-1875); Majority of material found within 1830 - 1875

John Payne Collier Collection of Letters and Papers, removed from The history of English dramatic poetry to the time of Shakespeare, and Annals of the stage of the restoration

 Collection
Identifier: C65437
Abstract Loose material removed from Collier's annotated copy of The history of English dramatic poetry ... (W.a.212-214). Includes letters and information from T.E. Tomlins, Thomas Richards, Frederick Devon, M.J. Thorpe, J. Harland, P. Bliss, Sir Frederick Madden, W.H. Black and N.H. Nicolas, and several other copies of documents, W.b.502. W.b.502 (18) and W.b.502 (19) cataloged separately. W.b.502 (3) bears the impression of a seal stated to be Donne's. W.b.502...
Dates: 19th century

Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents

 Collection
Identifier: C65586
Abstract

Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents, including some addressed to other recipients and forwarded to Collier. Letters refer to manuscript editing, editions of Collier's writing on Shakespeare and English Drama, and assorted events within membership ranks of literary and antiquarian societies.

Dates: 1799-1884

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

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

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)

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

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Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 4
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 4
Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908 3
Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 3
Winter, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Campbell), 1841-1922 3
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Winter, William, 1836-1917 3
Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861 2
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857 2
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 2
Brown, T. Allston (Thomas Allston), 1836-1918 2
Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 2
Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872 2
Covent Garden Theatre 2
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 2
Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 2
Flower, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1830-1892 2
Forster, John, 1812-1876 2
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 2
Jervis, Swynfen, 1797-1867 2
Jesse, Edward, 1780-1868 2
Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862 2
Leslie, Elsie, 1881-1966 2
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 2
Madden, Frederic, 1801-1873 2
Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779-1863 2
Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892 2
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876 2
Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849 2
Siddons, Sarah , 1755-1831 2
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 2
Winter, Charles, 1800-1878 2
Winter, William Jefferson, 1878-1929 2
Addison, Edward P., 1809-1874 1
Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626 1
Angelo, Henry, 1780-1852 1
Arber, Edward, 1836-1912 1
Arran, Dorothy Butler, Countess of, -1716 1
Atkinson, Charles, active 19th century 1
Bacon, Delia Salter, 1811-1859 1
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 1
Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 1
Bailey , William H. , Sir (William Henry), 1838-1913 1
Bailey, James W. 1
Barlow, Edward (treasurer) 1
Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891 1
Barry, Henry, 1807-1881 1
Bartley, George, 1782-1858 1
Baverstock, E. J., 19th century 1
Beauclerk, Henrietta Mary, -1887 1
Belasco, David, 1853-1931 1
Bell and Daldy 1
Bell, George, 1814-1890 1
Bennett, Mrs. (Anna Maria), -1808 1
Bennett, W. C. (William Cox), 1820-1895 1
Botfield, Beriah, 1807-1863 1
Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891 1
Bracebridge, Charles Holte, 1799-1872 1
Brachvogel, Udo, 1835-1913 1
Bradbourne family 1
Bradbourne, Anthony, active 1590 1
Bradbourne, Elizabeth, active 1575-1600 1
Bradbourne, Humphrey, -1581 1
Bradbourne, William, active 1581-1600 1
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939 1
Brooks, Samuel, 19th cent. 1
Brown, Henry, 19th cent. 1
Brown, James H. (James Hutchinson), -1897 1
Brown, Viola R. Winter (Viola Rosamund Winter), 1881-1970 1
Bruce, John, 1802-1869 1
Brushfield, T.N. (Thomas Nadauld), 1828-1910 1
Bryant, W. E., active 1864-1917 1
Buchanan, David, 1779-1848 1
Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879 1
Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933 1
Bunn, Alfred, 1796-1860 1
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 1
Byrne, Oscar, 1795-1867 1
Camden Society (Great Britain) 1
Carey, W. R. (William R.) 1
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 1
Carryl, Charles E (Charles Edward), 1841-1920 1
Carter, Sydney C., fl. 1955 1
Chapman and Hall 1
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 1
Chapman, Pattie, 1829 or 1830-1912 1
Chart, Thomas Rentle, 1831 or 1832-1875 1
Chesterfield, Anne Stanhope, Countess of, -1667 1
Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604 1
Cist, Lewis J. (Lewis Jacob), 1818-1885 1
Clark, Charles, 1806-1880 1
Clarke, Creston, 1865-1910 1
Cokayne, Dorothy, -1595 1
Cokayne, Edward, -1629 1
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519-1592 1
Cole, John William, 1792-1870 1
Cole, Robert, 19th cent. 1
Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, Baron, 1820-1894 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 1
Collier, John Dyer, 1762-1825 1
Collins, John, 1742-1808 1
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