Manuscripts (documents)
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of the Rich family
Letters from Sarah Siddons to various recipients
Letters collected from various sources. Includes autograph letters signed or initialed by Sarah Siddons, many of which include her opinions of Shakespeare's plays and her own acting abilities.
Papers of Richard Smith
Contains fair copies, drafts, and notes in the hand of Richard Smith. Consists of writings and notes on the Bishops and Archibishops of England, Christ's descent into hell, a collection of short essays on religious and secular topics, rites and ceremonies of the church (presumably the Church of England), and indulgences.
Stratford and Warwickshire References in the Art, Manuscript, and Scrapbook Collections
This finding aid provides descriptive entries for all manuscripts in the Folger collection that mention Stratford-on-Avon or Warwickshire. The guide also identifies the hands of writers and copyists, provides full identification of mentioned names, and cross-references Folger manuscripts with copies at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Manuscripts of the Strozzi family
Papers of Jacob Tonson
The papers of Jacob Tonson consists of 76 manuscript and 7 photographed manuscript letters and other papers addressed to Jacob Tonson (1656?-1736), written by him, or otherwise connected with him, mostly dating from the period 1685-1737. Some items relate to his business partner and nephew, Jacob Tonson (d. 1735), and his great-nephew, Jacob Tonson (d.1767).
Papers of John Cuming Walters relating to Shakespeare
Autograph letters, manuscript and printed essays, newspaper and magazine clippings, scrapbooks, and printed programs, all pertaining to John Cuming Walters' interests in Shakespeare and involvement in the cultural community in Northwest England.
E. Williams watermark collection, including the papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers
A collection of paper from sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts and printed books, broadsides, and pamphlets, gathered and arranged according to watermark type by E. Williams of Hove, Sussex, in the early twentieth century. Many of the manuscripts relate to the legal, financial, and manorial affairs of the Hale family of King's Walden, Hertfordshire.
Letters from William Winter to Elsie Leslie
Contains mostly letters and copies of diary entries from William Winter to Elsie Leslie.
Autograph letters signed from William Winter to various recipients
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.