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Adelaide Neilson papers
- Title
- Adelaide Neilson papers, 1870-1911.
- Author
- Neilson, Adelaide, 1848-1880.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1993-003 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bland, Charles R.
- Description
- .25 lin. ft. (1 box)
- Summary
- The Adelaide Neilson papers consist primarily of correspondence to her mother Anne Bland.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Photoprints.
- Correspondence.
- Clippings.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum
- Biography (note)
- Adelaide Neilson, on of the most popular and successful 19th century actresses was born in or near Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned & Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1993-003
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A252
- Author
- Neilson, Adelaide, 1848-1880.
- Title
- Adelaide Neilson papers, 1870-1911.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Adelaide Neilson, on of the most popular and successful 19th century actresses was born in or near Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She was born out of wedlock and never knew her father. Her mother married a Mr. Bland and the family settled in Guiseley. The young Lizzie Ann (Miss Neilson's real name) worked in a mill and then as a nurse girl. She was probably seventeen when she made her way to London where she subsequently began her acting career. Her first appearance was in 1865 at the Margate Theatre. From 1870 on "she was a reigning actress of the English stage" and was popular in America as well. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Juliet in Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET. She married Philip Henry Lee in 1864. This ended in divorce. She died quite suddenly in Paris in 1880.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bland, Charles R.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1993-003