| Description |
5.5 linear feet (6 boxes). |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of promptbooks and other papers of George C. Boniface, George C. Boniface, Jr. and Stella Boniface Weaver; many manuscripts of plays by Joseph Stevens Jones, and his account books, 1839-1867, relating to theatrical production expenses at the Tremont Theatre in Boston, as well as other theaters in Boston and Bangor, Maine; thirty-five promptbooks used by Nathaniel Dexter Jones, and a notebook and diary of his Boston to India voyage, 1857; and business correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous papers of the Jones and Boniface families. |
| Biography |
George C. Boniface (1832-1912) was an American actor. His son George C. Boniface, Jr. (1861-1917) was an actor and theater manager. Joseph Stevens Jones (1811-1877) was a playwright and actor and his son Nathaniel Dexter Jones (1838-1912) was a playwright and theater manager. |
| Finding Aids |
Collection guide available in repository and on internet. |
| Subject |
Boniface family.
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Jones family.
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Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
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American drama.
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Theaters -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Theaters -- Maine -- Bangor.
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Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel.
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India -- Description and travel.
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Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.
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Bangor (Me.) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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Photographs.
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Prompt books.
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| Occupation |
Actors. |
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Dramatists. |
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Theatrical managers. |
| Added Author |
Boniface, George C., 1832-1912.
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Boniface, George C., 1861-1917.
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Weaver, Stella Boniface, 1856-1936.
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Jones, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1811-1877.
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Jones, Nathaniel Dexter, 1838-1912.
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| LCCN |
ms 70001711 |
| Call No. |
MssCol 332
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 332
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