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William W. Appleton collection of theatrical correspondence and ephemera
- Title
- William W. Appleton collection of theatrical correspondence and ephemera, 1697-1930.
- Author
- Appleton, William W., 1915-2014.
- Supplementary Content
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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 (Access Copies) | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 1 (Access Copies) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 (Access Copies) | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 2 (Access Copies) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 (Access Copies) | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 3 (Access Copies) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 (Access Copies) | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 4 (Access Copies) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 (Access Copies) | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 5 (Access Copies) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 9. Actors of the Day medals | Mixed material | Restricted use | *T-Mss 2001-065 Box 9. Actors of the Day medals | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867.
- Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713.
- Boucicault, Dion 1820-1890.
- Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
- Hancock, John G.
- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.
- Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833.
- Kirk, John
- Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873.
- Mossop, William
- Pingo, Lewis
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
- Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.
- Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928.
- Warwick, John
- Webb, Thomas
- Westwood, J.
- Description
- 2.45 lf. (9 boxes)
- Summary
- The William Appleton collection consists of letters, handwritten manuscripts, commemerative medals of notable theatre figures, and "penny plains" and "two-pence coloured" materials, which were small portraits of actors created for the toy theater trade, a once-popular form of home entertainment.
- Subjects
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Anniversaries, etc., 1769
- Ryder, Thomas, 1735-1790
- Munden, Joseph Shepherd, 1758-1832
- Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779
- Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812
- Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874
- Commemorative medals
- Correspondence
- Theater > England > History > 18th century
- Theater > England > History > 19th century
- Portraits
- Genre/Form
- Commemorative medals.
- Correspondence.
- Portraits.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Original materials in Boxes 1A-5A are restricted; copies of these materials are available in Boxes 1-5.
- Source (note)
- Appleton, William Worthen
- Biography (note)
- William Worthen Appleton, theater scholar, author, and collector, was born in New York on December 31, 1915.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 2001-065
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A38
- Author
- Appleton, William W., 1915-2014.
- Title
- William W. Appleton collection of theatrical correspondence and ephemera, 1697-1930.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Original materials in Boxes 1A-5A are restricted; copies of these materials are available in Boxes 1-5.
- Biography
- William Worthen Appleton, theater scholar, author, and collector, was born in New York on December 31, 1915. He graduated from Harvard in 1938, earned a Master's degree from Columbia University in 1939 and a Ph.D. in 1949. He taught at Columbia from the 1940s until the late 1970s, and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1976. Appleton has written and edited works on theater, primarily the English theater of the 18th and 19th centuries. His works as author include A CYCLE OF CATHAY (1951), BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: A CRITICAL STUDY (1956), CHARLES MACKLIN: AN ACTOR'S LIFE (1960), and MADAME VESTRIS AND THE LONDON STAGE (1974). Works edited include THE CARELESS HUSBAND (1966), THE PROMPTER: A THEATRICAL PAPER (1734-1736) (1966), and LETTERS TO DOROTHY (1988).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867.Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713.Boucicault, Dion 1820-1890.Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.Garrick, David, 1717-1779.Hancock, John G., sculptor.Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833.Kirk, John, sculptor.Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873.Mossop, William, sculptor.Pingo, Lewis, sculptor.Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928.Warwick, John, sculptor.Webb, Thomas, sculptor.Westwood, J., sculptor.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 2001-065