Francis Wilson letters to DeWitt Miller

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1998-016", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21419", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Francis Wilson letters to DeWitt Miller"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1890-1911", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1890/1911"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".63 lf (2 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10023-7498."}

date_inclusive_start

1890

date_inclusive_end

1911

origination

{"value"=>"Wilson, Francis, 1854-1935", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Francis Wilson (1854-1935), actor and author, was a member of the legitimate comedy group at the Chestnut Street Theatre, 1887-1888, in Philadelphia, and became involved in comic opera as the leading actor of McCaull Opera Company, 1885-1889. He subsequently organized his own company, was president of the Actor's Theatre, and wrote several biographies, e.g., John Wilkes Booth and Joseph Jefferson, and drama, e.g., \"The Magic Ring.\".</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Arranged chronologically"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains Wilson's letters, 1890-1911, to his friend DeWitt Miller, book collector. Miller is addressed by his nickname \"Jahu\". The letters are primarily concerned with personal matters, Francis Wilson career as an actor, and the family hobby of collecting books, autographs, book-plates and monograms. The letters were written in New Rochelle, New York, at Wilson's home, \"The Orchard\" and while Wilson was on road tours.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE"}

{"source"=>"Unknown: Found in MWEZ 19755", "extent"=>".63 o"}

keydate

1890

prefercite

{"value"=>"Francis Wilson letters to DeWitt Miller, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Francis Wilson (1854-1935), actor and author, was a member of the legitimate comedy group at the Chestnut Street Theatre, 1887-1888, in Philadelphia, and became involved in comic opera as the leading actor of McCaull Opera Company, 1885-1889. He subsequently organized his own company, was president of the Actor's Theatre, and wrote several biographies, e.g., John Wilkes Booth and Joseph Jefferson, and drama, e.g., \"The Magic Ring.\". The collection contains Wilson's letters, 1890-1911, to his friend DeWitt Miller, book collector. Miller is addressed by his nickname \"Jahu\". The letters are primarily concerned with personal matters, Francis Wilson career as an actor, and the family hobby of collecting books, autographs, book-plates and monograms. The letters were written in New Rochelle, New York, at Wilson's home, \"The Orchard\" and while Wilson was on road tours.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.63 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1890

date_end

1911

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