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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"The Townsend Walsh Papers (1763-1935, bulk 1890-1935) consist of the professional and personal papers of theatrical press agent Townsend Walsh (1872-1935). The collection includes important material relating to both the theatre and circus in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Townsend Walsh Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Throughout his life, Townsend Walsh was involved with the American theatre in a variety of capacities--press agent, business manager, drama critic, playwright, collector, theatre and circus historian and sometime actor. Born in Albany, New York in 1872, to Augustus Henry and Laura Spencer Walsh, Townsend Walsh graduated from the Albany Academy in 1891 and from Harvard University in 1895. While at Harvard, he apparently took George Pierce Baker's playwriting course, served on the editorial staff of the <span class=\"title\">Harvard Advocate,</span>and was a commencement speaker for his class.</p> <p>In 1897 Walsh's play, <span class=\"title\">The Boys of Kilkenny,</span>was produced at the Star Theatre in New York. The next year, 1898, Walsh began work as advance press representative for Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske in the production <span class=\"title\">Love Finds A Way,</span>followed by <span class=\"title\">Tess of the D'Ubervilles</span>and <span class=\"title\">Becky Sharpe.</span>This was the beginning of a long and fruitful career as an advance press agent in the theatre. After his work with Mrs. Fiske, Walsh worked for Fred Hamlin of the Grand Opera House with Hamlin's touring productions of <span class=\"title\">Bases in Toyland</span>and the <span class=\"title\">Wizard of Oz</span>between 1902 and 1906. This was followed by four years as press agent for Otis Skinner in various plays--<span class=\"title\">Honour of the Family,</span><span class=\"title\">The Duel,</span>and <span class=\"title\">Your Humble Servant.</span>During subsequent years he worked for various performers including Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1910), Blanche Bates (1913) Ethel Barrymore (1913), E.H. Sothern (1916) and John Drew (1914). Some of the producers he worked for included Henry Savage, Charles Frohman, the Schuberts and Winthrop Ames. In 1923, Walsh went to work as a press agent for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus--a job which was a logical outgrowth of his increasing interest in the circus and of his contacts with many friends and acquaintances in the circus world. He left the circus in 1926 and, in 1927, returned to work with Mrs. Fiske in her productions of <span class=\"title\">Ghosts</span>and <span class=\"title\">Merry Wives of Windsor.</span></p> <p>The title of Walsh's positions in the theatre and circus varied-- press agent, press representative, advance press representative, business manager. Despite the different labels, however, his work seems to have generally consisted of travelling across the United States and into Canada, going ahead of touring shows in order to do advance publicity for an upcoming play or circus show. In some cases, Walsh apparently also performed other business activities such as arranging transportation for the acting company, reserving accommodations and working with the managers of theatre in which the touring company would play. Walsh seems to have been well respected in his profession as evidenced by his steady employment with important theatrical producers and performers. In addition to his work as a press agent for theatrical companies, Walsh also worked directly for several newspapers as a drama critic including the <span class=\"title\">Albany Express</span>(1890-92?), the <span class=\"title\">New York World</span>(1895), the <span class=\"title\">New York Dramatic Mirror</span>(1897) and the <span class=\"title\">Boston Traveller</span>(1917-1918).</p> <p>Walsh's writings include several plays, a published biography of Dion Boucicault, <span class=\"title\">The Career of Dion Boucicault,</span>and two unpublished full-length studies on the circus, <span class=\"title\">Love of the Circus</span>and <span class=\"title\">King Clown.</span>Although Walsh finished the Boucicault biography in 1910, he was unable to get it published until 1915. Walsh's book on Boucicault, although not completely reliable, is still considered a useful source on the Irish playwright. Walsh pursued many research interests throughout his life including theatrical performers and the history of pantomime and the circus. His many notes and writings attest to this lifelong interest in theatre and circus history.</p> <p>Walsh's acting experience included a role in the Albany production of <span class=\"title\">Fair Rosamund</span>(1895), a part in his own play <span class=\"title\">Boys of Kilkenny</span>(1897), summer stock at the Davidson theatre in Milwaukee (1900), and the role of the beggar in Yeats' play <span class=\"title\">The Pot of Broth</span>with the Irish Literary Society (1903).</p> <p>Walsh was an avid collector of theatrical and circus memorabilia. At the time of his death, he was considered to have one of the best collections of circus materials in the United States. He also collected a mass of letters of important theatrical figures--most notably of Dion Boucicault and Boucicault's wife Agnes and son Aubrey.</p> <p>Walsh had a wide circle of friends within the theatrical and newspaper profession. He was a member of the Players, the Lambs and Green Room Club and the Harvard Club. He was known as someone who enjoyed a good time and a strong drink. Throughout his life, he went on and off the wagon but his drinking does not seem to have interfered with his professional work. An important friend in Walsh's life--and one who urged him not to partake of liquor--was John Quinn. The shared interest in all things Irish seems to have been a strong bond between the two men. Quinn was very supportive of Walsh's work on Boucicault and tried to help Walsh get the biography published. Another important friendship in Walsh's life was with theatre historian, William J. Lawrence, with whom he corresponded and visited in Dublin. Lawrence helped Walsh with the Boucicault biography by doing some research through Dublin records. The two men seem to have had some kind of falling out, however, around 1914.</p> <p>Walsh travelled widely and seemed to enjoy his many trips abroad. He often used these trips to do research on the history of pantomime and the circus. Evidently Walsh never married. Although his work took him across the country for a good portion of each year, Walsh seems to have maintained close ties to his home city of Albany, often returning there for summers. In his later years, he apparently split his time between Albany and trips abroad. Although little is known about his family, he had a least one sister, Esther, and possibly two other sisters, Kate and Julia as well as a brother. Walsh died in 1941.</p> <ul class=\"chronlist\"> <div class=\"head\">Chronology</div> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1872</span> <span class=\"event\">Born</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1890</span> <span class=\"event\">Correspondent for Albany Evening Journal</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1893</span> <span class=\"event\">Elected an editor of the Harvard Advocate</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1895</span> <span class=\"event\">Graduated from Harvard; reporter for the New York World</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1896</span> <span class=\"event\">His play <span class=\"title\">Boys of Kilkenny</span> produced in New York</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1897</span> <span class=\"event\">Writer for the Dramatic Mirror</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1898</span> <span class=\"event\">Advance Representative for Minnie Maddern Fiske in <span class=\"title\">Love Finds A Way</span> and <span class=\"title\">Tess of D'Ubervilles</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1900</span> <span class=\"event\">Acted at the Davidson Theater</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1901</span> <span class=\"event\">Advance work for Mrs. Fiske in <span class=\"title\">Becky Sharpe</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1902-1906</span> <span class=\"event\">Wizard of Oz; Babes in Toyland</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1903</span> <span class=\"event\">Acted in Yeats' play with the Irish Literary Society</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1904</span> <span class=\"event\">Trip to Dublin</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1906</span> <span class=\"event\">Summer trip to Europe</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1906-1910</span> <span class=\"event\">Press Representative for Otis Skinner</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1908</span> <span class=\"event\">Summer trip to Europe; worked on Boucicault biography</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1909</span> <span class=\"event\">Summer-worked on Boucicault biography</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1910</span> <span class=\"event\">Summer trip to Europe summer; press work for Mrs. Patrick Campbell her the short-lived production of <span class=\"title\">The Foolish Virgin</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1911-1912</span> <span class=\"event\">Press representative for <span class=\"title\">Everywoman</span> produced by Henry Savage</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1912</span> <span class=\"event\">Summer trip abroad</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1913</span> <span class=\"event\">Press representative for Frohman; <span class=\"title\">Witness for the Defense</span> with Blanche Bates</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1915</span> <span class=\"event\"><span class=\"title\">Career of Dion Boucicault</span> published</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1916</span> <span class=\"event\">Press Representative for E.H. Sothern; also press work for <span class=\"title\">Hobson's Choice</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1916-1917</span> <span class=\"event\">Press representative for Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre; cruise to Jamaica.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1917</span> <span class=\"event\">Advance agent for <span class=\"title\">Saturday to Monday</span> for Ames.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1917-1918</span> <span class=\"event\">Dramatic editor of the Boston Traveller.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1919</span> <span class=\"event\">Business Manager “Little Simplicity”</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1920</span> <span class=\"event\">Advance agent for <span class=\"title\">Greenwich Village Follies</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1919-20</span> <span class=\"event\">Press representative for <span class=\"title\">Chris</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1921</span> <span class=\"event\">Press Agent for <span class=\"title\">Hitchy-Koo;</span> business manager for <span class=\"title\">The Bat</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1922</span> <span class=\"event\">Trips to Bermuda and Havre</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1922-1923</span> <span class=\"event\">Press representative for Fred Stone's <span class=\"title\">Tip-Top</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1923-24</span> <span class=\"event\">Press work for Channing Pollock's <span class=\"title\">The Fool.</span></span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1923-1926</span> <span class=\"event\">Press Representative for Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1927</span> <span class=\"event\">Press Representative for Mrs. Fiske</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1928-19</span> <span class=\"event\">Summer trips abroad</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1931-1933</span> <span class=\"event\">Winter trips to Europe.</span></li></ul>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Townsend Walsh Papers cover the dates 1763-1935 with the bulk of the material falling between 1890 and 1935. The papers document the personal and professional life of Townsend Walsh (1872-1941) who was involved in many aspects of American theatre and circus life. The Townsend Walsh Papers are organized in ten series: Correspondence, Press Releases, Circus Manuscripts, Circus Writings and Notes, Writings and Notes on Theatrical and Miscellaneous Subjects, Walsh Family Correspondence and Documents, Business Papers, Collected Material, Clippings, and Printed Material. Because Walsh worked with many of the most prominent American actors, producers, and managers of his day, the collection is rich in information about this period of American theatrical history. The collection is particularly important because it contains valuable information about the working conditions, responsibilities, and salaries of theatrical press agents.</p> <p>The correspondence (1890-1935) included in this collection is the best source of information about Walsh's work as a press agent. The correspondence, consisting almost entirely of letters written to Walsh, includes various types of information such as Walsh's itinerary on the road, financial details of advertising, casts lists, transportation arrangements, and financial figures for advertising costs. In addition the press releases written by Walsh for the theatre and circus complement the correspondence in any study of his career as a press agent. These press releases not only reveal the quality and range of Walsh's writing, but can also be used to research the publicity for particular plays. Researchers interested in Mrs. Fiske's work as an actress, for instance, will find Walsh's press releases on <span class=\"title\">Becky Sharpe, Tess of the D'Ubervilles</span>and <span class=\"title\">Ghosts</span>an important aid in studying these productions. Business documents such as cast lists, instructions too press agents, and route books are also part of Walsh's papers and add to the value of the collection in a study of the theatrical business world.</p> <p>The correspondence is also the most valuable source of information about Walsh's personal life. Unfortunately, the letters do not contain much information about Walsh's family. There appears to be only one letter from a family member, Walsh's sister Esther, in the correspondence. However, the letters do reveal the strength of Walsh's many friendships and suggest much about his reputation as a lively, but loyal, friend. Walsh's enjoyment of socializing and drinking is also clear in the letters. Walsh seemed to cope with the tedium of the road by enjoying evenings with other press agents as well as various actors and actresses in different cities. The letters also reveal his lifelong interest in collecting material related to the circus and theatre. Letters from book and autograph dealers such as H. S. Renton indicate that he purchased theatrical material throughout his life. An examination of the list of prominent correspondents will suggest the wide range of friends and professional colleagues with whom Walsh corresponded.</p> <p>Walsh's interest in theatre and circus history is evident in his own writings on these subjects as well as his collected materials. Walsh's two manuscripts on the circus <span class=\"title\">King Clown</span>and <span class=\"title\">Love of the Circus</span>appear to rely, in part, on Walsh's interviews with circus performers, and consequently, may be of value to scholars despite the fact that Walsh does not often cite sources. His notes on the circus and theatre should be examined in conjunction with his writings because sources are sometimes cited in the notes but not in the finished manuscripts. Several brief essays on nineteenth century American performers are among the most valuable of his writings on the theatre.</p> <p>Other material collected by Walsh includes correspondence of theatrical and circus personalities. A list of correspondents from this group of letters will allow researchers to identify potentially interesting letters. Although less valuable to researchers, there is also a group of autograph signatures acquired by Walsh. This latter group is probably most valuable in revealing Walsh's collecting interests. In addition a group of letters of playwright Dion Boucicault and other Boucicault family members were collected by Walsh. These letters have been separated from the Townsend Walsh Papers and may be examined as part of the Boucicault Family Papers.</p> <p>Because of the lack of information about Walsh's family in the correspondence, the few items included among the Walsh Family documents and correspondence are especially valuable. Of particular note is the horoscope done for Walsh in 1913 which appears to be the only place that his birth date is documented in this collection. In addition, family letters suggest some of the history of the Walsh family.</p> <p>Although the newspaper clippings in this collection are not identified directly with Walsh, it is possible that some of these may be articles that he wrote; a good number of the articles concern the performers for whom Walsh did press work. A close examination of the press releases with some of the articles might reveal whether or not Walsh was the author of any of the articles. In any case, the clippings, like Walsh's other collected material, reveals his interest in particular performers and theatrical subjects.</p> <p>Researchers interested in Townsend Walsh will want to consider two other sources of material in addition to the Townsend Walsh Papers. Correspondence between Walsh and John Quinn is included in John Quinn Memorial collection at New York Public Library. These letters are particularly important because they include approximately 30 letters written by Walsh. In addition, Quinn and Walsh appear to have been relatively close friends and, consequently, Walsh's letters are more revealing than they might be to a mere acquaintance. The letters in the Quinn collection are most informative about Walsh's interest in Irish literature and his struggles with writing and publishing his biography of Boucicault. In addition, the New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Collection at Lincoln Center has the prompt book (with manuscript notes and corrections) of Walsh's play, <span class=\"title\">The Boys of Kilkenny</span>(1897) and a copy of another play by Walsh, <span class=\"title\">The Adventures of Adam</span>(n.d.).</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Townsend Walsh papers are arranged in ten series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918553'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The correspondence consists of both professional and personal letters written to Walsh. These letters are the principal source of information about both his career and his personal life. Correspondents include actors, managers, producers, agents, editors, writers, and circus performers. In many cases, the envelopes that are with particular letters (as well as the separate group of envelopes which are included) provide the only means for verifying Walsh's professional position at various points in his life. Letters from <span class=\"persname\">Mrs. Fiske</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Otis Skinner</span> are particularly valuable for understanding the working relationship between performers and their press agents. Letters from <span class=\"persname\">John Quinn</span> reveal Walsh's interest in Irish theatre and literature and also document Walsh's struggle to get his book, <span class=\"title\">The Career of Dion Boucicault</span>, published. The letters do not seem to provide any direct information about Walsh's work on his two unpublished circus manuscripts. Neither do the letters provide much information about Walsh's family. Four letters written by Walsh are included in the correspondence and are interfiled with the other correspondence by date: 10/5/09, 2/21/13, 10/16/26, 5/26/33.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918586'>II. Press Releases</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The press releases cover work done by Walsh in both the theatre and the circus. They provide an excellent view of Walsh's work as a press agent and also offer insight into the publicity for particular plays. There are press releases for several productions: <span class=\"title\">Becky Sharpe</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ghosts</span>, <span class=\"title\">Tess</span>(starring Mrs. Fiske) and <span class=\"title\">Merry Wives of Windsor</span> (starring <span class=\"persname\">Fiske</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Otis Skinner</span>), <span class=\"title\">Everywoman</span> and <span class=\"title\">Witness for the Defense</span>(starring <span class=\"persname\">Blanche Bates</span>). When examined along with the correspondence, the press releases are a particularly rich source of information about attempts to market particular plays. In particular, <span class=\"persname\">Mrs. Fiske</span>, in her letters to Walsh, frequently expressed her views about the plays she was in and the ideas that she wanted communicated in press work. By examining the press releases in light of her concerns, it is possible to see how well her desires were carried out by Walsh.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918600'>III. Circus Manuscripts</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of Walsh's two full-length studies on the circus, <span class=\"title\">Love of the Circus</span> and <span class=\"title\">King Clown</span>. Typewritten and manuscripts copies of the two works are included. Walsh based these works on research, interviews with circus performers and his collection of circus material. The manuscripts are particularly valuable for the first hand accounts by circus performers which Walsh relates in the books. The presence of these manuscripts further documents Walsh's strong interest in the circus which is also apparent in the correspondence from circus performers and workers. Neither work seems to have been published.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918606'>IV. Circus Writings and Notes</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>In addition to the manuscripts of <span class=\"title\">King Clown</span> and <span class=\"title\">Love of the Circus</span>, Walsh appears to have begun work on at least one other book on the circus. Chapters and parts of chapters for this uncompleted work include “The Circus Afloat”, “The Rise of the Ringlings”, and “Wagon Shows, Boat Shows, Railroad Shows.” In addition the notes which were apparently used as the basis for his two full-length studies and these additional writings are included here. Combined with <span class=\"title\">King Clown</span> and <span class=\"title\">Love of the Circus</span>, these materials reveal Walsh's tremendous knowledge of the circus and suggest some of the sources of his information.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918612'>V. Writing and Notes on Theatrical and Miscellaneous subjects</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Three essays <span class=\"title\">Pierrot Terrible</span>, <span class=\"title\">Le Voyage en Suisse</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Duel</span>, apparently unpublished, are included in this group of writings by Walsh. There are also manuscript copies of plays and parts of plays that appear to have been written by Walsh. In addition, there are six notebooks which consists of notes on various subjects--principally the origins of the circus, history of pantomime and circus and theatrical performers (including <span class=\"persname\">Walter Ringham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henry Bartholomew</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Leotard</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Grimaldi</span>). Some of these notes appear to have been recorded during Walsh's trips abroad. These notes and writings suggest Walsh's wide-ranging interest in circus and theatre history.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918619'>VI. Walsh Family Correspondence and Documents</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Three Walsh family letters are included here although the relationship of the correspondents to Townsend Walsh is not clear. There is one letter from <span class=\"persname\">Dudley Walsh</span> to his son <span class=\"persname\">John Walsh</span> (who was apparently in school at Yale) in 1814. In addition there is a letter to <span class=\"persname\">Dudley Walsh</span> from <span class=\"persname\">Alice Walsh</span> (sister?) in Ireland (1815) and a second letter to him from his brother in Dublin (1815). A horoscope done for Walsh in 1913 by <span class=\"persname\">Albert Jay Snow</span>of Los Angeles is particularly valuable because it is the only document in which Walsh's birth date is recorded. A class list of students in the <span class=\"corpname\">Albany Academy</span> is also of value because it documents Walsh's enrollment in that institution. A card listing Walsh's classes at <span class=\"corpname\">Harvard</span> for one term is also of interest.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918622'>VII. Business Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These papers include box office statements, route lists and route books, bills, receipts, account books, contracts, and complaint and salary lists for various productions with which Walsh was involved. The contracts (1906, 1912, 1913) are for the <span class=\"corpname\">Wizard of Oz Company</span>, <span class=\"corpname\">Everywoman Company</span>,<span class=\"corpname\"> Balanche Bates and Co.</span>, <span class=\"corpname\">Otis Skinner and Co.</span> and a blank contract for <span class=\"corpname\">Mrs. Fiske and Co.</span> In addition, <span class=\"persname\">Henry Savage's</span> <span class=\"title\">General Instructions for Advance Representatives</span> for the 1911-1912 season gives detailed information about the work and concerns of his advance representatives. Personal business papers such as bills for club memberships are also in this series.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918627'>VIII. Collected Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Walsh's collection of letters of theatrical and circus personalities as well as his collection of signatures are included in this material. The autograph letters (1835-1928) contain a large group of letters to John Palgrave-Simpson, the British playwright. In addition, a manuscript entitled <span class=\"title\">Account of the New Pantomime Entertainment...</span> (1763), apparently the the oldest document in the Townsend Walsh collection is among the items in his series. Other manuscripts include <span class=\"title\">First Treatment of Popular Pantomime Themes</span> by <span class=\"persname\">W. J. Lawrence</span> (n.d.) and <span class=\"title\">Charles Dickens</span> by <span class=\"persname\">Ernest d'Hevilly</span>(1868). A clipping from a 1930 Billboard article by Walsh entitled <span class=\"title\">Dickens and the Circus</span> as well as other special newspaper clippings are also included. Programs, playbills and other theatrical memorabilia in this series are indicative of Walsh's collecting interests.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918648'>IX. Clippings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Clippings have been arranged by the following topics or performers: <span class=\"persname\">Chauncey Olcott</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Blanche Bates</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Mark Twain</span>, Irish Theatre, <span class=\"persname\">Tyrone Power</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Mrs. Patrick Campbell</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Joseph Murphy</span>, <span class=\"persname\">E.H. Sothern</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Julia Marlowe</span>. Non-Western Drama, <span class=\"persname\">Oscar Wilde</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Andrew Mack</span>, “<span class=\"persname\">Hitchy Koo</span>”, <span class=\"persname\">Francis Wilson</span>, Rip Van Winkle, <span class=\"persname\">Joseph Jefferson</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Benjamin C. Porter</span>, the <span class=\"famname\">Barrymores</span>, <span class=\"persname\">John Drew</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Minnie Maddern Fiske</span>, Circus during Omaha flood 1923</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3213#c918662'>X. Printed Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes cards, tickets, travel information, sketches, announcements, menus, and notices.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Ten series: I. Correspondence; II. Press Releases; III. Circus Manuscripts; IV. Circus Writings and Notes; V. Writings and Notes on Theatrical and Miscellaneous Subjects; VI. Walsh Family Correspondence and Documents; VII. Business Papers; VIII. Collected Material; IX. Clippings; X. Printed Material</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from the estate of Townsend Walsh. Transferred from Theatre Division, <span class=\"date\">1942.</span></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>John J. Ammirati (May 1973); machine readable finding aid created by APEX data services and revised by Chatham Ewing.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Abbot, Emma Ahrendt, Carl Anderson, J.R. Archer, William Arliss, Bill Bancroft, Squire Barnum, P.T. Barrett, Wilson Barrington, N. Bates, Blanche Bellen, Kate Bradlaugh, Charles Bray, Jno. R. Brayton, Lily Brough, Lal (2) Brough, Robert (2) Brown, James H. Buckstone, J.B. Byron, Henry J. Cliffe, H. Cooper Coleman, John Collette, Charles Collins, W. Collins, Wilkie (2) Cone, Spencer Crosman, Henrietta Daly, Augustin D'Annunzio, Gabriele Dauvray, Helen Davenport, Jean Day, Charles Denier, Tony (3) Dodge, Ossian E. Doel, James Downie, Andrew Drew, John & Co. (incl. Maude Adams) Duncan, William Butler Edouin, Willie Elliott, ? (3) Ellsler, Fanny Eyre, Gerald Eyre, Sophie Falconer, Edmund (5) Field, K. Fisher, David Fiske, Mary H. Fitch, Clyde Flynn, Thomas Francis, J. W. (Dr.) Godfrey, ? Gray, Barry Hall, Pauline Halliday, Andrew Hamilton, Theodore Hanlon Brothers (2) Hare, John (2) Hatton, Joseph Heller, Robert Herme, James A. Hobart, George Ireland, J.N. Jackson, Harry Jefferson, Joseph \"Jo\" Jones, George (2) Jones, Henry Arthur Josephs, Fanny Keith, Charles Kellar, Harry Lackaye, Wilton Lane, Sara Lanner, Katti (2) Larrett, Edward LeClery, Rose Lennon, Nestor Lernati, Jules Leslie, Fred McAuley, Rachel MacDonough, Glen Mackaye, Steele Macklin, F.H. Macready, W.C. Maginley, Bur Manota, Marion Mansfield, Richard (2) Markham, Pauline Marsh, Caroline Marshall, Matti Matthews, C.J. Matthews, William Frank Mauvel, C. Melville, Frank Meritt, Paul Merivale, Herman Millward, Tessie Modjeska, Helena Moffitt, James S. Montagne, A. Montagne, Louise Morton, Charles Morton, J.M. Moselle, Amy Neece, Robert (2) Neilson, Adelaide Neville, Henry Pastor, Tony Prescott, Marie Raleigh, C. Raymond, J. Roberts, Arthur Robertson, W. Roe, Bassett Rorke, Mary Rose, George Salvini, Tommaso Santley, Kate (2) Sargent, H.J. Sedger, Horace Seymour, Laura Shine, J.L. Simpson, J. Palgrave Sparks, John Soldene, E. Sothern, E.H. Stirling, Fanny Stoddart, J.H. Sullivan, Arthur (2) Sullivan, John T. Taylor, Tom Terry, Ellen (2) Thomas, Brandon Val-Vino Van Bure, C.M. Vaughn, Kate Vestris, L. Garcia Vezin, Hermann Wallace, (Prof.) Wallack, Lester Ward, Genevieve Wigan, Alfred Wigan, Horace Wigan, Leonora Willard, E.S. Williams, Arathur Williams, Montague (2) Williams, Odell Wood, John (Mrs.) Wyndham, Charles Unidentified (ca. 40 items)"}
{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Abbey, Henry Adams, Jas. R. Albee, E.F. Allsopp, Henry Aronson, Rudolph Ashley, Arthur H. Beecher, Henry Ward Bellen, Kate Bliss, George (2) Booth, Edwin Boucicault, Agnes (5) Boucicault, Dion (4) Boucicault, Nina (2) Brough, Lionel Carby, Roger Carson, Kittee Cavendish, Ada Chevalier, Albert Clarke, Annie H. Coleman, John (2) Coleman, Thomas Coward, Edward Fales Daerr, Arthur (3) Daly, Augustin Davenport, Fanny (Price) DeBremort, Mme. (2) Denier, Tony (3) Depew, Chauncey Florence, M. Floyd, Walter Frohman, Daniel Gilsey, Henry Harrison, F. Henderson, Ettie Herman, H. Hermann, A. Hillian, W.H. Hunter, Bob Hunter, Glenn Hunter, John (2) James, David Johnston, W.E. Johntson, J. Forbes (2) Kendal, W.H. (3) Kidney, S.E. Koff, H.W. Kreiser, Fritz Lamb, Beatrice M. Larkin, Sophie LeClery, Rose Ledger, Edna Leslie, Frank Lestocq, W. (2) Mansfield, Richard Marius, C.D. Mayo, Frank Meek, Fred Montagne, H.J. Moselle, Amy Moss, Theodore Neilson, Julio E. Pastor, Tony (2) Patrice Patti, A. Paul, Howard (3) Power, Harold Powers, Jimmy Proctor, F.F. Purdon, Richard Raymond, J.W. Reade, Charles Rehan, A. (2) Royce, E.w. Russell, Lillian (2) Sanger, Frank W. Santley, Kate Scott, Clement Sosenquest, J. Wesley Sothern, E.H. (3) Sothern, Lytton Stevens, Ashton Stone,? Storey, Fred Terris, William (1) Terry, Marion Thomas, Brandon Thompson, Dennian Thompson, Sir Henry Tree, A. Beerbohm Twyford, M.A. Vezin, Herman Wallack, Lester Warner, Charles Wheatleigh, Charles Wikoff, Henry (2) Wilde, Oscar Willard, Edward Williams, Arthur Wilson, Erasmus Wyndham, Charles Unidentified (ca. 35 items)"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Encoding funded by the generous support of the Gladys Krieble Delmas\n Foundation."}
- date_bulk_start
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1890
- date_bulk_end
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1935