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- Creator
- Players (Club)
- Call number
- MssCol 2436
- Physical description
- .5 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Players records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The Players is a private social club, founded by Edwin Booth in 1888 in New York City, for actors, artists, musicians, writers, and other professionals in the arts. Collection consists of letters from members of the Players on behalf of candidates for membership, holograph poem written by Edgar Lee Masters for the celebration of the 104th anniversary of the birth of Edwin Booth, and related papers.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Transfer (from the Theatre Collection, NYPL), Players, 1947Key terms
Names
- Players (Club)
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
- Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950
- Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939
- Lunt, Alfred.
- MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956
- Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950
- Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929
- Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
- Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919
- Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934
- Power, Tyrone, 1869-1931
- Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967
- Warrenrath, Reinald
- Winter, William, 1836-1917
Subjects
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328