Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Winter, William, 1836-1917
- Abstract:
- The Winter mss., 1864-1906, consist of letters written to drama critic William Winter, 1836-1917, largely from theatrical or theatre-related people.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Winter mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
William Winter, 1836-1917, was a drama critic and biographer.
- Scope and Content:
The Winter mss., 1864-1906, consist of letters written to drama critic William Winter, 1836-1917, largely from theatrical or theatre-related people. These particular letters had been assembled for the purpose of extra-illustrating two books by Winter: Old Friends: Being Literary Recollections of Other Days (New York, Moffat, Yard and Company, 1914) and The Poems of William Winter (New York, Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909, no. 2 of special limited edition).
Correspondents in the collection are: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Mary Antoinette Anderson, George B. Arnold, Lawrence Barrett, Edwin Thomas Booth, Isaac Hill Bromley, Ada Clare, George Cromwill, George William Curtis, Augustin Daly, Margaret (Winship) Eytinge, William Jermyn Florence, John Thomson Ford, Charles Desmarais Gardette, Sir Henry Irving, Joseph Jefferson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Richard Mansfield, Donald Grant Mitchell, Frank P. Noyes, John T. Raymond, Whitelaw Reid, George Fawcett Rowe, David Seaver, William A. Seaver, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Clifton W. Tayleure, John Lawrence Toole, George Harry Wallis.
Two untitled poems in Winter's hand, a dedication page for Old Friends..., and the volume of Old Friends from which several of the items were removed, accompany the collection.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1983 .
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Theater
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Winter mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu