Theatrical Print collection, 1720-1927 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Theatrical Print collection, 1720-1927

ID: 02/Theatrical Prints

Extent: 9.0 Cubic Feet

Predominant Dates: 1770-1893

Series 1 is alphabetical by actor's last name, except Box 22, which is by title of play.Ã?Â Prints of theatres in Series 2 are arranged alphabetically by name of theatre.Ã?Â Programs in Series 3 are arranged alphabetically by the name of the theatre. Photographs in Series 4 are arranged first by type (cabinet cards then photographs) and alphabetical by performer's last name thereunder.

Creators

Leavitt, Theodore
Hewitt, Barnard (1906-1987)
Shattuck, Charles Harlen (1910-1992)

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Actors
Theater

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Broadsides
Photographs
Playbills
Printed ephemera
Prints
Theater programs

Languages of Materials

English

Administrative Information

Acquired: 01/10/1953.

Restrictions: Open to researchers.

Rights:

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This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.

Acquisition Note: Source: A & B Booksellers, New York.
The University of Illinois Foundation paid for the collection in February 1953 and the Department of Speech paid for the postage, according to a ledger in the Special Collections Acquisition File, 1905-1996 (University Archives record group 35/1/19, Box 7).

Related Materials: Barnard Hewitt Papers (University Archives Record Series Number: 12/11/20).Ã?Â Charles H. Shattuck Papers (University Archives Record Series Number: 15/7/39). Theatre Program Collection (#37). Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection (#36).

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Scope and Contents: Assembled by Theodore Leavitt. Prints (etchings, engravings, lithographs, mezzotints, wood engravings, aquatints, photogravures, photomechanical prints) of actors, scenes from plays and theatre exteriors. Also contains theatre programs/playbills, most of which are broadsides. The bulk of the prints are of actors, other performers and dramatists, and most of these represent the performer in costume for a particular role. There are some photographs, including cabinet cards, and original drawings as well. Filed along with the prints of actors are brief biographies written (ca. 1953) by students of professors Barnard Hewitt and Charles Shattuck.

Online Images/Records

Documents and Files:
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Portrait of William Abbot
William Abbot as Colonel Mannering in "Guy Mannering"

Detailed Description
Series 1: Prints: Portraits & Scenes
Series 2: Prints: Theatres
Series 3: Theatre Programs (Broadsides)
Series 4: Photographs