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BOX 17 Playscripts, 1823-1871
Playscripts and prompt books.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX 17 The Actress of Padua
(4 folders)
BOX 17 Guy Mannering See Oversize
BOX 17 Hamlet
Available on microfilm (negative copy only). Shelf no. 16,717
BOX 17 Henry VIII
BOX 17 Hope of the Family and Julius Caesar
BOX 17 A Lesson of the Heart, or Aged Forty
BOX 18 Macbeth
BOX 18 Mary Queen of Scots
BOX 18 A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing
BOX 18 Readings, 1874-1890
Poetry and other texts used for performances. Arranged alphabetically by title.
A list of titles is appended to the register.
BOX 18 A-Y See appendix for list of readings
(9 folders)
BOX 19-20 Newspaper Clippings, 1846-1939
Clippings, some annotated, covering most of Cushman's career.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 19 Arcadian Club, New York, N.Y., 1874
BOX 19 Background and genealogy, 1859-1922, undated
BOX 19 Charity, 1874, undated
BOX 19 Charlotte Cushman clubs, Boston, Mass., and Philadelphia, Pa., undated
BOX 19 Charlotte Cushman School, Boston, Mass., undated
BOX 19 Colleagues, 1872-1875, undated
BOX 19 Crow, Wayman, 1878-1885, undated
BOX 19 Family members, undated
BOX 19 Final appearance tour, 1874-1875, undated
BOX 19 Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., Cushman holdings, 1936
BOX 19 Jackson, Helen Hunt (Saxe Holm), 1874, undated
BOX 19 Kindergarten Association, Boston, Mass., undated
BOX 19 Miscellaneous articles regarding Cushman, 1858-1937, undated
BOX 19 Miscellaneous topics, 1875-1923, undated
BOX 19 Notices, 1871-1872, undated
BOX 19 Obituaries, 1876
(2 folders)
BOX 19 Poetry, 1872-1939, undated
BOX 19 Published photographs, drawings, and caricatures of Cushman, 1915, undated
BOX 20 Reviews
BOX 20 Duchess Eleanour, undated
BOX 20 General, 1849-1874, undated
BOX 20 Guy Mannering, 1849-1873
BOX 20 Henry VIII
BOX 20 As Cardinal Wolsey, undated
BOX 20 As Queen Katherine, 1871-1872, undated
BOX 20 Macbeth, 1872-1873, undated
BOX 20 Miscellaneous roles from other Shakespearean plays, 1861, undated
BOX 20 Readings, 1872-1874, undated
BOX 20 Scrapbook, 1846-1885, undated
BOX 20 Theosophy, undated
BOX 20-21 Miscellany, 1848-1905
Poems, notebooks, theater programs, sheet music, writings, and memorabilia.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 20 Memorabilia, 1874, undated
BOX 21 Mounted playbill, Washington Theater, Washington, D.C., 1861 See Oversize
BOX 21 Notebooks containing notes, addresses, lists, and poetry, 1855-1905
BOX 21 Printed matter, 1848-1893, undated
BOX 21 Programs, 1872-1881, undated
BOX 21 Sheet music for Henry VIII, undated
BOX 21 Writings
BOX 21 Poetry
BOX 21 By Cushman, undated
BOX 21 By others, 1850-1873, undated
BOX 21 Unidentified manuscripts
BOX 21 "Notes on Andrew Johnson," undated
BOX 21 "Three Great Bills," undated
BOX 21 Untitled, undated
BOX 21 Addition, 1852
Letter and fragment of a letter from Cushman, added to the papers in 1997.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 21 Letter and fragment of a letter, 1852, undated
BOX OV 1 Oversize, 1823-1871
Oversize material consisting of a theater playbill, playscript, and prompt book.
Described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Playscripts
BOX OV 1 Guy Mannering, 1823, 1871, undated (Container 17)
BOX OV 2 Miscellany
BOX OV 2 Mounted playbill, Washington Theater, Washington, D.C., 1861 (Container 21)

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