Owen Fawcett Theatre Collection, 1858-1903
MS-422
The Special Collections Library of
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Abstract
Administrative Information
Biographical Information
Scope and Content Note
Keywords
Table of Contents
Collection Guide

University of Tennessee Contact Information

Hoskins Library
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Knoxville Tennesseee 37996-4000
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E-mail: special@utk.edu

7.83 Linear ft. of shelf space occupied/17 boxes, 27 folders

Abstract

The collection of actor Owen Stanley Fawcett (1838-1904) contains personal diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, dramatic works, and books, largely centering on American and English theatre of the late-19th century. This collection is a valuable resource about late-19th century theatre, providing information on popular dramatic works, actors and actresses, and theatrical managers and companies, as Fawcett collected article clippings, letters, obituaries, and other documentation on the theatre profession and theatre professionals. This collection also contains some primary and secondary source material on John Wilkes Booth and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, through Fawcett's diary entries, scrapbooks, and clippings.

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Administrative Information

Statement of Provenance -- The Collection is a donation from Mrs. Owen Fawcett Uridge, widow of Owen Fawcett's grandson.

Copyright statement: Copyright (c) 2001. The University of Tennessee Libraries. All Rights Reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these materials for educational, research, and not-for-profit purposes, without fee and without a signed licensing agreement, is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph appear in all copies, modifications, and distributions. For commercial license to use contact, University of Tennessee Libraries, Office of the Dean, Permissions, 1015 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996-1000.

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Biographical Information

   Owen Stanley Fawcett, born November 21, 1838, into a theatrical family in London, England, was a leading comedian and supporting actor during the mid- to late-19th century, appearing on stages in North America and England. Fawcett emigrated with his family to America in 1840, and began his theatrical career at a young age.
   During his 50-year theatrical career, Fawcett associated with prominent actors and actresses of his time, including Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Lawrence Barrett, Minna Gale, Fanny Davenport, and Helena Modjeska. Throughout his career, Fawcett recorded information on various theatrical performances, including information on cast members and locations in which performances were held, in numerous scrapbooks and diaries.
    Fawcett's first theatrical performance was in 1853 in the play Uncle Tom's Cabinin Norristown, Pennsylvania. This began a long and prolific dramatic career. From 1883-1884, Fawcett appeared in plays with actor Edwin Booth, and from 1891-1892, Fawcett visited England, appearing on the British stage. During his English stay, Fawcett wrote numerous newspaper columns, Rambles with my Pipe, which centered on English locales and English theatre.
    Fawcett celebrated his fiftieth year in the theatre on December 5, 1903, and retired from the stage. He died at his home in Flat Rock, Michigan, on February 21, 1904.

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Scope and Content Note

    This collection contains materials kept by American actor Owen Stanley Fawcett, documenting the American stage during the late-19th century. The collection includes diaries, newspaper and magazine clippings, unbound manuscripts, scrapbooks, playbills, correspondence, photographs and prints, books and bound periodicals, and realia.
    The collection is divided into thirteen series: Unbound manuscripts; personal diaries; personal scrapbooks; family clippings, documents, and items; correspondence; books and bound periodicals; The Stage scrapbooks; the Booth Family; materials from Fawcett's English stay; The Theatre in America scrapbooks; dramatic works; photographs and prints; and loose clippings and other items.
    Personal diaries within Series II are arranged chronologically, from 1858-1877 and 1879-1902. Clipped obituaries of actors, actresses, and other theatre professionals within Series IV, Subseries C, are arranged alphabetically by surname. Note that within Series VI, books and bound periodicals housed in Subseries A are kept within the collection, while items in Subseries B have been assigned call numbers and are shelved separately within University of Tennessee's Special Collections.
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Keywords

Barrett, Lawrence
Booth, Edwin
Booth, John Wilkes
Drama
Fawcett, Owen Stanley
Gale, Minna
Jefferson, Joseph
Modjeska, Helena
Theatre
Uridge, Owen Fawcett

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Series I, Unbound Manuscripts, Box 1 (Folders 1-4)

Series II, Personal Diaries, Box 2

Series III, Personal Scrapbooks, Box 3

Series IV, Owen Fawcett family clippings, documents, and items, Box 4 (Folders 1-6)

Subseries A: Personal items and clippings, Box 4 (Folders 1-2)
Subseries B: Owen Fawcett Uridge, Owen Fawcett's grandson, Box 4 (Folders 3-5)
Subseries C: Obituaries of actors, actresses, and other theatrical professionals, Box 4 (Folder 6)
Subseries D: Realia, Box 4, in separate small box

Series V, Correspondence, Box 5 (Folders 1-3)

Subseries A: Undated, Box 5 (Folder 1)
Subseries B: 1879-1899, Box 5 (Folder 2)
Subseries C: 1902-1940, Box 5 (Folder 3)

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Series VI, Books and bound periodicals owned by Owen Fawcett and the Fawcett family

Subseries A: Items housed in Boxes 5-6
Subseries B: Items shelved separately within UT Special Collections

Series VII, The Stage scrapbooks, Boxes 7-12

Subseries A: Date unknown, Box 7
Subseries B: 1883-1889, Boxes 7-8
Subseries C: 1890-1899, Boxes 9-10
Subseries D: 1902-1903, Box 10
Subseries E: By volume, Boxes 10-12

Series VIII, The Booth Family, Box 13

Subseries A: Edwin Booth, Box 13
Subseries B: John Wilkes Booth, Box 13

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Series IX, Materials from English Stay, Box 14

Subseries A: Scrapbooks, Box 14
Subseries B: Oswestry, England, Box 14
Subseries C: Rambles with my Pipe columns, Box 14

Series X, The Theatre in America scrapbooks, Box 15

Series XI, Dramatic Works, Box 16 (Folders 1-7) and Box 17 (Folder 1)

Series XII, Photographs and Prints, Box 17 (Folders 2-3)

Subseries A: Places, Box 17 (Folder 2)
Subseries B: Portraits, Box 17 (Folder 3)

Series XIII, Loose Clippings and Items, Box 17 (Folders 4-5)

Subseries A: Theatre-related, Box 17 (Folder 4)
Subseries B: Miscellaneous items, Box 17 (Folder 5)

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Collection Guide

SERIES I, UNBOUND MANUSCRIPTS

BOX 1

Box 1, Folder 1, Unbound Manuscript

   Includes Owen Fawcett’s personal reflections; Fawcett family genealogical information; materials on the New York 1861 theatrical season, theatrical seasons of 1864-1865, 1886-1887 with actor Edwin Booth, 1887-1888, and other seasons.

Box 1, Folder 2, Unbound Manuscript

   Contains unbound manuscript, including 1898 playbill of the play Kiss in the Dark, featuring three generations of the Fawcett family.

Box 1, Folder 3, Unbound Manuscript

   Includes incomplete, unbound manuscripts, featuring Owen Fawcett’s personal reflections.

Box 1, Folder 4, Unbound Manuscript

    Contains undated theatrical clippings.

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SERIES II, PERSONAL DIARIES

BOX 2

Box 2, Personal diaries

   Dated 1858-1902, 44 volumes (missing 1878 volume)

SERIES III, PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS

BOX 3

Box 3, Personal Scrapbooks

    Contains Owen Fawcett's personal scrapbooks, including personal and theatrical clippings, photographs, playbills, and other items.

        Item 1: (Volume 1) Headline of first clipping reads "A Race of Thespians." Contains two plays handwritten by Owen Fawcett's grandfather, Charles Fawcett: Love Versus Poverty and Uncle John.

        Item 2: (Volume 2) Contains clippings ca. 1859-1875, and large playbill.

        Item 3: (Volume 3) Contains clippings from Michigan 1885 summer theatrical season. Also includes separate folder.

               Folder 1: Contains loose playbills from Item 3, including torn playbill dated November 24, 1870, for the plays Cricket on the Hearth, Home Wreck, Drunkard, Rapparee, and Slasher & Crasher; and other torn playbills.

        Item 4: Fifty Years on the Stage. Dated 1903. Commemerates Owen Fawcett's 50-year theatrical career.

        Item 5: Scrapbook containing selections from Harper's New Monthly Magazine and Rambles with my Pipe clippings. Dated June 1872.

       Item 6: Dramatic History. Theatrical season 1891-1892.

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SERIES IV, FAWCETT FAMILY CLIPPINGS, DOCUMENTS, AND ITEMS

BOX 4

SUBSERIES A, PERSONAL ITEMS AND CLIPPINGS

Box 4, Folder 1, Marriage vow book, February 1895

   Documents the marriage of Mary Fawcett [Owen Fawcett's daughter] to Harry Tremaine Uridge.

Box 4, Folder 1, Marriage certificate, February 1895

    Envelope contains marriage certificate of Mary Fawcett [Owen Fawcett's daughter] to Harry Tremaine Uridge and wedding announcement clipped from a newspaper.

Box 4, Folder 1, Baptismal certificate, September 1905

    Baptismal certificate of Harry Tremaine Uridge, husband of Mary (Fawcett) Uridge.

Box 4, Folder 1, Collection of loose documents, including receipt and family-related newspaper clippings

Box 4, Folder 1, Floral album belonging to Jane Fawcett [Owen Fawcett's wife]

    Album contains short handwritten messages and drawings.

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Box 4, Folder 2, Newspaper clippings [3 copies], The Herald, January 15, 1897, Uncle Tom's Cabin performance

    Regards Owen Fawcett being the last surviving cast member of the 1853 performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin. This was Fawcett's first theatrical performance.

Box 4, Folder 2, Newspaper clipping, The Evening Post, September 7, 1897

    Play review of Change Alley, Owen Fawcett noted.

Box 4, Folder 2, Portion of newspaper clipping [undated, from unknown source], play review of Owen Fawcett

Box 4, Folder 2, Undated photograph of Owen Fawcett

Box 4, Folder 2, Photograph of Owen Fawcett

    Photograph by Bradley Rulofson, San Francisco, California [company logo on back of photograph bears the year 1873].

Box 4, Folder 2, Image of Owen Fawcett, undated magazine clipping

Box 4, Folder 2, Catalogue of Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College, 1857

    Owen Fawcett noted as a student of this college on page 20.

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SUBSERIES B, OWEN FAWCETT URIDGE [OWEN FAWCETT'S GRANDSON]

Box 4, Folder 3, Contains documents regarding Owen Fawcett Uridge

        Item 1: Honor Certificate, January 28, 1910, Bay City Public Schools [Mich.]

         Item 2: Diploma, June 17, 1910, Bay City Public Schools [Mich.]

         Item 3: Correspondence from Owen Fawcett Uridge, September 12, 1918

Box 4, Folder 4, Two birthday books

Box 4, Folder 5, Scrapbook of Owen Fawcett Uridge

SUBSERIES C, OBITUARIES

Box 4, Folder 6, Contains loose clippings of obituaries of actors, actresses, and other theatre professionals associated with Owen Fawcett. Obituaries are arranged in alphabetical order by surname: Ackerman - Wheatleigh.

SUBSERIES D, REALIA

Box 4, pair of buckles, housed in smaller box

    Box is labeled identifying the buckles as belonging to Owen Fawcett's grandfather, Charles Fawcett, also an actor.

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SERIES V, CORRESPONDENCE

BOX 5

SUBSERIES A, UNDATED

Box 5, Folder 1, Contains seven undated letters and notes

        Item 1: Fragment of handwritten letter, signed by Owen Fawcett

        Item 2: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett, dated April 15 [no year available], writer's name illegible

        Item 3: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett, writer's name illegible

        Item 4: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett, writer's name illegible

        Item 5: Handwritten note to Mrs. Owen Fawcett from Sarah [Parry?] Jones

        Item 6: Handwritten note, signed Great Grandmother

        Item 7: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from Carl Herbert

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SUBSERIES B, 1879-1899

Box 5, Folder 2, Contains six letters and notes spanning 1879 to 1899

       Item 8: Handwritten letter to William J. Rolfe from Owen Fawcett, November 18, 1879

       Item 9: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from Daniel Frohman, theatrical director, April 16, 1886

        Item 10: Handwritten letter to Owen Fawcett from Richard Newton, February 8, 1887

        Item 11: Handwritten letter to Owen Fawcett from [Gomersal?], September 29, 1892

        Item 12: Western Union Telegram, to Owen Fawcett, February 1898

       Item 13: Handwritten note to Mrs. Owen Fawcett from Otis Skinner, September 29, 1899

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SUBSERIES C, 1902-1940

Box 5, Folder 3, Contains 19 letters and notes spanning 1902 to 1940

       Item 14: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from [W.] E. Evans, February 27, 1902

       Item 15: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from S.K. Chester, congratulating Fawcett on his retirement and his 50^th anniversary of his theatrical career, December 1, 1903

       Item 16: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett [writer's name illegible], congratulating Fawcett on his retirement and his 50^th anniversary of his theatrical career December 1, 1903

       Item 17: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from Eugene Powers, congratulating Fawcett on his retirement and his 50^th anniversary of his theatrical career, December 2, 1903

      Item 18: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from Otis Skinner, congratulating Fawcetton his retirement and his 50^th anniversary of his theatrical career, December 2,1903

      Item 19: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from Robert M. Oberle, congratulating Fawcett on his retirement and his 50^th anniversary of his theatrical career, December 3, 1903

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        Item 20: Handwritten letters to Owen Fawcett and Mrs. Owen Fawcett from Otis Skinner, January 11, 1904

        Item 21: Typewritten letter to Owen Fawcett from J. Wesley Rosenquest, Manager of 14^th Street Theatre (NYC), January 25, 1904

       Item 22: Handwritten note to Owen Fawcett from actor Brandon Tynan [envelope postmarked February 22, 1904]. Includes newspaper clipping about Tynan.

        Item 23: Handwritten note to Mrs. Owen Fawcett from John Malone, February 22, 1904

        Item 24: Handwritten letter to Owen Fawcett from Chas. A. Bernau, April 11, 1904, regarding Fawcett family genealogy

       Item 25: Handwritten note to Mrs. Owen Fawcett from her granddaughter Jane, January 20, 1907

       Item 26: Typewritten letter to Mary Fawcett Uridge from Charles A. Bernau, July 17, 1912, includes photographs of houses and contains genealogical information on Fawcett family

       Item 27: Handwritten note from [Chrystal?] [Hanes?], August 9, 1913

       Item 28: Handwritten note to Harry Lillford from W.J. Ferguson, December 19, 1927

       Item 29: Typewritten letter to Mrs. Harry T. Uridge from F.H. Sunderland, April 9, 1932, contains genealogical information on Fawcett family [letter is torn]

        Item 30: Typewritten letter to Owen F. Uridge from Arthur A. Busick, January 24, 1934, regarding wells on Uridge's property

        Item 31: Handwritten letter to Mrs. Owen F. Uridge from Ruth [envelope postmarked December 1935]

        Item 32: Handwritten note to Owen F. Uridge from Otis Skinner, July 1, 1940

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SERIES VI, BOOKS AND BOUND PERIODICALS

SUBSERIES A, ITEMS HOUSED IN BOXES 5-6

Box 5, Folder 4, Fragment of song/poetry book, signed "Owen Fawcett 1870." Item has no title page or front and back covers.

BOX 6

Bound Peterson’s Magazine, 1862

Bound Peterson’s Magazine, 1863.

    Inscribed “from Jane Fawcett to her granddaughter Jane Uridge, October 7, 1906.” Fragile condition.

The Stage -- Life of Jos’ Jefferson with Additions by Owen Fawcett.

    Contains The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson from The Century Magazine, November 1889. Also contains loose clippings.<

Owen Fawcett’s Theatrical Joke Book, 1869.

    Signed “August 2, 1884, Oswestry.”Includes Fawcett’s Solon Shingle Songster.

No Chestnuts! Being Anecdotes of the Stage, by Wm. Gomersal, 1892.

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SUBSERIES B, ITEMS SHELVED SEPARATELY IN UT SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Extracts from the Ahiman Rezon. Freemasons Philadelphia Lodge, No. 72, F & A.M. (Philadelphia, PA). Philadelphia: A.C. Bryson & Co, 1879.HS539.P552 E9 1879

Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Merchant of Venice. William Shakespeare. Ed. with notes by William J. Rolfe. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1879. PR2825.A2R6 1879

Owen Fawcett’s Theatrical Joke Book. Owen Fawcett.Philadelphia: A. Winch, 1869. PN2217.F3

Owen Fawcett’s Paul Pry Songster. Owen Fawcett. Philadelphia: A. Winch, 1869. M1628.F38

Quotations from Shakespeare. William Shakespeare. London; NY: G. Routledge and Sons, 1867. PR2768.R6

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Episcopal Church. Philadelphia: Burns & Sieg, 1858. BX5943 1858a

Wayside Musings. Richard Richards. Oswestry: J. Askew Roberts; London: Kent, 1854. PR5225.R6W3 1854

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans. Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans. Philadelphia: H.F. Anners, 1839. PR4780.A1 1839

Thespian Magazine. June 1792. PN2000.T57

Pilgrim’s Progress. John Bunyan. PR3330.A2

The Shakespeare Calendar; Or, Wit and Wisdom for Every Day in the Year. 1850. PR 2771.R5 1850

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SERIES VII, THE STAGE SCRAPBOOKS

BOX 7

SUBSERIES A, DATE UNKNOWN

        Item 1: The Stage; The Green Room! Or Laughs Between the Acts

            Contains items collected by Owen Fawcett for the Oswestry Commercial Circular and includes some Rambles with my Pipe articles by Fawcett.

        Item 2: The Stage; Bits of Theatrical History and Rambles with my Pipe

Item 3:The Stage; Among the Players! And Rambles with my Pipe

        Item 4: The Stage, includes The Green Room article

       Item 5:The Stage

            Contains clipped articles about various actors and actresses. Some articles dated in the 1890s; includes handwritten notes on the 1870-1872 theatrical seasons.

        Item 6: The Stage; Green Room Echoes [book slip notes various dates: 1897, 1899, 1900]

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SUBSERIES B, 1883-1889

       Item 7: The Stage.1883.

            Contains articles on actor Edwin Booth and other actors and actresses.

      Item 8: The Stage.1886-1887 season.

            Includes many clippings on actor Edwin Booth.

      Item 9: The Stage. 1887-1888 season.

            Contains clippings on actors Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett.

BOX 8

       Item 1: The Stage.1888-1889 season.

            Contains clippings on actor Edwin Booth.

       Item 2: The Stage.1889-1890 season.

            Contains information on actors Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and Helena Modjeska.

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SUBSERIES C, 1890-1899

BOX 9

       Item 1: The Stage [England]. 1891-1892 season.

        Item 2: The Stage. 1892-1893 season.

        Item 3: The Stage. 1893-1894 season.

        Item 4: The Stage. 1894-1895 season.

        Item 5: The Stage. 1895-1896 season.

BOX 10

       Item 1: The Stage. 1896.

            Containsclippings of various dates, 1870s-1890s

       Item 2: The Stage. 1899.

            Contains clipped obituaries of members of the theatre community.

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SUBSERIES D, 1902-1903

       Item 3: The Stage. 1902-1903 season.

SUBSERIES E, BY VOLUME

       Item 4: Volume 1.The Stage. Dated 1893.

            Many clippings undated; some clippings dated 1870s and 1890s.

       Item 5: Volume 2.The Stage. Dated 1880.

            Some clippings dated 1870s; most undated.

BOX 11

       Item 1: Volume 3 The Stage

           Some clippings dated 1870s; most undated. Contains clippings on William Shakespeare and Edwin Booth.

      Item 2: Volume 4 The Stage.

            Some clippings dated 1870s; most undated.

       Item 3: Volume 5. The Stage.

         Clipping in front of volume dated 1873; many clippings undated.

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BOX 12

       Item 1: Volume 6. The Stage.

            Some clippings dated 1870s; most undated.

       Item 2: Volume 7. The Stage.

            Contains undated clippings.

        Item 3: Volume 8. The Stage.

            Some clippings dated 1870s; most undated.

SERIES VIII, THE BOOTH FAMILY

BOX 13

SUBSERIES A, VOLUMES ON EDWIN BOOTH

       Item 1: William Winter, Life and Art of Edwin Booth (New York: Macmillan, 1893).
            Corrections in text made by Owen Fawcett.

      Item 2: A Season with Edwin Booth. Scrapbook. 1883-84.

      Item 3: The Stage; Edwin Booth. Signed by Owen Fawcett, January 1, 1894.

           Contains text Booth’s Theatre: Behind the Scenes, and clippings after Booth’s death.

       Item 4: The Stage; The Booth Family.

       Item 5: Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett. 1887-88 season.

           Contains clippings and reviews collected during this season.

       Item 6: Booth’s Richelieu reviewed by John S. Moray, as it appeared in “Season.” January 4, 1871.

           Also contains clippings added by Owen Fawcett; contains picture of John Wilkes Booth and clipping about President Lincoln’s assassination.

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SUBSERIES B, VOLUME ON JOHN WILKES BOOTH

      Item 7: Collection of clippings on John Wilkes Booth. Dated November 21, 189[0, 5, 8?]

            Contains printed text on President Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth.

SERIES IX, MATERIALS FROM ENGLISH STAY

BOX 14

SUBSERIES A, SCRAPBOOKS

       Item 1: British Stage scrapbook. Undated.

SUBSERIES B, OSWESTRY, ENGLAND

         Item 2: History of Oswestry. Dated 1815 on spine. Includes clippings.

        Item 3: The Municipality of Oswestry in 1892. Contains loose papers and clippings.
        Dated July 1892, The Salopian and Montgomeryshire Post.

        Item 4: The Story of Oswestry Castle, by J. Parry-Jones, Town Clerk of Oswestry. Dated July 1894.

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SUBSERIES C, RAMBLES WITH MY PIPE COLUMN

        Item 5: Rambles with my Pipe bound volume. Contains loose clippings.

      Item 6: Rambles with my Pipe bound volume. Contains front picture of Owen Fawcett. Dated 1892, Oswestry, Salop, England.

        Item 7: Rambles with my Pipe bound volume. Dated 1892. Many clippings dated early 1890s; most undated.

        Item 8: Rambles with my Pipe bound volume. Dated 1892. Notes on frontispiece from Owen Fawcett and Mary Fawcett Uridge.

SERIES X, THE THEATRE IN AMERICA SCRAPBOOKS

BOX 15

       Item 1: Volume 1. Dated 1888.

        Item 2: Volume 2. Dated June 23, 1892, Oswestry, England.

        Item 3: Volume 3. Undated.

        Item 4: Volume 4. Undated.

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SERIES XI, DRAMATIC WORKS

BOX 16

Box 16, Folder 1: The Cricket on the Hearth, a Fairy Tale of Home, in Three Acts.

       Adapted from [Dreken’s?] Christmas Carol. By Owen Fawcett, Baltimore, 1862. Dated January 25, 1862, Baltimore, MD; also dated April 11, 1884, Detroit, MI; on lower right back cover, dated 1864.

Box 16, Folder 1: The Cricket on the Hearth. Act. 2.

      Signed “O.S. Fawcett, Baltimore, MD”; contains sketches on inside cover and reverse side of pp. 11, 15. Dated 1862, Baltimore on last page.

Box 16, Folder 1: The Cricket on the Hearth. Act 3.

    Signed “O.S. Fawcett.” Contains various dates: On cover, January 186[5, 6, 8?]; on last two pages, 1884, 1862.

Box 16, Folder 2: Americans At Home. 1873. Adapted by Owen Fawcett.

Box 16, Folder 3: The Bedott Family, a farce [one act], an entirely original dramatization from Mrs. Francis M. Whitcher’s Widow Bedott Papers by Owen Fawcett, New York, 1881

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Box 16, Folder 3: Kiss in the Dark, an entirely new version by Owen Fawcett, 1898

Box 16, Folder 4: Solon Shingle [one act].

    Signed on cover, “Owen Fawcett 1865”; also contains various playbills dated 1865-1871

Box 16, Folder 4: The Barber of Seville, published by Dolby’s British Theatre, signed “Owen Fawcett 1887”

Box 16, Folder 4: Love and Physic. Act 4. Undated.

Box 16, Folder 5: The Bashful Lion. [Also on cover: Popping the Question / A Lesson in Love]

Box 16, Folder 5: Black-Eyed Susan (Burlesque). Prompt Book. Signed “Owen Fawcett, 1870, 12 parts”

Box 16, Folder 5: The Part of Nellie. Signed “Property of Owen Fawcett, 1901”

Box 16, Folder 6: Rip Van Winkle, or the Sleep of Twenty Years. By [Dion?] [Boncicaulz?]. Signed Owen Fawcett, 1868.

Box 16, Folder 7: Married Life. Prompt Book. Signed “O.S. Fawcett 1861”

Box 16, Folder 7: Married Life. Prompt Book. Signed “Mrs. Owen Fawcett”

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BOX 17

Box 17, Folder 1: The Castle of Oswestry. 1819

Box 17, Folder 1:Sweethearts and Wives. Prompt Book. Owen Fawcett. Contains handwritten notes.

SERIES XII, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS

SUBSERIES A, PLACES

Box 17, Folder 2: 55 images; most undated. Contains images of European cities and countries, including France and Italy.

SUBSERIES B, PORTRAITS

Box 17, Folder 3: 20 images; most undated. Contains portrait images, many of actors and actresses.

SERIES XIII, LOOSE CLIPPINGS AND ITEMS

SUBSERIES A, THEATRE-RELATED

Box 17, Folder 4: Includes clippings of play reviews, playbills, and biographical/general information on actors, actresses, and other theatre professionals.

SUBSERIES B, MISCELLANEOUS

Box 17, Folder 5: Includes miscellaneous items, including poetry clippings; bookplates; non-theatre advertisements, flyers, pamphlets, and notes; an initiation certificate for Master Mason, dated [1870?], for Warren R. Coddington.

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