Owen Fawcett Theatre Collection, 1858-1903

MS-422
The Special Collections Library of
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Welcome to the Web exhibit of the Owen Fawcett Theatre Collection, MS-422 in the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library. Feel free to browse this online exhibit and to access more detailed information on the collection through the online finding aid. This Web exhibit features selected items from the Fawcett Theatre Collection, including photographs, diaries, clippings, playbills, and dramatic works, as well as a short bibliography.

Contact Information
Images
Playbills
Clippings and Articles
Diary Entries
Dramatic Works
Selected Bibliography

University of Tennessee Contact Information
          Hoskins Library
         1401 Cumberland Avenue
         Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4000
         865-974-4480
         E-mail: special@aztec.lib.utk.edu

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Images

The Fawcett Theatre Collection, MS-422, contains many images of people and places associated with the actor Owen Fawcett. The following is a selected sample of some of these photographs and prints. Please click on the images for a larger view.

Undated magazine clipping image of Owen Fawcett
(Box 4, Folder 2)

Undated photograph of Owen Fawcett
(Box 4, Folder 2)

Undated photograph of Owen Fawcett from Rambles with my Pipe bound volume
(Box 14, Item 6)

Photograph of Owen Fawcett and handwritten entry from scrapbook Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, 1887-1888 Season
(Box 13, Item 5)

Undated photograph of Edwin Booth from scrapbook Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, 1887-1888 Season
(Box 13, Item 5)

Undated photograph of Minna Gale from scrapbook Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, 1887-1888 Season
(Box 13, Item 5)

Photograph of Helena Modjeska, Nov. 1878 (front view), Scholl's Imperial Cards, Philadelphia
(Box 17, Folder 3)

Reverse side of photograph of Helena Modjeska, Nov. 1878, Scholl's Imperial Cards, Philadelphia
(Box 17, Folder 3)

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Playbills

Playbill for A Kiss in the Dark, June 6, 1898, features three generations of the Owen Fawcett family: Owen Fawcett, Mrs. Owen Fawcett, Mrs. Mary Fawcett-Uridge [Owen Fawcett's daughter], and Owen Fawcett-Uridge [Owen Fawcett's grandson]
(Box 1, Folder 2)

Playbill for Julius Caesar, Sept. 12, 1887, tour of Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett
(Box 13, Item 5)

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Clippings and Articles

Fawcett Family genealogical information, from unbound manuscript
(Box 1, Folder 1)

The Herald, Jan. 15, 1897, article on Owen Fawcett's first theatrical appearance in the play Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1853
(Box 4, Folder 2)

The Detroit Free Press article on Owen Fawcett's last theatrical performance and retirement
(Box 3, Item 4)

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Diary Entries

April 13, 1861, diary entry on Fort Sumter, reads "Fort Sumter taken by the Confederate States"
(Box 2)

April 19, 20, 21, 1861, diary entries on Federal troops attempting to reach Washington
(Box 2)

February 22, 1865, diary entry on Charleston, reads "News that Charleston is taken by the Union forces"
(Box 2)

April 14, 15, 1865, diary entries on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(Box 2)

April 19, 1865 diary entry on Abraham Lincoln's funeral
(Box 2)

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Dramatic Works

Cover of prompt book for the dramatic work Black-Eyed Susan, signed "Owen Fawcett, 1870"
(Box 16, Folder 5)

Inside view of Black-Eyed Susan prompt book
(Box 16, Folder 5)

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Selected Bibliography

Boston Museum Company Correspondence. Harvard Theatre Collection. Harvard College Library. http://hcl.harvard.edu/ (Last Accessed 20 April 2004). [Collection contains information on Owen Fawcett.]

"Fawcett, Owen." Who Was Who in America -- A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America. Volume 1897-1942. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Company, 1943. [pg. 388].

Folger Shakespeare Library. http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html (Last Accessed 20 April 2004). [Contains several items regarding Owen Fawcett, including dramatic works and books.]

"Owen Fawcett." Internet Broadway Database. http://www.ibdb.com/ (Last Accessed 15 April 2004). [Contains some information on specific plays in which Owen Fawcett performed.]

McNeill, Sarah Brown. March 1973. The Theatre of Owen Fawcett; Half a Century as a Supporting Player, 1853-1903. Dissertation. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Call Number: Thesis73b.M225.

Philip K. Ward Collection of Theatrical Images, 1856-1910. Ms. Coll. 331. University of Pennsylvania Library. Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library Collection. http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/photos/theater/ (Last Accessed 15 April 2004). [Contains digital images of Owen Fawcett, Helena Modjeska, Edwin Booth, Fanny Davenport, Lawrence Barrett, and many other actors.]

Taylor, Orla Benedict. 1931. A Few Reminiscences of the Stage. In Papers, 1931-1941. Taylor, Orla Benedict, 1865-1945. University of Michigan Special Collections Library. http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/index.html (Last Accessed 20 April 2004).

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