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Owen Fawcett Theatre Collection

Fawcett Theatre Collection University of Tennessee Libraries, Special Collections MS.0422

Selected items from the Fawcett Theatre Collection, including photographs, diaries, clippings, playbills, and dramatic works, as well as a short bibliography.

Images
Playbills
Clippings and Articles
Diary Entries
Dramatic Works
Selected Bibliography

Images

Magazine Clipping Image of Owen Fawcett
Undated magazine clipping image of Owen Fawcett
(Box 4, Folder 2)
Photograph of Owen Fawcett
Undated photograph of Owen Fawcett
(Box 4, Folder 2)
Fawcett Rambles with my Pipe photo
Undated photograph of Owen Fawcett from Rambles with my Pipe bound volume
(Box 14, Item 6)
Fawcett photo and scrapbook entry
Photograph of Owen Fawcett and handwritten entry from scrapbook Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, 1887-1888 Season
(Box 13, Item 5)
Photo of Edwin Booth
Undated photograph of Edwin Booth from scrapbook Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, 1887-1888 Season
(Box 13, Item 5)
Photo of Minna Gale
Undated photograph of Minna Gale from scrapbook Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, 1887-1888 Season
(Box 13, Item 5)
Photo of Helena Modjeska front
Photograph of Helena Modjeska, Nov. 1878
(front view), Scholl's Imperial Cards, Philadelphia
(Box 17, Folder 3)
Photo of Helena Modjeska reverse
Reverse side of photograph of Helena Modjeska, Nov. 1878, Scholl's Imperial Cards, Philadelphia
(Box 17, Folder 3)

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Playbills

Kiss in the Dark playbill
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)
Booth-Barrett playbill
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 genealogy information
Fawcett Family genealogical information, from unbound manuscript
(Box 1, Folder 1)
The Herald Uncle Toms Cabin clipping
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)
Fawcett 50 years on stage article
The Detroit Free Press article on Owen Fawcett's last theatrical performance and retirement
(Box 3, Item 4)

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Diary Entries

Diary Apr. 13 1861
April 13, 1861, diary entry on Fort Sumter, reads "Fort Sumter taken by the Confederate States"
(Box 2)
Diary Apr. 19 20 21 1861
April 19, 20, 21, 1861, diary entries on Federal troops attempting to reach Washington
(Box 2)
Diary Feb. 22 1865
February 22, 1865, diary entry on Charleston, reads "News that Charleston is taken by the Union forces"
(Box 2)
Diary Apr. 14 15 1865
April 14, 15, 1865, diary entries on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(Box 2)
Diary Apr. 19 1865
April 19, 1865 diary entry on Abraham Lincoln's funeral
(Box 2)

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Dramatic Works

Black-Eyed Susan Prompt Book Cover
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
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).