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Book and Periodicals - Newspaper original photostats, Vol. 5

Item

Title

Book and Periodicals - Newspaper original photostats, Vol. 5

Date

1900-1905

Abstract

Woman recalls her teacher, John Surratt's sweetheart, and her distress in school one day ; article describes man's meeting Booth, and Booth's first theatre performance in America ; poem about Junius Brutus Booth, Sr. ; Spiritualist pastor says Lincoln forgives Booth ; Steel Mackaye responds to an accusation of attempting to blackmail Edwin Booth ; Edwin Booth tells of a performance in a mining camp where members of the audience began shooting at actors on stage.

Description

Negative photostat of six short articles and a poem, "Lincoln's Assassination" (1900), "Booth's First Appearance in America", "Booth" (poem), "Lincoln forgives Booth (1905)", Steele Mackaye Indignant", "Booth's Greatest Compliment", pasted to scrapbook page

Temporal Coverage

1900s See all items with this value

Subject

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077082 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79061239 Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97043843 Davis, Harriet Riddle, 1853 or 1854-1938 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88068100 Surratt, John H. (John Harrison), 1844-1916 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82201391 Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852 See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126775 Spiritualism See all items with this value

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044536 Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 See all items with this value

Format

PDF

Source

Frederick L. Black Papers

Rights

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Rights Holder

Oakland University

Identifier

OU_SC_BLACK_07_03_42

Type

Text See all items with this value

Item sets

Frederick L. Black papers

Books and Periodicals

Box 7, Folder 3