Guide to the Helena Modjeska collection MS.R.037
Finding aid prepared by Su Kim Chung, 1998; machine-readable finding aid created by William Landis; updated by Sara Seltzer,
2014; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2018.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2018
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
Note
Arts and Humanities--Theater--ActingGeographical (By Place)--California--Los Angeles AreaHistory--California History--Los Angeles Area History
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Helena Modjeska collection
Creator:
UCI Libraries. Department of Special Collections and Archives
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.037
Physical Description:
3.1 Linear Feet
(5 boxes and 5 oversize folders) and 0.2 unprocessed linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1876-1989 and undated
Abstract: The artificial collection comprises primary and secondary source materials on Helena Modjeska, a nineteenth-century Polish
stage actress who had a successful career in the United States. Most items pertain to her stage career, while others provide
insight into Modjeska's life at her Santiago Canyon ranch, Arden, in Orange County, California. Primary sources include original
and photocopied Modjeska correspondence, ephemera, programs and playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts, including
a hand-written book of fairy tales. Secondary sources include biographical information on Modjeska in newspaper clippings,
manuscripts typescripts, and published journal articles written by a number of authors.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Processed components of the collection are open for research. Unprocessed additions may contain restricted materials. Please
contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Researchers must use preservation photocopies of restricted fragile items in Box 3.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their
heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Helena Modjeska collection. MS-R037. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 1984, 2009, 2013, and 2017. Gifts of Ellen K. Lee in 1986 and Santa Ana College (Ernest Phillips material) in circa
1965. The book of fairy tales is a Gift of the Museum of the City of New York in 2017. Source is unknown for some materials.
Acquisition Information
Materials originally from MS-R148 (Collection of Helena Modjeska theater memorabilia) were acquired from a dealer in 2009
with funds from the Elizabeth and Verle Annis Library Endowment Fund.
Processing History
Processed by Su Kim Chung, 1998. Additions made by Sara Seltzer, 2013-2014.
Processing Note
Materials originally housed in MS-R148, Collection of Helena Modjeska theater memorabilia (1 linear foot; 1 box), have been
incorporated into this collection. The collection identifier MS-R148 has been reassigned.
Biography
Helena Modjeska was born Helena Opid on October 12, 1840 in Krakow, Poland. Her interest in acting began at a young age, and
she left school early to train with a local actor. Under the management of Gustave Sinnmayer Modrzejewski, she made her theatrical
debut as Helena Modrzejewska in Bochnia, Poland in 1861. Although she had two children by Modrzejewski, they never married,
and after the death of her three-year old daughter in 1865, she left him and returned to Krakow with her young son Ralph.
As a member of a local theater company in Krakow, Modrzejewska's fame continued to grow as the company toured Poland. It was
during one such tour that she met Karol Bozenta Chlapowski, a young Polish aristocrat who had recently spent a year in a Prussian
prison for participating in revolutionary activities. They were married in September 1868, and with Chlapowski now managing
her business affairs, the couple moved to Warsaw. As the leading actress of the Russian-controlled Imperial Theater in Warsaw,
Modrzejewska played 284 roles over the course of six years.
Although Modrzejewska's position brought professional success, the strenuous workload was detrimental to her health. It was
at this time that Modrzejewska, at the urging of friends, decided to visit the United States in an effort to regain her strength,
and possibly to seek a career on the American stage. Chlapowski, who hoped to establish a colony of Polish emigrants in California,
eagerly embraced the plan.
The members of Chlapowski's Polish colony (eight in all) settled in Santa Ana, on a small rented farm not far from Anaheim,
in October 1876. In January 1877, Modrzejewska left for San Francisco in hopes of re-establishing her theatrical career. After
studying English for only four months, she felt confident enough to audition for her first role. With her name anglicized
to Helena Modjeska, she then made a highly successful American debut in
Adrienne Lecouvreur at San Francisco's California Theater in August 1877. For the next thirty years (excepting intermittent periods of illness),
Modjeska toured the United States and Europe, establishing a reputation as one of the greatest dramatic actresses of the late
nineteenth century.
By March 1878 Chlapowski's Polish colony, its members unsuited to pioneer life, had disbanded. Chlapowski (who had adopted
the name of Count Charles Bozenta Chlapowski upon his arrival in the United States) resumed his personal management of Modjeska's
career. Together they would make numerous successful tours of Europe and America from 1878 through 1907. Lauded on both continents
for her performances in plays such as
Macbeth,
As You Like It,
Mary Stuart, and
Camille, Modjeska's leading men included both Edwin Booth and Maurice Barrymore. As a result of her European tours, Modjeska's circle
of friends grew to include such notables as Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and the pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski.
During the American theatrical season, Modjeska traveled from town to town in a private railway car with her company and her
managers. Although they adopted the Clarendon Hotel in New York City as their headquarters, they were frequent visitors to
Southern California as well, often staying at the Santiago Canyon ranch of their close friends, the Pleasants family.
By 1887 Modjeska had declared in both newspaper interviews and letters that she wished to make Southern California her permanent
home. The following year, she and Chlapowski purchased a large piece of property (adding to the property they had already
purchased from the Pleasants in previous years) in Santiago Canyon and commissioned architect Stanford White to remodel and
add to the existing cottage. Soon after its completion, Modjeska named it "Arden" after the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare's
As You Like It. Between Modjeska's theatrical tours of Europe and the United States, they would spend a great deal of time at Arden entertaining
friends and family from all over the world. Bozenta, determined that Arden be a working ranch, continued to purchase acreage
surrounding their property in the hopes of raising successful groves of olive trees. Like the earlier farming ventures of
the Polish colony, however, Bozenta's olive groves failed to prosper.
Despite her frequent absences from Arden, Modjeska played an active part in Orange County life when she was in residence.
She enjoyed close friendships with Orange County pioneers such as the Rice, McCoy, and Yoch families. On more than one occasion
she appeared in benefit productions at French's Opera House in Santa Ana with local amateurs she had trained herself.
In May 1903, after her last acting season in Poland, Modjeska's career appeared to be fading, and she was unable to find work
for almost two years. In 1905, her old protégé Paderewski arranged a testimonial concert for Modjeska at the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York as a tribute to her long-time devotion to the American theater. The testimonial raised $10,000 for
Modjeska and enabled her to obtain a theatrical contract for the next two years.
In the spring of 1906, Modjeska and her husband sold Arden and its surrounding property (totaling 1,341 acres) to a Long Beach
investment company which planned to develop it into a country club. After their final theatrical tour in 1907, they rented
a furnished house in Tustin where Modjeska began her memoirs. The following year, the couple purchased a small beach cottage
on Bay Island in Newport Bay, and it was here that Modjeska completed her memoirs. On April 8, 1909, less than two months
after her final stage appearance at a benefit performance in Los Angeles, Modjeska died at her Bay Island home. After funeral
services at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los Angeles, Modjeska was buried in Krakow, Poland.
Immediately after her death, a distraught Count Bozenta engaged Ernest Phillips, a Santa Ana actor who had performed with
Modjeska during her final theatrical tour, to aid him in packing up Modjeska's things. Bozenta also gave him several mementos
of Modjeska's career, and Phillips later created a scrapbook of the memorabilia from his stage work with Modjeska. Bozenta
died in 1914, scarcely five years after his wife, and was buried next to her in Krakow.
Arden and its surrounding acreage went through a number of owners until it was finally sold (with the original property size
greatly reduced because of a number of subdivisions) to the Charles S. Walker family of Long Beach in 1923. In 1986, descendants
of the Walker family sold the Modjeska house and 14.4 acres of land to the County of Orange so that it might be preserved
and developed as a historic park. Today it appears on the National Register of Historic Places and is California State Landmark
#205. In addition, the two-mile stretch of Santiago Canyon once owned by Orange County's most famous actress is now known
as Modjeska Canyon.
Chronology
Missing Title
| 1840 |
Born Helena Opid in Krakow, Poland on October 12th. |
| 1861 |
Gave birth to son Ralph by her stage manager Gustave Sinnmayer Modrzejewski. |
| 1861 |
The White Camellia |
| 1861 |
Established the New Sandec Company (included her sister and several brothers) with Modrzejewski and successfully toured neighboring
Polish towns.
|
| 1865 |
Left Modrzejewski after the death of her three-year old daughter Marylka and moved back to Krakow with her son. |
| 1868 |
Married Charles Bozenta Chlapowski. |
| 1868 |
Became the leading lady of the Russian-controlled Imperial Theater in Warsaw for six years. |
| 1876 |
Modrzejewska and Chlapowski sailed to America with a small group of friends in order to establish a Polish immigrant colony
in Southern California.
|
| 1876 |
Chlapowski took the name of Count Charles Bozenta Chlapowski upon arrival in the United States, but would be more commonly
known as Count Bozenta.
|
| 1876 |
Members of Polish colony took up residence at a small rented farm near Anaheim. |
| 1877 |
Left to study English in San Francisco in January. |
| 1877 |
Adrienne Lecouvreur |
| 1878 |
Her success continued with appearances in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington D.C. |
| 1878 |
The Polish colony experiment ended in March, and Bozenta joined Modjeska and her son in New York to serve as her personal
representative.
|
| 1879 |
After her second year on the American stage, Modjeska returned to her native Poland for a winter of theatrical appearances. |
| 1880 |
Heartsease, an adaptation of Camille |
| 1880 |
Spent the next two seasons acting in London. |
| 1882 |
Modjeska and her husband returned to America, and she began the first of several seasons with Maurice Barrymore (father of
Lionel, Ethel, and John) as her leading man.
|
| 1883 |
At the close of the theatrical season, Modjeska and her husband returned to Southern California for a vacation at the Santiago
Canyon ranch of the Joseph E. Pleasants family.
|
| 1883 |
Bozenta purchased a half-interest in the ranch in the hopes of starting a joint cattle-raising venture with Joseph E. Pleasants.
|
| 1884 |
Modjeska and her husband returned to Europe in the early summer. |
| 1884 |
On a visit to Poland, the couple befriended pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski and helped him to further his musical studies in
Vienna.
|
| 1885 |
After a series of theatrical engagements in Europe, the couple returned home and began another American tour. |
| 1886 |
With Barrymore as her leading man, Modjeska played in Los Angeles for the first time. |
| 1887 |
At the end of the year, Bozenta purchased additional property next to the acreage he already owned jointly with Pleasants. |
| 1888 |
After the death of Pleasants' wife, the couple purchased the remaining half-interest in the ranch (160 acres) and 134 acres
of an adjoining homestead.
|
| 1888 |
Modjeska and her husband commissioned New York architect Stanford White to remodel and add to the existing cottage on the
Pleasants' property.
|
| 1889 |
Spent a large part of this year and the following year touring American theaters with Edwin Booth (brother of Lincoln's assassin
John Wilkes Booth) considered at the time to be America's finest actor.
|
| 1890-1891 |
On tour in both Europe and on the East coast of the United States. |
| 1892 |
Returned to Arden. |
| 1892 |
Modjeska scandalized by the murder of Arden ranch manager William McKelvery by farmhand Francisco Torres, who was later hanged
by an angry mob.
|
| 1894 |
Upon completion of their American tour, Modjeska and her company performed in Los Angeles, and Modjeska appeared in a benefit
performance at French's Opera House in Santa Ana.
|
| 1895 |
Russian edict of banishment issued against Modjeska forbidding her entry into Russian-controlled Poland. She was never again
allowed to act in Warsaw.
|
| 1896 |
Returned to Arden in March for convalescence after suffering a slight stroke two months earlier while on tour in Cincinnati. |
| 1897 |
Modjeska ill much of the year. |
| 1897 |
Mary Stuart |
| 1898 |
Modjeska and her husband purchased an additional 320 acres of land in nearby Harding Canyon, bringing their Orange County
holdings to 1341.14 acres.
|
| 1898 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
| 1899 |
Marie Antoinette |
| 1900 |
Construction began on a dam in Harding Canyon to conserve water and provide a source of irrigation for Bozenta's olive groves.
Completed the following year, it failed to save Bozenta's olive trees.
|
| 1902 |
Modjeska and her husband departed for Poland in the fall and remained there until the following spring. It was her last acting
season in Poland.
|
| 1903-1904 |
Modjeska unable to obtain a contract for the coming American theatrical season. |
| 1905 |
Former protégé Ignace Jan Paderewski arranged testimonial concert honoring Modjeska and her devotion to the American theater
and raised $10,000.
|
| 1905 |
Modjeska's appearance attracted the attention of stage managers who offered her a contract allowing her to extend her career
for two more years beginning that fall.
|
| 1906 |
Arden and its surrounding acreage sold to a Long Beach investment company which planned to open a country club on the property.
|
| 1906 |
Departed for final theatrical tour of cities in the Eastern United States in September. |
| 1907 |
Modjeska and her husband took up residence in a furnished house in Tustin. |
| 1908 |
The couple moved to a small beach cottage they had purchased on Bay Island in East Newport. |
| 1908 |
Modjeska completed her memoirs. |
| 1909 |
Modjeska appeared at a Los Angeles benefit performance for the victims of the Messina, Italy earthquake. It was her last stage
appearance.
|
| 1909 |
Died April 8th at her home on Bay Island. Funeral services held at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los Angeles, and Modjeska was
later buried in her native Krakow.
|
| 1914 |
Bozenta died in Poland and was buried next to his wife. |
| 1923 |
Arden sold to the Charles S. Walker family of Long Beach. |
| 1986 |
Descendants of the Walker family sold Arden and 14.4 acres of land to the County of Orange for preservation and development
as a historic park.
|
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The artificial collection comprises primary and secondary source materials on Helena Modjeska, a nineteenth-century Polish
stage actress who had a successful career in the United States. Most items pertain to her stage career, while others provide
insight into Modjeska's life at her Santiago Canyon ranch, Arden, in Orange County, California. Primary sources include original
and photocopied Modjeska correspondence, ephemera, programs and playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts, including
a hand-written book of fairy tales. Secondary sources include biographical information on Modjeska in newspaper clippings,
manuscripts typescripts, and published journal articles written by a number of authors.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is organized into six series. As portions of the collection were the result of significant donations, the collection
has been organized to reflect that provenance:
- Series 1. Ellen Lee material, 1881-1989 and undated. 0.3 linear feet
- Series 2. Ernest Phillips material, 1881-1923 and undated. 0.6 linear feet
- Series 3. Writings on Modjeska, 1907-1967 and undated. 0.1 linear feet
- Series 4. Printed items, circa 1877-1986 and undated. 0.3 linear feet
- Series 5. Photographs, 1883-1891, 1902, circa 1920s and undated. 0.8 linear feet
- Series 6. Helena Modjeska book of fairy tales, 1896.
- Accession 2018.035. Photographs and programs unprocessed addition, 1876-1907. 0.2 linear feet
Separation Note
Special Collections and Archives has cataloged separately a small collection of books about Modjeska and a number of volumes
from her personal library.
Related Collections
Related materials documenting Modjeska's life in Orange County can be found in in the following collections in the Department
of Special Collections and Archives:
Don Meadows papers (MS-R001)
Rice Family papers (MS-R045)
Ellen K. Lee collection on Helena Modjeska and Orange County (MS-R143)
Modjeska's drop-leaf writing desk, which belonged for many years to the Yoch family of Santa Ana, is also housed in Special
Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cabinet photographs -- 19th century.
Ephemera
Polish Americans -- California - -Archives
Actresses -- Poland -- History -- Sources.
Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Theater programs
Actresses -- United States
Actors.
Scrapbooks
Photographic prints -- 20th century.
Playbills
Photographic prints -- 19th century.
Artifacts
Short stories
Lee, Ellen K.
Chlapowski, Karol
Modjeska, Helena
Phillips, Ernest C. (Ernest Crozier)
Ellen Lee material Series 1.
1881-1989 and undated
Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises primary and secondary source material on Modjeska written or collected by Orange County historian Ellen
K. Lee. Primary sources consist of Modjeska correspondence, ephemera, and programs and playbills from her theatrical performances.
Also included are typescripts and printed items written by Lee about Modjeska, as well as contemporary and modern photographs
of Modjeska and her home, Arden, in Santiago Canyon.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged by format of material and topically therein.
box 1, folder 1
Gilder, Helena, transcriptions of letters dated 1878-1909 from Modjeska and her husband
1959
box 1, folder 2
James, Henry, photocopies of original letters from Modjeska
1891-1892
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals are in the collections of the Houghton Library, Harvard University.
box 1, folder 3-4
McCoys, letters from Modjeska and her husband
1895-1909
Physical Description: 2 folders.
box 1, folder 5
Memorial card and admittance ticket from Modjeska's funeral
1909
box 1, folder 6
Polish commemorative coin honoring Modjeska
1975
box 1, folder 7
Programs for Modjeska performances
1897-1909
Scope and Content Note
1909 program for a Los Angeles benefit performance contains a holograph annotation noting that this was Modjeska's final appearance
on the stage.
box FB-010, folder 4
Sheet music for "To Helen" autographed to Modjeska by Oscar Wilde
1881
box FB-010, folder 4
Modjeska portrait, autographed to Mrs. Joseph Yoch
1897
box 1, folder 8
Modjeska ranch (Arden) in Santiago Canyon, exterior and interior views
1974
Physical Description: 45 color photographs.
box 1, folder 9
Historical background of the Modjeska house, Modjeska Canyon, Orange County, California
1989
box 1, folder 10
A Modjeska letter, production file, including edited typescript, for Lee's keepsake produced for Friends of the Library, University of California,
Irvine
1968 and undated
box 1, folder 11
Other brochures, essays, and articles on Modjeska
1969-1987
Ernest Phillips material Series 2.
1881-1923 and undated
Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains materials related to Modjeska's theatrical career that were collected by Ernest Phillips. It includes
correspondence from Modjeska and her Chlapowski, as well as ephemera related to Modjeska and Arden given to Phillips by Chlapowski
at Modjeska's death. Also includes a scrapbook containing Phillips' personal memorabilia of his theatrical career with Modjeska.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged by format of material and topically therein.
box 1, folder 13
Barrett, Lawrence, telegram to Modjeska
1888
box 1, folder 12
Chlapowski, Karol Bozenta, letter and postcards to Ernest Phillips
1908-1914
box 1, folder 13
Fisk, Minnie Madden, letter to Modjeska
1892
box 1, folder 13
Irvine, Henry, letter to Modjeska
undated
box 1, folder 13
Terry, Ellen, letter to Modjeska
1881
box 1, folder 14
Memorial card from Modjeska's funeral
1909
box 1, folder 14
Modjeska Inn and Modjeska Ranch printed advertisements
1923 and undated
box 1, folder 14
Programs and advertisements for Modjeska performances
1891-1909 and undated
box 4
Theatrical wig (straight) used by Modjeska in
Marie Antoinette
undated
box 4
Theatrical wig (curly) used by Phillips in
Macbeth
undated
box 4
Velvet brocade cuff from a Modjeska costume
undated
box FB-010, folder 5
Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, photographs, playbills, programs, and typescript reminiscences documenting Phillips'
friendship with Modjeska and the final years of her life
1905-1909 and undated
Writings on Modjeska Series 3.
1907-1967 and undated
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises miscellaneous notes and writings on Modjeska, some by Orange County historians.
Series Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically by topic or surname of the writer.
box 1, folder 15
Coulter, Mrs. F. E., curator of the Bowers Museum (Santa Ana), miscellaneous notes and correspondence regarding Modjeska
1966-1967 and undated
box 1, folder 16
Madame Modjeska Company touring schedule, typescript
1907
box 1, folder 16
Notes on Modjeska's family tree
undated
box 1, folder 17
Pleasants, Adalina (Mrs. J. E.), holograph and typescript notes on Modjeska and the Anaheim colony
circa 1920s
Printed items Series 4.
circa 1877-1986 and undated
Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains newspaper clippings and published biographical materials on Modjeska and her husband as well as programs
and playbills from selected Modjeska stage roles.
Series Arrangement
The series is arranged by format of material.
box 1, folder 18
Articles on Modjeska in
The Burr McIntosh Monthly,
Theatre Arts Monthly,
Theatre Arts, and
Polish American Studies
1906-1974
box 1, folder 19
Biographical sketches and information on Modjeska
1893-1971 and undated
box 3 RESTRICTED, folder 2
Kyle, Howard, "On tour with Modjeska"
undated
Access
Fragile original is restricted. Researchers must use the preservation photocopy in Box 1, Folder 19.
box 1, folder 20
Clippings on Modjeska and Arden from newspapers, photocopies
1889-1986 and undated
box 3 RESTRICTED, folder 1
Original clippings
1889-1986
Access
Fragile originals are restricted. Researchers must use the preservation photocopies in Box 1, Folder 20.
box FB-010, folder 6
Printed picture of Modjeska as Mary Stuart
1888
box 2, folder 1-2, box FB-071, folder 4
Programs, playbills, and clippings for performances by Modjeska and her contemporaries, mainly in New York, San Francisco,
London, and Chicago
1879-1905 and undated
box FB-072, folder 4
Publicity poster of Modjeska
circa 1877-1878
box FB-010, folder 6
Scrapbook of program and playbill clippings for performances by Modjeska, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and others, mainly
at the Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco
1885-1895
Photographs Series 5.
1883-1891, 1902, circa 1920s and undated
Physical Description: 0.8 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists primarily of cabinet card photographs of Modjeska in costume for various stage roles. Also included are
photographs of Modjeska and the interior of Arden, her Santiago Canyon home.
Series Arrangement
The series is arranged by format or subject of material.
Cabinet cards
1891 and undated
box 2, folder 3
Adrienne Lecouvreur
undated
Physical Description: 6 items.
box 2, folder 3
As You Like It
undated
Physical Description: 3 items.
box 2, folder 4
Camille
undated
Physical Description: 10 items.
box 2, folder 5
Les Chouans
undated
Physical Description: 2 items.
box 2, folder 5
Cymbeline
undated
Physical Description: 2 items.
box 2, folder 5
A Doll's House
undated
Physical Description: 3 items.
box 2, folder 5
Hamlet
undated
Physical Description: 1 item.
box 2, folder 6
Mary Stuart
undated
Physical Description: 1 item.
box 2, folder 6
Merchant of Venice
undated
Physical Description: 2 items.
box 2, folder 6
Mistress Betty
undated
Physical Description: 1 item.
box 2, folder 6
Romeo and Juliet
undated
Physical Description: 6 items.
box 2, folder 7
Richelieu
undated
Physical Description: 1 item.
box 2, folder 7
Sappho
undated
Physical Description: 6 items.
box 2, folder 7
Twelfth Night
undated
Physical Description: 1 item.
box 2, folder 8
Unidentified roles
1883, 1891 and undated
Physical Description: 24 items.
Note
Includes autographed photographs.
box 2, folder 9, box FB-071, folder 4
Modjeska portraits in a variety of roles
1883 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes four photographs of other contemporary actors mounted on the verso of Modjeska photographs.
box 2, folder 10
Photographs of Arden
1902, circa 1920s and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes a "Forest of Arden" brochure.
box 5
Titi, Nunu i Klembolo czyli Przygody dwóch liliowych chłopczyków i psa o sześciu nogach
1896
Titi, Nunu i Klembolo czyli Przygody dwóch liliowych chłopczyków i psa o sześciu nogach
Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Language of Material: Polish.
Scope and Contents
This item is a book of fairy tales written and illustrated by Helena Modjeska for her grandson Felix Bozenta Modieski. The
English translation of the title is
Titi, Nunu and Klembolo, or the adventures of two lilac boys and a six legged dog
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Short stories
box accn2018-035 001
Unprocessed addition 2018 Accession 2018-035
1876-1907
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 half legal document box)
Series Scope and Centent Summary
The addition to the collection contains photograph of Modjeska, some of which depict her in costume, and programs and advertisements
for productions she was in.
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
