Guide to the C. E. Stockdale Theatrical Cabinet Photograph Collection MS.P.016

Processed by Adrian Turner; machine-readable finding aid created by Adrian Turner
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2001
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: C. E. Stockdale theatrical cabinet photograph collection
Creator: Stockdale, C. E.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.016
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1895-1901
Abstract: This collection comprises 97 cabinet photographs, mostly albumen, primarily of portraits of actors and actresses who performed in Chicago in the late 1890's through the early 1900's. Some of the more prominent individuals represented in the collection are: Maude Adams, Sarah Bernhardt, James J. Corbett, Edith Crane, Fanny Davenport, John Drew, William Faversham, William Gillette, Anna Held, De Wolfe Hopper, Edna Wallace Hopper, Wilton Lackaye, Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Ada Rehan, John Philip Sousa, and Ellen Terry. Also included in this collection are photographs of Robert G. Ingersoll, Ida McKinley, and Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison. Most of these photographs were autographed for C. E. Stockdale, with his annotations on the verso indicating the date the portrait was taken, and the date and location of the presentation.
Language of Material: English .

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

C. E. Stockdale Theatrical Cabinet Photograph Collection. MS-P16. 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

Gift of Harry M. Gerhard, circa 1968.

Processing History

Fully processed by Adrian Turner, 2001.

Biography

C. E. Stockdale was an actor who collected photographs of well-known theatrical figures while living in Chicago. He gathered autographs for this collection by waiting near stage doors and in hotel lobbies. Harry M. Gerhard of Santa Ana, California acquired the photographs in 1933 when his family moved into Stockdale's Chicago home.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection comprises 97 cabinet photographs, mostly albumen, primarily of portraits of actors and actresses who performed in Chicago in the late 1890's through the early 1900's. Some of the more prominent individuals represented in the collection are: Maude Adams, Sarah Bernhardt, James J. Corbett, Edith Crane, Fanny Davenport, John Drew, William Faversham, William Gillette, Anna Held, De Wolfe Hopper, Edna Wallace Hopper, Wilton Lackaye, Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Ada Rehan, John Philip Sousa, and Ellen Terry. Also included in this collection are photographs of Robert G. Ingersoll, Ida McKinley, and Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison. Most of these photographs were autographed for C. E. Stockdale, with his annotations on the verso indicating the date the portrait was taken, and the date and location of the presentation.
Many of these photo mounts are printed with the name of the individual portrayed and the photographer. Photographs are arranged by surname of the individual portrayed.

Separation Note

One cabinet photograph depicting the popular stage actress Helena Modjeska as "Mistress Betty," taken in 1894 by Jan W. Idzikowski, was separated from this collection and added to the Helena Modjeska Collection (Collection number MS-R37) at UCI Special Collections and Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Entertainers -- Photographs.
Actors -- Photographs.
Theatrical producers and directors -- Photographs.
Singers -- Photographs.
Cabinet photographs -- 19th century.
Theater -- United States -- Photographs.
Theater -- Archives

box 1, folder 1

Adams, Maude, and undated 1896

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 1

Allen, Viola 1895

box 1, folder 1

Barnabee, H. C., undated

box 1, folder 1

Bartlett-Davis, Jessie ca. 1897

box 1, folder 1

Bernhardt, Sarah, undated

box 1, folder 1

Bispham, David ca. 1898

box 1, folder 1

Busby, Amy 1896

box 1, folder 1

Calvé, Emma 1895

box 1, folder 1

Carter, Leslie 1896

box 1, folder 2

Cayvan, Georgia 1895

box 1, folder 2

Clement, Clay 1895

box 1, folder 2

Conor, Harry, 1898

box 1, folder 2

Corbett, James J. 1894

box 1, folder 2

Crane, Edith, 1895

box 1, folder 2

Dalton, Henry 1898

box 1, folder 2

Daly, Dan, undated

box 1, folder 2

Daly, Lucy, undated

box 1, folder 2

Daniels, Frank, undated

box 1, folder 2

D'Arville, Camille ca. 1897

box 1, folder 3

Davenport, Fanny ca. 1894

box 1, folder 3

De Angelis, Jefferson 1895

box 1, folder 3

De Koven, Reginald, undated

box 1, folder 3

De Reszké, Edouard ca. 1897

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 3

Drew, John 1895

box 1, folder 3

Elliott, Gertrude, undated

box 1, folder 3

Elliott, Maxine 1895

box 1, folder 3

Evans, Charles, undated

box 1, folder 3

Faversham, William, undated

box 1, folder 4

Fiske, Minnie Madern, undated

box 1, folder 4

Florence, Katherine, undated

box 1, folder 4

French, Minnie, undated

box 1, folder 4

Glaser, Lulu 1896

box 1, folder 4

Gilbert, Yvette, undated

box 1, folder 4

Gillette, William ca. 1897

box 1, folder 4

Goodwin, Nat C. 1895

box 1, folder 4

Harmed (?), Virginia ca. 1898

box 1, folder 4

Hackett, James K. 1896

box 1, folder 4

Harlow, Otis, undated

box 1, folder 4

Harlow, Richard 1896

box 1, folder 1

Harrison, Carter H., undated

box 1, folder 5

Haworth (?), W., undated

box 1, folder 5

Held, Anna 1896

box 1, folder 5

Henshaw, John E., undated

box 1, folder 5

Hoey, William, undated

box 1, folder 5

Holland Joseph and M. 1896

box 1, folder 5

Hopper, De Wolf 1895

box 1, folder 5

Ingersoll, Robert G. 1896

box 1, folder 5

Jones, Walter, undated

box 1, folder 5

Kelcey (?), H. 1897

box 1, folder 5

Kidder, Kathryn 1895

box 1, folder 6

Kimball, Grace 1895

box 1, folder 6

Lackaye, Wilton, 1895

box 1, folder 6

Mannering, Mary, undated

box 1, folder 6

Mansfield, Beatrice, undated

box 1, folder 6

Mansfield, Richard 1895

box 1, folder 6

Marlowe-Taber, Julia 1896

box 1, folder 6

Morton, Dorothy, undated

box 1, folder 6

McKinley, Ida ca. 1896

box 1, folder 6

Melba, Nellie ca. 1898

box 1, folder 6

Miller, Henry 1896

box 1, folder 6

Nethersole, Olga 1896

box 1, folder 6

Nordica, Lillian ca. 1897

box 1, folder 6

Paydere, Clifton L., undated

box 1, folder 6

Plançon, Pol ca. 1897

box 1, folder 7

Powers, James ca. 1899

box 1, folder 7

Rankin, Phyllis, undated

box 1, folder 7

Reed, Roland 1896

box 1, folder 7

Rehan, Ada 1895-ca. 1897

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 7

Ritchie, Adel 1897

box 1, folder 7

Ross, Charles J. 1895

box 1, folder 7

Rush, Isadore 1896

box 1, folder 7

Shannon, E., undated

box 1, folder 7

Skinner, Otis, undated

box 1, folder 7

Sousa, John Philip ca. 1897

box 1, folder 8

Sothern, E. H. 1895-1896

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 8

Stoddart, J. H., undated

box 1, folder 8

Studholme, Marie 1896

box 1, folder 8

Terry, Ellen 1895

box 1, folder 8

Tilley, Vistá, undated

box 1, folder 8

Titus, Edna May, undated

box 1, folder 9

Unidentified individuals 1895-1901

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 8

Vaughn, Theresa, undated

box 1, folder 8

Wallace-Hopper, Edna 1895

box 1, folder 8

Walsh, Blanche 1896

box 1, folder 8

Waltzinger, Bertha, undated

box 1, folder 8

Wilson, Francis 1895