Guide to the C. E. Stockdale Theatrical Cabinet Photograph Collection
Processed by Adrian Turner; machine-readable finding aid created by
Adrian Turner
Special Collections and Archives
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University of California
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Arts and Humanities--Theater--Acting
Arts and Humanities--Theater--Theater History and Criticism
Arts and Humanities--Music
Guide to the C. E. Stockdale Theatrical Cabinet Photograph Collection
Collection number: MS-P16
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Adrian Turner
- Date Completed:
- 2001
- Encoded by:
- Adrian Turner
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: C. E. Stockdale theatrical cabinet photograph collection,
Date (inclusive): 1895-1901
Collection number: MS-P016
Collector:
Stockdale, C. E.
Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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:
English.
Administrative Information
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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Harry M. Gerhard, ca. 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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Stockdale, C. E.--Photograph collections.
Theater--Archival resources.
Theater--United States--Photographs.
Actors--Photographs.
Entertainers--Photographs.
Singers--Photographs.
Theatrical producers and directors--Photographs.
Genres and Forms of Materials
Cabinet photographs--19th century.
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 1
Adams, Maude, 1896 and undated.
Physical Description:
2 photographic prints.
Box 1 : 1
Bartlett-Davis, Jessie, ca. 1897
Box 1 : 1
Bernhardt, Sarah, undated
Box 1 : 2
D'Arville, Camille, ca. 1897
Box 1 : 3
Davenport, Fanny, ca. 1894
Box 1 : 3
De Angelis, Jefferson, 1895
Box 1 : 3
De Koven, Reginald, undated
Box 1 : 3
De Reszké, Edouard, ca. 1897.
Physical Description:
2 photographic prints.
Box 1 : 3
Elliott, Gertrude, undated
Box 1 : 3
Faversham, William, undated
Box 1 : 4
Fiske, Minnie Madern, undated
Box 1 : 4
Florence, Katherine, undated
Box 1 : 4
Gillette, William, ca. 1897
Box 1 : 4
Harmed (?), Virginia, ca. 1898
Box 1 : 4
Harrison, Carter H., undated
Box 1 : 5
Henshaw, John E., undated
Box 1 : 5
Holland Joseph and M., 1896
Box 1 : 5
Ingersoll, Robert G., 1896
Box 1 : 6
Mansfield, Beatrice, undated
Box 1 : 6
Marlowe-Taber, Julia, 1896
Box 1 : 6
Nordica, Lillian, ca. 1897
Box 1 : 6
Paydere, Clifton L., undated
Box 1 : 7
Rehan, Ada, 1895-ca. 1897.
Physical Description:
2 photographic prints.
Box 1 : 7
Sousa, John Philip, ca. 1897
Box 1 : 8
Sothern, E. H., 1895-1896.
Physical Description:
2 photographic prints.
Box 1 : 9
Unidentified individuals, 1895-1901.
Physical Description:
9 photographic prints.
Box 1 : 8
Wallace-Hopper, Edna, 1895
Box 1 : 8
Waltzinger, Bertha, undated
