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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: John Genest scrapbooks
Creator:
Genest, John, 1764-1839
Identifier/Call Number: mssGenest
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(2 volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1750-1879
Abstract: This collection consists of two
extra-illustrated scrapbooks from 1750 to 1880 which were assembled by John Genest, an
English writer, clergyman and theater historian.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.
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necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. John Genest scrapbooks, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown. In Library as of 1977.
John Genest (1764-1839) was an English writer, clergyman and theatre historian. Genest was
the son of John Genest of Dunker's Hill, Devon, England. The younger Genest attended
Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. His works included Some Account of the
English Stage, from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, 10 volumes, 1832. Genest passed away on
December 15, 1839.
The John Genest scrapbooks consist of two folio volumes, which are extra-illustrated
supplements to Genest's multi-volume publication on the history of the English stage. The
scrapbooks contain approximately 300 items including portrait and view prints, playbills,
autographs, and 70 letters of theatrical persons; many of the later letters are addressed to
Edward Smyth Pigott who was the Examiner of Plays from 1875 to 1895.
Processed by Sue Hodson, April 1977. In 2020, Gina C Giang created a finding aid derived
from a legacy summary report.
Arranged alphabetically.
Former call number: mssGenest scrapbooks.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century --
Sources
Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century --
Sources
Autographs -- Great Britain
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain
Playbills -- Great Britain
Scrapbooks -- Great Britain
Volumes (documents by form) -- Great Britain
Pigott, Edward Smyth, 1824-1895