John Genest Scrapbooks: Finding Aid mssGenest

Gina C Giang
The Huntington Library
April 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
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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.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. John Genest scrapbooks, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance unknown. In Library as of 1977.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Processing Information

Processed by Sue Hodson, April 1977. In 2020, Gina C Giang created a finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

General

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

Volume 1

Some Account of the English Stage

Page 3

Mary Ashe - signature

 

Honoria Maria Olympia Ashe - signature

Page 5

S. W. Anson - signature

 

William Harrison Ainsworth - signed envelope 1878

Page 6

"Madamoiselle Beatrice" - letter September 4

 

Morris Abraham January 28

Page 8

James Bartleman - letter 1818 June 1

Page 10

Angiola Bianchi - letter 1808 June 1

Page 21

Broadhurst - letter May 29

Page 22v

John Baldwin Buckstone - signature

Page 24

W.H. Brockett - signature

Page 25

Eleanor Bufton - letter 1857 August 18

Page 30

T. Batty - letter 1878

 

J. P. Burnett - letter 1879 January 28

Page 33

D.T. Bandinum? - signature 1874

 

Sidney Frances (Cowell) Bateman - letter March 15

Page 34

Gilbert Arthur A. Beckett - letter 1879 April 17

 

Edgar Bruce - letter 1879 April 9

Page 38

R.E. Chatterley - letter

Page 39

William Augustus Conway - letter (incomplete) April 30

Page 40

Adeline Cottrell - letter

Page 43

Frederick Clay - letter 1875 July 12

 

John Clayton - letter 1878 June 21

Page 45

John Coleman - letter 1876 September 22

 

R. Coleman - letter 1878 July 29

Page 51

Giuseppe? De Begnis - letter 1821

 

George Ormerod - 2 letters 1860

Page 53

Giuseppe? De Begnis - letter 1822

Page 56

E. Dennett - letter

Page 59

Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby - letter 1878 March 14

 

A.W. Debourg - letter 1878 March 19

Page 61

Frank Dupuy? - letter 1878 November 2

 

Eneas Sweetland Dallas - letter

Page 67

Arthur J. Flarman - letter 1877 October 12

 

F. Fenton - letter 1878 January 24

Page 73

J. Grubb - letter 1818 September 9

Page 74

Arthur Garner - letter 1878 May 27

 

Alfred Grunfeld - signature

Page 75

George L. Gordon - letter

 

Walter G? - letter 1877 October 5

Page 77

Richard Corney Grain - letter and envelope

Page 78

Frank Hardly - letter May 19

 

Marquess of Hertford Francis Hugh George Seymour - letter 1875 April 7

Page 79

Clarance Holt - letter 1878 September 10

Page 80

Clifford Harrison - letter

 

Zachary? Hayes - letter 1879 April 11

Page 90

David James - signature

Page 94

Frances Anne Kemble - letter

Page 95

G. Brougham - letter 1857 November 2

Page 97

Henry S. Vyvyan - letter and envelope 1856 July 8

Page 98

Ellen M. Fitzwilliam - letter 1856 October 21

Page 99

Kathleen Fitzwilliam - letter

Page 100

Dowton - letter 1855 December 17

Page 101

Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby - letter

Page 102

J.W. Cole - letter

Page 103

Marie Krebz - signature 1824 July 1

 

Keeley - signature

 

Allen Kean - signature

 

Walter Lacy - signed ticket of admission 1866 January 20

Page 104

Lord William Pitt Lennox - letter 1829 November 26

Page 105

Lord William Pitt Lennox - letter 1830 July 2

Page 106

Lord William Pitt Lennox - letter 1830 March 22

Page 117

M.S. Liston - letter 1877 December 31

 

Sara Lane - letter

Page 125v

Charles James Mathews - letter and envelope 1849 April 15

Page 132

"Gus"? - letter 1874 April 29

Page 133

D. McKay - letter 1879 April 7

 

Charles James Mathews - signature

Page 134

J. Mortimer - letter 1875 April 8

 

Joseph Moses Levy - letter

Volume 2

Some Account of the English Stage

Page 2

Francis Jack Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (styled Viscount Newry and Morne) - letter 1824 September 2

Page 8

S. Floor Sage - letter 1877 December 5

 

Samuel Phelps - signature 1877 November 6

Page 9

Robert Pateman - letter 1878 January 23

 

Lord Alfred Henry Paget - letter

Page 10

Carl Rossi - signature

 

Carlotta Patty - signature

 

Marguerite Pammesent? - signature

Page 11

Watts Phillips - letter

 

Edward Wyeth? - letter

Page 20

Charles Rice - letter 1877 November 29

 

Edward Righton - letter 1877 December 5

Page 26

Henriette Sala - letter January 21

Page 32

S. Talbot North? - letter 1877 September 27

 

C. Santley - signature

 

[Sample letter of Lord Chamberlain to a theatre manager] 1878

 

William Henry Stephens - letter 1878 July 3

 

E. Stirling (secretary for F.B. Chatterton) - letter

 

H. Spry - letter 1878 January 9

Page 35v

Amy Sedgwick - signature

Page 36

M.A. St. Claire - letter September 14

 

Amy Sedgwick - signature

 

Clement? Scott - letter

Page 40

Elizabeth? Soldence? - signature

Page 42v

Alfred Thompson - letter March 1

 

John Lawrence Toole - signature

 

John Lawrence Toole - letter 1859 January 16

Page 44v

Thomas Thorne - signature 1868 August 8

Page 46

Sarah Thorne - letter 1877 December 21

 

George Walter? Thornbury - letter

Page 48

Henry S. Vyvyan - letter and envelope

Page 49

Charlotte Saunders Cushman - letter

Page 52

Eliza Vestris - signature 1830 May 18

 

John Cooper - signature 1830 May 18

Page 58

Claybrow? - signature

Page 67

Edward Richard Wright - signature

Page 68

Sophie Young - letter 1879 March 27

Page 116

William Penley? - signature

 

William Oxberry - signature 1818 May 2

 

[Illegible signature]

 

Ralph Wewitzer - signature on receipt

Page 116

Rosina Wright - signature

Page 117

Joseph Shepherd Munden - signature

 

John Poole - signature

 

T. Ridgeway - signature

 

Harriet (Hay) Litchfield - signature

 

A. Smith - signature

 

James William Wallack - signature

 

Isaac? Pocock - signature

 

A. Smith - signature

 

S. Wilson - signature on receipt (signed for Charlotte Adcock)

 

Walter Lacy - signature

 

William Selwyn - signature

 

Smith - signature

 

R. Maywood - signature

 

Anna Maria (Tree) Bradshaw - signature

 

Alexander Pope - signature (actor, 19th century)

 

J. Smith - signature

 

B. Phillips - signature

 

M. Powell - signature

Page 118

Henry Phillips - signature

 

Lucia Elizabeth Mathews (Madame Vestris) - note 1836 September 23

 

Charles James Mathews - signature on check 1852 December 11

Page 119

John Henry Johnstone - signature

 

Leigh - signature

 

Mardjn? - signature

 

[Illegible signature]

 

Louis Lee - signature

 

Henry Kemble - signature

 

Edmund Kean - signature

 

Frances Maria Kelly - signature on ticket, filled in 1826 May 20

 

Kirby - signature

 

[Illegible signature]

 

Maria Theresa (De Camp) - signature

 

Charles Kean - signature

Page 120

John Bernard - signatures (2)

 

Brunton - signatures (2)

 

James Cobb - signature

 

W. Dimond - signature

 

G. C. Carr - signature

 

William Davison - signature

 

M. Gibbs - signature

 

Daniel Egerton - signature

 

Edward Goodall - signature

 

Julia (Betterton) Glover - signature

 

Thomas Hood - signature