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Inventory of the Sir John Martin-Harvey Papers
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Series 1. Correspondence 1908-1945

Scope and Content Note

Organized into three subseries: Outgoing, Incoming, and Third Party.
 

Subseries 1.1 Outgoing 1924-1943

Physical Description: 10 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains letters written by John Martin-Harvey, including several regarding the Actors' Association boycott of Martin-Harvey in 1924. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Box 1:1

Green-Armytage, R.N. 1924 September 15

Box 1:2

Green-Armytage, R.N. 1924 September 30

Box 1:3

Green-Armytage, R.N. 1924 October 20

Box 1:4

Green-Armytage, R.N. 1924 October 23

Box 1:5

Green-Armytage, R.N. 1924 November 18

Box 1:6

Green-Armytage, R.N.? 1924

Box 1:7

Marsh, Mr. 1943 August 19

Box 1:8

Piper, Mr. 1943 June 20

Box 1:9

Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Committee 1943 November 12

Box 1:10

White, Miss? 1941 September 2

 

Subseries 1.2 Incoming 1908-1945

Physical Description: 52 folders
Box 1:11

Aynesworth, Allan 1944 February 21

Box 1:12

Bright, R. Golding 1934 October 5

Box 1:13

British Drama League 1943 January 14

Box 1:14

British Drama League 1943 March 31

Box 1:15

British Drama League 1943 April 7

Box 1:16

British Drama League 1943 July 5

Box 1:17

Burleigh Limited 1943 June 16

Box 1:18

Carter, Allen 1943 July 1

Box 1:19

Carter, Allen 1943 October 13

Box 1:20

Good Housekeeping 1937 April 9

Box 1:21

Hiddrupton Enid? 1941 October 26

Box 1:22

Kerr, Charles? 1943 September 22

Box 1:23

Kerr, Charles? 1943 November 3

Box 1:24

MacQueen-Pope, W. undated

Box 1:25

Mobile Entertainments for Sussex Area undated

Box 1:26

Murray, David 1943 May 29

Box 1:27

Murray, David 1943 June 3

Box 1:28

Murray, David 1943 June 11

Box 1:29

Murray, David 1943 August 3

Box 1:30

Murray, John 1943 August 6

Box 1:31

Murray, John 1943 September 7

Box 1:32

Murray, David undated

Box 1:33

Paxton, Reverend W. 1943 February 26

Box 1:34

Pictorial Press 1943 September 24

Box 1:35

Proes, Bernard 1942 March 30

Box 1:36

Rossler, Karl 1908 March 11

Box 1:37

Rossler, Karl 1908 April 2

Box 1:38

Royal Society of St. George 1940 December 31

Box 1:39

Royal Society of St. George 1941 February 12

Box 1:40

Royal Society of St. George 1941 March 1

Box 1:41

Royal Society of St. George 1941 April 11

Box 1:42

Royal Society of St. George 1941 June 28

Box 1:43

Royal Society of St. George 1941 September 22

Box 1:44

Royal Society of St. George 1941 October 15

Box 1:45

Royal Society of St. George 1943 June 23

Box 1:46

Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Committee 1943 July 30

Box 1:47

Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Committee 1943 November 4

Box 1:48

Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Committee 1943 November 8

Box 1:49

Sims, A.F. 1943 July 16

Box 1:50

Sims, A.F. 1943 September 2

Box 1:51

Society of Individualists 1943 August 30

Box 1:52

Society of Individualists 1943 September 7

Box 1:53

Society of Individualists 1943 September 20

Box 1:54

Thomas, W. Beach undated

Box 1:55

Warrack, Guy 1944 January 25

Box 1:56

Warrack, Guy 1944 February 21

Box 1:57

Westminster Bank 1945 October 25

Box 1:58

Willis, Mary C. 1943 April 27

Box 1:59

Willis, Mary C. undated

Box 1:60

Willis, Mary C. undated

Box 1:61

Willis, Mary C. undated

Box 1:62

Unidentified 1941-1943

 

Subseries 1.3 Third Party 1908-1936

Physical Description: 5 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains letters that are to or between individuals other than John Martin-Harvey, including some to and from his wife. Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 1:63

Bright, R. Golding to Frank B. O'Neill 1936 August 13

Box 1:64

Crossett, Raymond to Mrs. Martin-Harvey 1931 July 16

Box 1:65

Martin Harvey, Mrs. to Crossett, Raymond 1931 August 11

Box 1:66

Unidentified to Mrs. Martin-Harvey 1908 November 3

Box 1:67

Unidentified undated

 

Series 2. Scripts 1904-1929

Physical Description: 26 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains scripts for Great Possessions and the Lowland Wolf, among others. Arranged alphabetically by play title.
Box 1:68

Great Possessions, Act I undated

Box 1:69

Great Possessions, Act I undated

Box 1:70

Great Possessions, Act II undated

Box 1:71

Great Possessions, Act II undated

Box 1:72

Great Possessions, Act III undated

Box 1:73

Great Possessions, Act III undated

Box 1:74

Great Possessions, Act IV undated

Box 1:75

Great Possessions, Act IV undated

Box 1:76

Great Possessions, side for Simon undated

Box 1:77

Great Possessions, passages of dialogue for Act III & Act IV, written by Karl Rossler undated

Box 1:78

If Only Father undated

Box 1:79

The Lower Lands undated

Box 1:80

The Lowland Wolf, Acts I-III undated

Box 1:81

The Lowland Wolf, Act I undated

Box 1:82

The Lowland Wolf, Act I 1929

Box 1:83

The Lowland Wolf, Act II undated

Box 1:84

The Lowland Wolf, Act II undated

Box 1:85

The Lowland Wolf, Act III undated

Box 1:86

The Lowland Wolf, Act III undated

Box 1:87

The Lowland Wolf, side for Marta undated

Box 1:88

Maria Rosa; drama tragico de costumbres populares, en tres actos y en prosa 1924

Box 2:1

Marta of the Lowlands undated

Box 2:2

Marta of the Lowlands, Act II undated

Box 1:89

Tierra baja; drama en tres actos y en prosa 1904

Box 1:90

The Wolf of the Lowland, Act I undated

Box 1:91

The Wolf of the Lowland, Act II undated

 

Series 3. Manuscripts undated

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

2 related to Actors dispute
Box 1:92

Conditions Then and Now undated

Box 1:93

Politics and the Actor: Stage Thunderstorms undated

Box 1:94

Unidentified undated

 

Series 4. Sketches 1916?

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains several unidentified costume designs and sketches.
Box 2:3

Costume designs undated

Box 1:95-96

Costume designs for Henry V? 1916?

Box 2:4

Sketches undated

Box 1:97

Series 5. Financial materials 1936-1940

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Contains an income tax assessment and an account sheet for royalty payments, among other items.
 

Series 6. Printed Materials 1900-1924

Physical Description: 9 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains theater programs as well as several handbills related to the Actors Association boycott and a pamphlet titled: Some of the Stage Productions of John Martin-Harvey.
Box 1:98

Actors Association boycott, handbills circa 1924

Box 1:99

Breed of the Treshams, program 1907 December 9

Box 1:100

Clippings 1902-1903

Box 1:101

La Escena Catalana, periodical undated

Box 1:102

Oedipus Rex, program 1923

Box 1:103

The Only Way, reprint from the London Magazine undated

Box 1:104

The Only Way, souvenir packet 1900

Box 2:5

The Only Way, souvenir program 1920

Box 1:105

Some of the Stage Productions of John Martin-Harvey, pamphlet undated

 

Series 7. Sheet Music 1900

Physical Description: 8 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains sheet music as well as the orchestral score for The Lowland Wolf composed by W. Hudson. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 2:6

El Aragones undated

Box 2:7

El Carnaval undated

Box 2:8

Ensenanza Libre undated

Box 2:9

Five Spanish Songs 1900

Box 2:10

Gigantes y Cabezudos undated

Box 2:11

La Golondrina undated

Box 2:12

The Lowland Wolf, orchestral score composed by W. Hudson undated

Box 2:13

La Madre del Cordero undated

 

Series 8. Photographic Materials circa 1903-1932

Physical Description: 15 folders and 1 wrapped volume

Scope and Content Note

Contains photographs and postcard photographs of Martin-Harvey in various roles as well as production photographs from several plays.
Box Wrapped volume

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0001-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0071 Album containing photographs of Great Possessions, The Last Heir, and The Corsican Brothers circa 1907-1908

Physical Description: 71 photographs
Box 1:106

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0072-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0073 The Bells circa 1932

Physical Description: 2 photographs

Scope and Content Note

As Mathias in The Bells, wearing a fur coat, hat, gloves, and a woolen scarf. and holding a whip in his right hand.
Box 1:107

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0074 A Cigarette Maker's Romance undated

Physical Description: 1 image

Scope and Content Note

In character.
Box 1:108

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0075 The Corsican Brothers circa 1908

Physical Description: 1 postcard photograph

Scope and Content Note

Standing with hands on hips, face in full, wearing open neck shirt with sleeves rolled up, and fancy cummerbund.
Box 2:14-27

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0076-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0089 Don Juan's Last Wager circa 1908

Physical Description: 14 photographs

Scope and Content Note

Production photographs, showing cast and scenery, which were taken by the London Stereoscopic Company, London.
Box D Folio 3

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0090 Don Juan's Last Wager circa 1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph
Box 1:109

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0091-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0093 Great Possessions undated

Physical Description: 3 photographs
Box 2:28

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0094 Exile circa 1903

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content Note

As Napoleon, seated at a table, on which he is resting his arm, and holding a stick. Wearing a plumed tricorne hat and a cloak, face in profile.
Box 2:29-32

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0095-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0098 Great Possessions undated

Physical Description: 4 photographs
Box 1:110

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0099 Hamlet undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard photograph
Box 1:111

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0100-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0113 The Lowland Wolf undated

Physical Description: 14 photographs
Box 2:33

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0114 The Lowland Wolf undated

Physical Description: 1 photograph
Box 2:34-45

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0115-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0126 Marta of the Lowlands undated

Physical Description: 12 photographs
Box 1:112

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0127-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0133 Martin-Harvey, John undated

Physical Description: 7 images

Scope and Content Note

Various images of Martin-Harvey including a caricature.
Box 1:113

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0134 Oedipus Rex circa 1912

Physical Description: 1 postcard photograph

Scope and Content Note

Martin-Harvey as Oedipus Rex, holding tall staff with both hands.
Box 1:114

UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0135-UCD.PIC.D184.2010.0136 The Only Way undated

Physical Description: 2 images
Collection Contents
Correspondence
Outgoing
Incoming
Third Party
Scripts
Manuscripts
Sketches
Financial materials
Printed Materials
Sheet Music
Photographic Materials
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