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Stockdale (C. E.) Theatrical Cabinet Photograph
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MS.P.016
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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 .
Collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Gift of Harry M. Gerhard, circa 1968.
Fully processed by Adrian Turner, 2001.
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.
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