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Mathews Family Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Charles James Mathews (1803-1878) was an English actor and stage manager.
The collection consists of papers of the Mathews family, a 19th-century English theatrical family whose members performed and wrote for the stage and achieved fame as gifted mimics and comedians. There is much correspondence between the family members: Charles Mathews, his second wife, Anne Jackson Mathews, their son, Charles James Mathews, and his wife, Elizabeth (Eliza) Lucy Vestris Mathews. Included are manuscripts of autobiographies written by both the father and son, as well as some manuscripts of monologues, songs, roles, and music. The collection also contains documents, notebooks, and newspapers clippings, and there are printed works of Charles Mathews, including comic annuals, sketches, and olios.
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2015.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
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Collection is open for research.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
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Consists of the correspondence of Charles Mathews, including Lord Charles John Blessington, Edward Walpole, and Thomas Winstanley, as well as family members and others.
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Consists of the correspondence of Charles James Mathews, including John Leycester Adolphus, Bellingham Graham, Edwin Landseer, Lady Margaret Blessington, and Frederick H. yates, as well as family members and others.
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Letters from Lancaster Prison.
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Consists of the correspondence of Anne Jackson Mathews, including John Poole, Daniel Terry, and James R. Planche, as well as family members and others.
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Consists of correspondence with Henry Bishop, James Cartwright, Charles James Mathews, and George Vanderhoff.
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