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Joseph Jefferson Collection

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
TC132
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.4 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph Jefferson Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1823-1976 (inclusive) and 1829-1905 (bulk)
Creator:
Jefferson, Joseph (1829-1905)
Abstract:
Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) was an American actor and author. His collection consists of biographical newspaper clippings, 2 copies of his Autobiography, theatrical criticism and approbation, and clippings on family matters.

Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) was an American actor and author.

The collection consists of biographical newspaper clippings, two copies of his Autobiography, theatrical criticism and approbation, and clippings on family matters.

Organized by topics.

Jefferson's landscape oil painting, dating from 1895, was transferred to Graphic Arts (GC059).

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Publisher
Rare Book Collection
Finding Aid Date
2003
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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i. "Immortality," poem by Joseph Jefferson, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ii. "Immortality," poem by Joseph Jefferson, requested by H.A, Moosup, Conn with biographical blurb in heading, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iii. Statement on the death of President McKinley, Boston Daily Globe, 1901 September 19. 1 box.
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iv. "The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson," Century, 1890 May. 1 box.
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v. "Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson – his own story of the conception of his great part, Rip Van Winkle." Century, 1905 June 25. 1 box.
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(clipped from newspaper)

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i. "Joseph Jefferson – a tribute," by Edward A. Horton, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ii. "Joseph Jefferson at home," by Eugenie Paul Jefferson, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iii. "Joseph Jefferson," The Outlook, 1905 April 29. 1 box.
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(praise of Jefferson's life, with picture)

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i. "Little Church story true." The Evening Post, Letters to the Editor, 1924 April 28. 1 box.
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ii. "Actor's kin unveil Jefferson Shrine – clergy and stage join memorial services in 'Little Church Around the Corner.'" The World, 1925 February 21. 1 box.
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iii. Black and white newsprint drawing of a scene from "Rip Van Winkle," with commentary, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iv. "Two World-Famous Men of Yesterday." Boston Sunday Globe, 1925 February 8, photograph of Grover Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson attending a clambake, 1925 February 8. 1 box.
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v. "Window in 'Little Church,' to honor Joseph Jefferson – Rector announces plans to memorialize actor whose blessing gave edifice that title that has made it world famous.", dates not examined. 1 box.
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vi. " 'Little Church' memorial for Joseph Jefferson – window will honor actor who made edifice famous.", dates not examined. 1 box.
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vii. "More about 'Little Church.'" Letter to the Editor of the Evening Post, from Herbert S. Renton, dates not examined. 1 box.
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viii. " A Buzzard's Bay scene – sketch of Mr. Joseph Jefferson and His grandchildren." Harper's Weekly, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ix. "Joseph Jefferson on Edwin Booth." Tribute of the new president of The Players Club to its founder, Edwin Booth who had started the club where actors and non-actors could meet, partly as reparation for his brother, John Wilkes Booth's, assassination of President Lincoln, dates not examined. 1 box.
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x. "Are we soon forgotten when we are gone?" Frank Fuller, Jr. Southern Theatre – Quarterly Journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, Vol. XIX, No.3, 1976 Summer. 1 box.
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xi. "Memory of Joe Jefferson kept green in Saddle River Valley," by Gordon F. Allison, Curtain Call, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xii. "Jefferson's success due to six maxims – Dean of American Actors, who announces his retirement, tells of rules of life he observed – some of his famous characters." 1904, pasted on gray cardboard with photographs and signature, 1904. 1 box.
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xiii. " Jefferson's 'Rip' lives in church window – the beloved vagabond returns to do honor to the actor who adopted him," by H.I. Brock, The New York Times Magazine, 1925 February 22. 1 box.
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xiv. "Joseph Jefferson's seventieth birthday." The Saturday Evening Herald, tributes from various writers including Francis Wilson, Henry Clay Barnabee, Viola Allen, Olga Nethersole, Mary Mannering, Leslie Carter, W.H Crane, J.H. Stoddart, Laurence Hutton and De Wolf Hopper, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xv. "Joseph Jefferson – a half-hour's chat with the famous comedian, 'Rip Van Winkle' not intended to be a moral lesson, an artistic portraiture of the old Hollander, what the Boston theaters will offer next week," by William E. Bryant, The Boston Journal, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xvi. "Jefferson Island, owned by local men, will provide wild fowl refuge." The Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1918 May 28. 1 box.
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xvii. "Jefferson at Harvard – noted actor talks to students across the Charles.", dates not examined. 1 box.
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xviii. "Memories of Jefferson – William H. Crane in a reminiscent mood discourses eloquently of his old friend and fellow artist – new stories of the famous actor.", dates not examined. 1 box.
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xix. Small clipping, noting one-hundredth anniversary of Jefferson's death, dates not examined. 1 box.
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i. "Joseph W. Jefferson, son of actor, is dead - dies at home after operation for Cancer." (Publication unknown), dates not examined. 1 box.
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ii. " 'My, My!' Rip would have said – Edwin Doben Childe and the former Cynthia Carol Corlett, his bride of yesterday at 'the Little Church Around the Corner.'" The World, with photograph, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iii. "Thomas L. Jefferson, son of actor, seeks divorce – files suit in Reno charging Wife with Jealousy over His Stage Love-Making." From the Herald Tribune, Aug. 10, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iv . "Miss Jefferson is Engaged – she is the granddaughter of the celebrated actor." The Sun, April 25, dates not examined. 1 box.
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i. Jefferson, with his own writings on the character of Rip Van Winkle and signature, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ii. Portrait of Jefferson and Program for "Rip Van Winkle," pasted onto gray paper, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iii. Doublesided portrait, Joseph Jefferson and Edwin Booth with commentary, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iv . Scene from "Rip Van Winkle," Jefferson, as Rip Van Winkle confronts his tyrannical wife, dates not examined. 1 box.
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v. Scene from "Rip Van Winkle," Black-and-white, Jefferson as the elderly Rip Van Winkle, reunites with his daughter, dates not examined. 1 box.
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vi. Portrait of Joseph Jefferson as an old man, probably from "Rip Van Winkle.", dates not examined. 1 box.
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vii. Portrait of Joseph Jefferson as the young Rip Van Winkle, signed on the back by Joseph Jefferson, copyright by B.J. Falk, 1894. 1 box.
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viii. "Joseph Jefferson and John S. Clarke as Dr. Panglosss and Zekiel Homespun." From original in possession of W.Winter, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ix. "Joseph Jefferson and Judge Howland," taken by Hollinger & Co., dates not examined. 1 box.
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x. "Joseph Jefferson," by Napoleon Sarony, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xi. "Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle," by Napoleon Sarony, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xii. "Joseph Jefferson," in a scene from Rip Van Winkle with biographical information on the back, Newsboy, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xiii. "Mr. Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle." Yellow-and-black print, dates not examined. 1 box.
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xiv. "Mr. Jefferson's latest portrait, dates not examined. 1 box.
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(rest of title and information obscured)

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i. Color postcard – "Joseph Jefferson in his bicycle chair, the Palm Beach Coach, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ii. Large black and white painting of Joseph Jefferson, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iii. Photo of Jefferson giving a speech at the Actor's Home in West New Brighton, Staten Island, dates not examined. 1 box.
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iv . Second Photo of Jefferson giving a speech at the Actor's Home, dedicating the home, dates not examined. 1 box.
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v. Photo of the Actor's Home, West New Brighton, Staten Island, dates not examined. 1 box.
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vi. "Joseph Jefferson at Palm Beach." Commemorates Jefferson's death on, 1905 April 23. 1 box.
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vii. Joseph Jefferson's birthplace, Spruce and Sixth Streets, Philadelphia, dates not examined. 1 box.
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viii. Photo of Jefferson leaning on pole, with bowtie and fedora, with closing sentences from Joseph Jefferson's autobiography on the back, dates not examined. 1 box.
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ix. Photo of Jefferson sitting in front of one of his landscape paintings, with quote from Seneca, also quoted in Jefferson's biography on the back, dates not examined. 1 box.
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x. Colored portrait, card-size and produced through Detroit Photographic Co, 1903. 1 box.
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xi. Photographs of Joseph Jefferson's gravestone, 1909, pasted on cardboard backing, 1909. 1 box.
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xii. Black-and-white photo of Jefferson, faded and card-size, by Alfred S. Campbell, dates not examined. 1 box.
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a. Alvin Theatre, Pittsburgh, P.A. – The Rivals, 1896 May 11. 1 box.
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b. Amphitheatre, Front-Street – Rob Roy: Or, Auld Lang Syne, dates not examined. 1 box.
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(one of Jefferson's first performances, at five years old)

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c. Booth's Theatre – Rip Van Winkle, or the Sleep of Twenty Years, 1877 December 1. 1 box.
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d. Baltimore Theatre – Mr. Wemyss & Mrs. Anderson's Benefit, Tom and Jerry, or, Life in London, 1823 June 16. 1 box.
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i. Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Rip Van Winkle, or the Sleep of Twenty Years, 1869 May 10. 1 box.
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ii. Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Rip Van Winkle, or the Sleep of Twenty Years, 1869 May 20-22. 1 box.
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iii. Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Rip Van Winkle, or the Sleep of Twenty Years, 1870 April 25. 1 box.
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iv . Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Rip Van Winkle, or the Sleep of Twenty Years, 1872 May 14. 1 box.
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f. The Brooklyn Stage– The Rivals, at Colonel Sinns (under Musical and Dramatic Notes), 1881 January 24. 1 box.
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g. Columbia Theatre, Washington and Tillary STS, Brooklyn. Cricket on the Hearth, 1896 April 6. 1 box.
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i. The Rivals, 1890 October 12. 1 box.
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ii. The Rivals, 1890. 1 box.
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iii. Cricket on the Hearth, 1895 October 19. 1 box.
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iv . A Card to the Public, by Paul Conrad, dates not examined. 1 box.
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i. Grand Opera House, 23rd Street. Rip Van Winkle, 1882 November 25. 1 box.
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i. Our American Cousin and Rip Van Winkle, 1860. 1 box.
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ii. The Heir-at-Law and the Spectre Bridegroom, 1860 November 20. 1 box.
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iii. The Rivals and the Lady of the Lions, 1860 November 19. 1 box.
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iv . Rip Van Winkle and Lend me Five Shillings, 1860 November 22. 1 box.
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v. Our American Cousin and Robert Macaire, 1860 November 23. 1 box.
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vi. Newman Noggs and The Spitfire, or Sailor's Gambols, 1860 November 26. 1 box.
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vii. Paul Pry and Caleb Plummer, or, the Cricket on the Hearth, 1860 November 30. 1 box.
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viii. Newman Noggs and the Lady of the Lions, 1860 December 1. 1 box.
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ix. Newman Noggs and Mazeppa, or the Fiery Untamed Rocking Horse, 1861 February 2. 1 box.
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k. Hollis St. Theatre between 781 Washington and 274 Tremont St., Boston. The Heir-at-Law, 1891 November 2-November 7. 1 box.
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l. Park Theatre – Heir-at-Law, 1890 November 17-November 22. 1 box.
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m. Paterson Opera House – Rip Van Winkle, 1904. 1 box.
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n. Star Theatre, Broadway and 18 th Street. The Cricket on the Hearth and Lend me Five Shillings,, 1887 November 5. 1 box.
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o. Union Square Theatre – Cricket on the Hearth and Lend me Five Shillings, 1883 October 19. 1 box.
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p. Varieties Theatre, Gravier Street – Rip Van Winkle, and on Sunday, Dot, The Heir-in-Law, Mazeppa and several other attractive specialties, dates not examined. 1 box.
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a. Copy of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, The Jefferson-Booth's Theatre Edition, published by H. Hinton, 1870. 1 box.
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b. Typed manuscript about Jefferson's father, Joseph Jefferson the I, 1774-1832. 1 box.
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