Research Catalog

Title

Stead Collection, 1672-1932.

Author

Stead, Hiram.

Details

Description

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Summary

The Stead Collection gives a comprehensive depiction of the English theater. The collection consists primarily of playbills, programs, clippings and prints, but also contains manuscript material consisting of letters, photographs, legal and financial documents, and ephemera.

Subject

• Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
• Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Adelphi Theatre (London, England)
• Covent Garden Theatre
• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
• Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
• Lyceum Theatre (London, England)
• Old Vic Theatre (London, England)
• Olympic Theatre (London, England)
• Saint James’ Theatre (Organization : London, England)
• Surrey Theatre
• Theater > England > History > 17th century
• Theater > England > History > 18th century
• Theater > England > History > 19th century
• Theater > England > History > 20th century
• Theaters > England
• Circus > England
• Pantomime > England
• Theaters > Great Britain
• Theaters > England > London

Genre/Form

• Broadsides.
• Clippings.
• Programs.
• Prints.
• Letters.

Note

• Engraved portraits of actors and toy theater scenery were removed from the Stead Collection (under processing policies no longer in use) and now comprise a large part of the *T-Iconography Collection.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

• Stead, Hiram

Biography (note)

• Collector and theater-goer Stead travelled through Great Britain collecting playbills, programs and other ephemera to document British theater history.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Conservation survey available.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

*T-Mss 1933-001

OCLC

NYPW93-A311

Author

Stead, Hiram. Collector

Title

Stead Collection, 1672-1932.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Collector and theater-goer Stead travelled through Great Britain collecting playbills, programs and other ephemera to document British theater history.

Indexes

Conservation survey available.

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Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1933-001