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Series:
Frances Llewellyn Golden
(Sep 7, 1877 - Jun 24, 1963)
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Subseries:
Correspondence, 1865-1965 , undated
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| Box 10 |
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1898-1903
10 items;
1 folder
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Scope Note:
From sister Grace; a group for Herbert Mareau
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1904-1905
19 items;
1 folder
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Scope Note:
Theatre agents and producers: Sam
Shubert, Henry Savage, Lew Field's
theatre; theatrical friends.
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Letter, from Florence Henry to Frances Golden, November 23, 1904
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Letter, from Florence Henry to Frances Golden, December 16, 1904
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1906-1910
21 items;
1 folder
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Theatrical agents and friends.
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Aug 1911-Jul 9,
1912 Charles Penfold Affairs
Actual Letters
30 items;
1 folder
Xeroxes
15 items;
1 folder
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1911-1917
23 items;1 folder
Scope Note:
from Arthur
Hammerstein; France's attempt to get plays and poetry
published; letters from agents.
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Aug 1918-Dec 1918
19 items,
11 items;
2 folders
Scope Note:
Answers to Frances' letters applying for "war work"; mobilization of
entertainers for the troops at home in camps and abroad; from male
friends in the service, both in the U.S. and in Europe; female
friends and theatre people
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Oct 1917-Apr 1919
13 items,
19 items;
2 folders
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Harry Morrison love affair
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From soldier entertainment organizations; solder friends; cables re:
mother's death; letters of sympathy
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Attempts to reestablish her stage career; the move back to Indiana
and Evansville;
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Last letter to brother Will; Channing Pollack; comments
on 1937 flood
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| Box 11 |
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Ross Lockridge(New Harmoney Memorial Commission);
Kenneth Dale Owen re: oil on her farm; estate of
E.S. Hawes; costume agents; former pupils and
associates
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1950-1956 , undated
30 items;
1 folder
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Dr. Bishop Mumford; Karl Kae Knecht;
Ruth Gordon.
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Letter, from Hall of Famous Americans to Frances Golden,
August 20, 1956
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1957-1965
232 items;
2 folders
Scope Note:
Correspondence and papers dating tot he last years of Frances
Golden's life, and after; her letters to and from friends,
patricularly Betty Couth and Kenneth Owen;
to and from her attorneys in connection with her will, and finally
her estate. Also legal papers.
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Subseries:
Personal Papers, 1899-
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| Box 11 |
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Autobiographical Papers
11 items;
1 folder
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"Miss Frances Golden, singing commediene"
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Statement of birth, Frances Golden
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"Frances' Anecdote", typed
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Typed autobiographical piece
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Typed autobiographical piece
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Theatrical Performances, 1899-1920 , undated
32 items,
26 items;
2 folders
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World War I: In Service and After, 1918-1937
26 items,
8 items,
4 items in map case
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Passport; credentials of National War Council;
A.E.F. / Y.M.C.A. ; official papers; booklets;
prgorams; Conventions of Women's Oversea's League.
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These Posters are stored in a separate map case:
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"Chateau-Thierry: The Bridge Where Uncle Sam Stopped the
Hun"
Y.M.C.A. Stations. Imp. Maus Del
Hulle & Urban, Paris
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"Verdun - Road to YMCA Canteen"Sketched on spot
by Y.M.C.A. Sec'y. Coquemer imp.
Paris
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"Rand-McNally Pocket Map of Western Battle
Fields"
25 cents. Chicago:
Rand McNally and Co.,1917
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"YMCA America's Theatre League sends 'The Cheer Ups
Frances Golden, Hilda Hand, Bonnis Murray, J.B. Waldo and
R.L. Delroy."
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National War Work Council, Frances Golden ID
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Pasenger list for S.S. Cretic, December 11, 1918
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Income voucher, Frances Golden
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Entertainment schedule, week of February 8, 1919
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Certificate of release from National War Work Council,
June 5, 1919
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"Popular songs of the American Expiditionary Force"
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Teacher of Vocal Arts, 1920s-1952
44 items,
19 items;
2 folders
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Scope Note:
Class materials; diagrams of vocal mechanism; programs of
performances; collections of songs and catalogs; clippings
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Grand Opening announcement for Frances Golden's studio
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"The Secret Passage" program, directed by Frances Golden,
December 17, 1933
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The Golden Studios of Voice Arts flyer
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Golden Studios of Voice Arts senior recital program,
June 1940
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Community Players, 1927-1955
23 items;
2 folders
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Scope Note:
Brief history, play scripts, programs, clippings
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Community Players, "Guest in the House" program,
1952
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World War II
3 items;
1 folder
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Disaster Committee Insignia
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Book Lists
8 items;
1 folder
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Lists of books owned by the Golden family at various times in their
lives.
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Costume Lists
3 items;
1 folder
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Lists of costumes owned by Frances and compiled by her probably in
the late 1950s.
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Santa Claus Exhibit, 1856
13 items;
1 folder
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Golden family materials compiled in connection with Santa Claus
Exhibit (mainly Carl Ritt); talk by Ritt re: makeup box;
clippings
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"The Golden Family Theatrical Exhibit", August 21, 1965
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Pamphlet, "The Golden Story"
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Pamphlet, Hall of Famous Americans
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Miscellany, 1895-1930s
26 items;
1 folder
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Likenesses, high school graduation, membership cards, greeting
cards.
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Drawing, Miss Golden in costume
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Correspondence (Betty Couch), versions - 1956,
1959,
1961; Frances' handwritten notes re:
provisions of will; clippings.
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Sale, Oct 10, 1963
7 items;
1 folder
Scope Note:
List of personal property sold by Curran Miller Auction
Company ; Betty Couch's List.
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Subseries:
Business and Legal Papers, 1899-1946
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| Box 11 |
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Contract with Daly's Theatre,
April 1899
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Contract with B.C. Whitney Attractions, August 1906
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Contract with P.M.A.-A.E.A.
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Theatre Contracts and Oil Lease
7 items;
1 folder
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Subseries:
Writings, 1892-1907 , undated
26 items;
1 folder
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Scope Note:
Short stories, poetry, essays written mainly by Frances and a few others;
notebook containing a story and several other pieces --"Composed at the
age of 12 and...finished at the age of 14. May
26, 1872."
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| Box 11 |
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Letter, from William T. Golden to Frances Golden, October 13, 1907
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Subseries:
Bound Manuscripts
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| Box 11 |
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Journal, Mar 1914
9 p.
10.5 x 17.5 cm.
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9 pages used for entries
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Address Book, n.d.
5.5 x 10 cm.
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Probably pre-World War I when Frances lived in New York.
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Kept by Frances during her years at Middletown,
N.Y.; miscellaneous compendium of book song, and play
titles; comments; quotations from books and magazines; "Books read
in 1924."
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Journal, 1950
14 x 22 cm.;
Scope Note:
Contains "List of Articles in Front Room Closet" comprising 6 pages.
Removed: undated letter to "Dear Sir" inquiring about gentleman's
interest in purchasing her costumes; type-written list (by Betty
Couch) of costumes; lists of books.
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Appointment Book, undated
48 p. used
13.5 x 14 cm.
Scope Note:
Used to list contents of theatrical trunks.
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| Box 11 |
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Balzac's
Christ in Flanders
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New Testament
7.5 x 10 cm.
Scope Note:
New York: Thomas Nelson, n.d.
In Frances' handwriting: "Carried through England, Scotland, France
and Germany, winter 1918."
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The Actors' Equity Association: A Voluntary
Organization
Scope Note:
pub ca. 1921.
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| Box 11 |
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"Fannie L. Golden from her Mammie, 1885 ."
31 p.;
20 x 22 cm.;
1 folder
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Scrapbook, 1887-1893
32 x 38 cm.
Scope Note:
Greeting cards for various seasons; travel cards; clippings - poetry
and writings.
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Scrapbook, 1926-1939
32 x 37 cm.
Scope Note:
Newspaper clippings concerning Frances' students; plays directed by
her in city schools; Community Players: programs, players and
reviews of plays.
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Scrapbook, 1929-1942
1929-1942
23 x 28 cm.
Scope Note:
Clippings - doings and special events of the Community Players and
Friends. "Property of Golden Studio Miss Frances Golden".
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| Box 13 |
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Subseries:
Miscellany, 1903-1940s
12 items;
1 folder
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Subseries:
Clippings, 1899-1977
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| Box 13 |
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Personal, 1899-1977
50 items;
1 folder
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Press Notices and Reviews of Performances, 1901-1916
113 items;
1 folder
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Frances Llewellyn Golden
(Sep 7, 1877 - Jun 24, 1963)
