Indiana University Finding Aids

Golden Family Collection

Overview of the Collection

Title:
Golden Family Collection 1795-1996   

Creator:
Golden Family

Working Men's Institute of New Harmony, Indiana
New Harmony, Indiana

http://www.workingmensinstitute.org/ 
 
Series: Preliminary Papers  

 
Subseries: Historic Materials  

Box A  
William Echard Golden History of Family, 1929-1930  2 copies, 1 set of clippings
 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Account book copy  

 
Louise Husband's article, 1934 .  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Betty Couch's writings, 1950-1980  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Carl and Julia Ritt's writings and speech about Goldens, 1950s-1960s  9 items
 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Biographical information, typed  

 
Carl Ritt, "Goldens Tonight!" articles  

 
Scope Note: Newspaper clippings and xeroxes
 

Only xerox copy may be used

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Subseries: Frederick Golden Williams  

 
Scope Note: File removed from Box 5, was determined that it should be at start of collection. It is donated material from Frederick Golden Williams, from June 1996.
Box A  
Deed of Gift, June 1996
 
 
Family Tree  

Scope Note: Starting with William Golden
 
Family Tree  

Scope Note: Copy of family tree, starting with William Golden
 
Family Photos  4 photos
 
Family photo  

 
Family photo  

 
Family photo  

 
Family photo  

 
Photo of Matt Williams with actor's bio  

 
Series: Golden Family  

 
Subseries: Personal Papers  

Box 1  
Literary Papers  16 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Undated except one-1892, poetry, prose, speech for a debate.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Golden Wedding, etc., 1890-1911  13 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Announcements, notices, invitations, lock of hair, businessmen's resolution to close Jul 4, 1891, drawings, clippings.
 
Lock of hair (owner unknown)  

 
Program  

 
Personal writing, handwritten  

 
Wedding invitation  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Personal writing, typed  

 
Photocopy of newspaper clipping  

 
Drawing  

 
Drawing  

 
Seasonal Cards, 1840 , 1880-1890  25 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: And graduation announcements
 
Miscellany, 1861-1934  41 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Confederate currency, train schedules, greeting card cutouts, views of the Chicago 1934 World's Fair, American Flag
 
Currency  

 
Train schedule  

 
Train schedule  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Stamp  

 
Pamphlet, curative  

 
Pamphlet, religious  

 
Art print  

 
Business card  

 
Art Print  

 
Art Print  

 
Bookmark  

 
Art Print  

 
Animal art print card  

 
Personal writing, typed  

 
Personal writing, typed  

 
Personal writing, typed  

 
Newspaper clipping  

 
Map, homemade  

 
Photograph, racehorse and jockey  

 
Photograph, house  

 
Photograph, "Carl and Peter"  

 
Personal writing, typed  

 
Evansville College Founder's Day Banquet Program  

 
American Flag  

 
World's Fair, 1934-1941  

 
Art Print  

 
Train schedule  

 
Matchbook  

 
Subseries: Business Papers and Account Books  

Box 1  
Correspondence and Accounts, 1883-1893  72 items; 2 folders
 
Scope Note: Loans made to persons in the Belton, Texas area.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes, 1871-1906  35 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: Notes for loans signed by Echards from Goldens, Julian Pritchard and others.
 
Receipts, 1896-1915  13 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: Bills paid to doctor, dentist, dressmaker, etc.
 
Theatrical Data Book, 1884-1885    40 p. 9 x 17 cm.7 items laid in mainly personal and petty expenses.1 folder
Scope Note: Containing also, Percentage and Ticket Tables. Published for the use of Managers and Combinatrions.Hasselman-Journal Company, Indianapolis.
 
Account Book, 1886-1915  14 x 31+ cm. 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Used by two people. Eugene Fellenberg Owen & Company, 1886-1887, pp. 1-82: customers listed: Julian Dale Owen, A.R. Owen, Ben Bailey, Eugene and Horace Owen, Robert Cooper, R. Lichtenberger, Morris Ford, John Ribeyre, Wilhelm & Co., T. Mumford (Jr. and Sr.), E.S. Thrall, and John Viets Martin T. Golden, 1893-1915, pp. 83-241: numerous individuals including Martin, Sr., Grace Golden, John and Sid Lane, and Hiram Holland.
 
Account Book  

 
Subseries: Theatrical Material  

Box 1  
Plays, 1880s-1938  16 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note:
  • Monte Cristo
  • Nordeck
  • Hazel Kirke
  • Divorce
  • Spring Maid
  • Under Two Flags
  • The Miracle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Players, 1890s-1940  5 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: Patti Rosa, Grace George, 1894 collection of top contemporary players including Grace Golden, Lillian Gish.
 
Theatres, 1892  5 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: The Casino
 
Madison Square  

 
The Casino  

 
The Auditorium  

 
Schiller Theatre  

 
The Lyceum, Ithaca, NY  

 
Concerts, 1891-1914  5 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Programs conducted by Walter Damrosch; opening dedication of Carnegie Music Hall with Tschaikowsky conducting his own work.
 
Carnegie Music Call  

 
Musurgia, New York  

 
Aeolian Hall 1913-1914  

 
Aeolian Hall, November 1913-1916  

 
Special Publcations, 1795-1956  9 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Some rare. Almanacs, catalogues of plays, poetry, the Olio.
 
Almanac, 1795  

 
Almanac, 1836  

 
Our Ships at Sea  

 
Part two, The Olio  

 
Ulla McDonald  

 
Guss Williams  

 
Catalogue of Plays  

 
Life Magazine, minature  

 
Life Magazine, letters  

 
Pictures, 1893, undated  15 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: 1893 Chicago World's Fair; subject matter varied.
 
Golden Scrapbook, approx. 1880-1919  27x37+ cm.

item missing from collection

Scope Note: Clippings: play reviews;views of hotels, courthouse and other buildings of various towns in which the Goldens played; deaths of Bella and Grace

fragile--restricted use

 
Subseries: Clippings  

Box 2  
Personal, 1878-1879  17 items; 1 folder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Literary, 1856-1918, undated  approx. 127 items 1 folder
 
Newspaper Clipping, poetry, by Bella  

 
Newspaper Clipping, poetry, Mr. and Mrs. Martin  

 
Women, mainly undated  15 items; 1 folder
 
New Harmony Interests, mainly undated  9 items; 1 folder
 
Newspaper Clipping  

 
Frances Golden casting, 1895  

 
Newspaper Clipping, New Harmony Register, 1881  

 
Franes Golden, Ladies' Minstrels, Thrall's Opera House  

 
Frances Golden, recital program  

 
Newspaper Clipping, New Harmony, 1914  

 
Operetta Program, New Harmony  

 
Newspaper Clipping  

 
Newspaper Clipping, New Harmony history, prohibition  

 
General Interests, 1839-early 1900s  35 items; 1 folder
 
Photographic Albums, undated  2 albums 21x27 cm. 20x21 cm.

Missing from collection

Scope Note:
  1. Red velvet with clasp. Members of Golden gamily, Echards, Owens and others - some unidentified
  2. Brown leather. Goldens, Harry Robinson, Charles Slater, Echards, Dr. Murphy, and others - many unidentified.
 
Series: Martin Golden, (Oct 25, 1835-Oct 24, 1915)  

 
Subseries: Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1851-1915  

Box 2  
Letters to Bella before and after marriage  16 items; 1 folder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photostats and Typescripts  9 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: of some of above (Letters to Bella)
 
Personal Papers  20 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Service papers, Lodge papers (I.O.O.F., Knights of Pythias), theatre business.
 
Handwritten Speech  

 
Contract  

 
Handwritten Note  

 
Odd Fellows Certificate  

 
Handwritten Note  

 
Handwritten Note  

 
The Knight Herald, Devoted to the Interests of the Robert Owen Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Vol. 1., No. 1, New Harmony, Ind.Aug. 18., '87  

 
Handwritten Note  

 
Odd Fellows Certificate  

 
Odd Fellows Certificate  

 
Robert Owen Lodge, Martin Golden death resolution  

 
Receipt  

 
Copyright Contract  

 
Letter, handwritten  

 
Fraternal Order purchasing list  

 
Opera House Program, September 1890  

 
Playbill, Monte Cristo! May 1873  

 
Subseries: Business Papers  

Box 2  
Accounts, 1855-1896  67 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Mail list of theatres and managers, receipts from American Express and other companies.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4 notebooks  

 
Notebook, 1883-1884.    14+x9+ cm.
Scope Note: Few pages of accounts, notes of brief article, "The Hotel of the Future"
 
Theatrical Date Book, Unused. 1884-1885  8+x17 cm.
 
Date Book, 1890-1892.  6x14 cm.
Scope Note: A few entries.
 
Notebook - "Account of money paid for Mr. Golden since Sep. 17 1855"  2.5 X 5.5 cm.
 
Subseries: Management of Lincoln J. Carter, 1893-1903  

Box 2  
Correspondence and Accounts  37 items; 1 folder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contracts, Agreements  35 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: And programs for Down Mobile, The Fast Mail, Under the Dome
 
Weekly Statements, 1897-1898  11 items; 1 folder
Scope Note: For Under the Dome, 1897-1898. (Accompany Account Books No.1 and No. 2)
 
Account Book No. 1, 1895-1899  189 p.; 15 x 37.5 cm.
Scope Note: Seasons of 1895-1896, 1896-1897, 1897-1898, 1898-1899. Expenses for Under the Dome, weather occastionally, date, town. Memoranda of money paid to people and firms, salaries, pringint, Bella, Frances (Babe). Toured Chicago, Philadelphia, Montreal, Ottawa, Detroit, New York, Boston.
 
Account Book No. 2,   152 p.; 20 x 33 cm.
Scope Note: Companion book to No. 1. Expenses for manager for Under the Dome. Weather, date, town; accounts gross and net; summary of profits and losses. Receipts and "money remitted to Lincoln J. Carter" for his own uses and for covering certain company expenditures.
 
Account Book No. 3, 1899-1902    116 p. used; 9.5 x 31 cm.
Scope Note: Seaspms pf 1899-July 1900, 1900-1901, 1901-Apr 1902. Expenses as manager for Under the Dome, date, town.
 
Account Book No. 4, 1899-1902  114 p.; 18 x 29.5 cm.
Scope Note: Companion Book to No. 3. Seasons of 1899-Apr 1900, 1900-1901, 1901-1902. Expenses as manager for Under the Dome , weather, date, town, expenditures, accounts gross and net, summary of profits and losses, memoranda of "amounts remitted" to Lincoln J. Carter and printing firms.
Box 3  
Account Book No. 5, 1902-Nov. 1903  72 p. used plus a few at the end; 11 x 28.5 cm.
 
Scope Note: Seasons of 1902-Apr 1903 and Aug 1903-Nov 1903. Expenses as manager for Lincoln J. Carter: dates,towns, expenditures. Season cut short; books show poor returns.
 
 
Account Book No. 6, 1902-Nov 1903  55 p. used; 20 x 24 cm.
Scope Note: Companion book to No. 5. Seasons of 1902-1903 and Aug 1903-Nov 1903. Expenses as manager for Lincoln J. Carter, weather, date, town, sometimes name of theatre, accounts gross and net, summary of profits and losses. Season cut short; book show poor returns.
Box 3  
Subseries: Clippings, 1868-1915 , undated   1 folder
 
Scope Note: Mainly theatrical: notices, reviews, death
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Series: Timothy Golden, (1827-May 2, 1909)  

Box 3  
Subseries: Correspondence and Papers, 1884-1909   14 items; 1 folder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subseries: Scrapbooks  

Box 3  
Scrapbooks, 1874-1892  135 p. 26 x 30 cm.
 
Scope Note: Police cases Golden solved or was involved with; the Babbitt case, Mrs. Ellen Peck; criminals he arrested; cases he wrote up for which inspector got credit. Stories from New York Herald Tribune , New York Sun , New York World, New York Times, New York Sentinel, New York Truth, Cincinnati Enquirer , Record Times (Wilkes Barre, Pa.)
 
Scrapbook, 1892-1909  45 p.; 26 x 30 cm.
Scope Note: Various police cases worked on by Golden, a feature on the play Hearts written by nephew William E., retirement stories. Stories from New York Herald Tribune , The World , The Evening Sun, New York Recorder, The Press, Duluth Evening Herald , Sunday Mercury .
 
Series: Emma Isabella Llewellyn Golden, (Jan 25, 1842-Apr 11, 1919)  

 
Subseries: Correspondence, 1866-1919   86 items plus 8 empty envelopes; 4 folders
 
Scope Note: Fan letters: troupe gentlemanly and so different from most travelling companes; letters accompanying gift of esteem; series of letters to Frances when she was traveling and performing (1904-1914), electricity installed in house, Feb 1914; discussioni re: World War I and possible spies in Evansville, Apr 1918; Frances working for Red Cross and planning to go to France even though War is over; numerous letters to Frances in France telling of family and town happenings; May 6, 1918 letter discusses the Germans' conduct in the war and announces that she is destroying all her letters
Box 3  
Correspondence, 1866-1908  1 folder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Correspondence, 1911-1917  1 folder
 
Correspondence, 1918  1 folder
 
Correspondence, 1919  1 folder
 
Subseries: Personal Papers, 1864-1911   44 items; 2 folders
 
Scope Note: Handcopied theatre reviews; Civil War experiences and anecdotes re: her patriotism; actors and actresses she remembered and played with; poetry; birth and citizenship certificates; rare paper money. Theatrical programs and notices of plays in which she performed
Box 3  
Hazel Kirke, play advertisement
 
 
Newspaper clipping, Under the Gaslight  

 
Newspaper clipping, Pocahauntas  

 
Newspaper clipping, Panchon  

 
Playbill, New Mandolin  

 
Bean's Opera Hall  

 
Program, November 27, 1889  and November 27, 1890  

 
Opera Program, Fort Worth Opera House  

 
Hortense  

 
June 14 Farewell Benefit  

 
Academy of Music  

 
Play review  

 
Tribute, February 26, 1864  and February 26, 1865  

 
Song Lyrics, La Manola  

 
Song/poem, Best of Her Race  

 
Song/poem, Seamus O'Brien  

 
Song, Ballad os the Ballad of Rcsaca  

 
Women of the Stage  

 
List of actors  

 
Letter, handwritten, Mr. Winslow  

 
Music, Incidental  

 
Receipt, January 3, 1895  

 
Birth Register, 1842  

 
Naturalization service  

 
Money  

 
Postcard  

 
Bridal invitation list  

 
Letter from fans  

 
Play review, Machiavelli  

 
"People's Favorite" artistic portrait of Bella Golden  

Box 3  
Subseries: Partial Autobiography, 1842-1861   9 p.; 17 x 20.5 cm.
 
Scope Note: In pencil. A partial life - from birth to marriage; "Notes of Reminiscences of the stage Dictated by Bella Golden to Frances Golden." Notebook originally owned by Edward Fauntleroy; on front cover; "Arithmetik. Einschreibheft von E. Fauntleroy Cl VII a. " Some pages at front torn out