Contents and Arrangement Expanded View

Collection Overview

Creator:
Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950
Title:
Julia Marlowe Collection
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/t148fh17j
Dates:
1909-1950
Size:
3 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Storage Note:
ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-3
Language:
English

Abstract

Julia Marlowe (1866-1950), who was also known as Sarah Frances Frost, was an American actress and Shakespearean performer. Her collection consists chiefly of letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid. Also included are photographs of both Marlowe and her husband, E. H. Sothern, articles by and about them, memorabilia, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists chiefly of letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid by Marlowe, a noted actress who with her husbands, Richard Taber and later E. H. Sothern, specialized in the Shakespearean repertoire. Also included are photographs of both Marlowe and Sothern, articles by and about them, memorabilia, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

Arrangement

Arranged in this order: letters to Ida Rissland Perscheid, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, printed matter.

Collection Creator Biography:

Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950

Julia Marlowe (1866-1950), who was also known as Sarah Frances Frost, was an American actress and Shakespearean performer.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift of Ellen Perschield in 1980.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2002.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Credit this material:

Julia Marlowe Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/t148fh17j
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-3