Inventory of the Harold Seton Theatre Actor Photograph Collection

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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>Inventory of the Harold Seton Theatre Actor Photograph Collection
                    <num>MS578</num>
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        <author>Finding aid prepared by Finding aid written by Rebecca Petersen.</author>
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      <publicationstmt>
        <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline>
          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline>
          <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline>
        </address>
        <date>June 2010</date>
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    <profiledesc>
      <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2016-04-05T12:36-0400</date>
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      <langusage>Finding aid written in English.</langusage>
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      <unittitle>Harold Seton Theatre Actor Photograph Collection</unittitle>
      <unitid>MS578</unitid>
      <repository>
        <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname>
      </repository>
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        <language langcode="eng"/>
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      <container id="cid55001" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container>
      <physdesc>
        <extent>0.5 linear feet</extent>
        <extent>118 photographs 

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      </physdesc>
      <unitdate normal="1880/1890" type="bulk">Bulk, 1880-1890</unitdate>
      <unitdate normal="1870/1910" type="inclusive">circa 1870-1910</unitdate>
      <abstract id="ref1" label="Abstract">Collection includes card photographs, cabinet photographs, photographic prints, photographic postcards, and cartes des visite of actors and actresses from circa 1870-1900.</abstract>
    </did>
    <scopecontent id="ref12">
      <head>Scope and Content</head>
      <p>The Harold Seton Photographs consist primarily of cabinet cards of theatre actresses from circa 1870-1900. 111 of the 112 photographs are of female subjects, with the majority being in the cabinet card format. Other formats include photographic prints, two cartes des visite, and one photographic postcard. Notable names include Cora Urquhart Potter, Zeffie Tilbury, and Marie Roze. Photographic studios or photographers responsible for the images include Napoleon Sarony, Mora, and B.J. Falk. An addition to the collection in February 2012, from Franklin &amp; Marshall College, consists of six cabinet cards of male actors: Kyrle Bellew, John Drew, William Faversham, Robert Hilliard, Richard Mansfield, and Harry Woodruff.</p>
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    <bioghist id="ref3">
      <head>Biographical note</head>
      <p>Harold Seton is best known for his work as a journalist, author, and collector. His interest in society and theatre was documented in the column he wrote for 
                <title render="italic">Theatre Magazine</title>, "Theatre Thoughts," and his writings for 
                <title render="italic">Town Topics: The Journal of Society</title>. Harold Seton accumulated a collection of over 10,000 theatrical photographs, making large donations to both the New York Historical Society and the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington, DC. As a theatre enthusiast and a society follower, Seton was knowledgeable of gossip, sharing some with Lucius Beebe through correspondence, housed at The New York Historical Society, and divulging his interests on the pages of various magazines.</p>
    </bioghist>
    <altformavail id="ref7">
      <head>Existence and Location of Copies</head>
      <p>Digital copies of photographs are available through our digital collections online, available at http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/collections/digital/</p>
    </altformavail>
    <accessrestrict id="ref6">
      <head>Conditions Covering Access</head>
      <p>Collection is open to research.</p>
    </accessrestrict>
    <arrangement id="ref2">
      <head>Arrangement</head>
      <p>The original alphabetical order of this series of photographs is maintained according to handwritten or printed names found primarily on the verso of the photograph. The addition of six cabinet cards is arranged alphabetically at the end of the original collection.</p>
    </arrangement>
    <prefercite id="ref9">
      <head>Preferred Citation</head>
      <p>Harold Seton Theatre Actor Photograph Collection, MS578, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>
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    <processinfo id="ref10">
      <head>Processing Information</head>
      <p>Collection arranged and described by Rebecca Petersen, 2010, 2012.</p>
    </processinfo>
    <controlaccess>
      <persname source="lcsh" role="Collector (col)">Seton, Harold</persname>
      <subject source="lcsh">Actors--New York (State)--New York--Portraits</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Actors--Portraits</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Actors--United States--Portraits</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Actresses, American</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Actresses--Portraits</subject>
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