MARC Record from Library of Congress

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010 $amm 87061995
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
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100 1 $aFord, John Thompson,$d1829-1894.
245 00 $aJohn Thompson Ford papers,$f1809-1960$g(bulk 1850-1894).
300 $a5,000$fitems.
300 $a22$fcontainers plus$a12$foversize.
300 $a15.2$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 8 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1832-1894; Series 2: Subject File, 1852-1956; Series 3: Writings, 1852-1894; Series 4: Playbooks, 1809-circa 1890; Series 5: Playbills, 1856-1881; Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1846-1923; Series 7: Addition, 1849-1960; and Series 8: Oversize, 1856-1893.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, play scripts and other writings, subject files, playbooks, playbills, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Ford's life and work as a theater manager in the last half of the nineteenth century. Documents his interaction with major theatrical figures of the period; the productions featured at his theaters in Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa.; Charleston, S.C., Alexandria, Va., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C.; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.; and Ford's political career in Baltimore, Md. Subjects include the Holliday Street Theatre and Grand Opera House in Baltimore, Md., and Ford's charitable activities and management of Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Includes seating plans for Ford's Theatre and writings, notes, and scrapbooks of his daughters, Annie E. Ford and Lizzie Ford. Correspondents include Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest, Joseph Jefferson, Clifton W. Tayleure, and William Winter.
541 $cGift,$aStanley W. McClure,$d1960.
541 $cGift,$aJohn F. Sollers,$d1986-1998.
544 $3Some photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aTheater executive and dramatist.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157.
546 $aCollection material in English.
600 10 $aBooth, Edwin,$d1833-1893$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBooth, John Wilkes,$d1838-1865.
600 10 $aForrest, Edwin,$d1806-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGilbert, W. S.$q(William Schwenck),$d1836-1911.
600 10 $aJefferson, Joseph,$d1829-1905$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xAssassination.
600 10 $aSullivan, Arthur,$d1842-1900.
600 10 $aTayleure, Clifton W.,$dd. 1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWinter, William,$d1836-1917$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aFord's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
610 20 $aGrand Opera House (Baltimore, Md.)
610 20 $aHolliday Street Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)
650 0 $aCharities.
650 0 $aTheaters$zMaryland$zBaltimore.
650 0 $aTheaters$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia.
650 0 $aTheaters$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston.
650 0 $aTheater$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTheaters$zAlexandria$zRichmond.
650 0 $aTheaters$zVirginia$zRichmond.
650 0 $aTheaters$zWashington (D.C.)
651 0 $aBaltimore (Md.)$xPolitics and government.
656 7 $aDramatists.$2itoamc
656 7 $aExecutives.$2itoamc
700 1 $aFord, Annie.$tAnnie E. Ford papers.
700 1 $aFord, Lizzie.$tLizzie Ford papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157.3