Research Catalog

Title

Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940)

Author

Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Blashfield, Grace Hall
• Cameron, Beatrice, 1863-1940
• Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947
• Clements, Colin, 1894-1948
• Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950
• Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909
• Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955
• Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
• Landone, Brown
• Mansfield, George Gibbs, 1898-1918
• Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
• Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946
• Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
• Rudersdorff, Hermine, 1822-1882
• Stahl, Lorraine
• Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
• Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
• Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928
• Winter, William, 1836-1917
• American Society for Psychical Research
• Comité Américain pour les Régions Dévastées de la France
• Christodora House (New York, N.Y.)

Description

13.84 linear feet (32 boxes, 8 volumes, 1 oversized folder)

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, legal documents, drawings, photographs, printed matter, and other Mansfield family papers. Papers are largely personal in nature with the bulk being Beatrice Cameron's papers. Other members of the family represented in the collection are Hermine Rudersdorff, Richard Mansfield's mother, and George Gibbs Mansfield, the Mansfields's son. Writings are plays and poems; family papers include diaries, daybooks, address books, photographs, drawings, blueprints, and newspaper clippings.

Subjects

• Mansfield family
• Parapsychology
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Blueprints
• Disaster relief
• Photographic prints
• Drawings
• Diaries
• Drama > Study and teaching
• Actors
• Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907

Genre/Form

• Blueprints.
• Diaries.
• Drawings.
• Photographic prints.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Van Doren, Harold

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (NYPW 90-A43)

Biography (note)

• Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was a prominent stage actor in the late 19th century. He was born in Germany into a family involved in the performing arts. Mansfield began his stage career touring the English provinces in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and made his first appearance in New York in 1882 in light opera. His most important roles were in productions of Shakespeare plays but he also performed in musicals. He introduced George Bernard Shaw's drama to America and produced the first English language version of Peer Gynt. He wrote revisions of noted plays, as well as original works. His wife, Beatrice Cannon (Susan Hegeman Mansfield), was a stage actress who appeared with his company. She retired from the stage in 1898 and after her husband's death did relief work overseas and then taught speech and drama in New York City.

Language (note)

• in German, French and Czech.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 1863

OCLC

NYPW94-A51

Author

Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907.

Title

Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940)

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was a prominent stage actor in the late 19th century. He was born in Germany into a family involved in the performing arts. Mansfield began his stage career touring the English provinces in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and made his first appearance in New York in 1882 in light opera. His most important roles were in productions of Shakespeare plays but he also performed in musicals. He introduced George Bernard Shaw's drama to America and produced the first English language version of Peer Gynt. He wrote revisions of noted plays, as well as original works. His wife, Beatrice Cannon (Susan Hegeman Mansfield), was a stage actress who appeared with his company. She retired from the stage in 1898 and after her husband's death did relief work overseas and then taught speech and drama in New York City.

Language

Some materials in German, French and Czech.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Richard Mansfield correspondence located at: The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (NYPW 90-A43)

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Occupation

Actors.

Added Author

Blashfield, Grace Hall.

Cameron, Beatrice, 1863-1940.

Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947.

Clements, Colin, 1894-1948.

Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950.

Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909.

Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955.

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.

Landone, Brown.

Mansfield, George Gibbs, 1898-1918.

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.

Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946.

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.

Rudersdorff, Hermine, 1822-1882.

Stahl, Lorraine.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.

Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928.

Winter, William, 1836-1917.

American Society for Psychical Research.

Comité Américain pour les Régions Dévastées de la France.

Christodora House (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

MssCol 1863