Florence Nelson scrapbook

Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box

Identifier: 035-03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains memorabilia from various performances in the Rhode Island area from 1898-1902 collected by Florence Nelson. It includes playbills, newspaper reviews, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and autographs. Many of the performances documented took place at the Providence Opera House or the Bristol Opera House. Performers of note in the scrapbook include Julia Marlowe, Mary Mannering, William Gillette*, Virginia Harned, DeWolf Hopper, Viola Allen, Lionel Barrymore, Maude Adams, Robert Edeson, William H. Crane*, Miss Percy Haswell*, Olga Nethersole*, Hamilton Revelle, Ethel Barrymore, John Drew, Isabel Irving, Frank Worthing, Vincent Serrano, Elsie de Wolfe, Marguerite Sylva, Suzanne Adams, Victor Maurel, Marcella Sembrich, E.H. Sothern, Fanny Davenport*, Jobyna Howland, Arthur Hoops, Julia Arthur, Arnold Daly, David Belasco, Cecilia Loftus, Margaret Dale, James Hackett, Bertha Galland, Margaret Illington, Suzanne Adams, Hilda Spong, Viola Allen, Edwin Arden, Florence Kahn, Maxine Elliot, Malcolm Williams, Macklyn Arbuckle, and Hattie Williams, among others. (*indicates autograph included)

Dates

1898 - 1902

Creator

Nelson, Florence, 1875-1957 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Florence Nelson was an aspiring actress and dedicated follower of the arts in the Providence area. She was born in Bristol in 1875. Little is known about her personal life. Nelson kept a scrapbook in which she collected memorabilia from various plays and performances. Her scrapbook documents a significant portion of Rhode Island culture in the late 19th century. Prominently featured are performances held at the Providence Opera House, which opened in 1871 and was demolished in 1931. Theater was extremely popular in Providence at this time; while open, the Opera House housed numerous performances and hosted a number well-known actors and actresses.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is entirely contained within a single bound scrapbook. Newspaper clippings and images are pasted within. Items are somewhat chronological and are arranged with like subjects.