The Georgie Minstrals, My Friend from India, Number 973, and The Mud Town Minstrels : typescripts
Overview
Four typescript plays by American dramatist, Henry A. Du Souchet.
Dates
- 1900
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
.08 linear feet (4 volumes in 1 folder)Four dramas, My Friend from India definitely the work of H. A. Du Souchet and the other three matching in appearance. Three volumes have hand-made string bindings and one is stapled; all four have manuscript corrections.
Biographical / Historical
Henry A. Du Souchet was an American dramatist. Having worked in his youth as a telegraph operator and having been elected a justice of the peace in Prescott, Arizona, he acted in the first theater in Arizona and went on to manage and perform in theater and vaudeville.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019MT-27. Purchased from Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents with funds from the Robert Gould Shaw Fund, 2018.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2018.
- Title
- Du Souchet, H. A. (Henry A.), 1852-1922. The Georgie minstrals, My friend from India, Number 973, and The mud town minstrels : typescripts, circa 1900.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2018 October 2
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03024
Repository Details
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