Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Leonidas Westervelt papers
Westervelt, Leonidas, 1875-1952
4079459
MS#1323
English
/repositories/2/resources/4888
4.5 linear feet
9 boxes and 1 oversize folder
1816-1950
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Restrictions on Access
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-9. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Summary
Correspondence and manuscripts of Westervelt. Much of the correspondence relates to the production of his own plays. Also, letters from famous actors including William Charles Macready, Augustin Daly, and Charles Kemble; typescript manuscripts of Westervelt's plays, among them "By Right of Sword" and "Rally Round the Flag;" and contracts, photographs, and printed materials.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leonidas Westervelt papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Westervelt, Mrs. Leonidas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1960. Accession number--M-60.
Biographical / Historical
American playwright, collector of theatrical books and manuscripts.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/1989.
Processed by Patrick Lawlor.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Leonidas Westerevelt, 1960, 1961 and Mary S. Rouse, 1965.
Actors
Drama
Theater -- Production and direction
Theater
Scripts (documents)
Photographic prints
Autographs (manuscripts)
Dramatists, American
Book collectors
Macready, William, -1829
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854
Series I: Cataloged Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/32685Adams, Maud To Elizabeth Johnson Ward Doremus (Mrs. C. A. Doremus), New York, [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32691(1 page a.l.s)1Allen, Viola To Elizabeth Johnson Ward Doremus (Mrs. C. A. Doremus) [n.p.], [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32692(2 page a.l.s.)1Anthony, Luther B. To Leonidas Westervelt Easton, PA, 1 February 1913/repositories/2/archival_objects/32693(1 page t.l.s)1Arliss, George To Leonidas Westervelt London & New York, 24 September 1923 & 22 November 1937/repositories/2/archival_objects/32694September 1923November 1937(2 a.l.s.)1Aronson, Rudolph To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 31 January & 20/repositories/2/archival_objects/32695April 1918(2 a.l.s.)1Babbage, Charles To William Charles Macready London, 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/32696October 1837(1 page a.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(Written in the third person)
Barrie, James M. To Leonidas Westervelt London, 30/repositories/2/archival_objects/32697October 1897(1 page a.l.s.)1Bolton, Reginald Pelham To Leonidas Westervelt New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/326981924-1939(3 a.l.s. 3 t.l.s.)1Breton, Cecil To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 6 December [1904]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32699(1 page a.l.s.)1Calver, William Louis To Leonidas Westervelt [v.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/327001930-1939(9 a.l.s. 3 p.c.s.)1Chaillu, P.B. Du To [Leonidas Westervelt] Carmel, 9/repositories/2/archival_objects/32701July 1855(1 page a.l.s.)1Cheatham, Kitty To [Leonidas Westervelt] New York, 12 November [n.y.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32702(2 page a.l.s.)1Clark, James L. To Leonidas Westervelt [n.p.], 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/32703November 1930(1 page t.l.s.)1Daly, Augustin Photograph inscribed to J. W. Bouton New York, 6/repositories/2/archival_objects/32704March 1871(1 photograph)1Daly, Augustin To Mr. Deacon New York, 15/repositories/2/archival_objects/32705January 1891(1 page a.l.s.)1Daly, Augustin To Douglas Taylor New York, 31/repositories/2/archival_objects/32706October 1896(1 page a.l.s.)1de Wolfe, Elsie To H. Alberta Rouse Westervelt (Mrs. Leonidas) New York, [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32707(2 page a.l.s.)1Dobson, Austin To A. C. Benson London, 28 December 1896/repositories/2/archival_objects/32708(1 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(with envelope)
Doremus, Bessie W. To Leonidas Westervelt [n.p.] & New York, [n.d.] &/repositories/2/archival_objects/327091934(3 a.l.s.)1Edeson, Robert To Leonidas Westervelt Kansas City, 3 January 1911/repositories/2/archival_objects/32710(1 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(With attached photograph)
Elliott, Maxine To Elizabeth Johnson Ward Doremus (Mrs. C. A. Doremus), New York, 5/repositories/2/archival_objects/32711January 1909(1 page t.l.s.)1Farquhar, Gilbert To H. Alberta Rouse Westervelt (Mrs. Leonidas) New York, 14/repositories/2/archival_objects/32712December 1904(3 page a.l.s.)1Fawcett, Edgar To Mr. Mallory New York, [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32713(3 page a.l.s.)1Fawcett, John To Mr. Mathews [London], 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/32714January 1824(1 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Foote, Maria To Mr. Aubyn London, 20 June 1816/repositories/2/archival_objects/32715(1 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Frohman, Charles To Charles Burnham New York, 8 January 1910 & 25 June 1915/repositories/2/archival_objects/32716January 1910June 1915(2 t.l.s.)1Frohman, Charles To Mr. Milliken New York, 23/repositories/2/archival_objects/32717February 1917(1 page a.l.s.)1Frohman, Daniel To Elizabeth Johnson Ward Doremus (Mrs. Charles A.), New York, 24/repositories/2/archival_objects/32718December 1898(1 page t.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Geary, Mary To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 9/repositories/2/archival_objects/32719September 1904(1 page t.l.s.)1Gillett, William To Mr. Ries [n.p.], [1890]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32720(1 page a.l.s.)1Gillett, William To Mr. Mallory Boston, 27/repositories/2/archival_objects/32721February 1918(3 page a.l.s.)1Hackett, James K. To Leonidas Westervelt [n.p.], 4/repositories/2/archival_objects/32722July 1899(2 page a.l.s.)1Harvey, Edward Tutin To William Winter Cincinnati, 20/repositories/2/archival_objects/32723December 1915(1 page a.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(With envelope)
Hodge, William To Mrs. Charles A. Doremus Cohasset, [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32724(1 page a.l.s.)1Kemble, Charles To [?] London, 13/repositories/2/archival_objects/32725March 1819(1 page a.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
La Follette, Fola To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 6/repositories/2/archival_objects/32726November 1911(2 page a.l.s.)1Larrimore, Francine To Leonidas Westervelt [New York], [ca. 1917]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32727(1 page a.l.s.)1Liston, John To [?] London, 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/32728February 1828(1 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Littlebury, Joseph To Leonidas Westervelt Worcester, England, 4/repositories/2/archival_objects/32729October 1922(2 page a.l.s.)1Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer To Lord Malmesbury [n.p.], 21 July [n.y.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32730(1 page a.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Macready, William Charles To [?] [n.p.], [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32731(1 page a.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Macready, William Charles To Mr. Fenton New York, 20 September [n.y.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32732(3 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Mapes, Victor To Leonidas Westervelt [v.p.], 30 October [n.y.] - 12/repositories/2/archival_objects/32733May 1898(3 a.l.s.)1Marchmont, Arthur W. To Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas and H. Alberta Rouse Westervelt [v.p.], 4 June 1899 - 12 July 1898/repositories/2/archival_objects/32734June 1899July 1898(6 a.l.s.)1Matthews, Brander To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 19/repositories/2/archival_objects/32735January 1904(2 page a.l.s.)1Middleton, George To Leonidas Westervelt Atlantic City, 24/repositories/2/archival_objects/32736November 1913(2 page a.l.s.)1Mordant, Edwin To Leonidas Westervelt New York & Hollywood, 3 April 1927 - 16 May 1933 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/32737April 1927May 1933(a.l.s. 3 t.l.s.)1Mordant, Grace (Mrs. Edwin) To Leonidas Westervelt Detroit, 14/repositories/2/archival_objects/32738October 1930(4 page a.l.s.)1Morris, Felix To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 20 March 1897 - 13 November 1899/repositories/2/archival_objects/32739March 1897November 1899(3 a.l.s.)1Marchmont, Arthur W. To Leonidas Westervelt London, 31 October 1898 & 16 June 1899/repositories/2/archival_objects/32740October 1898June 1899(2 a.l.s.)1Maude, Cyril To Leonidas Westervelt London, 11/repositories/2/archival_objects/32741December 1912(1 page t.l.s.)1Mellen, Ida M. To Leonidas Westervelt New York & Woods Hole, MA/repositories/2/archival_objects/327421925-1943(5 t.l.s. 6 p.c.s. 1 photograph)1Odell, George Clinton Dinsmore To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/32743December 1945(2 page a.l.s. )1Scope and Contents(Removed from Odell Annals of the New York Stage, vol 14)
Orsay, Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d' To Leonidas Westervelt [n.p.], [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32744(1 page a.l.s. )1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Rawson, Clayton To Leonidas Westervelt Mamaroneck, NY, [n.d.] & 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/32745April 1940(2 t.l.s.)1Sage, C. Russell To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 14 March 1905 4 page a.l.s. 1 Smith, Albert To [?] London, [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32746March 1905(2 a.l.s.)1Spong, Hilda To Elizabeth Johnson Ward Doremus (Mrs. C. A. Doremus) New York, 18/repositories/2/archival_objects/32747February 1917(2 page a.l.s.)1Stuart, Ralph To Leonidas Westervelt [v.p.], 6 December 1901 - 9 October 1902/repositories/2/archival_objects/32748December 1901October 1902(1 a.l.s. 4 t.l.s.)1Talfourd, Thomas Noon To Miss Jones [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/327491836(1 page a.l.s. )1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Vokes, Rosina (Mrs. Cecil Clay) To [?] Chicago, 5 January [n.y.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32750(2 page a.l.s.)1Wagenencht, Edward To Leonidas Westervelt WA & IL, 25 January 1930 - 25 December 1949/repositories/2/archival_objects/32751January 1930December 1949(6 t.l.s. 1 p.c.s.)1Walker, Charlotte To Leonidas Westervelt [n.p.], [n.d.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/32752(2 page a.l.s.)1Walsh, Townsend To Leonidas Westervelt New York, 21-27/repositories/2/archival_objects/32753January 1928(3 a.l.s.)1Wilson, Francis To Leonidas Westervelt Philadelphia, [25 December]/repositories/2/archival_objects/327541890(4 page a.l.s.)1Scope and Contents(With envelope)
Young, Charles Mayne To Lady Catherine [n.p.], 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/32755June 1847(1 page a.l.s)1Scope and Contents(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
Zabriskie, George A. To Leonidas Westervelt NY & FL, 29 April 1942 - 19 July 1950/repositories/2/archival_objects/32756April 1942July 1950(9 a.l.s. 1 t.l.s.)1Series II: Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/32686Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/327572Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/327583Series III: Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/32687Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/327594Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/327605Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/327616Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/327627Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/327638Series IV: Books by G. Kunz/repositories/2/archival_objects/32688Inscribed to Westervelt/repositories/2/archival_objects/327645Inscribed to Westervelt/repositories/2/archival_objects/327656Series V: Contracts and Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/32689Contracts and Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/327667Series VI: Manuscripts of Plays/repositories/2/archival_objects/32690Manuscripts of Plays/repositories/2/archival_objects/327679