Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Mostly personal correspondence and letters from admirers. Correspondence apparently regarding Mary Ellen Greville, Frances Maria Kelly's adopted(?) daughter. One letter from Frances Maria Kelly to Charles Kent, 1875, Sep. 28, regarding her version of the events that inspired Charles Lamb's "Barbara S---." Also Frances Maria Kelly's "Dramatic Recollections" notebook. Anne Jackson Mathews' notebook with material used in her biography of Charles Mathews.
mssHM 62598-62775
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Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of Frances Maria Kelly (1790-1882), a popular actress on the 19th century British stage, and includes 176 manuscript and correspondence items and 45 items of ephemera. The correspondence in this collection deals with the social obligations and other concerns of an established actress in the 19th century Great Britain. Frances Maria Kelly corresponded with Dukes and Countesses as well as actresses and writers. This collection also includes Frances Maria Kelly's "Dramatic Recollections" a notebook filled with descriptions of her theatrical career.
mssHM 62598-62775