03897cpcaa2200637 4500 mm 87061995 DLC 20260227111722.0 cr ||||||||||| 870918|||||||||||| eng mm 87061995 DLC dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Ford, John Thompson, 1829-1894. John Thompson Ford papers, 1809-1960 (bulk 1850-1894). 5,000 items. 22 containers plus 12 oversize. 15.2 linear feet. Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1832-1894; Series 2: Subject File, 1852-1956; Series 3: Writings, 1852-1894; Series 4: Playbooks, 1809-circa 1890; Series 5: Playbills, 1856-1881; Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1846-1923; Series 7: Addition, 1849-1960; and Series 8: Oversize, 1856-1893. Open to research. Correspondence, play scripts and other writings, subject files, playbooks, playbills, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Ford's life and work as a theater manager in the last half of the nineteenth century. Documents his interaction with major theatrical figures of the period; the productions featured at his theaters in Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa.; Charleston, S.C., Alexandria, Va., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C.; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.; and Ford's political career in Baltimore, Md. Subjects include the Holliday Street Theatre and Grand Opera House in Baltimore, Md., and Ford's charitable activities and management of Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Includes seating plans for Ford's Theatre and writings, notes, and scrapbooks of his daughters, Annie E. Ford and Lizzie Ford. Correspondents include Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest, Joseph Jefferson, Clifton W. Tayleure, and William Winter. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Theater executive and dramatist. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157 Collection material in English. Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 Correspondence. Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865. Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 Correspondence. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Tayleure, Clifton W., -1891 Correspondence. Winter, William, 1836-1917 Correspondence. Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.) Grand Opera House (Baltimore, Md.) Holliday Street Theatre (Baltimore, Md.) Charities. Theaters Maryland Baltimore. Theaters Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Theaters South Carolina Charleston. Theater United States. Theaters Alexandria Richmond. Theaters Virginia Richmond. Theaters Washington (D.C.) Baltimore (Md.) Politics and government. Dramatists. itoamc Executives. itoamc Ford, Annie. Annie E. Ford papers. Ford, Lizzie. Lizzie Ford papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157.3 44173 44173