Ford, John Thompson 1829-1894 creator mixed material monographic eng 5,000 22 12 15.2 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. Open to research. 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 Executives Ford, Annie. Ford, Lizzie. mm 87061995 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157.3 Open to research. DLC 870918 20260227111722.0 mm 87061995