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100	1		_aFord, John Thompson, _d1829-1894.
245	0	0	_aJohn Thompson Ford papers, _f1809-1960 _g(bulk 1850-1894).
300			_a5,000 _fitems.
300			_a22 _fcontainers plus _a12 _foversize.
300			_a15.2 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged 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.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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.
544			_3Some photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aTheater executive and dramatist.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157
546			_aCollection material in English.
600	1	0	_aBooth, Edwin, _d1833-1893 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBooth, John Wilkes, _d1838-1865.
600	1	0	_aForrest, Edwin, _d1806-1872 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aGilbert, W. S. _q(William Schwenck), _d1836-1911.
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Joseph, _d1829-1905 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865 _xAssassination.
600	1	0	_aSullivan, Arthur, _d1842-1900.
600	1	0	_aTayleure, Clifton W., _d-1891 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aWinter, William, _d1836-1917 _vCorrespondence.
610	2	0	_aFord's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
610	2	0	_aGrand Opera House (Baltimore, Md.)
610	2	0	_aHolliday Street Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)
650		0	_aCharities.
650		0	_aTheaters _zMaryland _zBaltimore.
650		0	_aTheaters _zPennsylvania _zPhiladelphia.
650		0	_aTheaters _zSouth Carolina _zCharleston.
650		0	_aTheater _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTheaters _zAlexandria _zRichmond.
650		0	_aTheaters _zVirginia _zRichmond.
650		0	_aTheaters _zWashington (D.C.)
651		0	_aBaltimore (Md.) _xPolitics and government.
656		7	_aDramatists. _2itoamc
656		7	_aExecutives. _2itoamc
700	1		_aFord, Annie. _tAnnie E. Ford papers.
700	1		_aFord, Lizzie. _tLizzie Ford papers.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011157.3
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