Fanny Kemble: A Passionate Victorian

Name/Title

Fanny Kemble: A Passionate Victorian

Entry/Object ID

2004.009.001

Description

Biography covering 83 years of Fanny Kemble's life. Mirrors the theater in England and America in the 1930s and 40s against a social and economic background of the period, and gives a new angle on the slave question and the Civil War. vi, 387 p., port., 24 cm.

Collection

Sally Reahard Book Donation

Acquisition

Accession

2004.009.

Source or Donor

Reahard, Sally

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Sally Reahard

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Fanny Kemble, 1809-1893, Plantation owners' spouses--Georgia--History--19th century, British--Georgia--History--19th century, Actors--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Biography, Actresses--Great Britain--Biography

Book Details

Author

Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944

Publisher

MacMillan Co.

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1938

Publication Language

English

Call No.

PN2598 .K4 A8 1938

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Shelf

Books

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Room

Reahard Room

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.009.023, 2018.004.1

Interpretative Labels

Label

PN 2598 .K4 A8 1938 c. 1 (SRR)

General Notes

Note

Notes: Portrait of Fanny Kemble on frontispiece. Illustrated lining papers. Includes index. On t.p., quote from F.K.: "The death I should prefer would be to break my neck off the back of a good horse at a full gallop on a fine day." Inserted by donor between cover and cover page 5-page document entitled: "The Grolier Club, New York, N.Y., Prospectus for an Exhibition on the Life and Importance of Fanny Kemble (1809-1893)." Status: Shelf

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Create Date

June 9, 2004

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023