Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library,
Harvard University
b
MS Thr 669
Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Justin Winsor papers for Garrick and his
contemporaries,
1851-1867.
2 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Collection materials are in English.
Papers assembled by American librarian and historian Justin Winsor, for his
definitive life of British actor David Garrick. The publication was never completed.
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
No accession number. Bequest of Justin Winsor, AB
1853; received: 1899 March
31.
Recataloged from the following call-numbers:
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Thr 477.1.2*; formerly 17471.1.2.
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Thr 477.1.2.3*.
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Thr 477.1.2.6*; formerly Thr 405.2.6.
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Thr 477.1.2.7*; formerly Thr 405.2.7 and 17471.1.7.
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Thr 477.1.2.8*; formerly Thr 405.2.8 and 17471.1.8.
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Thr 477.1.2.9*; formerly Thr 405.2.9 and 17471.1.9.
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Thr 477.1.8.10*.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Preferred Citation for Publication:
Justin Winsor Papers for
Garrick and His
Contemporaries, 1851-1867 (MS Thr 669). Harvard Theatre Collection,
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Justin Winsor (1831-1897) was a librarian and historian. He received an AB from
Harvard College in 1853, was the Superintendent of the Boston Public Library
from1868–1877, Librarian of Harvard College from 1877 until his death, and the first
president of the American Library Association, 1876-1885. Winsor published numerous
historical books and articles and planned this massive, exhaustive biography of
actor David Garrick, but it never was published.
David Garrick (1717-1779) was a British actor, writer, theater manager, entrepreneur,
and international celebrity. David Garrick revolutionized acting and the English
stage in the eighteenth century and also was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel
Johnson.
Organized into the following series:
- I. Manuscript volumes for Garrick and his
contemporaries
- II. Other materials concerning Garrick and his
contemporaries.
Autograph manuscript draft text, research notes, cuttings, and bibliography for
Winsor's book on the life of David Garrick titled:
Garrick and his contemporaries. Winsor had the habit of taking notes on
tiny slips of paper and most of the notes are on very small, unsorted slips.
I. Manuscript volumes for Garrick and his
contemporaries
Volumes include notes and drafts of text for biography, a few
clippings, pages from printed books, and
playbills are inserted.
Each chapter has separate pagination.
Volumes are not all dated as to when Winsor wrote each part, but some volumes
have dates added as notes. It appears he assembled this work between
1860-1865.
Volume covers and spines are in poor condition. Many volumes have detached
covers or spines, or missing covers.
Recataloged from: Thr 477.1.2*; and formerly cataloged as:
17471.1.2
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Volume 1: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, ca. 1860-1865.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Spine label is detached from spine.
Includes the following chapters:
- Preface.
- Chapter 1: Boyhood and youth, 1716-1737.
- Chapter 2: Templar, vintner, wit, 1737-1740.
- Chapter 3: Preparations and omens, 1738-1741.
- Chapter 4: Goodman's Fields, 1741-1742.
- Chapter 5: The West End and Dublin, 1742.
- Chapter 6: Drury Lane, winter of 1742-1743.
- Chapter 7: Summer of 1743.
- Chapter 8: Drury Lane, 1743-1744.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Volume 2: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, ca. 1860.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 9: Drury Lane, 1744-1745.
- Chapter 10: London and Dublin, 1745.
- Chapter 11: Garrick and Quin, 1746-1747.
- Chapter 12: First managerial season, 1747-1748.
- Chapter 13: Season 1748-1749.
- Chapter 14: Marriage, 1749.
- Chapter 15: Season 1749-1750.
- Chapter 16: Season 1750-1751.
- Chapter 17: Season 1751-1752.
- Chapter 18: At home and abroad, John Hill, Johnson, Paris,
1752.
- Chapter 19: Season 1752-1753.
- Chapter 20: Season 1753-1754.
- Chapter 21: Season 1754-1755.
- Chapter 22: Season 1755-1756.
- Chapter 23: Season 1756-1757.
- Chapter 24: Season 1757-1758.
- Chapter 25: Season 1758-1759.
- Chapter 26: Hampton, Walpole, and Clive, 1755-1758.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Volume 3: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, ca. 1861.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Back cover and spine are in poor condition. Front cover is detached.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 27: London, 1754-1758.
- Chapter 28: London again, 1755-1760.
- Chapter 29: Season 1759-1760.
- Chapter 30: Season 1760-1761.
- Chapter 31: Sterne in London, 1760.
- Chapter 32: Social life, 1760.
- Chapter 33: Lloyd, Churchill and Wilkes, 1760-1761.
- Chapter 34: Satire and counter-satire, 1762-1763.
- Chapter 35: Enemies, 1760-1761.
- Chapter 36: Reynolds and the painters, 1752-1763.
- Chapter 37: Season 1761-1762.
- Chapter 38: Season 1762-1763.
- Chapter 39: Visit to Continent, 1763-1764.
- Chapter 40: Shakspeare [sic] on the continent, 1741-1767.
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Volume 4: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, undated.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 41: Paris, 1765.
- Chapter 42: The French stage, 1765.
- Chapter 43: Drury Lane during Garricks absense, season
1763-1764.
- Chapter 44: Incident to his return, season 1764-1765.
- Chapter 45: Johnson's Club, 1765.
- Chapter 46: The Streatham Circle, 1764-1766.
- Chapter 47: Hogarth and Churchill, 1764-1765.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Volume 5: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, undated.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 48: Season 1765-1766.
- Chapter 49: Season 1766-1767.
- Chapter 50: Season 1767-1768.
- Chapter 51: Summer, 1768.
- Chapter 52: Season 1768-1769.
- Chapter 53: Shakspeare [sic] Jubilee, 1769.
- Chapter 54: Season 1769-1770.
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Volume 6: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, undated.
1 volume in 1 folder and 1 folder.
Front and back covers are detached. Spine is in poor condition.
Loose materials in separate folder.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 55: Season 1770-1771.
- Chapter 56: Season 1771-1772.
- Chapter 57: Friends and neighbours, 1769-1771.
- Chapter 58: Junius, 1771.
- Chapter 59: The Adelphi, 1772.
- Chapter 60: Drury Lane, 1772-1773.
- Chapter 61: Garrick at the club, 1773.
- Chapter 62: Garrick in demand, 1773.
- Chapter 63: Drury Lane, 1773-1774.
- Chapter 64: Verses and measures, 1773-1774.
- Chapter 65: Drury Lane, 1774-1775.
- Chapter 66: The Blues and Parnassus, 1775.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Volume 7: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, undated.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Includes index at back.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 67: Garrick's last season, 1775-1776.
- Chapter 68: Garrick's last season (continued), 1776.
- Chapter 69: Plays, players, and playing.
- Chapter 70: Garrick the actor.
- Chapter 71: Garrick the manager.
- Chapter 72: Manager and public.
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Volume 8: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, undated.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Spine and covers in poor condition.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 73: The dramatists of Garrick's day.
- Chapter 74: Shakspeare [sic] and Garrick.
- Chapter 75: Shakspeare [sic] and Garrick (continued).
- Chapter 76: The elder dramatists.
- Chapter 77: In retirement, 1776-1777.
- Chapter 78: Shakespeare [sic] on the Continent (continued from
chapter 40).
- Chapter 79: The world and the theatre.
- Chapter 80: 1777.
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Volume 9: Garrick and his contemporaries
: autograph manuscript, 1863-1864.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Front cover is detached. Spine is in poor condition.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 81: Enjoyed and expected, 1777 June-October.
- Chapter 82: Winter, 1777-1778.
- Chapter 83: The friend and relative, 1778 January-April.
- Chapter 84: 1778 May-November.
- Chapter 85: Death, 1778 December- 1779 January.
- Chapter 86: 1779 June - 1782.
- Chapter 87: 1782-1784.
- Chapter 88: 1783-1785 December.
- Chapter 89: 1785-1787.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Volume 10: Garrick and his
contemporaries : autograph manuscript (signed), 1864
September.
1 volume in 1 folder and 1 folder.
Front and back covers detached.
Loose item removed to separate folder.
Includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 90: The dead and the living, 1787-1795.
- Chapter 91: 1794-1804.
- Chapter 92: 1805-1835.
- Appendix: Portraits of Garrick. Statues and busts, etc.
Genealogical.
II. Other materials concerning Garrick and
his contemporaries.
Arranged chronologically.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Books examined in preparation for a Life of
Garrick : autograph manuscript (signed), clippings,
1851.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Annotated: "Rearranged in this vol. Feb. 1862. J. Winsor."
An alphabetical bibliography of books consulted
for his Life of Garrick book.
Front cover is loose.
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.2.8. Formerly Thr 405.2.8 and
17471.1.8.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick sketch book : clippings,
1859 December.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Clippings concerning David Garrick and other actors.
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.2.7. Formerly cataloged as: Thr
405.2.7 and 17471.1.7.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Chronology of Shakspeare [sic]1660-1779. From
the Restoration to the death of Garrick : autograph
manuscript, 1863 March.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Notes pasted into a printed pamphlet used as a holder and index for the
notes.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897. Index to
manuscript volumes of Garrick and his
contemporaries : autograph manuscript, 1864
October.
1 volume in 1 folder.
At front of volume is a numerical listing by chapter of manuscript
volumes, detailing content of each page. At rear of volume is an
alphabetically listing of person's names with chapter and page
references to manuscript volumes.
Includes hand-drawn (by Winsor?) map of England
and printed map:
Leigh's new plan of London
inside front cover.
Inside back cover: Hand-drawn (by Winsor?) maps of:
Whole course of Thames River and Plan of London in 1761.
Covers are detached.
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.2.3.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Shakespeare and Garrick. Articles contributed to
the Round Table : clippings with autograph manuscript
annotations, 1864.
1 volume in 1 folder.
Articles written by Winsor sent to the
Round
Table.
Also titled:
Shakspeariana. [sic]
Annotated: Begun February 1864.
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.2.6. Formerly cataloged as: Thr
405.2.6.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897. Accumulated
references for Garrick and his
contemporaries : typescript, 1867 February.
2 sheets in 1 folder.
Noted on first sheet that this book was "begun Feb. 9, 1860. Began to
write accumulated references, Oct. 7, 1864. Ended Nov. 29, 1864. Noted
accumulated references, Feb. 1867."
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.2F*.
Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick Mss References etc. : autograph
manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.2.9. Formerly cataloged as: Thr
405.2.9 and 17471.1.9.
Includes the following folders:
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Actors in Life of Garrick :
autograph manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: As man and actor :
autograph manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Drama in ? : autograph
manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Notes : autograph
manuscript notes, clippings, 1860 March
22.
2 folders.
Includes a notebook Winsor used to collect his notes.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Persons related to Life of Garrick,
not actors : autograph manuscript notes, clippings,
undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Plays not Shakespeare :
autograph manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: References material detail
: autograph manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Shakespeare in Life of
Garrick : autograph manuscript notes, clippings,
undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: The stages in Life of
Garrick : autograph manuscript notes, clippings,
undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
Garrick: Symptoms of his time :
autograph manuscript notes, clippings, undated.
1 folder.
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Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897. Cuttings and
notes for Garrick and his
contemporaries : autograph manuscript, printed, undated.
5 folders.
Materials assembled to be used as research for the book.
Recataloged from Thr 477.1.8.10.