Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation
George Spencer Edwards papers
Edwards, George Spencer, 1837-1916
A.E26
/repositories/2/resources/1173
.25 cubic feet
(1 box)
1856-1912
English
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Biographical/Historical note
George Spencer Edwards (1837-1916) was an English journalist and drama critic. He joined the staff of the Era, 1870; became chief of the editorial staff and remained for more than twenty years. Mr. Spencer was a contributor to Referee, writing above the nom de plume "Carados" (1877-1911); contributor to the periodical Funny Folks and Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News; author of numerous short stories; and drama critic to Lloyd's Newspaper for a considerable time.
Scope and Contents note
The George Spencer Edwards papers consist of contains correspondence from theatrical people requesting that Edwards publish personal news items concerning their activities in future columns of the Referee. Portraits of Lady Helena Saville (Faucit) Martin and J. B. Buckstone, theatrical newsclippings and autograph signatures from fragmented letters are included in the collection.
The letters have been indexed.
Access
The George Spencer Edwards Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased from Winifred Myers, November 19, 1969. Wilson Fund.
Use
In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
[Item title, item date], George Spencer Edwards papers, A.E26, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Era (London, England)
Referee (London, England)
Actors
Journalists
Theater
England
Correspondence
Photographs
Newspaper clippings
Edwards, George Spencer, 1837-1916
Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/2295341856-189711Letter from Alfred Wigan to George Spencer Edwards, July 18, 1856/repositories/2/archival_objects/229540Letter from John B. Buckstone to Mrs. Hall, May 15, 1862/repositories/2/archival_objects/229541Letter from Sophie Larkin to George Spencer Edwards, October 23, 1870/repositories/2/archival_objects/229542Letter from Katherine Lucile Foote to George Spencer Edwards, undated/repositories/2/archival_objects/229543Letter from Fanny Joseph to George Spencer Edwards, September 25, 1877/repositories/2/archival_objects/229544Letter from Ellen Lancaster Wallis to George Spencer Edwards, October 10, 1877/repositories/2/archival_objects/229545Letter from George Rignold to George Spencer Edwards, April 1, 1880/repositories/2/archival_objects/229546Letter from John L. Toole to Edmund Leathes, February 19, 1881/repositories/2/archival_objects/229547Letter from Richard Corney Grain to George Spencer Edwards, July 20, 1881/repositories/2/archival_objects/229548Letter from John Clayton to George Spencer Edwards, December 9, 1881/repositories/2/archival_objects/229549Letter from Dillon Croker to George Spencer Edwards, May 17, 1882/repositories/2/archival_objects/229550Letter from Gaston Murray to Henry Samson, May 2, 1882/repositories/2/archival_objects/229551Letter from Mrs. E. H. Brooke to Henry Sampson, May 26, 1882/repositories/2/archival_objects/229552Letter from Mrs. Mary J. (Snowden) Chippendale to George Spencer Edwards, September 19, 1883/repositories/2/archival_objects/229553Letter from Henry Ashley to George Spencer Edwards, undated/repositories/2/archival_objects/229554Letter from Emily Soldene to Kate Santley, July 19, 1884/repositories/2/archival_objects/229555Letter from C. D. Marius to George Spencer Edwards, November 24th, 1884/repositories/2/archival_objects/229556Letter from Joseph Derrick to Henry Sampson, March 4, 1885/repositories/2/archival_objects/229557Letter from Phyllis Broughton to George Spencer Edwards, December 9, 1886/repositories/2/archival_objects/229558Letter from Arthur Shirley to George Spencer Edwards, July 9, 1887/repositories/2/archival_objects/229559Letter from Mary Anne Keeley to W. Millar, August 20, 1897/repositories/2/archival_objects/229560Letter from F. Thorne to George Spencer Edwards, April 20,1888/repositories/2/archival_objects/229561Letter from Mrs. Sara Lane to George Spencer Edwards, December 28th, 1888/repositories/2/archival_objects/229562Letter from Edward S. Willard to George Spencer Edwards, April 3, 1889/repositories/2/archival_objects/229563Letter to Fanny Brough from George Spencer Edwards, September 4, 1889/repositories/2/archival_objects/229564Letter from Sir George Alexander to Ledger, October 3, 1889/repositories/2/archival_objects/229565Letter from Rosina Brandram to George Spencer Edwards, June 18, 1890/repositories/2/archival_objects/229566Letter from David James to George Spencer Edwards, April 10, 1891/repositories/2/archival_objects/229567Letter from John Coleman to George Spencer Edwards, September 2, 1892/repositories/2/archival_objects/229568Letter from Charlotte F. Morland and Olga Brandon to George Spencer Edwards, April 6, 1893/repositories/2/archival_objects/229569Letter from Arthur Lloyd to George Spencer Edwards, June 7, 1893/repositories/2/archival_objects/229570Letter from Henry Irving to Gilbert, June 14, 1893/repositories/2/archival_objects/229571Letter from Jessie Bond to George Spencer Edwards, May 28, 1895/repositories/2/archival_objects/229572Letter from Sir Augustus Glossop Harris to George Spencer Edwards, May 4, 1896/repositories/2/archival_objects/229573Letter from Edward O'Connor Terry to George Spencer Edwards, April 20, 1897/repositories/2/archival_objects/229574Letter from William Wybert Rousby to George Spencer Edwards, October 7, 1897/repositories/2/archival_objects/229575Letter from William Wybert Rousby to George Spencer Edwards, October 11, 1897/repositories/2/archival_objects/229576Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/2295351898-191212Letter from Mary Moore to George Spencer Edwards, January 19, 1898/repositories/2/archival_objects/229577Letter from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to George Spencer Edwards, April 19, 1898/repositories/2/archival_objects/229578Letter from Jessie Bateman to George Spencer Edwards, March 3, 1899/repositories/2/archival_objects/229579Letter from Arthur Williams to George Spencer Edwards, March 20, 1899/repositories/2/archival_objects/229580Letter from Dame Lilian Braithwaite to George Spencer Edwards, September 22, 1900/repositories/2/archival_objects/229581Letter from Lily Hanbury to George Spencer Edwards, November 20, 1900/repositories/2/archival_objects/229582Letter from Florence Lloyd to George Spencer Edwards, March 30, 1901/repositories/2/archival_objects/229583Letter from Louie Pounds to George Spencer Edwards, September 5, 1901/repositories/2/archival_objects/229584Letter from Charles H. Stephenson to George Spencer Edwards, August 29, 1901/repositories/2/archival_objects/229585Letter from Hilda Moody to George Spencer Edwards, November 5, 1902/repositories/2/archival_objects/229586Letter from Mark A. Kinghorne to George Spenser Edwards, May 1, 1909/repositories/2/archival_objects/229587Letter from Oscar Asche to George Spencer Edwards, January 7, 1904/repositories/2/archival_objects/229588Letter from Rosina Brandram to George Spencer Edwards, May 21, 1904/repositories/2/archival_objects/229589Letter from Hilda Trevelyan to George Spencer Edwards, July 6, 1904/repositories/2/archival_objects/229590Letter from Charles H. Stephenson to George Spencer Edwards, July 29, 1904/repositories/2/archival_objects/229591Letter from Edmund Payne to George Spencer Edwards, June 21, 1905/repositories/2/archival_objects/229592Letter from Beatrice Ferrar to George Spencer Edwards, October 11, 1905/repositories/2/archival_objects/229593Letter from Beatricde Ferrar to George Spencer Edwards, December 31, 1905/repositories/2/archival_objects/229594Letter from M. R. Morand to George Spencer Edwards, July 20, 1906/repositories/2/archival_objects/229595Letter from William Farren Jr. to George Spencer Edwards, June 25, 1907/repositories/2/archival_objects/229596Letter from Charles Allen to Grace, October 28, 1908/repositories/2/archival_objects/229597Letter from Bransby Williams to George Spencer Edwards, December 26, 1909/repositories/2/archival_objects/229598Letter from Beatrice Ferrar to George Spencer Edwards, March 28, 1911/repositories/2/archival_objects/229599Letter from Adeline Billington to George Spencer Edwards, February 8, 1911/repositories/2/archival_objects/229600Letter from W. H. Pennington to George Spencer Edwards, September 25, 1912/repositories/2/archival_objects/229601Correspondence, A-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/229536undated13Letter from Oscar Asche to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229602Letter from Lena Ashwell to George Spencer Edwards, July 21/repositories/2/archival_objects/229603Letter from Lena Ashwell to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229604Letter from Sir Squire Butterfield Bancroft to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229605Letter from Sir Squire Butterfield Bancroft to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229606Letter from Harold Kyrle Bellew to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229607Letter from Mrs. Fanny (Whitehead) Bernard-Beere to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229608Letter from Dame Lilian Braithwaite to George Spencer Edwards, February 20/repositories/2/archival_objects/229609Letter from Sarah Brooke to George Spencer Edwards, October 8/repositories/2/archival_objects/229610Letter from Lionel Brough to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229611Letter from Alfred Cecil Calmour to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229612Letter from Mrs. Patrick Campbell to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229613Letter from Violet Cameron to George Spencer Edwards, March 31/repositories/2/archival_objects/229614Letter from Kittie Carson or Mrs. Charles L. Carson to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229615Letter from Joseph Arnold Cave to George Spencer Edwards, April 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/229616Letter from Miriam Clements to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229617Letter from Constance Collier to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229618Letter from Winifred Emery to George Spencer Edwards, July 26/repositories/2/archival_objects/229619Letter from William Ferren to George Spencer Edwards, February 12/repositories/2/archival_objects/229620Letter from William Farren to George Spencer Edwards, September 25/repositories/2/archival_objects/229621Letter from James Fernandez/repositories/2/archival_objects/229622Letter from Helen Ferrers to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229623Letter from May Fortescue to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229624Letter from Margaret Fraser to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229625Letter from Richard Corney Grain to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229626Letter from Sir John Fairs Hare to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229627Letter from Henry Brodribb Irving to Beatrice Heron-Maxwell/repositories/2/archival_objects/229628Letter from Alice Harneti to George Spencer Edwards, August 28/repositories/2/archival_objects/229629Letter from Sir Charles H. Hawtrey to Masher, July 25, 1883/repositories/2/archival_objects/229630Letter from Kate James to Henry Sampson/repositories/2/archival_objects/229631Letter from Henry Arthur Jones to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229632Letter from Jennie Lee to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229633Letter from Lady Helena Saville (Faucit) Martin to Jeff H. Francis/repositories/2/archival_objects/229634Letter from Mrs. Sarah Jane (Woolgar) Mellon to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229635Letter from Walter Passmore to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229636Letter from Nancy Price to George Spencer Edwards, December 17/repositories/2/archival_objects/229637Letter from Claire Romaine to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229638Letter from George Robert Sims to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229639Letter from George Robert Sims to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229640Letter from Edward Askew Sothern to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229641Letter from Edward Askew Sothern to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229642Letter from Sam Sothern to Beatrice Heron Maxwell/repositories/2/archival_objects/229643Letter from Herbert Standing to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229644Letter from Cosmo Stuart to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229645Letter from William Terriss to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229646Letter from William Terriss to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229647Letter from Edward O'Connor Terry to George Spencer Edwards, April 7, 1904/repositories/2/archival_objects/229648Letter from John D. Tolle to Edmund Leathes/repositories/2/archival_objects/229649Letter from Fannie Ward to George Spencer Edwards/repositories/2/archival_objects/229650Letter from Sir Charles Wyndham to George Spencer Edwards, February 25/repositories/2/archival_objects/229651Autograph signatures from fragmented letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/22953714Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/22953815Theatrical newsclippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/22953916