Leon Marks Lion papers

Collection

Identifier: A.L76

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, financial papers (including play agreements and balance sheets) and memorabilia belonging to Leon Marks Lion (1879-1947), English actor, dramatist and theatrical manager. The collection also include a original plays and poetry by various individuals.

Major correspondents (ten or more letters) include Clifford Bax, Dorothy Brandon, Maurice Browne, Osbert Burdett, Thomas Burke, Jonathan Field, John Galsworthy and Ada Galsworthy, Val Gielgud, Jacob T. Grein, Sir John A. Hammerton, John Stuart Hodgson, Sheila Hodgson, Cecil A. Lewis, Mrs. Marie A. Belloc Lowndes, James Lewis May, Frederick Muller, Horace Annesley Vachell, Tom Walls, and David Whitelaw.

The collection also includes typescript copies of letters from John Galsworthy to Leon Lion, 1921-1932, and typescript copies of the George Moore-Leon Lion correspondence, 1922-1923. (See detailed description of contents of Box 3.)

Correspondents who exchanged ten or more letters with Leon Lion (letters itemized in on-site finding aid):

Bax, Clifford

Brandon, Dorothy

Browne, Maurice

Burdett, Osbert

Burke, Thomas

Field, Jonathan

Galsworthy, Mrs. Ada (Cooper)

Galsworthy, John

Gielgud, Val

Grein, Jacob Thomas

Hammerton, Sir John Alexander

Hodgson, John Stuart

Hodgson, Sheila

Lewis, Cecil Arthur

Lowndes, Mrs. Marie Adelaide (Belloc)

May, James Lewis

Muller, Frederick

Vachell, Horace Annesley

Walls, Tom Kirby

Whitelaw, David.

Creator

Lion, Leon M., 1879-1947 (Person)
Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962 (Person)
Brandon, Dorothy (Person)
Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955 (Person)
Burdett, Osbert, 1885-1936 (Person)
Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945 (Person)
Field, Jonathan (Person)
Galsworthy, Ada, -1956 (Person)
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 (Person)
Gielgud, Val Henry, 1900-1981 (Person)
Grein, Jack Thomas, 1862-1935 (Person)
Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir, 1871-1949 (Person)
Hodgson, John Stuart (Person)
Hodgson, Sheila (Person)
Lewis, Cecil, 1898-1997 (Person)
Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947 (Person)
May, J. Lewis (James Lewis), 1873-1961 (Person)
Muller, Frederick (Person)
Vachell, Horace Annesley, 1861-1955 (Person)
Walls, Tom, 1883-1949 (Person)
Whitelaw, David (Person)

Dates

Creation: 1900-1947

Language of Materials

English

Extent

4 box(es)

Access

The Leon Marks Lion 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.

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], Leon Marks Lion Papers, A.L76, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Arrangement

This collection was processed in 1970. This online finding aid serves as a general guide, and the full finding aid is available as hardcopy on-site. "Indexed" means the letter or item has been described fully in the department's public manuscript card catalog (organized by last name or recipient/sender). Where there are ten or more letters between Leon Lion and a correspondent, a single card was made for the public manuscript card catalog, and a typed list of the individual letters has been inserted in the on-site finding aid located in the department.

Notes on Organization and Cataloging

Both correspondence and play agreements have been arranged in chronological order.

There is considerable overlapping between correspondence and contractual agreements. The material has been arranged according to form. All material taking the form of letters has been classified as correspondence, with index cards in the on-site manuscript card catalog. Formal legal agreements have been classified as play agreements, with index cards for author and involved parties filed also in the manuscript card catalog.

Letters in the collection by Leon Lion are, with a few exceptions, retained carbon copies.

Secretaries and assistants have been classified with their employers. Mrs. Green, Leon Lion's deputy manager, has received no separate listing in the typed lists of ten or more letters. In indexing individual letters to or from Mrs. Green, the same rule is used as for letters to or from Leon Lion: there are entries under Mrs. Green for letters she wrote, but she receives no added entries for letters addressed to her.