Michael and Antoinette Kavanagh family papers
Collection — Container: MS 2766
Call Number: MS 2766
Scope and Contents
The papers span the years 1933-1957 and include correspondence from Michael to Antoinette as well as producers and family members; photographs; financial statements; reviews and other magazine and newspaper clippings; play scripts and librettos; and theater playbills and programs.
Dates
- 1933-1956
Creator
- Kavanagh, Antoinette (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Antoinette Walker Kavanagh (1874-1970)
Antoinette Walker Kavanagh was born in 1874 in Clinton, Indiana and was a stage and film actress and playwright. She was known for her role as Ruth Tyler in The Sting of Victory (1916) and appeared in several plays produced by David Belasco and Lee Shubert. She married a man with the last name Stewart, and they had a son, Walker Stewart. She later married Michael Kavanagh. Antoinette died in Topsfield, Massachusetts in 1970.
Michael Kavanagh (-1967)
Michael (Mike) Kavanagh was a theatre manager at the Shubert Theater in Boston and for Marcus Lowe. He also worked with the film producer Mike Todd on Around the World in 80 Days. During his career he had five films on Broadway, including Ben Hur, managed the Broadway theater where the play Fantasia had its long run, and booked road shows. He died in Topsfield, Massachusetts in 1967.
Extent
450 Items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The papers are organized in six series:
I. Correspondence; II. Play scripts, librettos, and notes; III. Financial; IV. Playbills, magazines, and memorabilia; V. Photographs; VI. Clippings and other printed material
I. Correspondence; II. Play scripts, librettos, and notes; III. Financial; IV. Playbills, magazines, and memorabilia; V. Photographs; VI. Clippings and other printed material
Processing Information
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Former Title
Collection formerly known as Michael and Antoinette Kavanagh Collection.
Creator
- Kavanagh, Antoinette (Person)
- Kavanagh, Michael (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Michael and Antoinette Kavanagh Family Papers
- Author
- Rare Books and Manuscripts Staff and Kimberly Reynolds
- Date
- Finding aid created and/or transcribed from legacy inventory prior to 2020.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2014-12: Updated by Kimberly Reynolds.
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