Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library,
Harvard University
b
MS Thr 532
Wells, George Doane, collector.
Wells collection of theatrical photographs,
ca. 1890-1930.
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Collection materials are in English.
Portrait photographs of actors and actresses collected by George Doane Wells.
Processed by: Monique Duhaime, with the assistance of Melanie Wisner and
Bonnie B. Salt
Part of the MS Storage project, 2008-2009.
*2004MT-44 (part only). Gift of Elizabeth Huidekouper Wells
Stabler (sister of George Doane Wells); received: 1945 May 15.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Preferred Citation for Publication:
Wells Collection of
Theatrical Photographs (MS Thr 532). Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library,
Harvard University.
George Doane Wells was born in Ohio in 1872, and was an 1894 graduate
of Harvard College. He spent most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts as a bookbinder
and book dealer.
Organized into two series:
- I. Portrait photographs
- II. Group photographs from stage productions
Primarily portrait
photographs of American
actors and actresses. Some group portraits and a few photographs
of scenes from stage productions. If the photographer is known, it is listed in the note.
Many items include manuscript annotations on verso. Some images are
photomechanical prints.
Related materials held by the Harvard Theatre Collection include: the
Wells collection on actors and actresses (*2004MT-0044); and George Doane Wells
Manuscripts (*93M-235). Wells manuscripts are also part of the collection of the
Harvard University Archives.
I. Portrait photographs
Arranged
alphabetically by name.
A few folders also include group portraits, postcards, and other
items.
(1)
Aichel, Louise. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Frank C. Bangs (New
York), photographer.
(2)
Anglin, Margaret. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(3)
Armbruser, Violet. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(4)
Ashton, Marie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(5)
Atwood, Lorena. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(6)
Baker, Edna. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(7)
Bayton, Ida. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Apeda Studios (New York),
photographer.
(8)
Belasco, David. Group portrait photographs.
4 items in 1 folder.
Includes: a postcard
with group portrait; 2 group portrait photographs; and an envelope addressed to
Belasco, dated 1900.
(9)
Belmont, Thelma. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Davis & Sanford (New
York), photographer.
(10)
Blanche, Belle. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(11)
Bonehill, Bessie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(12)
Booth, Edwin. Miscellaneous images.
10 items in 1 folder.
Includes: 4 images (3 items)
of portraits of Booth; 1 portrait image (1item) of Booth's mother; and 9 images (6 items)
of Booth's home, interior and exterior [one on a postcard sent to Wells].
(13)
Brunner, Beatrice von. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Strickland
(New York), photographer.
(14)
Cable, Florence. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(15)
Campbell, Mrs. Patrick. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(16)
Carlyle, Grace. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Champlain Studios (Boston),
photographer.
(17)
Carter, Lucie. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Apeda Studios (New York),
photographer.
(18)
Carter, Mary. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Sarony (New York),
photographer.
(19)
Castles, Eileen. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Mishkin Studio (New
York), photographer.
(20)
Cheatham, Kitty. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(21)
Claire, Ina. Portrait photographs.
6
items in folder.
7 images on 6 items.
(22)
Cohan, Josephine. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(23)
Conover, Theresa Maxwell. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(24)
Cowl, Jane. Miscellaneous portraits.
2 items in folder.
Includes two postcards, one a
portrait and one a group portrait.
(25)
Dean, Julia. Portrait photographs.
3
items in folder.
White (New York),
photographer;
Burr McIntosh (San Francisco), photographer.
(26)
Denny, W.H. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Barrauds (London),
photographer.
(27)
Deslys, Gaby. Portrait photographs.
2 items in folder.
Apeda Studios (New York),
photographer.
(28)
Devlin, Mary. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
(29)
Dipple. Portrait photograph.
1 item
in 1 folder.
Mishkin Studio (New York),
photographer.
(30)
Dolly, Rozsika. Portrait photographs.
3 items in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer;
Underwood & Underwood (New York), photographer.
(31)
Dresser, Louise. Portrait photographs.
2 items in folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(32)
Drew, John. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
(33)
Drew, Sidney. Miscellaneous portraits.
2 items in folder.
Includes 1 portrait and 1 group
portrait with his wife.
(34)
Dwyer, Ada. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(35)
Eagles, Jeanne. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Sarony (New York),
photographer.
(36)
Elliott, Gertrude. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(37)
Eltinge, Julian. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(38)
Eric, Fred. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(39)
Esmond, H. V. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Elliott & Fry, photographer.
(40)
Evans, Millicent. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(41)
Faversham, William. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Sarony (New York),
photographer.
(42)
Ferguson, Elsie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(43)
Florence, Kathlyn. Portrait photographs.
2 items in folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(44)
Flugrath, Edna. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Walinger (Chicago),
photographer.
(45)
Forbes-Robertson, Johnston. Portrait photographs.
3 items in folder.
Sarony (New
York), photographer.
(46)
Frost, Leila. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Walinger (Chicago),
photographer.
(47)
Gaythorne, Pamela. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Frank C. Bangs (New
York), photographer.
(48)
Gillette, William. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Sarony (New York),
photographer.
(49)
Gillmore, Frank. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(50)
Glynn, Elsie. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Apeda Studios (New York),
photographer.
(51)
Goodwin, Nat. C. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(52)
Gould, J. Nutcombe. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(53)
Hall, Pauline. Portrait photographs.
2
items in folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(54)
Harned, Virginia. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(55)
Hedman, Martha. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Sarony (New York),
photographer.
(56)
Holme, Myra. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Lock & Whitfield, photographer.
(57)
Holmes, Helen. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(58)
Hughes, Lelia. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Buck (Washington DC),
photographer.
(59)
Hyde, Walter. Portrait photographs.
3 items in folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(60)
Irish, Annie. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Mendelssohn, photographer.
(61)
Irving, Laurence. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(62)
James, Kate. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis, photographer.
(63)
Jecks, Clara. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis, photographer.
(64)
Jefferson, Joseph. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Pach Bros. (New
York), photographer.
(65)
Jeffries, Maud. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Messrs. Downey,
photographer.
(66)
Jenoure, Aida. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis, photographer.
(67)
Kendal, Margaret. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(68)
Kendal, William Hunter. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(69)
Kimball, Grace. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Morrison,
photographer.
(70)
Kingsley, Mary. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(71)
Ladd, Hattie Belle. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Apeda Studios (New
York), photographer.
(72)
La Pierre, Irma. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Sarony (New York),
photographer.
(73)
Laughlin, Anna. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Matzene (Chicago),
photographer.
(74)
Leslie, Fannie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(75)
Lilja, Carolyn. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
E. Brunel (New York),
photographer.
(76)
Longfellow, Malvira. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(77)
Love, Mabel. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
The London Stereoscopic Co.,
Ltd. (London), photographer.
(78)
Lytton, Doris. Portrait photographs.
4
items in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer;
Elwin Neame (South Kensington), photographer.
(79)
McCloud, Myrtle. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Davis & Sanford (New
York), photographer.
(80)
McComas, Carroll. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(81)
Malone, Florence. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Mishkin Studio (New
York), photographer.
(82)
Mannering, Mary. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(83)
Mansfield, Richard. Portrait photographs.
2 items in folder.
(84)
Marlowe, Julia. Portrait photographs.
4 items in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(85)
Martinot, Sadie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(86)
Matthews, Ethel. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
A. Bassano (London),
photographer.
(87)
Maubourg, Jeanne. Portrait photographs.
2 items in folder.
Mishkin Studio (New
York), photographer.
(88)
May, Lola. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Matzene (Chicago),
photographer.
(89)
Millard, Evelyn. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(90)
Millward, Jessie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(91)
Moore, Greville. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(92)
Moore, Irene. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Marceau (Boston),
photographer.
(93)
Moretti, Eleanor. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(94)
Murray, Alma. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
The London Stereoscopic
Co., Ltd. (London), photographer.
(95)
Nielsen, Christine. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(96)
O'Connor, Adeline. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(97)
Olsson, Doris. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Gould & Marsden, Inc. (New
York), photographer.
(98)
O'Ramey, Georgia. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(99)
Painter, Eleanor. Portrait photographs.
3 items in folder.
Floyd (New York),
photographer.
(100)
Payne, Ivy. Portrait photographs.
2
items in folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(101)
Pendelton, Marie. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Davis & Sanford (New
York), photographer.
(102)
Perrine, Billie. Portrait photographs.
2 items in folder.
Krumbar (Ohio),
photographer;
Unity (New York), photographer.
(103)
Playfair, Arthur. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(104)
Reed, Florence. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(105)
Rehan, Ada. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
(106)
Revelle, Hamilton. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(107)
Rhodes, Lila. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(108)
Rooke, Irene. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(109)
Salinger, Helena. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Apeda Studios (New
York), photographer.
(110)
Scott, Elsie. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Hall (New York), photographer.
(111)
Scovel, Chevalier. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(112)
Shannon, Winona. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Frank C. Bangs (New
York), photographer.
(113)
Shepley, Ruth. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(114)
Sheridan, Emma V. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(115)
Siemonn, Mabel. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Apeda Studios (New
York), photographer.
(116)
Sothern, Edward H. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(117)
Stahl, Rose. Portrait photographs.
4
items in 1 folder.
Matzene (Chicago),
photographer.
(118)
Starr, Frances. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(119)
Stevens, Emily. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(120)
Terry, Edward. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis, photographer.
(121)
Terry, Ellen. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
(122)
Varles, Violet. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
(123)
Veola, Mlle. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
(124)
Vezin, Hermann. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
St. James's
Photographic Company (London), photographer.
(125)
Waldrop, Oza. Portrait photographs.
4 items in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer;
Champlain (Boston), photographer;
White (New York), photographer.
(126)
Walker, Antoinette. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Marceau (Boston),
photographer.
(127)
Walkley, A. B. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis, photographer.
(128)
Ward, Genevieve. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Samuel A. Walker,
photographer.
(129)
Ware, Helen. Portrait photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
(130)
Warfield, David. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(131)
Waring, Herbert. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(132)
Watson, Alfred S. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Barraud (London),
photographer.
(133)
Wheaton, Anna. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(134)
White, Carolina. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(135)
Wickham, Florence. Portrait photographs.
4 items in 1 folder.
Mishkin Studio (New
York), photographer;
Dupont (New York), photographer.
(136)
Woods, Louise. Portrait photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
II. Group photographs from stage productions
Arranged alphabetically by title of stage production.
(137)
Blindness of virtue. Group photograph.
1
item in 1 folder.
Moffett (Chicago),
photographer.
(138)
Lady Windermere's fan. Group photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.
(139)
The Quaker girl. Group photographs.
3
items in folder.
White (New York),
photographer.
(140)
The roundup. Group photographs.
2 items
in folder.
Hall (New York), photographer.
(141)
The rose maid. Group photograph.
1 item in
1 folder.
White (New York), photographer.
(142)
The silent voice. Group photograph.
1 item
in 1 folder.
(143)
La statue du commandeur. Group photograph.
1 item in 1 folder.
Alfred Ellis,
photographer.