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This collection contains letters and other items about the Farnsworth Shakespeare Print Collection. That is, who and when it was donated and how it was stored before it arrived in the Archives.
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Publication Books for Shakespeare Prints(Memphis, Tenn. : Archives and Special Collections, Rhodes College, 2009)Some of the prints were in books.Publication Shakespeare Prints notebooks(Memphis, Tenn. : Archives and Special Collections, Rhodes College, 2009)Many of the prints were affixed to pages in notebooks.Publication Trunk in which the Shakespeare Prints were stored(Memphis, Tenn. : Archives and Special Collections, Rhodes College, 2009)The prints were stored in an old metal box.Publication Letter from Elizabeth Farnsworth to President Rhodes(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 1974-11-06)Publication Shakespere's Will from the original document(1616) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Publication Letter to Peyton Nalle Rhodes, January 22, 1954(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 1954-01-24) Wright, Thomas P.This is a letter about the preservation of the Farnsworth collection from Thomas P. Wright of Dyke Brothers to Pres. Rhodes.Publication Memo about Farnsworth Gift, December 21, 1953(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 1953-12-21) Rhodes, Peyton Nalle, 1900-1984This is memo sent to Professors James R. McQuiston and John Quincy Wolf of the English Department describing the Farnsworth Gift and how it should be pulicized.Publication Letter to Elizabeth Phelps Farnsworth, November 28, 1953(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 1974-11-07) Rhodes, Peyton Nalle, 1900-1984A letter acknowledging Mrs. Farnsworth's gift of the prints to the College.Publication Letter to President Peyton Nalle Rhodes, November 30, 1953(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 2009-12-07T20:34:15Z) Farnsworth, Elizabeth PhelpsThis letter describes Mrs. Farnsworth's grandfather, William Appleton Dronwn.Publication William Appleton Drown, 1836-1890(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 2009-12-07T18:05:44Z)According to his granddaughter, Elizabeth Phelps Farnsworth, Mr. Down of Philadelphia was a very successful umbrella and parasol manufacturer and spent part of every year in Europe. He bought the most fashionable silks in Lyons and Paris and fine ivory, porcelain and carved wood from Switzerland. He had a great love of Shakespeare's words and great thoughts. This interest grew into a study of the actors and actresses of the Great Bard. During his many years of travels in Europe, he searched for and acquired an extensive collection of engraqvings relating toShakespeare.Publication Shakespeare Collection Presented to Southwestern(Memphis : Commercial Appeal, January 20, 1954, 1954-01-20) Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TNThis is a newspaper article about the gift of the prints to the College.Publication Shakspere's Will, From the Original: In the office of the prerogative court of Canterbury.(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 2009-11-16T21:54:02Z) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Publication Handwritten Inventory of Prints in the Farnsworth Collection(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 2009-11-06T20:22:42Z) Farnsworth, Elizabeth PhelpsElizabeth Phelps Farnsworth created this listing or inventory of the prints in her grandfather's collection. "In memory of Mr. William Appleton Drown (January 16, 1836 - December 2, 1890) of Philadelphia, Penn. Given by his Granddaughter Elizabeth Drown Phelps Farnsworth."Publication Typescript of the Farnsworth Shakespeare Print Collection Inventory(Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College, 2009-11-06T19:00:07Z) Farnsworth, Elizabeth PhelpsThis is a typed transcript of Elizabeth Phelps Farnsworth's handwritten inventory of the prints in the collection.