0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 4 1/2 in. (flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (flat storage box, 1 in.)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Scrapbook of Eleanor Winslow Williams, of Clarksburg, West Virginia (born October 16, ca. 1890). Includes correspondence,
newspaper clippings, theatrical programs, and photographs regarding Williams and her career as an actress in theaters on and
off Broadway. Most of the newspaper clippings are reviews, with some interviews of Williams. Highlights include a letter from
Claudette Colbert, with whom she performed in the play The Barker , and a well-wishing note from fellow actress Fanny Brice. Williams was born and raised in Clarksburg and attended King's
School of Oratory in the Knoxville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1914. She was recruited into the
major league of theater by an agent of New York impresario David Belasco to work with David Warfield. Her career extended
into the 1950s, but this scrapbook chiefly covers her work into the early 1930s.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Eleanor Williams, Actress, Scrapbook, A&M 4053, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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