Theodore Thomas Frankenberg Theater Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS F853

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Scope and Content Note

Letters, photographs, clippings, telegrams, postal cards, memoranda, scrapbooks, musical scores, magazines, programs and playbills, printed texts, synopses and librettos of plays, pageants and operas.

Material pertains to Frankenberg’s work as journalist and drama critic for several Ohio newspapers and to his work as publicist for various persons and enterprises connected with the performing arts or with tours and commemorative pageants. One sub-series of 43 photographs pertains to the "evangelical" world tour conducted in 1923—24 by William Edward Biederwolf and Homer Alvan Rodeheaver. Correspondence series pertains to Frankenberg's work as publicity agent for actors and others associated with the American dramatic and concert stage, especially circa 1904-08.

Significant correspondents include: Jessie Bonstelle (Laura Justine Bonesteele), William Everhart, Harrison Grey Fiske, Laura Nelson Hall, Alphie Hendricks (Mrs. Louis) James, John E. Kellerd, Helen Wilton Leary, Frank C. Payne, Channing Pollock, John Jacob Rosenthal, Rose Stahl, Bram Stoker, Eva Tanguay, George Crouse Tyler, George H. Wilson, Frank Jenner Wilstack, Paul Wilstack.

Dates

1872-1948
Majority of material found within 1897-1924

Creator

Frankenberg, Theodore Thomas, 1877-1958 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Sketch

Theodore Thomas Frankenberg, newspaperman, drama critic, author and publicity agent, was born September 24, 1877 in Franklin County, Ohio, the son of Albert H. and Carrie Louise Allyn Frankenberg.

His employment with the Columbus Dispatch in 1898 and 1899 marked the beginning of a long career in association with Ohio newspapers. He was drama critic for the Columbus Citizen from 1899 to 1903, and for the Ohio State Journal from 1903 to 1907. After six months with the Toledo Times in 1908, he re-joined the staff of the Ohio State Journal and worked for that paper from 1908 to 1916, when he opened his own publicity agency in Columbus.

An occasional lecturer in journalism, Frankenberg also published three books: Essentials In Journalism (1912), The.Spectacular Career of Rev Billy Sunday 1913),and Billy Sunday, His Tabernacles and Sawdust Trails (1917).

He served at one time as president of the American Association of College News Bureaus, and was secretary of the Ohio Restaurant Association for 14 years until his resignation in 1938. In 1950 he retired from his last position with Mart and Lundy, a New York fund-raising organization.

Frankenberg died July 26, 1958 and is buried in Brownsville, Ohio.

Extent

6.3 Linear Feet (9 boxes and 1 item)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged in five series:

Series 1. Photographs (540 items)
Series 2. Correspondence (193 items)
Series 2, Sub-series A. "Theatrical letters," (Items 1-71 in Folders 1-2, Box 4)
Series 2, Sub-series B. Alphabetical files, (Items 72-193 in Folders 3-8, Box 4)
Series 3. Plays, pageants, operas (20 items)
Series 3, Sub-series A. Plays, (Items 1-5 in Folder 1, Box 5)
Series 3, Sub-series B. Pageants, (Items 6-9 in Folder 2, Box 5)
Series 3, Sub-series C. Operas, (Items 10-20 in Folders 3-4, Box 5)
Series 4. Scrapbooks (5 v.) 80 (In Box 6)
Series 5. Miscellaneous (10 items) 82 (In Folders 1-4, Box 5)

Acquisition Information

The Theodore Thomas Frankenberg Theater Collection was donated by Prof. Susie Pittman, College of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Ark., through Prof. George Kernodle, University of Arkansas, in November 1968.

Processing Information

Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed May 1970.

Index to persons and to scenes from plays, Series 1, Sub-series A.

Adams, Maude.: 1
Albion, Louis.: 2,3
Amlin, Gladys (?).: 417
Andrew, Mrs.: Edward, 88,89
Andrews, Augustus George.: 4
Arliss, George.: 4
Bairnfather, Bruce.: 5
Barrymore, Ethel.: 6,7
Barstow, Marjorie Latta.: 8,9 (see also Sub-series E)
Barton, William Eleazar.: 10
Bataille, Henri.: 375
Bates, Blanche.: 11
Bauer, Harold.: 12
Beck, Alicia.: 13
Beecher, Janet.: 14
Behgmer, Lynden Ellsworth.: 15
Belmont, Fay.: 16
Ben, Philip.: 111
Bendiner, Ludwig.: 17
Bennett, Elizabeth.: 18
Benoist, Andre.: 348
Bergen, Thurlow.: 19
Bergere, Valerie.: 21
Bergman, Henry.: 20
Bernard, Sam,: 22
Berri, Maude Lillian.: 23
Bert, Mabel (?).: 130
Bertelli, Mrs. Riccardo.: 72
Bertram, Helen.: 24,25
Blair, Helen.: 26,27
Blanche, Anne.: 28,29
Blanche, Kate.: 30
Bloodgood, Clara.: 31
Bonelli, William.: 32,33
Bonesteele, Laura Justine.: 41
Bonstelle, Jessie.: 41
Boucicault, Aubrey.: 34
Bozza, Fausto.: 35
Braun, George.: 36,37
Brice, Elizabeth,: 38-40, 303
Burrell (Percy Jewett?).: 42
Burt, Harriet.: 43,44
Butkiewicz, Janina.: 45
Butt, Clara.: 46,47,48
Camp, Frank.: 49,50
Carnahan, Blanche.: (See: Seiberling)
Carter, Caroline Louise Dudley.: 51
Carter, Mrs. Leslie.: 51
Chapman, John Wilbur.: 52
Charlebois, Sofia.: 53-56
Clark, Marguerite.: 57
Clarke, Ida Clyde.: 58,59
Clatten, Lilian.: 251
Claussen, Julia.: 60-68
Cohan, George Michael.: 69
Collier, Lizzie Hudson.: 70,340
Combs (Gilbert Reynolds?).: 71
Conquest, Ida.: 72
Cornell, Mary B.: 73
Coyne, Joseph.: 96
Crane, William Henry.: 74,75
Creel, Mrs. George.: 11
Crosman, Henrietta Foster.: 76
Crowther, James Edwin.: 77-80
Dade, Magda.: 81
Dale, Margaret.: 82,83
Davenport, Fanny Lily Gipsy.: 84
De Angelis, Jefferson.: 129
de Becker, Nesta,: 87
DeTreville, Yvonne.: 374
Dean, J Will.: 85
Deane, Arthur.: 86
Decker, Edith.: 20
Deeds, Edith Walton.: 88,89
Deming, Will J: 90
Dixey, Henry E.: 91
Dixon, Henry E.: 91
Donnelly, Dorothy Agnes.: 92
D'Orsay, Lawrence.: 93,94
Dudley, Caroline Louise.: 51
Dupree, Minnie.: 95
Ellis, Minnie Gertrude.: 139
Elsie, Lily.: 96
Erlanger, Abraham Lincoln.: 69
Farnum, Mrs. Dustin.: 73
Faversham, William.: 97,98
Fiske, Minnie Maddern.: 4
Flonzaley quartet.: 99,100
Galagher, Charles E.: 101,102
Gallo, Fortune.: 103
Gasparri, Galileo.: 104
Glaser, Lulu.: 106,107
Glaser, Vaughan.: 108
Goucher, John Franklin.: 109,110
Gow, Mildred.: 105
Green, Mrs. Louis Lawrence.: 365
Greet, Ben.: 111
Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley.: 112
Hackett, James Keteltas.: 113
Hall, Laura Nelson.: 114-116
The Harvester, scene from.: 340
Heath, Thomas.: 199
Henderson, Theodore Sommers.: 117
Henshaw, John E.: 118
Herne, Chrystal.: 119
Hertenstein, Marie.: 120,121
Hewitt, Helen.: 122
Higginbottom, Jane Ethlind Cody.: 513
Higginbottom, Mrs. Sam.: 513
Hilliard, Carrie.: 123
Homer, Louise Dilworth Beatty.: 124,125
Hornberger, James Herrod.: 273
House, Judson.: 126,127
Houston, Ethel DuFre.: 128
Irwin, May.: 131
Ivell, Marian.: 132
James, Aphie.: 133-135
James, Louis.: 136,137
James, Mrs. Louis.: 133-135
Janis, Elsie.: 20
Jeffreys, Ellis.: 139
Jensen, Eulalie.: 140
Jepson, Kate.: 141
Johnson, Alice,: 142
Johnson, Selene.: 98
Joy, Leatrice.: 181
Kalich, Bertha.: 143-146
Karle, Theo.: 147
Kellar, Harry.: 148
Kellard. (See also: Kellerd)
John E.: 149
Kellerd. (See also: Kellard)
Kellerd, John E.: 150,151
Kelly, Charles J.: 320,321
Kelly, Patrick.: 152
Kelly, Robert Lincoln.: 153
Kendal, Dame Madge.: 155
Kendal, William Hunter.: 155
Kerns, Grace.: 157-167
Kerr, Charles William.: 168
Kerr, Hugh Thomson.: 169?
Kidder, Kathryn.: 170
Kinney, Stella.: 156
Klein, Charles.: 171
Knott, Roselle.: 172
Kramer, Wright.: 173,174
Kubelik, Jan.: 175-178, 252,253
Kwalwasser, Jacob.: 179
La Pierre, Irma.: 182
Lackaye, Wilton.: 180
Laimbeer, Clara Stephens.: 31
Lamson, Gertrude.: 274
Lang, Otmar.: 181
Lasch, Freda.: 186
Lawrence, Dorset William.: 93,94
Lawrence, Marion.: 183
Leah Kleschna, scene from.: 4
Leary, Helen Wilton.: 405,406
Leary, Mrs. Theodore M.: 405,406
Lethbridge, Dorothy,: 185
Lewis, Walter.: 340
Lipman, Clara.: 187
Lisziewska, Marguerite Melville.: 188,189
Lohr, Marie.: 190
Lorimer, Wright.: 191
Lyne, Felice.: 192
McAfee, Cleland Boyd.: 193,191
McDonald, Louise.: 195
McGovern, James T.: 291
McIntosh, Louise. (See also: Rogers, Louise Mackintosh): 197
McIntyre, James.: 199
McIntyre, Leila.: 200
Machen, John Gresham.: 196
MacLean, Rezin Davis.: 267
Macmillen, Francis.: 201-230
Mansfield, Richard.: 231,232
Markham, Edwin.: 233,234
Marr, Graham.: 235-237
Marshall, Edna Bassett.: 238
Maslova, Sofia.: 239-242
Mason, John Hill Belcher.: 243
Matthews, Mark Allison.: 244
Matzenauer, Margaret.: 245
Matzner, Gustav.: 246
Mawson, Edward R.: 247
Maxwell, Teresa.: 248
May, Edna.: 249
May, Myrtle.: 250
Mayer, Gaston.: 375
Mayo, Margaret.: 251
Melba, Nellie.: 252,253
Meltzer, Charles Henry.: 375
Melville, Rose.: 254
The Merry Widow, scene from.: 96
Miller, Henry.: 255
Miller, Margaret Berry.: 256
Mills, R Watkins.: 257
Moore, John M.: 258
Moore, Lucia.: 259
Morgan, Edward.: 138,260
Morris, Clara.: 261
Morrison, Priestley.: 262
Mosby, Marian.: 263
Mudge, Lewis Seymour.: 264
Murdock, Leonard C.: 265
Murphy, Tim.: 266
Nazimova, Alla.: 268
Neddermeyer, Fred S.: 269
Nethersole, Olga Isabel.: 270
Nielsen, Olga.: 271
O'Madigan, Isabelle.: 272
O'More, Colin.: 273
O'Neil, Nance.: 274
Osterman, Kathryn.: 275
Oswald, Dorothy.: 276
Ottmann, Marie.: 277
Parker, Lattie Blair.: 278
Parker, Mrs. Harry Doel.: 278
Parlow, Kathleen.: 279
Patton, Fred.: 280-284
Payne, Elsa.: 285
Peale, Norman Vincent.: 286
Pettie, Edna May.: 249
Peyton, Jane.: 287
Poling, Daniel J.: 288
Porter, Helen Mitchell.: 252,253
Post, Guy Bates.: 289
Powers, Francis.: 290
Powers, James T.: 291
Priest, Janet.: 292
Purtell, Gertrude.: 293
Quayle, William Alfred.: 294
Quigley, Jay.: 295,296
Rains, Leon.: 297
Rappold, Marie.: 298-302
Raymond, Maude.: 303
Reals, Grace.: 304,305
Reed, Nellete.: 306
Remer, Helen.: 392
Richards, Erwin Hart.: 307
Richards, Thomas David.: 308
Ricker, Abby Putnam Morrison.: 309
Ritchie, Adele.: 320
Robertson, Margaret.: 155
Rockwell, Florence.: 310
Rodeheaver, Homer Alvan,: 311,312 (See also Sub-series D)
Rogers, Louise Mackintosh.: 197,198
Rogers, Mrs. Richard.: 197,198
Rogers, Robert.: 313,314
Romaine, Margaret.: 315,316
Rose of the Rancho, scene from.: 355
Roselle, Agnes.: 172
Rosenthal, John J.: 317-319
Rosenthal, Mrs. J.J.: 275
Ross, Charles J.: 320,321
Rumford, Kennerley.: 48,322
Russell, Henry.: 323
Rutter, Louise.: 324
Ryan, Mary.: 325
Sagimuto, Mrs.: 326
Santlemann, William Henry.: 327
Sasche, Frieda.: 328
Scheff, Fritzi.: 329
Scott, Cyril.: 330
Scott, Grayce.: 331
Seiberling, Mrs. (Charles Wilfrid?).: 332
Servoss, Mary.: 333
Shannon, Effie.: 334
Shepherd.: (See: McLean, Rezin Davis)
Sherier, Mary.: 335,336
Sherrod, Dorothy.: 337,338
Singer, Helen.: 339
Skinner, Otis.: 340
Smith, Herbert Augustine.: 341-343
Snow, Ross.: 344
The Social Whirl, scene from.: 303,320
Sousa, John Philip.: 345,346
Spalding, Albert.: 347,348
Spong, Hilda.: 349,350
The Squaw Man, scene from.: 97,98
Stahl, Rose.: 351-354
Starr, Frances.: 355
Steiner, Edward Alfred.: 356
Stevens, Emily.: 357
Strakosch, Febea.: 359
Stransky, Josef.: 360,361
Straus, Jessie.: 362
Taft, William Howard.: 363,364
Tanner, Virginia.: 365
Tapley, Rose E.: 366
Taylor, Mary.: 369
Taylor, S Earl.: 367,368
Templeton, Fay.: 69
Thomas, Edith Lovie (?).: 370
Thomas, Hilda.: 371
Thompson, Hallett (?).: 372
Thompson, William Oxley.: 373
The Three of Us, scene from.: 116
Thurston, Adelaide.: 412
Tout.: (See: Romaine, Margaret)
Tyler, George Crouse.: 375,376
Tyler, Odette.: 377
Tyson, Richard.: 378,379
Van Buskirk, June.: 380
Van Dresser, Marcia.: 381
Van Vliet, Cornelius.: 382
The Vanderbilt Cup, scene from.: 20
Vecsay, Ferenc.: 383
Vettori, Elda.: 384,385
Vidas, Raoul.: 386,387
Walsh, Blanche.: 388
Ward, R A.: 389
Warde, Frederick Barkham.: 390,391
Ware, Helen.: 392
Warner, Amos Griswold (?).: 393,394
Warren, Rebecca.: 395
Weigle Luther Allan.: 396,397
Weinberg Gustav C.: 398
Wescott, Elinore.: 399
Whitehouse, Horace.: 400
Wilder, Marshall Pickney.: 401
Williams, Hattie.: 402
Wilson, Charles J.: 403
Wilson, Mrs. Ivan D.: 514
Wilstack, Frank Jenners.: 404
Wilton, Helen A.: 405,406
Woodruff, Henry.: 407-409
Worrell, Ruth Mougey.: 410
Yager, Anna Scheff.: 329
Young, Alice M.: 411

Index to Correspondence, Series 2

(Names are those of writers of letters addressed to Frankenberg, except: names in parentheses are those of persons referred to, in the third person; names in italics are those addressed in letters written by Frankenberg).