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        <titleproper>A. M. (Allyn Mather) Colegrove:</titleproper>
        
        <subtitle>An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center</subtitle>
        
        <author encodinganalog="245$c">Finding aid created by Joan Sibley and Richard Workman</author>
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      <head>Collection Summary</head>

      <origination label="Creator:"><persname source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="100">Colegrove, A. M. (Allyn Mather), 1826?-1895?</persname></origination>

      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a" label="Title:">A. M. (Allyn Mather) Colegrove Collection</unittitle>

      <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" label="Dates:" normal="1883/1889">1883-1889, undated</unitdate>

      <unitid label="Call Number: " countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-txauhrh" encodinganalog="099">Manuscript Collection MS-00850</unitid>

      <physdesc label="Extent:" encodinganalog="300$a"><extent>1 document box (.42 linear feet)</extent></physdesc>

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          <corpname><subarea>Harry Ransom Center, </subarea>The University of Texas at Austin
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      <abstract label="Abstract:" encodinganalog="520$a">Incoming correspondence and legal agreements of A. M. (Allyn Mather) Colegrove, an American theater manager at the McDonough Opera House in Middletown, Connecticut in the late nineteenth century. Colegrove’s collection was formerly part of the Ransom Center's Theater Arts Manuscripts Collection, but now forms a separate, discrete collection.</abstract>

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      <head>Acquisition: </head>
      <p>Acquired as a segment of the Messmore Kendall Collection, 1958. The A. M. Colegrove Collection was formerly a part of the Center’s Theater Arts Manuscripts Collection, but now forms a separate, discrete collection.</p>
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      <p>Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. </p>
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      <p> Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information
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        individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have
        legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may
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        highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of
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      <head>Restrictions on Use:</head>
      <p>Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the owner of
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      <head>Preferred Citation: </head>
      <p>A. M. (Allyn Mather) Colegrove Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-00850). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.</p>
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      <p>Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2021. Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.</p>
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          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Aborn, Milton, 1864-1933. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 9 December 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Adams, George H. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Allen, W. L. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 17 November 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Arden, Edwin Hunter Pendleton, 1864-1918. 3 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 14, 20 and 23 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Atkinson, Charles. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 27 October 1884. Written by amanuensis.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Atkinson, Charles. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 April and 29 May 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Bacon, Charles R. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 May 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Barrington, Will A. 2 AL to Colegrove, A. M., 22 and 27 August 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Barry, Tom. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 11 August 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Blaisdel, William B. 3 ALS, FL to Colegrove, A. M., 25 August 1885, 25 April and 28 May 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Bothner, Gus. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 August 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Broaker, Frank. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 January 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Brock, R. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 25 February 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Brooks, J. E. ALS, FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 22 September and 17 November 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Brotherton, George C. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Burgess, Fred. 2 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 29 November and 10 December 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Burke, Charles. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 23 September 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.1</container><unittitle>Burke, Charles. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 24 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Canby, A. H. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 19 and 21 June 1885, 15 July no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Canning, M. W. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 8 October 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Carroll, J. W. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 4 April, 4 and 18 June 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Carroll, Richard Field, 1865-1925. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 and 27 November 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Chapman &amp; Sellers. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 8 March 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Chappell, W. J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 15 March 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Chase, Charles W. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 21 November 1887, 3 January 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Clark &amp; Raymond. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 29 December 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Clarke, W. H. FL to Colegrove, A. M., 11 December 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Clayburgh, Edward. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 21 December 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Cline, Carver B. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 30 August 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Cokefair, R. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 12 July 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Colby, George W. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 30 August 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Coley, A. B. ALS, telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 5 and 27 April 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Collier, J. W. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 1 May 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Comley, W. J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 12 November 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Corbyn, Sheridan. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 4 and 22 January, 5 February 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Crawford, Walker. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 14 May 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Curtis, George J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 9 July 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.2</container><unittitle>Curtis, M. B. 3 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 4 and 5 February 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>D'Arcy, Hugh Antoine, 1843-1925. ALS, 2 FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 23 April 1883, 1886, 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Davidson, Dore, 1850-1930. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 November 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Davis, Thomas H. 2 ALS, FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 July and 4 September 1887, 6 February 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Day, Wilson. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 2 January, 3 March, and 12 May 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>DeLydston, Frank. FL to Colegrove, A. M., 11 September 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Dingess, John A. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 15 November 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Dixon, A. J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Draper, S. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 September 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Duffy, Will J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 4 May 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Dunn, Frank V. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 11 August 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Edwards, W. A. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Edwards, W. P. FL to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Ellis, H. I. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 14 March 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Falls, William R. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 21 April 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Favor, Ed. M. ALS, telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 15 March 1887, undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Felton, Fred. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 29 March 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Foote, Richard. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 17 May and 1 June 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>France, George. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 9 March 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Friday, William H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Froom, Harry A. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 28 May 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Gardiner, C. R. TLS to Colegrove, A. M., 29 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Gardiner, E. M. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Gardner, Frank L. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 23 June 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Gausman, J. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 14 November 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Gayler, Frank C. FL to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.3</container><unittitle>Grover, Leonard, 1835- . Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 13 December 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hanson, J. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 April 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hassenforder, C. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 17 November 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Haynes, E. G. 2 ALS, FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 6 August, 14 and 19 October 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Henry, John J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 10 January 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hicks, Carl H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 11 September 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hildebrand, C. D. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 July and 24 September 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hill, J. M. Telegram, ALS, FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 24 March and 25 April 1885, undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hinds, John T. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 24 September 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hine, Henry. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 3 and 14 August 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hofman, W. B. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 November 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Holloway, W. H. FL to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hopkins, J. D. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 December 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Howard, Charles L. AL to Colegrove, A. M., 29 November 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Howard and Warde. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 12 November 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Hoyt, A. E. FL to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Humphrey &amp; Crossley. AL to Colegrove, A. M., 2 March 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Jack, Sam T. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 22 November 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Jennison, W. R. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 1 December 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Johnson, L. P. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 8 March no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Jones, Frank. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 4 March 1885. With enclosure.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Jones, George. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 16 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Joyce, J. F. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 11 December 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Keffer, Wallace P. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Kelly, W. W., 1853-1933. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 6 November 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Keyes, D. A. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 11 March 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Kinnard &amp; Huxtable. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 May 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.4</container><unittitle>Krumm, Nelson, Mrs. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 April 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Lang, Edwin R. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 February, 15 and 21 June 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Leavitt, Michael Bennett, 1843-1935. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>LePetrie, W. C. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 24 January 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Lester &amp; Allen. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 4 May no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Lewis, J. C. FL to Colegrove, A. M., 9 May 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Lignon, J. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 14 December 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Lucier, C. N. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 and 19 December 1884. Writing for the Lucier Family act.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>McCloy, Fred. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 17, 22 and 27 June 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>MacGeachey, Charles, -1921. TL to Colegrove, A. M., 26 June 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Mack, Robert. 4 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 June, 30 August, and 9 September 1887, 19 March 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>McKinney, J. W. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 September 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Maguire, J. T. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 29 December no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Mann, Harry W. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 9 January 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Matlack, _____. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 26 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Maynard, H. W. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 5 and 9 February 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Meldon, Percy. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 16 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Miller, George. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Milliken, James F. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 22 September 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Monti, E. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 29 November 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Moore &amp; Vivian. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 27 January and 4 February 1887. Contract on verso of second letter.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Morris, George O. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 10 August 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Mortimer, H. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 23 April 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Morton, George. AL to Colegrove, A. M., 3 February 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Mudge, H. T. 2 ALS, telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 15 January, 5 February, and 5 May 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Mullay, J. C. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 November 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.5</container><unittitle>Mumford, Charles. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 24 December 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Nason, Frank W. ALS, FL to Colegrove, A. M., 15 November 1887, 4 February 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Neville, R. L. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 October 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Nichols, G. D. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 6 November 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Nixon, J. V. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 21 27, and 31 July 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Norcross, Joseph M., -1925. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 11 January 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>O'Connor, James Owen. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Operti, Fred. AL to Colegrove, A. M., 11 June no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Palmer, Albert Marshman, 1838-1905. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 5 August 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Parker, E. J. TL to Colegrove, A. M., 18 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Patrick, John C. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 October 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Peck, George Bacheler, 1843-1934. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 18 May 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Phillips, Gus P. 2 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 18 March 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Poole, George. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 1 November no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Power, W. H. TLS to Colegrove, A. M., 28 July 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Redmund, William. 5 ALS, FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 3, 13, and 17 December 1883, 10 January, 1 and 9 February 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Reed, W. D. AL to Colegrove, A. M., 24 May 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Reynolds, Joseph P. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 12 January 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rice, M. B. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 25 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rice, Monroe. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 2 November 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rice, Peter. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 6 January 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rich &amp; Harris. ALS, telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 16 October 1886, 13 February no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Robinson, Harry. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 14 November 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rogers, Katherine, -1891. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rosenbaum, E. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 16 March 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Ross, Willis. FL to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.6</container><unittitle>Rush, F. C. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 9 September 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Sampson, Samuel. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 26 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Scammon, A. Q. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Seabrooke, E. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 28 January 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Shea, William J., -1918. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 5 March 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Simmonds, Phil. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 6 and 8 March 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Slavin and Smith. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 24 September 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Sloan, Will P. 3 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 15 and 16 October 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Stevens, R. E. FL to Colegrove, A. M., 6 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Strakosch, Max. 7 ALS, 2 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 1884-1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Thayer, Charles H. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 12 February and 3 March 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Theatrical Printing, Engraving and Lithographic House of A. S. Seer. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 January 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Thomson, Charles A. Telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 15 October 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Thurber, H. L. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 18 July and 15 August 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Thurnaer, Edw. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 December 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Tillotson, James K. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 8 and 15 November 1884. With enclosures.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Trail, Ed. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 16 December 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Truss, D. W. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 29 May 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.7</container><unittitle>Ulmer, George T. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 April 1885, 3 September 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Villa, Sam B. 3 ALS, telegram to Colegrove, A. M., 18 November 1885, 8 April 1886, 1 August 1887, undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wall, Horace. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 8 February 1884.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Washburn, L. W. AL to Colegrove, A. M., 26 April 1886.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Washburne, J. H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 31 January 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Waterman, B. Frank. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 13 March 1885. Included with this: ALS F. L. Higgins to Colegrove, 16 March 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Watkins, Harry, 1825-1894. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 19 January 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Webster, William P. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 23 and 26 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Welch, William. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 18 April 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wheeler, H. E. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 18 January no year.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wheeler, P. L. 3 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 9 and 22 November 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wheeler, W. O. 3 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 14 and 15 December 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wilber, A. R. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 17 February 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wilbur, A. L. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., undated.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wills, John B. 3 telegrams to Colegrove, A. M., 4 and 5 February 1887..</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wilson, H. T. FLS to Colegrove, A. M., 7 April 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Winnett, Tom H. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 28 March 1885.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Winterburn, W. J. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 6 February 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Woodward, H. A. 2 ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 20 February and 12 March 1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.8</container><unittitle>Wynne, Fred. ALS to Colegrove, A. M., 12 October 1887.</unittitle></did></c02>
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        <c01 level="series"><did><unittitle>Miscellaneous: </unittitle></did>
          <c02><did><unittitle>Colegrove, A. M.:</unittitle></did>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Chase, Charles W., FDS, 1 page, 3 January 1888. For Hettie Bernard-Chase in Rags, The Wild-Cat.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Cokefair, R. H., FDS, 1 page, 12 July 1883. For Miln Dramatic Company</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Durant, C. W., FDS, 1 page, 15 June 1885. For Estelle Clayton in Favette.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Ellis, H. I., FDS, 1 page, 14 March 1887. For Harrigan's Double Irish and American Tourists Co..</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Macguinnis, Dan, FDS, 1 page, 23 August 1883.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Redmund, William, FDS, 1 page, 9 February 1886.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Redmund, William, FDS, 1 page, 19 July 1886. For William Redmund and Mrs. Thomas Barry and company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Ryan, J. J., FDS, 1 page, 3 September 188_. For Myra Goodwin's Sis Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Agreement with Simmonds, Phil, FDS, 1 page, 1 March 1884. For Henderson Dramatic Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Article of agreement with Bolton &amp; Foote, FDS, 1 page, 1 December 1884. For the McGibney Family.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Banks, Will J., FDS, 1 page, 12 May 1883. For Howorth's Hibernica.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Carroll, J. W., FDS, 1 page, 18 June 1887. For J. S. Murphy Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Hill, J. M., FDS, 1 page, 25 June 1884. For Margaret Mather.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Hill, J. M., 2 FDS, 1 page each, 11 April and 14 May 1885. For Murray &amp; Murphy and company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Hill, J. M., FDS, 1 page, 24 June 1886. For Murray &amp; Murphy Company</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Joyce, J. F., FDS, 1 page, 18 December 1884. For J. S. Murphy Combination.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Articles of agreement with Lehnen, Philip H., FDS, 1 page, 2 June 1884. For John Murphy Combination.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Aborn, Milton, FDS, 1 page, 25 September 1885. For Tourists Combination.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Andrews, Charles L., FDS, 1 page, 1 June 1887. For Michael Strogoff Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Balabrega, J. M., FDS, 1 page, 1 April 1887. For Balabrega's Modern Miracles.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Benton, Z. N., FDS, 1 page, 21 December 1886. For Dick Gorman's Dramatic Comedy Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Collier, J. W., FDS, 1 page, 19 May 1883. For Lights O'London Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Daniels, Win W., FDS, 1 page, 6 February 1886. For Haviland's Magical &amp; Novelty Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Day, Wilson, FDS, 1 page, 21 March 1887. For Wilson Day's Theatre Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Ferree, Owen, 18 July 1997. For Mlle. Rhea and company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Fowler, W. W., FDS, 1 page, 15 February 1886. For Skipped by the Light of the Moon Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Goodwin, Frank L., FDS, 1 page, 9 September 1884. For Campbell's Galley Slave Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Hildebrand, C. D., FDS, 1 page, 3 July 1886. For Cryptogram of Prison Life.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Lang, Edwin R., FDS, 1 page, 21 June 1886. For Lang's Comedy Comiques.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Ligon, J. H., ADS, 1 page, 14 December 1883. For May Western Dramatic Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.9</container><unittitle>Contract with Litt &amp; Davis, FDS, 1 page, 22 October 1887. For Human Nature Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Maeder, Fred G., FDS, 1 page, 1 November 1884. For Carrie Swain Dramatic Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Maeder, Frank, FDS, 1 page, 7 March 1887. For Salsbury's Troubadours.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Maggie Mitchell Combination, FDS, 1 page, 5 June 1883.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Nixon, J. W., FDS, 1 page, 30 July 1885. For Peoples Comic Opera Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Peterson, W. G., FDS, 1 page, 10 June 1887. For A Night Off Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Shea, William J., ADS, 1 page, 2 September 1886. For Shea Comedy Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Slocum, C. T., FDS, 1 page, 2 November 1886. For Power Brothers' Carr and Tourjee's Royal Artesian Troubadours and Comedy Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Stetson, John, FDS, 1 page, 9 March 1886. For John Stetson's Mikado Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Stewart, J. C., FDS, 1 page, 25 January 1887. For J. C. Stewart's Two Johns Comedy Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with The Carrolls, FDS, 1 page, 2 December 1885. For The Carrolls and their company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Thorne, Edwin, FDS, 1 page, 27 March 1884. For Thorne's Black Flag Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Tompkins, W. C., FDS, 1 page, 16 January 1888. For Myra Goodwin.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Waterman, A. R., FDS, 1 page, 29 October 1884. For Tayleure's Combination.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Waterman, B. Frank, FDS, 1 page, 2 March 1885. For Nora Lytton Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Webster, William P., FDS, 1 page, 23 December 1887. For the Katie Hart Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Wood, G. M., FDS, 1 page, 15 December 1887. For Marguerite St. John and her company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Contract with Woods, H. B., ADS, 1 page, 21 November 1884. For Woods' All Star Specialty Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Hall contract with Lillian Kennedy Co., FDS, 1 page, 25 November 1887.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Hall contract with Waite's Comedy Company, FD, 1 page, 1888.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>License receipts for theatrical attractions, 5 FDS, 4 pages, 9 November 1885; 13, 14, and 15 January 1887; 6 March 1888.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum agreement with Dr. Sawtelle's St. Bernard Galaxy, FDS, 1 page, 14 January 1887.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum agreement with Sampson, Samuel, FDS, 1 page, 14 November 1887. For Pat Maloney Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum agreement with Ward, W. R., FDS, 1 page, 26 May 1887. For Kittie Rhoades Combination.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum of agreement with Blaisdell, William B., FDS, 1 page, 28 May 1886. For Sir Perkins, or The Girl I Left Behind Me Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum of agreement with Durban, C. L., FDS, 1 page, 18 November 1884. For Lynwood Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum of agreement with Lewis, J. C., FDS, 1 page, 1886. For Abe Zekener, or I. &amp; U. Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum of agreement with Stevens, R. E., FDS, 1 page, 12 October 1887. For Parsloe &amp; Vincent's Grass Widow Co.</unittitle></did></c03>
          <c03><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Memorandum of agreement with Villa, Sam B., FDS, 1 page, 1 August 1887. For Villa Comedy Company.</unittitle></did></c03>
          </c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Middletown, Connecticut. City Clerk. Eight receipts for permit fees to A. M. Colegrove, 8 items, 1885-1888.</unittitle></did></c02>
          <c02><did><container type="Container">1.10</container><unittitle>Neil, Ed. H. FL to City Bill Poster, Middletown, Connecticut, 2 January 1883.</unittitle></did></c02>      
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