HSP Archives Staff | Notes and documents: Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 131.1

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HSP Archives Staff | Notes and documents: Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 131.1 | The History Cooperative

NOTES AND DOCUMENTS

Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

What follows is a list of some of the collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania that have been fully processed within the past year and are now more available and accessible to researchers. Full finding aids for these collections, and many others, can be found online at http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=35.

Edwin Forrest Home Records, 1792–1990 (bulk 1872–1988)

59 boxes, 10 vols.
HSP Collection 3068

The Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors was founded in 1873 under the provisions of the will of Edwin Forrest, the acclaimed nineteenth-century actor and Philadelphia native. The Forrest Home provided aging stage and film performers (male and female) with free shelter, medical care, and a collegial atmosphere. Originally established in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, the home moved to Fairmount Park in 1928, where it remained until 1986 when it merged with the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, New Jersey. Throughout his career, Forrest was an ardent advocate for and benefactor of American theater. When he died in 1872 without any heirs he left his most enduring gift to his profession with the Edwin Forrest Home. The collection documents the institution's history from 1872 to 1988, and is strongest for the years after 1915. Materials include records pertaining to the home's design, governance, finances, and residents. The collection is useful for documenting the evolution of the Forrest Home specifically and changing societal attitudes about old age and the elderly. Of special note is the Guest Records series, which holds guest registers similar in format to scrapbooks, consisting of memorabilia and correspondence documenting individual residents.

Leon J. Kolankiewicz (1892–1971) Papers, 1888–1978 (bulk 1932–1966)

6 boxes
HSP Collection 3071

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