Edward Rose: writings and family correspondence

MS Add. 10138 contains scripts (draft and later versions) of plays and other writings by Rose, as well as family correspondence covering Rose's life from childhood until his death. Other writings by Rose include 'The Rose Reader' (a book outlining a method to teach children to read), a novel and poetry. Collected souvenir programmes and promotional material relating to 19th century theatre are also included.

Play scripts have been arranged by rough date and then alphabetically within the dates range. The correspondence was arranged chronologically when deposited, and has been kept in that order.

The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138

The papers were purchased in June 2016 from a descendant of Edward Rose.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

With the proviso that the original material in the MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers to be the subject of an imaging request will not be damaged by the process, our Digital Content Unit will accept orders for digital images by completion of an on-line form. Reproduction of these images is the subject of a separate on-line application. See http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/digital-content-unit.

It is also possible to photograph the papers for personal research purposes using self-service photography in the Manuscripts Reading Room.

The Department of Manuscripts and Archives at Cambridge University Library also holds another group of Edward Rose's correspondence and papers (MS. Add. 9526) which were deposited in 1998. MS Add.9526 contains many letters from actors, actresses and theatre managers, about current productions for the London stage, and for tours in the provinces, as well as some biographical information.

This description was prepared by Madelin Evans, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, August-November 2016.