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Mill Collection
Catalogue reference: MILL
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This record is about the Mill Collection dating from 1910 - 1934.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MILL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Mill Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910 - 1934
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Charles Watson Mill, dramatic author and proprietor and owner of the Theatre Royal, Royal Leamington Spa. It includes plays in typescript, part-books and letters and documents relating to family and business matters during Mill's tenure of the Theatre Royal, and covering the years 1910-1934.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Mill, Charles Watson, d 1933, dramatist and theatre owner
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 36 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Purchase reported in the Librarian's Annual report for 1972/73
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A full catalogue of this collection is available at http://calmview.bham.ac.uk
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Charles Watson Mill (d 1933) dramatist and theatre owner. As a dramatic author, Mill's works included: 'The Eve of Her Wedding', 'A Warning to Women', 'A Wrecker of Men', 'The Seal of Silence' and 'The Eternal Flame'. He formed a theatre company, the Celebrated Players Ltd in 1919, and was lessee and later owner of the Theatre Royal, Leamington Spa. The theatre company was wound up on his death and the theatre was sold. The theatre building - which was erected in 1882 - was sited in Regent Grove, Holly Walk. (Source: items in the collection).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3bfc7bf4-3059-4385-895f-c97026b57743/
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This record is held at University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
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Mill Collection