THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION ACCESSION SHEET Accession # 56 M 128 Location 8-I-3/4 Title Boniface - Jones Collection Approximate inclusive dates ca. 1828 - 1902 Date of receipt December, 1956 Received from Mrs. John D. Boniface via Theater Division Volume on arrival Unknown Number of boxes (after reboxing) 5 RC; 1 AB - 5 1/2 LF Condition Fair; Some manuscripts brittle Restrictions None Description See attached sheets Special Formats - Photographs - Maps - Audio Tapes - Films - Graphics - Artifacts -Machine-readable records -Other (list)__________________ Temporary catalog card added entries George C. Boniface, Sr.; George C. Boniface, Jr.; Joseph S. Jones; Nathaniel D. Jones; Actors, American - 19th century; Dramatists, American - 19th century; Theatrical Managers. BONIFACE - JONES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE George C. Boniface (1832 - 1912) a New York City born actor, made his first professional appearance at the Falk Theater in Baltimore, in 1851. Having played principally in tragedy roles, his last part was in New York, in the play "Mid-Channel" with Ethel Barrymore. Boniface had three children: Symona, Ferner and George Junior. George C. Boniface Jr. (1861 - 1917) actor and theater manager, began his professional career as a call boy at the Boston Theater in 1876. The following year he made his first stage appearance with John T. Raymond in "Colonel Sellers." Boniface later went into comic opera. Joseph Stevens Jones (1811 - 1877) was a playwright and actor. For a time, Jones was manager of the Tremont Theater in Boston, where he made some of his earliest appearances on the stage. Nathaniel Dexter Jones (1838 - 1912), son of Joseph Stevens, was also a playwright and theater manager. At the age of seventy-four, Jones, who in his day was known throughout the country, was Boston's oldest actor. He was a member of the Howard Athenaeum Stock Co. for many years and was connected with the stage for fifty-two years. Nathaniel married Mollie Newton, member of the famous Newton Sisters. The second generation Bonifaces were nieces and nephews of Nathaiel Dexter Jones. BONIFACE - JONES COLLECTION CONTENTS The collection, ca. 1828 - 1902, consists primarily of manuscripts of plays, most of which were written by Joseph Stevens Jones. There are account books, ca. 1839 - 1867, relating to theatrical production expenses at the Tremont Theater, Boston, and Bangor, Maine; prompt books used by George C. Boniface Sr., George C. Boniface Jr., and Nathaniel Dexter Jones, in addition to a journal, March to December 1857, of a voyage from Boston to Bombay, kept by Nathaniel while he was a crew member on board the ship "Santiago." The journal describes his duties, treatment by officers, food, weather, shipboard routines and leisure time activities. Also included is one folder of misc. papers and business correspondence, 1828 - 1902, of the Jones and Boniface families. BONIFACE - JONES COLLECTION BOX LIST BOX 1 CONTENTS Misc. correspondence and papers of members of the Jones and Boniface families (one folder) Nathaniel D. Jones' journal of a voyage from Boston to India, March - December 1857 J.S. Jones Cash Book, 1839 - 1867; 1842 (2 vols.) Portland Theater Cash Book, 1833 - 1835 Account Book, 1855 Misc. Memorandum (1 vol.) Index (1 vol.) Accounts and Clippings (1 vol.) List of Formulas of Popular Mixtures Madeline, (1 vol.) MANUSCRIPTS OF PLAYS Amaleck The Arab Assassin Asses Milk Batkins At Home Brazier Of Naples Bride Of Jonah Brothers Of Cinq Mars Burning Of The Caroline Carpenter Of Rouen Cousin Tony Cruise Of The Somens Custom Demons Of The Night Devil's Work BOX 2 Don Bernardo Enchanted Cup Enchanted Valley Eugene Aram Farce Fire Warrior Flirtation Guilty Mother Hard Times Hawks of Hawks Hollow Heart Of The Nation Hero And Leander Horatii And Curiatii Hunter Of The Far West In Search Of A Prima Donna Indian Mother Jacques Bonhomne: The Two Brothers Jacques Burke Juan Di Zienza Lady Of The Lake Last Days Of The Striped Last Dollar Leontine: The Maid Of Calabria Liberty Tree Love And Learning BOX 3 Lunaria Manager's Life Mistaken On Both Sides Mister Smith And His Wife Morton's Hope Moll Pitcher: The Fortune Teller Of Lynn Mother And Daughter Nicholas Dunks Old Times Orfa People's Lawyer Pirates Of The Savannah Plymouth Rock Pompeii Potomac In Port Queen Of Clubs Rag Picker's Daughter Rose Of Etterick Vale Ruy Blas Seven Knights Leap Siege Of Boston Soldiers Of Fortune 4 Sons Of The Cape Surgeon Of Paris Surprise Tarn O'Shanter Three Degrees Of Banking Three Experiments Of Living Three Stars Turn Of The Tide Two Locksmiths Venison Preserved Voyage En Chine Wheelwright Wild Horse Of The Prairie Wolf Of Brazil Yemasse 5 I NCOMPLETE PLAYS UNIDENTIFIED PLAYS 6 UNIDENTIFIED PLAYS