| Description | Archive containing correspondence, autograph letters, receipts for songs, newscuttings and some programmes, alongside more general material related to the life of Edwin Barwick. Includes correspondence from Robert Arthur, Bessie Bonehill, Wilkie Bard, Albert Chevalier, Charles Coburn, Herbert Campbell, Arthur Collins, Frank Curzon, Gus Elen, Jimmy Glover, Seymour Hicks, Henry Irving, Kate James, Arthur Lloyd, Fanny Leslie, Jenny Hill, Marie Lloyd, Dan Leno, Charles Morton, Harry Nicholls, Arthur Roberts, Harry Randall, Little Tich, Harry Tate, Arthur Williams, Fred Wright, Louis Wain, and many others.
Includes an index created by Barwick. Pages are no longer bound into a scrapbook but are loose enclosed in mellinex. |
| Admin history | Edwin Barwick (1858-1928) was a comedian, dramatist, playwright, song writer and music hall performer. He performed prinicipal roles in many theatrical plays and pantomimes across the UK, and also wrote a number of plays and pantomimes. He was a colleague of Arthur Williams (see the Pettingell Collection). |