| Collection | Arthur Williams Collection |
| Description | In 2003 the Templeman Library purchased a collection of images of Arthur Williams, the comic actor and singer. Many of the pictures depict Williams in his famous roles.
The collection was obtained for the University of Kent at Canterbury from Motley Books, Stockbridge, Hampshire. It will be added to the existing Pettingell Collection of Arthur Williams' printed and manuscript material. It spans the period 1860-1911.
It formerly belonged to Barry Duncan, by whom some of the handwritten notes with the photographs and other material may have been written; however, the handwriting has not been formally identified.
The photographs, programmes and playbills have handwritten notes added by Arthur Williams, often identifying other actors in the photographs and changes of cast on the playbills and programmes. |