HERSEY TO TELL ABOUT THE THEATER COLLECTION

Mr. F. W. C. Hersey '99 will speak on "The Theater Collection of Harvard University" at the Boston Public Library at 3.30 o'clock tomorrow.

In his talk Mr. Hersey, who is an instructor in the English Department, will touch upon the important features of the most dramatically interesting collection in the world. Though little known to laymen, it is famous among actors, dramatic critics, and historians of the drama. A well known professor at Columbia, in writing a history of the drama, has spent most of his time and found most of his material on the top floor of Widener Library, so great is the scope and rarity of the collection.

During a recent stay in Boston Walter Hampden came out to Cambridge, and was surprised to find here pictures of himself which he did not remember had ever been taken. Mr. Hersey in searching for a picture of Jane Cowl, found 300 to choose from.

The collection includes engravings, paintings, prints, lithographs, playbills, and the like. The bulk of it was gathered by Robert Gould Shaw '69, and was given to Harvard by him in 1915. Mr. Shaw's collectors are continually adding new material.