Correspondence, 1870s-1925

The series documents the professional and personal lives of Charles and Alice Shaw Major. Types of materials include: correspondence, invitations, announcements, greeting cards, telegrams, clippings, royalty checks, publishing contracts, motion picture ephemera, household correspondence, and fan letters. Major sub-series are: Charles Major, Alice Shaw Major, and Charles and Alice Major. The Charles Major series includes: fan mail, correspondence with publishers, theater owners, actors, and agents; and book sellers. The Alice Shaw Major series includes; personal mail, invitations, sympathy letters, and correspondence with movie producers, publishers, theater owners, actors, and agents. The Charles and Alice Major series contains personal correspondence between Charles and Alice Shaw Major Notable correspondents include: Julia Marlowe, Booth Tarkington, George Ade, President Theodore Roosevelt, President William McKinley, William Dean Howells, Edith Wharton, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Purdue President Winthrop Stone, and Mary Pickford. Materials in the series are arranged alphabetically and divided between Charles and Alice Major.