10. The Library Inside The Players is a Nonprofit Organization
Housed inside The Players is The Hampden-Booth Theatre Library of The Players Foundation for Theatre Education, which holds a rare collection of 19th-century American and British Theatre books, props and other memorabilia. Its basis was the personal library of Edwin Booth, which has since been supplemented by additional bequests and acquisitions. After opening to researchers in 1957, the library was permanently chartered under the Education Law of the State of New York in 1963.
Today, The Players Foundation operates as a nonprofit organization that oversees the work of the library and archives, employing a full-time librarian. It continues to add to its holdings of primary and secondary materials relating to Edwin Booth, his family, relevant 19th-century American and British theatre, Gramercy Park and The Players in general.
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