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Formal title:
Playbills collection
Extent:
6.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1883-2012 (bulk 1905-2012)
Abstract:
Theater playbills from theaters in the United States. Also includes a few programs for ballet, burlesque, cabaret, elocution contests, ice follies, minstrel acts, movie advertisement booklets, pageants, and variety shows.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2015.020
Formal title:
H. Adrian Smith papers
Extent:
41 linear feet
Date range:
1882-1999 (bulk 1910-1992)
Abstract:
The H. Adrian Smith papers (1752-1992) contain materials amassed over a lifetime of collecting magic-related materials and being involved in magic societies and magic performance. These materials include magic trick descriptions, playbills, posters, photographs of magicians and magic performances, publications, correspondence, and magic society materials. The collection also contains personal correspondence and photographs of Smith’s life in Providence, Rhode Island, and North Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife Anna Fuller Smith.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2011.001
Formal title:
Loraine Wyman Collection
Extent:
700.0 items (31 boxes)
Date range:
1859-1952 (bulk 1910-1937)
Abstract:
The Loraine Wyman Collection consists of manuscripts, sheet music, and miscellaneous material collected and/or edited by Loraine Wyman, the bulk dating from 1910-1937, and collected in Kentucky, Quebec, and France. The collection contains principally folk songs, arrangements or orchestrations of folk music, and French art songs.
Repository:
Orwig Music Library
Collection call no:
Ethno.Arc.0128

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