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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:
Rollo G. Silver papers
Extent:
12 Linear Feet
Date range:
1815-1986 (1923-1986)
Abstract:
Rollo G. Silver (1909–1989) was an American book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing as created by White people in the European printing tradition. With his wife, Alice, he created a major collection of books and manuscripts relating to Walt Whitman. This collection contains his correspondence, research on publishers and typographers, specimens of type and a miniature toy printing press.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2013.001

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