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| | 1 | Author: | Beals, Kathryn | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Kathryn Beals papers
1927-1928,
1976,
1994 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1927-1928, | | | | Abstract: | Papers and Photographs, 1927-1928, 1979, 1994. This collection contains
correspondence, photos, newspaper clippings, and ephemera of Kathryn Beals, including two letters
to her sister from acquaintances upon Kathryn’s death in 1976. The bulk of the collection consists
of correspondence with her family and ephemera she collected while touring with the Peters-Wright
vaudeville dance troupe for 15 months in 1927-1928. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Correspondence | Entertainers--United States | Photographs | Theaters—United States | Vaudeville | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Maye, Billee | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Billee Maye Vaudeville collection,
1920-1998 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The Billee Maye Vaudeville collection consists of
documentation, photographs, correspondence, and publications related to the career of
Billee Maye primarily during 1920 to 1940. Billee Maye was a singer and dancer who
performed during the Vaudeville era. The majority of her career was spent with colleague
Harry Roye, performing the "Roye and Maye" act for twenty years on the B.F.-Orpheum
circuit. The collection consists of documentation, photographs, correspondence, and
publications related to the career of Billee Maye primarily during 1920 to
1940. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Theaters -- United States | Vaudeville -- United States -- 20th century | Vaudeville | Entertainer -- Dancers | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Cullen, Frank, 1936-?,
McNeilly, Donald, 1945-,
American Museum of Vaudeville | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Vaudeville Museum collection
1845-2007
(bulk
1910-1940) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1845-2007 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of materials
documenting vaudeville and other entertainment in the United States,
particularly in the 1910s through 1940s. Primary materials such as photographs,
scrapbooks and handwritten stage scripts document the careers of particular
performers. There are substantial numbers of sheet music and theatre programs,
and a large LP collection. The collection focuses on vaudeville but encompasses
other forms and eras of American entertainment as well. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Blackface entertainers | Burlesque (Theater) | Entertainers -- United
States | Minstrel shows | Musical theater | Theaters -- United
States | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 9 | Author: | Mazzanovich, Anton | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Anton Mazzanovich Papers, ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains correspondence, diary, newspaper clippings, articles, theater programs, photographs, and other materials relating to Anton Mazzanovich's experiences in Arizona and New Mexico, and his theatrical activities in New York. The materials date from 1885-1934, with the bulk of materials dating from 1924 through 1934. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life. | Apache Indians -- Wars. | Apache Indians -- Photographs. | Theater -- United States. | Cities and towns -- Arizona -- History -- Photographs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Sothern, Edward Hugh | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Edward Sothern scrapbook and photograph portfolio
circa 1860-1920
(bulk 1870-1900) ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1860-1920 | | | | Abstract: | Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, sketches, photographs, letters, hotel receipts and other memorabilia of Edward Hugh Sothern and his father, Edward Askew Sothern concerning their acting careers and personal interests, as well as a photograph portfolio containing five studio portraits and one color sketch of Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern, and others, mostly between 1870 and 1900. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Actors—Pictorial works | Theater—United States—History—19th century | Theater—England—History—19th century | Europe—Description and travel | Europe—History—1789-1900 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | Author: | Couldock, C. W. (Charles Walter), 1815-1898. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Walter Couldock scrapbook
1815-1898 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1815-1898 | | | | Abstract: | Scrapbook containing chiefly photoengraved portraits; some original engravings are also present. Also included are press reviews which
describe plays in New Orleans and San Francisco in which Couldock, and his daughter Eliza Couldock, performed. Two letters are present.
One from 1862 refers to the London appearance of E.A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary; the other, from 1871, was written to Couldock from the
actress Charlotte Cushman. The portraits cover a broad spectrum of famous people, particularly rulers, statesmen, military leaders, the
nobility, and authors. Others included are actors and actresses, musicians, scientists, artists, and explorers. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Authors -- Portraits. | Kings and rulers -- Portraits. | Nobility -- Portraits. | Statesmen -- Portraits. | Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | Wertheim, Arthur Frank, 1935- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Arthur Frank Wertheim Papers
1862-2005
(bulk 1895-1929) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1862-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Printed material and photographs, 1862-2005 (bulk 1895-1929). The bulk of the material is photocopies of printed materials, primarily newspaper and journal articles, collected by Wertheim while researching the writing of his book, Vaudeville Wars. The collection contains information on many aspects of Vaudeville including; performers, theater and circuit owners and managers, theater and circuit management and organization, professional associations and unions, theater buildings, legal activities, and the history of vaudeville as an industry. Photographs contain images of people, organizations and places associated with vaudeville. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Actors – Labor Unions – United States. | Entertainers -- United States. | Labor Unions – United States. | Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.). | Pantages Circuit of Vaudeville Theatres. | Shubert Brothers Archive – Lee, Jacob, & Sam. | Theater management – United States. | Theaters -- United States. | Theatrical managers -- United States. | Revues. | Vaudeville | Vaudeville – Employees – Labor Unions – United States. | Vaudeville—History. | White Rats of America. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 14 | Author: | Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sophie Treadwell papers1905-1969
(bulk 1905-1969) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1905-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Collection of typescript manuscripts, both published and
unpublished; chiefly plays, but also novels, articles, stories, and television scripts.
Several versions of each play are present. Also included is correspondence, copyrights,
lectures, clippings, photographs of Treadwell, and travel diaries. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Theater -- United States -- 20th century -- Sources | Actors -- Labor unions | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources | Manuscripts, American | Drama -- 20th century -- Stories, plots, etc. --
Sources | Women dramatists, American -- Sources | Television plays, American -- Sources | Actors -- United States -- Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 15 | Author: | Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sophie Treadwell paperscirca
1860-1970
(bulk
1910-1960) ead | | | | Date(s): | circa
1860-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Contains chiefly Personal Materials, Diaries, Correspondence,
Scrap-books, Plays, Novels, and Photographs relating to her career as an American
playwright, author, and journalist from the 1910s through the 1960s. Diaries include her
travels to Europe and Moscow in the 1930s, and daily activities for selected years
spanning 1942 to 1970. Noted correspondents include Louise and Walter Arensberg, Arthur
Craven, Maynard Dixon, Helena Modjeska, Robert A. Parker, family and friends,
colleagues, employers, and inter-view-ees, including Sarah Bernhardt and Francisco
Villa. Scrapbooks document her private life; college years at University of California,
1901-1906; early acting, writing, and employment in California, New York, Europe, and
Mexico, 1909-1932; and critical coverage of the productions of her dramatic works from
1918-1949. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Actors -- Labor unions | American drama -- Women authors | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources | Drama -- 20th century -- Stories, plots, etc. --
Sources | Feminism and literature -- United States | Manuscripts, American | Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century --
Sources | Women dramatists, American -- Sources | Women journalists -- United States -- Sources | Actors -- United States -- Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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