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1Author:  Beals, KathrynAdd to Favorites
 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 
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2Author:  Fearen, Sadie M.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Sadie M. Fearen and A. Harry Chick Vaudeville Collection, 1883-1933 ead 
 Date(s):  1883-1933 
 Abstract:  Papers and photographs, 1889-1933, collected by the couple Sadie Fearen and Harry Chick vaudevillians from the Boston/New England area. Bulk of the collection includes theatre programs, cabinet card photographs of primarily east coast performers, White Rat Actors Union materials, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Vaudeville | Blackface entertainers | Entertainers -- United States. | Theaters –- United States 
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3Author:  Campbell, Loring, 1905-1979Add to Favorites
 Title:  Scrapbooks of Loring Campbell, 1916-1979 ead 
 Date(s):  unknown 
 Abstract:  The Scrapbooks of Loring Campbell is comprised of 14 scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, posters, correspondence, and memorabilia recounting Loring Campbell’s career as a performer. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Ventriloquists--United States. | Magicians--Biography--Sources. | Chautauquas. | Vaudeville. | Entertainers--United States. 
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4Author:  Cullen, Frank, 1936-?, McNeilly, Donald, 1945-, American Museum of VaudevilleAdd to Favorites
 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 
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5Author:  Williams, RustyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Rusty Williams Papers, circa 1910-1950 ead 
 Date(s):  circa 1910-1950 
 Abstract:  Photographs and printed material, 1920s-1950s (bulk 1920’s)The bulk of the material is comprised of two types of materials: photographs of Rusty Williams and the people he worked with in Vaudeville, and handstitched scripts that are either typewritten or handwritten. The collection also contains a small number of newspaper clippings, handbills and theater programs. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Vaudeville. | Blackface entertainers. | Entertainers-United States. | Photographs. | Comedy sketches-United States. 
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6Author:  Howard, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar), 1878-1961 Howard, MiriamAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Joseph E. Howard Papers 1895-2009 (1947-1966) ead 
 Date(s):  1895-2009 
 Abstract:  Contains sheet music written by Howard, as well as correspondence and press documenting his long life as a vaudevillian and public performer. It includes his 1956 autobiography, Gay Nineties Troubadour , and photographs of Howard, his family, and other performers. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Entertainers—United States | Musical theater | Vaudeville—United States—20th Century | Vaudeville songs—United States 
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7Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Film and Music of the Vaudeville Era, 1920-1960 ead 
 Date(s):  1920-1960 
 Abstract:  This collection is comprised of commercially produced, American music and film ranging from the 1920s through the 1960s, all of it re-issued on CDs or DVDs/VHS tapes. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Popular music -- United States | Jazz -- 1921-1930 | Big band music | Comedy films | Feature films | Short films | Entertainers -- United States 
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8Author:  Jackson, Linda DianeAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Linda Diane Jackson collection, 1900-1990 (bulk 1985-1987) ead 
 Date(s):  1900-1990 
 Abstract:  Photographs, negatives, contact sheets, slides, film reels, DVDs, VHS tapes, printed announcements, transcripts of interviews, circa 1900-1990 (bulk 1985-1987). This collection is comprised of the photographic, printed and audio-visual materials produced and collected by Linda Diane Jackson. The bulk of the material relates to documenting the private and stage lives of original vaudeville entertainers 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Art and Photography | Documentary Photography | Portrait Photography | Appropriation (Art) | Vaudeville -- United States -- History -- 19th Century | Vaudeville -- United States -- History -- 20th Century | Entertainer -- United States -- Biography | Entertainers -- Portraits | Entertainers -- Portraits -- Exhibitions | Entertainers -- Portraits -- Interviews | Entertainer--actor | Entertainer--comedian | Entertainer--dancers | Entertainer--Stripteasers 
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9Author:  Wertheim, Arthur Frank, 1935-Add to Favorites
 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. 
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