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Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982.

Title: Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982.

Collection of theatrical performers depicted in photographs, cartes-de-visites, cabinet photographs, photographic postcards, stereographs, copy prints, photogravures, and photomechanical prints.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02223/catalog View

Abott, Bessie, 1878-1919,. Autograph album of Hartman Hotel, 1903-1918.

Title: Autograph album of Hartman Hotel, 1903-1918.

This album includes autographs, short notes, and some sketches by over 100 visitors to Hotel Hartman, many of whom were famous. They include actors, both stage and screen, opera singers, performers, artists, and dancers. Some notable people are: American dancer Ruth St. Denis; comic strip writer and creator of Buster Brown, Richard F. Outcault; American actor Tyrone Power; musician John Philip Sousa; and Italian tenor Enrico Caruso; among many others. With the volume are two photographs of unidentified men and a typed list of all of the autographs.

ArchivalResource: 1 bound volume, 23 cm., 83 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769687012 View

Warfield, Chas. A. Letter to David R. Warfield. Saint Louis, MO. 1938 Mar. 19.

Title: Letter to David R. Warfield. Saint Louis, MO. 1938 Mar. 19.

Sending the Bill of Lading by mail because the steamboat, Bee, will not sail for several days; concerning financial arrangements.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122295251 View

David Belasco papers, 1868-1967

Title: David Belasco papers 1868-1967

Actor, manager, playwright, director, producer and theater owner, David Belasco was one of the outstanding personalities of the American theater at the turn of the century. He is most notable for his exotic stage productions, famous for their lavishness and scenic realism, and his discovery and training of actors such as Mrs. Leslie Carter, Blanche Bates, David Warfield and Frances Starr. He made good use of the mechanical inventions of his day including innovations in the use of lighting, was involved in the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate, and wrote plays of his own, mostly collaborations and adaptations of sentimental melodrama. The collection contains Belasco correspondence with actors and others, 53 scrapbooks of photographs by White Studio and Byron Studio of Belasco productions [1898-1930], and 30 rolls of microfilm of scrapbooks of clippings [1898-1930] (*ZAN-*T-279).

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21350 View

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. David Belasco papers, 1868-1967.

Title: David Belasco papers, 1868-1967.

Collection contains Belasco's correspondence with actors and others, 53 scrapbooks of photographs of his productions [1898-1930] by White Studio and Byron Studio, both of New York, 30 rolls of microfilm of scrapbooks of clippings, reviews and programs [1898-1930], some speeches and other writings, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: ca. 10.5 lin ft. (55 boxes and 30 rolls of microfilm).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687127 View

Warfield, David, 1866-1951,. Autograph letter signed from David Warfield, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1907 September 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed from David Warfield, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1907 September 7.

Warfield writes that he has read Winter's article in the Saturday Evening Post and would like to give him the "true version of a garbled interview that has spread and placed me in an absolutely false position." He goes on to explain a misunderstanding with an interviewer regarding a play he was acting in, The music master. With accompanying envelope addressed to Winter in care of the The New York Tribune.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves ; 18 x 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/416501206 View

Paul Muni papers, circa 1920-1967

Title: Paul Muni papers circa 1920-1967

The Paul Muni papers span the years 1920 through 1967 and consist of correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, personal papers and writings documenting his career as an actor of stage and screen. The correspondence contains letters from many notables of the day and often discuss Muni's political and professional opinions. Correspondents include: Maxwell Anderson, Sherwood Anderson, Rex Beach, Noel Coward, Albert Einstein, Lion Feuchtwanger, John Golden, Arthur Hopkins, Helen Morgan, Dick Powell, Billy Rose and Blanche Yurka. Personal papers contain many programs and personal photographs as well as a notebook written by Muni in Hebrew or Yiddish and a sketch of him by Staats Cotsworth. Scrapbooks in the collection are primarily clippings with reviews and articles about Muni and his roles in plays and movies. However three of the scrapbooks document trips taken by him and his wife to Paris, Vienna and Israel. Other items of note include autographed photographs from friends and a photograph of Muni with Amelia Earhart on the set of The WOMAN I LOVE.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21461 View

Stevens, John G. Letter to David R. Warfield. Baltimore. 1838 July 17.

Title: Letter to David R. Warfield. Baltimore. 1838 July 17.

Concerning the settlement of a claim on some land of Warfield's.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122504138 View

Klein, Charles, 1867-1915. Charles Klein Plays, 1900-1921.

Title: Charles Klein Plays, 1900-1921.

Most of the professional career of playwright Charles Klein is illuminated by this collection of notes, scenarios, manuscripts, and typescripts for sixty-two of his plays, both produced and unproduced. From the successful El Capitan of 1896 to the posthumously produced The Guilty Man of 1916, almost all of his significant plays are represented here to at least some extent. Jottings of nascent ideas, multiple scenarios, voluminous notes to himself about effects to be achieved and aspects of character to be brought out, and heavily revised manuscripts and typescripts all attest to an artisan who took his task quite seriously and give an unusually full picture of the artistic goals and priorities of a successful American playwright from the beginning of the twentieth century.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4.2 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122494160 View

Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell, 1857-1945. Papers : of Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, 1888-1945.

Title: Papers : of Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, 1888-1945.

The collection contains manuscripts of poems "May in New England, " "The waits," "Bossy and the daisy," "Pronouns," "Dandelion gold," "The succory," and "The clover," and two stanzas from "The message of the lilies." A two page excert "The promise of Dorothea" from "Old Chester Tales"; a one page excerpt from her autobiography; an outline of her novel "Sidney" and a quotation are also included. Deland corresponds regularly with editors and publishers about the development of her stories and articles, proofreading, royalties, serialization, publication in the United States and England, pirated editions and possible dramatizations. Other letters discuss her speaking engagements; social causes, particularly her work with unwed mothers; reader reaction to her books and characters; religious beliefs; fellow authors; and friendship with her physician B.H. Ragle. Many of the letters mention her husband, Lorin Fuller Deland, and his encouragement of her literary and charitable endeavors. Five letters are written from Aix-les-Bains, France, where Deland travelled in 1917 to do relief work for the Authors Fund. The collection also contains several clippings and a watercolor, possibly a self portrait caricature.

ArchivalResource: 132 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86147705 View

Bloomington Ball. Managers. Letter to David R. Warfield. Bloomington [IA]. 1838 Feb. 21.

Title: Letter to David R. Warfield. Bloomington [IA]. 1838 Feb. 21.

Inviting him to a meeting or social gathering.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576911 View

Stevens, John G. Letter to David R. Warfield. Baltimore. 1838 Jan 13.

Title: Letter to David R. Warfield. Baltimore. 1838 Jan 13.

Concerning some land sales and purchases, and wondering if Warfield is sick.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122371662 View

Warfield, David, 1866-1951,. Autograph letter signed from David Warfield, Chicago, to Viola Allen [manuscript], 1916 February 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from David Warfield, Chicago, to Viola Allen [manuscript], 1916 February 25.

Addressed to "Miss Allen." Warfield writes that he would like to participate in Mr. Winter's tribute but unfortunately he will not be in New York on the date of the testimonial. On letterhead from the Hotel La Salle, Chicago.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 17 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/416480726 View

David Belasco papers, 1868-1967

Title: David Belasco papers 1868-1967

Actor, manager, playwright, director, producer and theater owner, David Belasco was one of the outstanding personalities of the American theater at the turn of the century. He is most notable for his exotic stage productions, famous for their lavishness and scenic realism, and his discovery and training of actors such as Mrs. Leslie Carter, Blanche Bates, David Warfield and Frances Starr. He made good use of the mechanical inventions of his day including innovations in the use of lighting, was involved in the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate, and wrote plays of his own, mostly collaborations and adaptations of sentimental melodrama. The collection contains Belasco correspondence with actors and others, 53 scrapbooks of photographs by White Studio and Byron Studio of Belasco productions [1898-1930], and 30 rolls of microfilm of scrapbooks of clippings [1898-1930] (*ZAN-*T-279).

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21350 View

Warfield, Chas. A. Letter to David R. Warfield. Saint Louis, MO. 1938 Mar. 7.

Title: Letter to David R. Warfield. Saint Louis, MO. 1938 Mar. 7.

Concerning the selling of a slave.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122577048 View

Wells collection of theatrical photographs, ca. 1890-1930.

Title: Wells collection of theatrical photographs, ca. 1890-1930.

Portrait photographs of actors and actresses collected by George Doane Wells.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02002/catalog View

American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)

Title: American Vaudeville Museum collection 1845-2007 (bulk 1910-1940)

This collection consists of materialsdocumenting 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 particularperformers. There are substantial numbers of sheet music and theatre programs,and a large LP collection. The collection focuses on vaudeville but encompassesother forms and eras of American entertainment as well.

ArchivalResource: 66.8linear feet

http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/uoa/UAMS421.xml View

Warfield, David, 1866-1951. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1922-1923.

Title: Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1922-1923.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155883801 View