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Kalich, Bertha, 1874-1939. Bertha Kalich papers, 1866-1955.

Title: Bertha Kalich papers, 1866-1955.

The papers consist of correspondence, programs, financial records, clippings, scripts, sides, scores, publicity pieces, photographs, and scrapbooks connected with Bertha Kalich. The majority of the materials are in English, though a great many clippings and some scripts are in Yiddish, and some early official documents are in German and Hebrew.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet (15 boxes and 8 oversize scrapbooks)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232546303 View

Antler, Joyce. Gypsy of the footlights [videorecording] : the personal and professional odyssey of Sophie Tucker / speaker : Joyce Antler.

Title: Gypsy of the footlights [videorecording] : the personal and professional odyssey of Sophie Tucker / speaker : Joyce Antler. 1997.

Lecture given March 11, 1997 at Brandeis University Library on the life and work of Sophie Tucker, Jewish vaudeville star. Includes archival footage of an interview of Sophie Tucker by Edward Murrow.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (64 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37886622 View

Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. Autograph title page signed, dated : [New York?], to Edith Tauzer, Nov 1/53, 1953 Nov. 1.

Title: Autograph title page signed, dated : [New York?], to Edith Tauzer, Nov 1/53, 1953 Nov. 1.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270920964 View

Lucille Lortel papers

Title: Lucille Lortel papers

The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files.

ArchivalResource: 49.61 linear feet; 37 vols. (150 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21631 View

Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. Sophie Tucker private recordings collection [sound recording], 1925-1953.

Title: Sophie Tucker private recordings collection [sound recording], 1925-1953.

The collection contains Tuckers' appearances on radio programs, interviews, live night club performances, and various unissued studio recordings. Some of the radio programs represented in the collection are: Blue Ribbon Town; Frank Sinatra Show; It's Time for Pabst; and the Philco Hour. Other performers represented in the collection are: her pianist and orchestra leader, Ted Shapiro, Ben Bernie, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Orson Welles.

ArchivalResource: 40 sound recordings : analog.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79467991 View

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34370114 View

John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Title: John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Collection of twentieth century motion picture memorabilia collected by John Eldon Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 59 boxes (35 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02025/catalog View

Fields, Armond, 1930-. Armond Fields American Theatre collection, 1856-2000 (bulk 1895-1925).

Title: Armond Fields American Theatre collection, 1856-2000 (bulk 1895-1925).

This collection documents the history of the American stage before talking cinema, reflecting the birth and death of vaudeville and the advent of the modern Broadway musical. The collection includes books, posters, theater programs, sheet-music covers, souvenirs, rare film footage of vaudevillians, including Weber & Fields, and manuscripts and research notes for Fields' own books.

ArchivalResource: 96 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/712601292 View

Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling papers, 1899-1952

Title: Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling papers 1899-1952

The papers give a brief and sporadic look at the careers of Edward and Alfred Darling.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21266 View

Bertha Kalich papers, 1866-1955

Title: Bertha Kalich papers 1866-1955

This collection comprises the papers of the Polish singer and actress Bertha Kalich who immigrated to the United States in 1895. Once in the United States, she became a celebrated star of the Yiddish theater, with active roles in theater as well as cinema, until 1928 when she succumbed to illness. One of her best known roles was the title character of the play and Lilla Olrick in Jacobi's . The collection consists of correspondence, personal and professional papers, and theatrical memorabilia from Bertha, her husband, Leopold Spachner, and daughter Lillian Kalich Spachner concerning her stage career and is primarily in English with some materials in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Magda Riddle Woman

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet; 23 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21830 View

Pentler, Harold. Harold and Elaine Pentler papers, 1926-2004.

Title: Harold and Elaine Pentler papers, 1926-2004.

Contains photographs of the Altman, Grossman and Pentler families; award certificates and a diploma; a 50th wedding anniversary invitation for Frank and Sarah Grossman; a diary kept by Rae Pentler (1929); and newspaper clippings. Organizations and people represented include Grossman Brothers; the Zionist Organization of America; Mount Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee; the Gymal Doled Club; Jimmy Durante; Bob Lurie; Pinchas Sapir; Sophie Tucker; Arthur S. Grossman; and Robert Pentler. Topics represented include celebrities; World War II; fraternities; and Jewish organizations.

ArchivalResource: .45 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317141608 View

Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. Sophie Tucker autobiographical writings.

Title: Sophie Tucker autobiographical writings.

The collection consists of Sophie Tucker's manuscript and typewritten drafts and notes, used as the basis for her published autobiography "Some of these Days" (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1945).

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228868384 View

Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. Papers, 1911-1966.

Title: Papers, 1911-1966.

Correspondence, speeches, plaques, photos, and other materials, relating to Tucker's career and American Federation of Actors.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70941582 View

Sophie Tucker autobiographical writings

Title: Sophie Tucker autobiographical writings

Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) was a Russian-born popular American entertainer. She gained fame as a performer in vaudeville and burlesque in the World War I era, and continued her career for many years in nightclubs, films, radio and television. The collection consists of Sophie Tucker's manuscript and typewritten drafts and notes, used as the basis for her published autobiography "Some of these Days" (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1945). The text of the book differs considerably from the drafts.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3042 View

Sillman, Leonard. Leonard Sillman collection, 1923-1968.

Title: Leonard Sillman collection, 1923-1968.

Manuscripts of autobiography, scripts, and articles, business and production files, financial records, correspondence, photographs of productions and screen personalities, family photographs, reviews, scrapbooks, and other materials.

ArchivalResource: 175 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70923015 View

Freuh, Alfred, 1880-1968. Alfred Freuh woodcuts cartoons, 1905-1925.

Title: Alfred Freuh woodcuts cartoons, 1905-1925.

Woodcuts, part colored, of cartoons drawn by Alfred Freuh (1880-1968) of theatrical personalities: Maude Adams, George Arliss, Ethel Barrymore, George M. Cohan, Katharine Cornell, John Drew, Robert Edson, Lionel Erroll, Lew Fields, Yvette Gilbert, William Gillette, Nat Goodwin, Annette Kellerman, Wilton Lackaye, Julia Marlowe, Nazimova, Olga Petrova, Will Rogers, Fritzi Schiff, Fred Stone, Sophie Tucker, and unidentified.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495526647 View

Darling family. Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling papers, 1899-1952.

Title: Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling papers, 1899-1952.

The Darling papers document the careers of vaudeville executives Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling.

ArchivalResource: .4 lf (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517508 View

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Song for Sophie / words and music by Irving Berlin.

Title: Song for Sophie / words and music by Irving Berlin. [1947?]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. lead sheet ([2] p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729541709 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

John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Title: John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Collection of twentieth century motion picture memorabilia collected by John Eldon Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 59 boxes (35 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02025/catalog View

Armond Fields American Theatre collection, Bulk, 1895-1925, 1856-2000

Title: Armond Fields American Theatre collection Bulk, 1895-1925 1856-2000

This collection documents the history of the American stage before talking cinema, reflecting the birth and death of vaudeville and the advent of the modern Broadway musical. The collection includes books, posters, theater programs, sheet-music covers, souvenirs, rare film footage of vaudevillians, including Weber & Fields, and manuscripts and research notes for Armond Fields' own books.

ArchivalResource: 96.0 Linear feet

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5489s1cj View

Sophie Tucker collection of performance material, 19--

Title: Sophie Tucker collection of performance material 19--

The Sophie Tucker Collection contains materials used in performance of her songs and acts.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/19915 View

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

Title: Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911-

ArchivalResource: ca. 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68796463 View

Margaret Chung Papers, 1880-1958 (bulk 1942-1944

Title: Margaret Chung Papers, 1880-1958 (bulk 1942-1944

Contains writings and personal papers, including biographies, photographs and a scrapbook of newsclippings, relating to Margaret Chung and her military "sons" spanning the years from 1933 to 1958. The bulk of the collection, dating from 1942 to 1944 consists of correspondence with her "sons" as well as photographs, military printed materials, and scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes; 1 oversize folder; 1 volume

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3f59n6hk View

Kalich, Bertha, 1874-1939. Papers, 1882-1955.

Title: Papers, 1882-1955.

The Bertha Kalich papers consist of correspondence, posters, programs, flyers, business records, clippings, scripts, sides, scrapbooks, photographs and three-dimensional images pertaining to her career in the theater during the years 1905-1935.

ArchivalResource: 11.4 lin. ft. (22 boxes)One scrapbook 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122607998 View

Personality files, [ca. 1800]-1986, 1900-1986 (bulk)

Title: Personality files, [ca. 1800]-1986, 1900-1986 (bulk)

Extensive collection containing a diverse range of material about thousands of theatrical and musical personalities who have appeared in New York City during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Collection covers all the important and many of the lesser known personalities and includes personal correspondence, portrait engravings or lithographs, photographs, biographical data, clippings, articles, programs, playbills, original sheet music, and sheet music covers. Also, drawings, playscripts, scrapbooks, fan letters, manuscripts of biographies, sketches, texts of speeches, and personal items. lithographs, biographical material collected from temporary periodicals, and sheet music.

ArchivalResource: 550 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155489900 View

Sophie Tucker private recordings collection [sound recording], 1925-1953

Title: Sophie Tucker private recordings collection [sound recording] 1925-1953

The collection contains Tuckers' appearances on radio programs, interviews, live night club performances, and various unissued studio recordings. Some of the radio programs represented in the collection are: Blue Ribbon Town; Frank Sinatra Show; It's Time for Pabst; and the Philco Hour. Other performers represented in the collection are: her pianist and orchestra leader, Ted Shapiro, Ben Bernie, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Orson Welles.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20497 View

Roma, Rosa. Theatrical costume collection, 1900s.

Title: Theatrical costume collection, 1900s.

The collection consists of photographs, some autographed by Sophie Tucker, Nellie V. Nichols and Rosa Roma. Also included are dresses, gloves, music, feathers and hair combs, all apparently collected by Rosa Roma during her career on stage.

ArchivalResource: 3 oversized boxes (4.5 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435495253 View

Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. Correspondence with Morris Silverman, 1945-1965.

Title: Correspondence with Morris Silverman, 1945-1965.

Letter dated May 26, 1945 states that the show goes on but her heart is very heavy; letter dated March 16, 1960 indicates that charities bearing her name include the Sophie Tucker Maternity Clinic at the General Rose Memorial Hospital in Denver, Col., the Sophie Tucker Playground affiliated with the Junior Matrons Auxiliary in New York City and the Sophie Tucker Youth Center in Beit Shemesh, Israel.

ArchivalResource: 10 items ; 28 x 22 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39304926 View

Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966, 1924-1966

Title: Ward Morehouse papers 1877-1966 1924-1966

Ward Morehouse, journalist and playwright. The papers include correspondence, interviews, writings articles and ephemera documenting his career in the theater world.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21501 View

Leone Cass Baer photographs collection, 1910-1923

Title: Leone Cass Baer photographs collection 1910-1923

The collection consists primarily of autographed publicity portraits of music, theater, and movie personalities, given to Leone Cass Baer, ca. 1910-1921, when she was drama editor and critic for the Oregonian. A few are unsigned, including a photographic print on postcard stock of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Houdini, and a few are movie stills and scenes from theater productions.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 cubic feet; 73 photographs in 1 document box and 9 oversize folders

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv58146 View

Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005

Title: Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005

The materials in this collection were compiled from various sources by Southern Folklife Collection staff, with the goal of creating a reference resource to aid in research. Artist name files contain correspondence, booklets, obituaries, press releases, discographies, promotional materials, and other items relating to many of the artists whose work is relevant to the Southern Folklife Collection as a whole.

ArchivalResource: Items: About 3,200; Linear Feet: 21.0

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/30005/ View

Baer, Leone Cass,. Leone Cass Baer photographs collection [graphic], 1910-1923.

Title: Leone Cass Baer photographs collection [graphic], 1910-1923.

The collection consists primarily of autographed publicity portraits of music, theater, and movie personalities, given to Leone Cass Baer, drama critic and writer for the Oregonian newspaper, 1910-1923. A few are unsigned, including a photographic print on postcard stock of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Houdini and a few movie stills and scenes from theater productions. In addition to Houdini, prominent performers whose autographed portraits are featured in the collection include Julian Eltidge, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Mary Pickford, Lillian Russell, Ernesite Schumann-Heinck, Laurette Taylor, and Sophie Tucker, among others. Some autographs are dated; other dates listed are dates the photographs were made. The photographers represented include many studios specializing in publicity portraits of performers throughout the United States. Includes film stills.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 cubic feet (73 photographs in 1 document box and 9 oversize folders).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55669786 View