Stark, Samuel

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Biographical Note

Authority on history of the theatre, particularly American theatre, and collector of theatre material, including photos, autographs, clippings, etc. Particular interest in Cole Porter.

From the guide to the Samuel Stark Theatre collection addenda, 1868-1990, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Imhof, Roger, 1875-1958,. Vaudeville, variety, circus, and silent screen star scrapbooks, 1883-1952. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel,. Showboats : photographs, ca. 1875-1940. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel. American theater : card file, 1752-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Masonic Theatre (Wallace, Idaho). Masonic Theatre records, 1891-1909. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. Note to John Barrymore, written on the cover of THE TATLER(23 Oct. 1929 issue) which pictures John Barrymore with Winston Churchill, c. 1929. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel. Theatre scrapbook collection., 1860-1950 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel,. 19th century British and American stage : promptbooks, 1820-1880. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Sperisen, Albert A. Letter to Samuel Stark, [197-?] Sept. 30. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Samuel Stark Film stills : photographs., 1925-1972 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel,. Samuel Stark theater program collection, 1832-1972. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Biography clippings : "S" [surname] folder 1896-2008. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Stark, Samuel. Theatre collection addenda, 1868-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel,. Movie and theater directors, writers, producers, songwriters, etc. : photographs, 1916-1963. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel,. Film and stage stars : photographs, 1911-1969. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Theatre collection, 1937-1967. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel. Theatre scrapbook collection, 1860-1950. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893. Commonplace book, ca. 1842-1868. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887. Jenny Lind papers, 1835-1917. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Cole Porter papers, 1943-1971. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Purdom, C. B. (Charles Benjamin), 1883-1965. C.B. Purdom letters to John Jarrett, 1956, and John Jarret letter to Sam Stark, 1956. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Samuel Stark Theatre collection addenda, 1868-1990 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Theater collection, 1849-1964. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Roger Imhof Vaudeville, variety, circus, and silent screen star scrapbooks, 1883-1952 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Samuel Stark, Movie and theater directors, writers, producers, songwriters, etc. : photographs, 1916-1963 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel, collector. Film and stage stars : photographs, 1911-1969 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stark, Samuel,. Film stills : photographs, 1925-1972. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Abbey Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Abbey Theatre (Dublin, Ireland) corporateBody
associatedWith Ade, George, 1866-1944. person
associatedWith Allen, Viola, 1867-1948. person
associatedWith Allister, Claude, 1891-1970. person
associatedWith Anglin, Margaret, 1876-1958. person
associatedWith Anspacker, Louis. person
associatedWith Anspacker, Louis. person
associatedWith Armstrong, Paul, 1869-1915. person
associatedWith Ballard, Frederick, 1884-1957. person
associatedWith Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959. person
associatedWith Barrymore, John, 1878-1954. person
associatedWith Barrymore, John, 1882-1942. person
associatedWith Barry, Phillip. person
associatedWith Barry, Phillip. person
associatedWith Barry, Tom, 1884-1931. person
associatedWith Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963. person
associatedWith Bartholomae, Philip. person
associatedWith Bates, Blanche. person
associatedWith Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. person
associatedWith Beiller, Bayard. person
associatedWith Beiller, Bayard. person
associatedWith Benny, Jack, 1894-1974. person
associatedWith Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923. person
associatedWith Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893. person
associatedWith Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890. person
associatedWith Broadhurst, George Howells, 1866-1952. person
associatedWith Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 1847-1859) corporateBody
associatedWith Browne, Porter Emerson, 1879-1934. person
associatedWith Buchanan, Thompson. person
associatedWith Buchanan, Thompson. person
associatedWith Burke, Billy, 1885-1970 person
associatedWith Cagney, James, 1899-1986. person
associatedWith Caldwell, Anne. person
associatedWith Carpenter, Edward Childs. person
associatedWith Castle, Irene, 1893-1969. person
associatedWith Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977. person
associatedWith Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. person
associatedWith Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Clarke, Joseph I. C. person
associatedWith Clarke, Joseph I. C. person
associatedWith Cohan, George M., (George Michael), 1878-1942 person
associatedWith Coleman, Ronald. person
associatedWith Coleman, Ronald. person
associatedWith Cooper, Jackie, 1922-2011. person
associatedWith Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. person
associatedWith Craven, Frank, 1875-1945. person
associatedWith Crothers, Rachel, 1878-1958. person
associatedWith Davis, Bette, 1908-1989. person
associatedWith Davis, Owen, 1874-1956. person
associatedWith Davis, Richard H. person
associatedWith Davis, Richard H. person
associatedWith DeMille, William C., q(William Churchill), 1878-1955 person
associatedWith De Mille, William C. (William Churchill), 1878-1955. person
associatedWith Dodd, Lee Wilson. person
associatedWith Dressler, Marie, 1869-1934. person
associatedWith Ellis, Edith. person
associatedWith Epenscheid, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elliot) person
associatedWith Epenscheid, Gertrude E., (Gertrude Elliot). person
associatedWith Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939. person
associatedWith Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967. person
associatedWith Fields, Weber C. person
associatedWith Fields, Weber C. person
associatedWith Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932. person
associatedWith Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909. person
associatedWith Forbes, James, 1871-1938. person
associatedWith Frederick, Pauline, 1885-1938. person
associatedWith Friganza, Trixie. person
associatedWith Gable, Clark, 1901-1960. person
associatedWith Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951. person
associatedWith Georgi, Yvonne. person
associatedWith Gillette, William, 1853-1937. person
associatedWith Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. person
associatedWith Goodman, Jules E. person
associatedWith Gray, Gilda. person
associatedWith Gray, Gilda. person
associatedWith Greene, Patterson. person
associatedWith Harry Lofgren Minstrel Show. corporateBody
associatedWith Hazelton, George. person
associatedWith Hazelton, George. person
associatedWith Held, Anna, 1877? -1918. person
associatedWith Held, Anna, 1877?-1918. person
associatedWith Hopwood, Avery, 1882-1928. person
associatedWith Howard, Bronson, 1842-1908. person
associatedWith Howard, Sidney. person
associatedWith Howard, Sidney. person
associatedWith Hoyt, Charles. person
associatedWith Hoyt, Charles. person
associatedWith Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956. person
associatedWith Hurlburt, William. person
associatedWith Hurlburt, William. person
associatedWith Hutton, Frederick. person
associatedWith Hutton, Frederick. person
associatedWith Imhof, Roger, 1875-1958, person
associatedWith Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905. person
associatedWith Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893. person
associatedWith Kennedy, Charles R. person
associatedWith Kennedy, Charles R. person
associatedWith Kenyon, Charles, 1880-1961. person
associatedWith Kester, Paul, 1870-1933 person
associatedWith Klein, Charles, 1867-1915 person
associatedWith Knoblauch, Edward, 1874-1945 person
associatedWith Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 person
associatedWith Lewis, George W., b. 1827. person
associatedWith Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887. person
associatedWith Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942. person
associatedWith Long, John L. person
associatedWith Long, John L. person
associatedWith MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956. person
associatedWith Mannering, Mary. person
associatedWith Manners, J. Hartley. person
associatedWith Manners, J. Hartley. person
associatedWith Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950. person
associatedWith Masonic Theatre (Wallace, Idaho) corporateBody
associatedWith May, Edna. person
associatedWith May, Edna. person
associatedWith Mayo, Margaret, 1882-1951. person
associatedWith McClellan, C. S. M. person
associatedWith McClellan, C. S. M. person
associatedWith Megrue, Roi Cooper, 1883-1927. person
associatedWith Middleton, George. person
associatedWith Middleton, George. person
associatedWith Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn, 1862-1935. person
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Montgomery, James, 1882-1966 person
associatedWith Moody, William Vaughn, 1869-1910 person
associatedWith Moore, Carlyle, 1909-1977 person
associatedWith Moore, Martha, 1865-1925 person
associatedWith Moore, Victor, 1876-1962 person
associatedWith Moscow Art Theatre. corporateBody
associatedWith Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr. corporateBody
associatedWith Nazimova, Alla, 1879-1945 person
associatedWith Nirdlinger, Charles Frederic. person
associatedWith Nirdlinger, Charles Frederic. person
associatedWith Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Parker, Lottie Blair. person
associatedWith Pasadena Playhouse. corporateBody
associatedWith Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Patterson, Joseph. person
associatedWith Paulson, Edward. person
associatedWith Paulson, Edward. person
associatedWith Paulton, Harry, 1842-1917. person
associatedWith Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922. person
associatedWith Peple, Edward, 1869-1924. person
associatedWith Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979. person
associatedWith Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. person
associatedWith Power, Tyrone, 1914- person
associatedWith Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958. person
associatedWith Presbrey, Eugene W., (Eugene Wiley), 1853-1931 person
associatedWith Purdom, C. B. (Charles Benjamin), 1883-1965. person
associatedWith Reid, James. person
associatedWith Reid, James. person
associatedWith Ring, Blanche. person
associatedWith Ring, Blanche. person
associatedWith Rosenfeld, Sydney, 1855-1931. person
associatedWith Royle, Edwin Milton, 1862-1942. person
associatedWith Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946. person
associatedWith Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922. person
associatedWith Ryley, M. C. person
associatedWith Ryley, M. C. person
associatedWith Sayre, Theodore Burt. person
associatedWith Scarborough, George Adolphus, 1859-1900. person
associatedWith Selwyn, Edgar, 1875-1944. person
associatedWith Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983. person
associatedWith Sheldon, Edward. person
associatedWith Sheldon, Edward. person
associatedWith Shipman, Louis Evan, 1869-1933. person
associatedWith Sperisen, Albert A. person
associatedWith Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. person
associatedWith Starr, Frances. person
associatedWith Stewart, Anita, 1895-1961. person
associatedWith Sutherland, Evelyn. person
associatedWith Sutherland, Evelyn. person
associatedWith Swanson, Gloria. person
associatedWith Swanson, Gloria. person
associatedWith Talmadge, Constance, 1898-1973. person
associatedWith Talmadge, Norma, 1897-1957 person
associatedWith Talmadge, Norma, 1897-1957. person
associatedWith Tanguay, Eva, 1878-1947. person
associatedWith Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. person
associatedWith Teck Theatre (Buffalo, NY) corporateBody
associatedWith Templeton, Fay. person
associatedWith Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928. person
associatedWith Thomas, A. E., (Albert Ellsworth), 1872-1947 person
associatedWith Thomas, Augustus, 1857-1934. person
associatedWith Thompson, Denham. person
associatedWith Thompson, Denham. person
associatedWith Tully, Richard Walton, 1877-1945. person
associatedWith Valentino, Rudolph, 1895-1926. person
associatedWith Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Walter, Eugene, 1874-1941. person
associatedWith Warren, William, 1812-1888. person
associatedWith West, Mae. person
associatedWith West, Mae. person
associatedWith Williams, Jessie. person
associatedWith Winter, William. person
associatedWith Winter, William. person
associatedWith Wood, William B. (William Burke), 1779-1861. person
associatedWith Young, Rida Johnson. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
California--San Francisco
United States
New York (State)--New York
United States
United States
United States
Subject
Theater
Theater
Theater
Theater
American drama
English drama
Motion picture producers and directors
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Motion pictures
Prompt-book
Showboats
Theater programs
Theatre
Occupation
Collector
Activity

Person

Active 1875

Active 1940

Active 1835

Active 1917

Male

Americans

English

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