Letters to Chamberlain Brown and other papers, 1921-1939.

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Letters to Chamberlain Brown and other papers, 1921-1939.

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In 23 ALS and 2 postcards, Marguerita Sylva's salutations progress from "Dear Mr. Chamberlain Brown" to "Dear Chamberlain" but she consistently discusses bookings, concerts, and acting roles. Other papers include business letters from other agents to Mme. Sylva, and programs and brochures with marginal notes in Sylva's hand. Removed from the Marguerita Sylva scrapbooks after microfilming.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6791274

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Brown, Chamberlain.

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Theatrical casting agents, producers, and writers, brothers Chamberlain and Lyman Brown were born in Hartford, Connecticut in the 1890s of a prominent New England family. Chamberlain, the elder of the two brothers, was educated at Harvard and while there he began a career as an actor. He formed his own stock company and became an owner and manager of a theater in Lowell, Massachusetts while still in his teens. Chamberlain also had begun collecting posters as a young child and this c...

Sylva, Marguerite, 1875-1957

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Marguerita Sylva (1875-1957) was a mezzo-soprano and actress on whose business stationery for "Sylva Management" in New York is printed "The World's Greatest Carmen." From the description of Letters to Chamberlain Brown and other papers, 1921-1939. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615982 ...