Records of the Redpath Chautauqua Collection, 1890-1944 (bulk 1904-1935).

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Records of the Redpath Chautauqua Collection, 1890-1944 (bulk 1904-1935).

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The Redpath Chautauqua Collection consists primarily of the office files of the Redpath-Vawter Bureau of Cedar Rapids, IA, the Redpath-Chicago Bureau (run by Harry P. Harrison), and Charles Horner's Redpath Horner Chautauquas. Other booking agencies represented include the Associated Chautauquas of America, the Coit-Alber Chautauqua Company, the Ellison-White Chautauqua System, Loar International Chautauquas, and the Swarthmore Chautauqua Associations. The talent series makes up the largest portion of the collection. Some 7,600 performers are represented with correspondence, promotional advertising, flyers, and approximately 9,600 publicity brochures. The general business records include Keith Vawter's personal papers along with business correspondence, contracts, and telegrams from Harry Harrison's Redpath-Chicago office. Charles Horner's correspondence is part of this series, as are agent and employee files. The geographical location section contains information about the towns that sponsored Chautauqua and lyceum programs. Programs, correspondence, and schedules are available for towns in forty-five states and parts of Canada. Photographs in the collection range from tents and parades to audiences and performers. Partial sets of several related journals and periodicals are included with these records. Another series is comprised of cashbooks, daybooks, route and schedule books. Finally, miscellaneous material ranging from actual Chautauqua tickets to research papers written about Chautauquas round out these records.

Photographs, 1.5 linear ft., (3 boxes)Records, 648 linear ft., (1132 boxes)

University of Iowa Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7103722

University of Iowa Libraries

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Harrison, Harry P., 1878-

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Redpath, James, 1833-1891

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Journalist, educator, and abolitionist. From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861 [microform] (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 173183825 From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455130 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Henry C. Bowen, 1871 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616506 James Redpath was a journalist and acti...

Horner, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1878-1967

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Charles F. Horner was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin, in 1878 and died in Kansas City in the early part of February 1967 at the age of 88. He is most famous for establishing the Redpath-Horner Chautauqua and Lyceum Bureau in 1906, which provided both educational and entertaining programs for hundreds of towns in the Midwest during the first third of the twentieth century. His programs featured many prominent speakers, such as William Jennings Bryan, Champ Clark, William Howard Taft, etc. A list of...

Redpath lyceum bureau

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The Redpath Lyceum Bureau was founded by James C. Redpath in 1868 as a commercial lecture bureau. In 1901, Keith Vawter purchased a one-third interest in the bureau, and in 1904 launched the first Chautauqua circuit. The Redpath Lyceum Bureau had offices in a number of locations including Cedar Rapids, Iowa; White Plains,New York; Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois, and; Kansas City, Missouri. From the description of Records of the Redpath Chautauqua Collection, 1890-1944 (bulk 1904-1...

Redpath Vawter Chautauquas.

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Redpath-Horner Chautauquas.

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Vawter, Keith, 1872-1937,

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