Papers, 1893-1976, (bulks 1893-1973).

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Papers, 1893-1976, (bulks 1893-1973).

Includes correspondence, playbills, programs, scripts, business, and financial materials, music books, tent plans, theatrical catalogues, poems, photographs, scrapbook material, and other memorabilia. Also contains materials on Harvey's Comedians and other tent shows like Harley Sadler's Own Company, Wayne Bobb Players, Schaffner Players and Brunk's Comedians.

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Brunk, Henry Lee, 1901-1980.

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Born Jan, 11, 1901, Henry Lee Brunk, a native of Wichita, Kansas, began acting and touring with Harley Sadler's tent shown in 1916. Later he organized his own stock company, Brunk's comedians, which toured Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas from the early 1920s to the early 1960s. He died Dec. 15, 1980, in Wichita. From the description of Papers, 1922-1975. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25777437 ...

Harley Sadler and His Own Company.

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Wayne Bob Players.

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Schaffner Players

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Harvey's Comedians.

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Haverstock, Harvey C.

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Harvey C. Haverstock organized his first tent show at St. Louis in 1904. From then until the 1940s he traveled with repertory tent theaters throughout Illinois, Indiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. From the description of Papers, 1893-1976, (bulks 1893-1973). (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24862127 ...

Sadler, Harley, 1892-1954

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West Texas showman, oilman, and Texas legislator. As an actor and tent show owner, he traveled over the United States in tent shows during the period 1910 to 1944, principally in Texas and the Southwest. Sadler was elected to the Texas Senate in 1943, where he served until his death in 1954. From the description of Papers, 1910-1981. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 22837451 A West Texas showman, oilman, and Texas legislator, Harley Sadler was also a...

Brunk's Comedians

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Bobb, Wayne.

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