Papers, 1903-1976.

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Papers, 1903-1976.

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Consists of 3 scrapbooks (1903-1976) containing photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence and contracts relating to Al Pitcaithley's association with tent shows. Includes information on Harley Sadler, Henry L. Brunk, Harvey and Lotta Haverstock, Neil and Caroline Schaffner, the Chase-Lister Show, Chick Boynes Players, and the Berry Players.

1 microfilm reel (30 ft.) : negative

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7154011

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Brunk's Comedians

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Pitcaithley, Al S., 1904-1984.

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Retired tent show actor of Carlsbad, New Mexico. From the description of Papers, 1903-1976. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 26067793 ...

Berry Players.

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Harley Sadler's Own Show

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Schaffner Players

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Schaffner, Carolina.

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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 ...

Chase-Lister Show.

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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...

Pitcaithley, Al S., 1904-1954.

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Chick Boynes Players.

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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 ...

Haverstock, Lotta.

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Schaffner, Neil.

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