Fred Ballard, theater scrapbooks ; 1912-1957.

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Fred Ballard, theater scrapbooks ; 1912-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319068838

The collection consists mostly of scrapbooks which includes: newspaper articles, programs, and photographs. Also included are biographical materials, correspondence, and legal descriptions of real estate in Kansas City, Missouri. Photographs of actor John Barrymore are part of the collection.

2 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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SNAC Resource ID: 7330158

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Barrymore, John, 1882-1942

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Ballard, Frederick, 1884-1957

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John Frederick (Fred) Ballard was born in Grafton, Nebraska in 1884 and moved with his parents to Havelock, Nebraska in 1891. Ballard enrolled at the University of Nebraska in 1900 and graduated in 1905 with a Bachelor's degree in Literature. He completed a Master's degree in English Literature in 1907. His thesis was entitled The History and Tendancy of American Drama. After college he moved to Chicago on the advice of playwright Charles Klein to work in theaters and study the theater industry ...