Dan Bessie visual materials. 1920s-1990s (scattered)

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Dan Bessie visual materials. 1920s-1990s (scattered)

Photographs relating to the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theater; include photo of Albert Einstein holding a puppet with his likeness.

Photographs. 1 folder.Posters. 1 oversize folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7640049

Bentley Historical Library

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Yale Puppeteers

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Turnabout Players

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Bessie, Dan

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Collected materials relating to his uncle Leo Burnett, an advertising executive, and to his uncle Harry Burnett, who with Forman Brown and Roddy Brandon were the three openly gay partners forming the Yale Puppeteers and who operated the Turnabout Theater in Hollywood. From the description of Dan Bessie collection, 1910s-1990s (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778623 From the description of Dan Bessie collection, 1920s-1990s (University of Michigan). WorldCat re...