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Robert B. Richardson collection on Southern California Theater

 Collection
Identifier: 0242
Abstract

This collection consists of the research files on Los Angeles and Southern California theaters compiled by Robert Richardson. The focus of the files, which contain clippings, statistics, and ephemera, is the physical venues themselves (the theaters).

Dates: 1896 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1990

Theater playbills

 Collection
Identifier: 0104
Abstract

This collection primarily consists of twentieth century theater programs from New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. However, it also includes nineteenth century prompt books, souvenir programs, and theater programs from the Midwest (especially Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota).

Dates: 1866-1999; Majority of material found within

Theater playbills collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6025
Abstract

This collection consists of theater programs dating from the early 1900s to the 1980s, chiefly for theaters in Los Angeles and New York City, with the majority dating from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk 1940s-1970s