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Henry "Terry" Duffy and Dale Winter papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6234
Abstract

The Henry "Terry" Duffy and Dale Winter papers consist of clippings, publications, playbills, and photographs documenting the careers of theatrical producer Henry Duffy and his wife Dale Winter. Duffy and Winter, who were married, worked together for a number of years, and opened a theater together. The collection also includes information about performances by Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, and Billie Burke, as well as documenting the careers of Duffy and Winter.

Dates: 1917-2018

Armond Fields American Theatre collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0337
Abstract

This collection documents the history of the American stage before talking cinema, reflecting the birth and death of vaudeville and the advent of the modern Broadway musical. The collection includes books, posters, theater programs, sheet-music covers, souvenirs, rare film footage of vaudevillians, including Weber & Fields, and manuscripts and research notes for Armond Fields' own books.

Dates: 1856 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1925

Ronald Getty collection of theatre programs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6141
Abstract 23 theatre programs from New York City and Los Angeles, including the last performance at the old Metropolitan Opera House, which was the Bolshoi Ballet in May 1966; Judy Garlan at the Palace in 1966; and the 3,225th performance of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. In addition to Broadway performances, the collection also includes programs for Yiddish theatrical programs; tributes to entertainers such as Sophia Loren and Busby Berkeley; and productions mounted by the Equity Library Theatre,...
Dates: 1957-2011

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

Theater scrapbooks collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0046
Abstract

Two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, theater reviews, interviews, obituaries, cast lists, programs, and other material pertaining to New York theatrical life, circa 1889-1904. A handwritten note on the inside cover of one of the scrapbooks states: "Property of Charles W. Aeaman / [address in Los Angeles, CA] / April 5, 1944."

Dates: 1889 - 1904

Theatrical, concert, and movie performances program collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6153
Abstract This small collection consists of programs, brochures, and souvenir programs for theatrical, concert, and movie performances held primarily in Los Angeles and New York City, 1856-1972. It include, but is not limited to, programs and performances of and by MGM, the Graumann Chinese Theatre, Pablo Casals, the Ice-Capades of 1941, the Chicago English Opera, Paul Robeson, George Gershwin, Katherine Hepburn, Madane Schumann Heink, Jenny Lind, Jacques Thibaud, Ricardo Martin, Vladimir Horowitz,...
Dates: 1856 - 1972; Majority of material found in 1920s-1940s

Juliet Spohn Twomey collection of theatre playbills

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6054
Abstract

Theatre playbills from New York, Los Angeles, and Pasadena. Includes many Federal Theatre Project playbills.

Dates: 1929 - 1945

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Adams, Maude 1
Aeaman, Charles W. 1
Brady, James Buchanan 1
Burke, Billie, 1885-1970 1
Corbett, James J. 1