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Richard Simonton collection of Welte system-recorded piano rolls

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0176
Abstract

Player piano rolls recorded with the Emil Welte system by prominent European and American musicians, 1905-1920; catalogs of the Welte Company in Freiburg, Germany. The collection was brought to the United States in 1948 by Simonton, and some of the performances have since been released on modern recordings.

Dates: circa 1905-1920

Star Photo Company Missouri Theatre photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6001
Abstract

Album of photographs created by the Star Photo Company, St. Louis, depicting interiors of the Missouri Theatre in St. Louis, orchestras, stage scenes from theatrical presentations, and prologues for moving picture programs presented at the theater. Each photograph is captioned and dated.

Dates: 1920 - 1925

Robert Sully papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1011
Abstract

Robert Sully was an actor and a designer. In addition to working for such well known firms as Raymond Loewy Associates, he also founded his own design firm, the Argonaut Company. He earned a Masters and Ph.D from Claremont Graduate School, and taught at UC Santa Barbara on advertising and culture. The papers include photographs, typescripts, interview transcripts, and letters for a planned photographic essay on concert artists.

Dates: 1970s-1997

Booth Tarkington playbills collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6161
Abstract

This 10 item collection consists of playbills for productions of plays by, or adapted from stories by, Booth Tarkington. Tarkington is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams", and is only one of three American authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.

Dates: 1910-1926

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 — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6108
Abstract

Playbills and clippings documenting theatrical productions, mostly Broadway, from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Dates: 1950s-1980s

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

Thompson and Berri sheet music collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6206
Abstract

The collection consists of American sheet music, 1901-1930s.

Dates: 1901-1930

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Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Adams, Maude 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Aeaman, Charles W. 1
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 1
Alice, (Fictitious character from Carroll) 1
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
American Guild of Organists 1
American Guild of Organists. Los Angeles Chapter 1
American Guild of Organists. Pasadena Chapter 1
American Guild of Organists. Southern California Chapter 1
Ampico Corporation 1
Anderson, Maxwell 1
Angel Records (Firm) 1
Arent, Arthur 1
Arkatov, Alexander 1
Armstrong, Lil Hardin 1
Ashkenazy, Vladimir 1
Autry, Gene 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1
Bailey Films (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Balasaraswati 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1
Bella Union Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Bellson Francine 1
Bellson, Louis 1
Bennett, Tony 1
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 1
Blom, Benjamin 1
Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919 1
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet 1
Bondi, Don 1
Brady, James Buchanan 1
Brahms, Johannes 1
Briscoe, Dolph 1
Bronson, Lillian 1
Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 1
Brown, Ross 1
Bruckner, Anton 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1
Burke, Billie, 1885-1970 1
California Civic Light Opera Association 1
Cansino, Eduardo, 1893-1968 1
Cansino, Elisa, 1894- 1
Cansino, Gabriel, 1913?-1963 1
Carousel Dance Theatre for Children 1
Carrick, Edward 1
Cecchetti, Enrico 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1
Christy Minstrels 1
Clayton, Buck 1
Clements, Colin 1
Clooney, Rosemary 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
Collett, Dorothy 1
Columbia Phonograph Company, inc. 1
Conkle, E. P. (Ellsworth Prouty) 1
Conniff, Ray 1
Corbett, James J. 1
Craig, Edward Gordon 1
Cunningham, Merce (1919-04-16-2009-07-26) 1
Currie, John (1934-08-02-2020-05-17) 1
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965 1
Debussy, Claude 1
Devenport, Frank 1
Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929 1
Diorio, Joe (Joseph Louis), 1936-2022 1
Duffy, Henry, 1890-1961 1
El Capitan Theatre (Organization : Hollywood, Calif.) 1
Engel, Carl, 1883-1944 1
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer) 1
Fallenius, Margaret 1
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) 1
Fields, Armond 1
Fields, Lew 1
Fondren Library. Music Library 1
Foy, Eddie 1
Gaines, Laurell, 1909-2004 1
Galsworthy, John 1
Gerrard, Saida 1
Gershon, Grant 1
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
Gole, Joseph 1
Goya, Carola 1
Graham, Martha (1894-05-11-1991) 1
Greenwood, Charlotte, 1890-1977 1
Grell, Dwight 1
Gro, Josephine 1
Handel, George Frideric 1
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 1
Hawkins, Erick (1909-04-23-1994-11-23) 1
Haydn, Joseph 1
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987 1
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