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The bulk of these photographs are personal photographs with family and friends; the series also includes performance and celebrity photographs. Folders marked small album contain the photographs of a single small flipbook photograph album. This series contains the earliest of photograph albums of Pierce as a child.

Series Scope and Content From the Series: The series consists of Pierce's various show materials from research materials to the ledgers he used to track receipts and expenses. The first folders contain various early skit scripts, circa 1955 along with music and lyrics from later performances, circa 1980. The bulk of the series includes research materials and related ephemera such as tickets, flyers, posters, and programs, along with clippings of advertising, interviews, research materials, and reviews that span his professional...