Subseries Scope and Content From the Sub-Series:

The subseries consists predominately of Pierce's performances as a female impressionist at venues across the country. The photographs also document his early stage work with Rio Dante; he and Dante developed and performed skits utilizing "Les Moppettes." Les Moppettes were puppets that allowed the expressive face of the performer to be seen seemingly attached to a puppet body. The body of the puppet allowed for more exaggerated and comical movements.

Subseries Scope and Content From the Sub-Series:

The subseries consists predominately of Pierce's performances as a female impressionist at venues across the country. The photographs also document his early stage work with Rio Dante; he and Dante developed and performed skits utilizing "Les Moppettes." Les Moppettes were puppets that allowed the expressive face of the performer to be seen seemingly attached to a puppet body. The body of the puppet allowed for more exaggerated and comical movements.

Subseries Scope and Content From the Sub-Series:

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 contains Pierce family genealogical information including, pages from a family bible, family trees, clippings, and miscellaneous notes. The Personal series also includes a 30th anniversary party sign-in book, a transcript of an oral history recorded in 1989, and the accompanying correspondence, Pierce's redacted address book, Playbills from theater performances he collected and a fan's (Michael's) scrapbook. Loose photographs found in the front of the scrapbook were placed in...