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Theater -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

19th century theatrical programs, newspapers, and broadside collection

 Collection — Map-case 6, drawer: 2
Identifier: 6028
Abstract Newspapers, broadsides, theatrical programs and bulletins, and meeting programs, 1859-1890, published primarily in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and San Francisco. While the majority of the materials are theatrically related, the collection does include an issue of the Daily Stage, a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada; the Carnival Record, a publication of Author's Carnival and Fete of Nations; and Acrobats and Mountebanks, a special supplement of the New York Commercial...
Dates: 1859 - 1890

Signe Hasso memorabilia

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2541
Abstract

Collection consists of a commemorative envelope from the Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. belonging to Swedish actress Signe Hasso.

Dates: 1968

Leonard Spigelgass theatrical prints collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2517
Abstract

This collection chiefly contains signed portrait prints of stage actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collected by American film producer Leonard Spigelgass (1908-1985).

Dates: 1855 - 1956

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