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Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Lillian Bronson papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0126
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera, correspondence, and clippings documenting the career of stage and film actress Lillian Bronson (1902-1955). Bronson appeared in more than eighty films and was Fonzi’s grandmother on the television show Happy Days.

Dates: 1940 - 1950

Federal Theatre Project scripts

 Collection
Identifier: 0116
Abstract

This collection contains scripts for plays performed by the Federal Theatre Project, which was operated between 1935 and 1939 as a part of the Work Progress Administration. The Los Angeles branch of the project produced over 195 plays.

Dates: 1935-1939

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

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

Albert Lewis family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2161
Abstract

This collection consists of playbills from the 1940s to the 1990s, collected by Burton, Arthur, and Albert Lewis. It also includes the autobiography of Arthur Lewis.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1980s

Eleanor Peters photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2520
Abstract

This collection consists of the photographs of theater manager Eleanor Peters (1909-2005).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s

Charles C. Pincus collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2552
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs, clippings, and other writings about American theater producer Ralph Pincus, the Wigwam Theater, and the history of theater in San Francisco.

Dates: c. 1890s - c. 1920s; 1956; 1962

Elizabeth Leslie Roos collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275040772783]
Identifier: 2523
Abstract

This collection consists of the theater programs and photographs of Elizabeth Leslie Roos (1887-1977).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s

Anne Seymour newspaper clippings and photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2403
Abstract

This collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, as well as some theatre pamphlets and programs related to the actress Anne Seymour (1909-1988). Anne Seymour worked in radio, film, television, and theatre from the 1930s until her death in 1988.

Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1930s-1980s

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