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Vaudeville -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Fallenius papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6109
Abstract

Margaret Fallenius (approx. 1892-1962) was a voice, piano and violin teacher in Palo Alto, California, originally from the Portland, Oregon area. From approximately 1911-1924, Margaret performed classical violin on the Orpheum, Keith and Pantages vaudeville circuits. The collectioon contains travel diaries, scrapbooks, programs, photographs, musical scores/sheets documenting Fallenius' career in vaudeville.

Dates: 1892-1959

Joe Laurie Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2231
Abstract

Collection of binders of “Bits,” scripts, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and joke indexes written by American vaudevillian and writer Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) from 1940-1953. Also present are correspondence, publication clippings, and drafts of Laurie’s memoir Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace (1953).

Dates: 1940 - 1953

Vaudeville posters collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2612
Abstract

This collection consists of vaudeville posters.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850s-1940s

Thelma White papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2683
Abstract

Collection consists of the correspondence, memorabilia, acting files, and photographs of American actress Thelma White (1910-2005).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1990s