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Clare Beecher Kummer Papers, 1890s-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
21 boxes and 10.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of the papers of song-writer, playwright, and poet Clare Beecher Kummer. Included are manuscript plays, musical compositions, songs, verse, and correspondence.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Channing Pollock plays, 1903-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of typescripts of plays written by Pollock over a forty-year period but includes sheet music of songs containing his lyrics, playbills, and printed matter.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Arthur Friedman Collection of Programs and Playbills, 1893-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes, 13 volumes, and 7 linear feet
Abstract:
Arthur Friedman is an American collector in music and theater. His collection consists of bound scrapbooks of opera programs and playbills for theater and concert performances covering eighty years of regular attendance by Friedman in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and various legitimate theaters.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

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Clinton Wilder Collection, 1934-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
20 boxes and 10.1 linear feet
Abstract:
Clinton Wilder (Princeton Class of 1943) was an American theatrical producer. His collection consists of playbills he collected as well as typescripts and production materials of plays he produced.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Princeton University Library Collection of Blanche Pauli Materials, 1890-1904 (bulk) 1866-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 2.25 linear feet
Abstract:
Blanche Pauli (born Virginia C. Taney) was an American singer, actress, and vaudeville performer who worked mainly in stock companies touring the northeastern United States and Canada from the late 1890s through 1904. The collection consists of personal and family correspondence and documents, photographs, play scripts and actor's sides, sheet music, playbills, clippings, and other materials related to her professional career. Some materials also relate to Pauli's husband, Herman Utley Boardman; her performance partner, Robson Dalton; and other members of her family.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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William Harlowe Briggs Papers, 1864-1940 (inclusive) 1900-1936 (bulk)

Extent:
9 boxes and 3.95 linear feet
Abstract:
William Harlowe Briggs was a playwright and editor at Harper & Brothers during the early part of the twentieth century. His papers include 24 scripts from Briggs's plays, family correspondence, playbills, lectures, and diaries from Briggs's mother and father.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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