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American Minstrel Show Collection, 1854-1943 (inclusive) 1850s-1920s (bulk)

Extent:
5 boxes, 26 items, and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The bulk of the American Minstrel Show Collection consists of advertisement material promoting minstrel performances from the 1850s through the 1920s. The collection includes broadsheets, posters, newspaper clippings and programs, as well as pictures and photographs of minstrel show performers. In addition, a small portion of the collection contains sheet music and song and joke books.

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Radio Scripts Collection, 1938-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
36 boxes and 15.40 linear feet
Abstract:
The Radio Scripts Collection consists of typescripts of scripts for various radio programs such as "The Cavalcade of America" (represented by the most scripts), "The Eternal Light," "Books and Authors," "What's New in Books," "Pepper Young's Family," "The Goldbergs," and others.

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Performing Arts Serials Collection, 1869-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
28 boxes and 15.4 linear feet
Abstract:
The Performing Arts Serials Collection consists of serial printed material concerning the performing arts, including circus, dance, film, opera, radio, speech, television, theater, and vaudeville. For the most part, publications are represented by a sample or two issues.

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Theater People Subject Files, 1850s-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
26 boxes and 16 linear feet
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Consists of files (clippings, programs, books, caricatures, etc.) on people involved in theater, from the mid-19th century through the late 1980s, including actors, dramatists, directors, scholars, and designers.

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Miscellaneous Screenplays, 1930-1980s (inclusive)

Extent:
132 boxes, 210 items, and 52.8 linear feet
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Consists of miscellaneous screenplays and related materials, such as continuity, superimposed versions (i.e. script translations), release dialogue scripts, and revisions/drafts. There are also a few information packets--these include interviews with and/or biographies of stars, synopses, and various and sundry other materials meant for release.

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Miscellaneous Dance Files Collection, 1940-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
14 boxes and 4.8 linear feet
Abstract:
The Miscellaneous Dance Files Collection contains printed programs, souvenir programs, clippings, and reviews of various ballet companies and choreographers.

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Wanted Outlaws Posters Collection, 1911-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The Wanted Outlaws Posters Collection contains 10 wanted posters for horse theft, larceny, counterfeiting, and murder from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

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Screenplays Collection, 1931-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
82 boxes and 31.95 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of screenplays for over 500 films produced by Columbia Studios, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century Fox, and others.

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James Stewart Collection, 1936-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:
The James Stewart Collection contains seventeen screenplays of films in which starred American actor, Jimmy Stewart (Princeton Class of 1932).

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T. H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection, 1900-1969 (inclusive) 1913-1959 (bulk)

Extent:
8 boxes and 5.7 linear feet
Abstract:
The collection consists mainly of playbills of American dramatic productions covering over forty-five years of play-going by T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) but includes some early 20th-century playbills from the London theater as well as foreign playbills from Greece, Turkey, Belgium, China, Japan, Denmark, Holland, and England.

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Herbert Witherspoon Scrapbooks, 1896-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
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The Herbert Witherspoon Scrapbooks consists of newspaper clippings and programs relating to the musical career of Witherspoon, a Metropolitan Opera basso and performer of songs in recital.

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Geographical Playbills Collection, 1832-1980 (inclusive) 1925-1965 (bulk)

Extent:
242 boxes and 105.61 linear feet
Abstract:
The Geographical Playbills Collection consists chiefly of playbills from the United States, but Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda, France, Germany, and Japan are also represented. Although this is a collection of playbills, there are also some letters, documents, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.

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Joseph Jefferson Collection, 1823-1976 (inclusive) 1829-1905 (bulk)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) was an American actor and author. His collection consists of biographical newspaper clippings, 2 copies of his Autobiography, theatrical criticism and approbation, and clippings on family matters.

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Marie Bashkirtseff Collection, 1922-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 items and 0.4 linear feet
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The Marie Bashkirtseff Collection consists of newspaper and book reviews about her published journal and later biographies about her; one engraved portrait; one engraved illustration.

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Federal Theatre Project Collection, 1935-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The Federal Theatre Project Collection consists of bulletins, reports, speeches, catalogues, play programs, information releases, notices and reviews, clippings, protest leaflets, performance details, and other materials of the Federal Theatre Project established by the Works Progress Administration during the Depression, with Hallie Flanagan as the national director.

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Sarah Bernhardt Collection, 1878-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes, 230 items, and 2.0 linear feet
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The Sarah Bernhardt Collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, theater programs and playbills, photographs, and other materials on French actress Sarah Bernhardt.

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Anonymous Playscripts Collection, 1890s-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
29 boxes and 11.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of miscellaneous anonymous playscripts, arranged alphabetically by title, that are largely undated but appear to range from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century (1942).

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American Ballet Theatre Programs, 1940-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
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The American Ballet Theatre is an American ballet company founded by Oliver Smith and Lucia Chase in 1940. The collection consists of programs of performances of the Ballet Theatre dance company from its first performance in 1940 until 1979.

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Jimmy Stewart Collection, 1930-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes, 107 items, and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:
The Jimmy Stewart Collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about the life and career of American actor, James Stewart (Princeton Class of 1932). Also included in the collection are film stills and other photographs.

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Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box
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Consists of theater programs, newspaper clippings, and articles on English actor Edmund Kean, as well as portraits of Kean in various dramatic roles.

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William C. and Cecil B. De Mille Collection, circa 1913-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Willam Churchill De Mille (1878-1955) was an American playwright, producer, and lecturer. The William C. and Cecil B. De Mille Collection consists of playscripts by William, and some co-authored by his younger brother Cecil.

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Vaudeville Collection, 1895-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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The Vaudeville Collection consists mainly of playbills of vaudeville productions with souvenir books, printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous material.

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Dance Subject Files, 1900-1980s (inclusive)

Extent:
31 boxes and 12.4 linear feet
Abstract:
The Dance Subject Files consist of dance-related subject files from early 20th century through 1980s. Among the material are clippings, photos, programs, promotional materials, and dance school brochures.

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Radio Broadcasting Collection, 1938-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 boxes and 23.75 linear feet
Abstract:
The Radio Broadcasting Collection consists of typescripts of scripts for "The Cavalcade of America" and "The Bookman" as well as promotional material for the major radio networks, such as ABC, CBS, NBC, the Mutual Broadcasting System, and the Municipal Broadcasting System (WNYC). Included is material regarding the coverage of news during the latter years of World War II and copies of clippings about the Orson Welles broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" in 1938.

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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.

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Warner Bros. Screenplays, 1928-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
187 boxes and 74.8 linear feet
Abstract:
The Warner Bros. Screenplays consists of a large collection of scripts for films produced by the Warner Bros. studio.

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Miscellaneous Playscripts Collection, 1882-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
85 boxes and 34 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection includes some playscripts stamped or addressed by theater agencies in Chicago, New York City, and Hollywood, while others were used at McCarter Theater or by the Princeton University Players. There are wartime scripts from both world wars, as well as government plays from the Federal Theater Project, the Works Progress Administration, and the Department of Agriculture's War Food Commission.

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George C. Fraser Collection, 1886-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 boxes
Abstract:
Consists of twelve diaries (1886-1922) containing typed or hand-written notes, approximately 2,110 photographs, approximately 350 lantern slides, and 100 postcards of Fraser (Princeton University Class of 1893) relating to his trips to the Southern and Southwestern United States and Canada with different family members and one (1886-1889) from several trips as a youth to Europe and the Middle East.

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