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American Minstrel Show Collection
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
This small collection contains two boxes of folders arranged alphabetically by minstrel troupe name. Included in these folders are programs and smaller advertisements of the companies' performances arranged in chronological order. A third box contains song and joke books, sheet music and other miscellaneous minstrel show materials. One oversize box contains bigger advertisements and posters, also arranged by troupe name. In addition, the collection includes a folder of oversized posters.
Arranged alphabetically by name of company.
This collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject. Materials have been acquired through multiple sources.
This collection was processed by Hanna Glomska and Janet Begnoche in 2001. Finding aid written by Hanna Glomska and Janet Begnoche in 2001.
Subject
- Publisher
- Rare Book Collection
- Finding Aid Author
- Hanna Glomska; Janet Begnoche
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
A, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description
1 folder
Allen's New Orleans Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Atkinson, C. H. (Picture-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Atkinson & Cook's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Arlington's Minstrels (7), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
B, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bailey, Bill, All-Star Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Barlow Bros' and Frost's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bartlett's California Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Belmont Quartette (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Black and White Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Blind Tom (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Blink, Rastus, Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Boston Minstrels (Pictures-3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Boston Ideal Opera Co. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bowers, Fred (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bowman Bros. Minstrel Favorites (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Boyd's New Theatre (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Brower, Frank (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Brown and Bowers (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Busby, J.M., Minstrel Shows (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Baird, I.W., Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West (10), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Birch and Backus / Birch, Bernard and Backus (10), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Bryant's Minstrels (15), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Buckley's Serenaders / Buckley's Minstrels (8), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
C, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Carlisle's Band of Ethiopian Serenaders (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Carpenter and Lorraine's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Clark and Handy (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Clifton, Victoria, Lady Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Colored Minstrel Troupe (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Cotton, Murphy and Smith's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Cotton, Ben and Sharpley, Sam (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Crumbley and Burris (Photos-2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Cushman and Leon's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
California Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Callender's (11), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Campbell Minstrels (9), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Carncross Minstrels (9), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Christy's Minstrels (32), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Cleveland, W. S., Minstrels (11), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Coburn, J.A., Minstrels (12), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Cohan and Harris' Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Craine's Smiling Sunbeams (Photos-4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
D, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Davis, Albert (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Davis, Sam and Members of the Black America Co. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Decker Brother's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
De Rue Bros. Ideal Minstrel Co. (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Diamond, Charlie (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Donavin, J.W. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Dougherty, Hughey, World-Fair Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Duclos, Mlle. Ninon (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Davis, Harry Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Dockstader (see also Primrose and Dockstader) (25), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Dumont's Minstrels (82), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Duprez and Benedict (15), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
E, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Eastport Amateur Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Elwood's Female Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Emmett, Don (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Emerson / Emerson, Allen and Mannings (7), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Evans, George (Honey Boy) (13), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
F, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Favor and Sinclair (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Five Jolly Corks (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Fostell and Norcross (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Foster, Charles (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Foster, Stephan (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Fox and Evans -"The-2-Black Birds" (Photos-2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Fox and Ward's Refined Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Frater's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Freeport Library Minstrel Show (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Field, Al. G., Minstrels (28), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Friars Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
G, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
G. A. R. Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Garrick Club Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Godman, Jimmy (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Guy Bros. Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Georgia Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Gorman Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Gorton's Minstrels (6), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
H, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hafer (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hague, Sam, Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hamlin Brother's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Handy, William C. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Harmoneons Carolina Melodies (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Heins, Billy, Empire State Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hess, C. D., Acme Opera Co. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hibernian Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hicks-Sawyer Colored Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Holtkamp (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Huntley, Huntley and Emmett (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Harvey's Greater Minstrels (12), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Haverley's Minstrels (28), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Henry, Hi, Minstrels (6), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Heywood, Charles (13), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hill, Gus (14), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hooley's Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
I, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Island City Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
J, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Jamaica Club Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
K, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Kersand, Billy, Minstrels (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Kilpatrick (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Kunkel, George (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Kensington Minstrels (9), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
L, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Lamb (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
La Rue's Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Leadville Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Leavitt's, M.B., Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Leonard, Eddie (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Lloyd and Bidaux Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Lone Star Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Lucier's Minstrels (6), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
M, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Manning's Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
McIntyre and Heath (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Megatherian Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Military Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Miller, Irvin C. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Minstrels of 1932 (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Mirror Music and Comedy Co. (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Morange, Leonard S., Minstrel Show (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Moredock and Watson (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
McNish, Johnson and Slavin's Minstrels (8), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Moore and Burgess (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Moran and Thomas (6), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Morris Brothers Minstrels (9), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Murphy American Minstrels (17), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
N, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Nankeville, W. E., Consolidated Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
National Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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New York House Refuge Band (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
New York Museum (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Newcomb's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Newcomb and Arlington's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Norcross, J.M., Greater New York Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
New Orleans Minstrels (7), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
O'Brien, Neil (27), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
P, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Pelots (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Plantation Days (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Pitchard (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Professional Women's League (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Primrose/ Primrose, Dockstader, Wilson and West (34), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Q, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Quinland and Wall (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
R, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Ragtime Steppers (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Reed, Dave, Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rentz, Mme., Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Richmond and Pringle's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Richmond (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Robinson, Harry (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Ross, Eddie (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rumsey, Hy (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Russell, Sol Smith (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rice, Billy, Minstrels (8), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rice, Ed (11), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Robert, Nick, Clown Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
S, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sable Harmonists (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Salsbury, Nate (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Sand, R., American Circus (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sanford's Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sawyer and Davis's Genuine Colored Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sawyer and Dunston's Big Colored Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Schuman's Transatlantic Novelty Troupe (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sharpley, Sam (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Shelby, Dan (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Simmons and Slocum's Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Skiff's, M.T., California Minstrels / Skiff and Gaylord (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Social Sessions Knickerbocker Club (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Somers and Clark's Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Stanley's Australian Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Steel Pier Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sweatnam Minstrels / Sweatnam, Rice and Fagan (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
T, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Trocadero Quartette (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Thatcher/ Thatcher, Primrose and West (19), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
U, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Unsworth's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
U. S. Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
V, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Van, Billy (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Variety Entertainment (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Villa and Miners Comic Opera and Comedy Company (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Vreeland's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Vogel, John W. (9), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
W, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Welch, Hughes and White's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
White, Charley (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
White, Lasses, Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Williams and Walker (Photo-1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wilson and Rankin's Mammoth Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wilson, Geo., Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wilson's All-Star Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wilson's Kentucky Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wood's Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wagner, Cal, Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Welch, Emmet (14), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
West, Wm. H., Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Whitmore and Clark's Minstrels (7), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
Carncross and Sharpley's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Christy's Bones and Banjo Melodist (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Christy's Essence of Old Kentucky (2), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Christy's Panorama Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Drew's Great Banjo Songsters (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Echoes of the Past (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Few Days Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Fox's Sable Songster's (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Hooley's Opera House Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Lilly Dale Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Lively Coons Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Old Plantation Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Old Time's Rocks Songster, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Old Uncle Ned's Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
On a Slow Train Through Arkansas (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Pop Goes the Weasel Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
The Real Virginny Melodist (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Sketches of Noted Banjo Players (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Swim Out for Glory Songsters (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Uncle True Songster (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Weber's Minstrel Joke-Book (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
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1 box
California Printed Song Sheets of the 60's and 70's (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Humorous Negro Stories (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Minstrel Songs Old and New (1), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Miscellaneous Items (13), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Miscellaneous Pictures and Photos (6), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Newspaper Articles and Clippings (11), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sheet Music, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Blackface and Music (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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The Female Auctioneer (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Home Again (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Let Me Kiss Him for His Mother (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
The Lone Starry Hours Serenade (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Old Folks at Home, Ethiopian Melody (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Vilikins and Dinah Comic (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Arlington's Mistrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
B, dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
Big City Show (1), dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
Bloodgood, Harry, Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
Bowman Bros (1), dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
Burback and Browne's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
Baird's Minstrels (8), dates not examined. 3 folders.
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3 folders
Barlow Brothers and Frost / Barlow Wilson (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Birch / Birch and Backus / Birch Wambold (13), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Bryant's Minstrels (15), dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
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Buckley (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
C, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
C. C. B. Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Clapham, Harry, Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Clifton, Viola, Lady Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Coburn, J.A., Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Callender (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Carncross / Carncross and Dixey (9), dates not examined. 2 folders.
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2 folders
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Cleveland, W. S. (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Christy's Minstrels (8), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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D'est, M'elle Marie (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Dockstader (8), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Dumont's Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Duprez and Benedict/ Duprez and Green (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Elks Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Emerson California Minstrels (6), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Evans, George (Honey Boy) (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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F, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Follit's Illustrated Black Lectures (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Field Al. G., Greater Minstrels (7), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
G, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Gorman's Spectacular Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
The Great Minstrel Show (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Guy, George / Guy Brothers (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Gorton's Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
H, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hague, Sam, Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Huntley's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Haverley's Mastodon Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Henry, Hi (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Heywood (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hill, Gus (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Hooley's Minstrels (5), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
I, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
International Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Island City Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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L, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Laconia Ideal Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Leavitt, M.B., Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Leonard, Eddie, Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Luciers Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
M, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Maguire's California Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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The Mendelssohn Club (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Moran and Manning's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Muldoon and Gilligan Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
McNish, Johnson and Slavin (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
N, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
New Orleans Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Newcomb's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
O, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Old Ned (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Old Time Minstrel Circle (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Opera Comique (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Ordway's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
O'Brien, Neil, Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Primrose and Dockstader (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
R, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rent's Female Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rice, Wm. Henry (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rockport Amateur Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Russell, Henry (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Rusco and Hockwald's Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
S, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Saint Michael's (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Sanford and Wilson (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Skiff, M. T., Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Smith and Taylor's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Steamboat Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
San Fancisco (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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Sawyer and Dunston (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Simmons and Slocum's Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Thatcher / Thatcher, Primrose and West (8), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
W, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Welch and DeVere's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
West, William H., Big Minstrel Jubilee (1), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Whitmore and Clark's Minstrels (4), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wilson, George / Wilson and Rankin (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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Wood's Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Materials are gathered in wrappers marked in pencil. Labeling does not always correspond to exact contents. The folder 'Misc' includes a number of oversize color-printed posters of black minstrel shows.
Also laid into the box is the Christmas 1914 issue of 'New York Clipper' as well as 3 pages of correspondence about the source of the materials
Details about Renton and this accession are available at: Marguerite McAneny "Renton Collection of Programs and Playbills," Princeton University Library Chronicle VIII:187-189 (June, 1947).
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1. Concerts and amateurs, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
2. NY Third Avenue, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
3. Rands Hall 1862 Master Dumont, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
4. Ordway Hall, etc, dates not examined. 1 box.
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5. San Francisco Minstrels, dates not examined. 1 box.
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6. Buckley's Serenaders, dates not examined. 1 box.
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7. Phila: Long's Varieties, Frank Rice's Melodion, etc, undated. 1 box.
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8. Variety: Weber & Fields, Howard, etc, dates not examined. 1 box.
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9. 1850-1859-61 and Last Quarter Nineteenth Century, dates not examined. 1 box.
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10. Emerson California Minstrels, Maguires Minstrels, ..., dates not examined. 1 box.
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11. Jac Aberle's etc, Variety, dates not examined. 1 box.
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12. Variety: Eagle Theatre etc Longs Variety, dates not examined. 1 box.
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13. Variety Olympic -1874, dates not examined. 1 box.
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14. Theatre Comique - 514 Broadway 1873-87 / 1st time Mulligan Guard, dates not examined. 1 box.
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15. Bryant's Minstrels ( in wrapper with label 'From Harvard College Library'), dates not examined. 1 box.
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16. Misc, dates not examined. 1 box.
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26 items
Birch, Wambold and Backus (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
Busby's Minstrel Show (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
Emerson's California Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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Florida Blossoms Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
Herbert's Jos C. Greater Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 item.
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Heywood (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
Johnson's J.W. Virginia Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
McCabe and Young's Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
O'Brien, Neil Minstrels (3), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
Primrose and West Modern Minstrels (2), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
San Francisco Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item
Vogel, John W. Minstrels (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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West, Wm. H. Big Minstrel Jubilee (1), dates not examined. 1 item.
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