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T. H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection

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

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

Call Number:
TC052
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection
Extent:
  • 8 boxes
  • 5.7 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); T. H. Vail Motter Playbills Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1900-1969 (inclusive) and 1913-1959 (bulk)
Creator:
Motter, T. H. Vail
Form:
Playbills.
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.

Motter, T. H. Vail

T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) received a Ph.D. from Yale University and spent two years in the Middle East during World War II, prior to serving as Chief of Middle East Section, Office of the Chief of Military History.

Motter, T. H. Vail

T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922) received a Ph.D. from Yale University and spent two years in the Middle East during World War II, prior to serving as Chief of Middle East Section, Office of the Chief of Military History.

Consists mainly of playbills of American dramatic productions covering over forty-five years of play-going by 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.

Arranged in this order: boxed--American (1900-1965), foreign (1959-1960); loose--1967-1969.

This collection was processed in 2002.

Subject

Publisher
Rare Book Collection
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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

1913-1921, 1913-1921. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

1921-1929, 1921-1929. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

1929-1940, 1929-1940. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

1940-1965, 1940-1965. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Oversize programs, pre-1913 programs, foreign, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Clippings for seasons, 1936-1941. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Miscellaneous playbills, mid- to late-1960s, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Card index to the collection: A-Z, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

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