https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.MS.COLL.1009
Aaron M. Myers papers
- Creator
- Myers, Aaron Michael
- Date
- 1916-1942 (inclusive)
- 1935-1936 (bulk)
- Extent
- 0.9 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Call Number
- Ms. Coll. 1009
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
Aaron Michael Myers received his Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1920s. He and his wife were dedicated lovers of the theatre, both in Philadelphia and abroad. From 1935 to 1936, he traveled in England and Scotland, collecting many playbills, photographs, and other ephemera along the way. He was an assistant or associate professor at Temple University until his death in 1937 at the age of 40.
Scope and Content
Series one contains primarily photographs and prints from around England and Scotland, including Cambridge, Eton, and Oxford, myriad cathedrals, and London from Myers' trip to Great Britain in 1935.
Series two contains a collection of Shakespeariana, including The Shakespeare Pictorial, playbills, theatre tickets, Myers' hand-written notes, as well as photographs and prints from Myers' visit to Stratford-upon-Avon.
Series three is composed primarily of newspaper clippings of ads and reviews of the Abbey Theatre Players and Stratford Players in Philadelphia, along with assorted other theatrical reviews and a 1916 copy of Edwin Booth's Prompt-Book of Julius Caesar, edited by William Winter.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Addison Myers, February 2, 1994.
Rights and citation
- Use
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Copyright restrictions may exist. For most library holdings, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania do not hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Preferred Citation
- Aaron M. Myers papers, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Finding aids author
- Devorah Sperling-Billings
- Date
- 2014 July 16
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Myers, Aaron Michael
- Subject
- Voyages and travels
- Theater -- England
- Theater
- People
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Organization
- Abbey Theatre
- Place
- Great Britain -- Description and travel
- Language
- English
- Form
- Picture postcards
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Travel guidebooks
- Theater programs
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Travel in London and the British Isles, 1935 1 Box(es).
Shakespeariana, 1927-1942
Theater in Philadelphia, 1916-1937
Contact
These materials are held by University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 3420 Walnut Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
- rbml@pobox.upenn.edu