m002. Resources for the Study of Theatre Arts and Popular Culture
Record Group
Identifier: m002
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Carl Glick Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0611
Abstract
Story writer, playwright and film script writer, author of books for adults and children, Glick is best remembered for his books about the Chinese in America.
Dates:
1915-1971
Christina and Jaroslaw Pelenski Polish Posters Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0118
Abstract
History professor. Over 200 Polish circus, theatre, opera and operetta posters from the 1960s to 1985.
Dates:
1960-1990
David Thayer Theater Lighting Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0835
Overview
Collection of catalogs and brochures document theater lighting systems and equipment formed by David Thayer, professor emeritus Theater.
Dates:
1953-1984
Elmer Joseph Miller Concert and Theater Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0363
Abstract
Collection of concert and theater programs, 1872-1975.
Dates:
1872-1975
George Elmer Allan Magic Lantern Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0201
Abstract
George Allan was a minister in Mississippi who used slides to accompany his sermons. The collection includes 1855 magic lantern slides plus 100 2x2 slides; also projector with attachment for film strip projection and a number of film strips.
Dates:
1920-1940
Howard Richardson Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0301
Abstract
Dramatist. Subject files relating to his career and personal life, including dra s, photographs, set designs, etc. Much of the collection relates to his best known play, Dark of the Moon..
Dates:
1923-1987
John Springer Printing Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0202
Abstract
Advertising agent, printer, and newspaper editor, of Iowa City, Iowa. Correspondence, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, and other material relating to printing and advertising.
Dates:
1866-1934
Keith/Albee Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0356
Abstract
Vaudeville, theater, and movie business. Clipping books, managers' report books, scrapbooks, business records, cash books, etc.
Dates:
1890-1952
Marion Ballou Fisk Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0150.09
Abstract
About 1909, Marion Ballou Fisk polished her drawing and public speaking skills and developed a career as Cartoonist-Lecturer-Entertainer on the Chautauqua circuits. She continued to appear through the 1926 season, becoming a popular and sought after performer. This collection includes her letters to her family, photographs and promotional materials, and a group of her original pastel drawings. The collection also includes a few items related to her husband, Charles Leon Fisk (1868-1933), who...
Dates:
1906-1930
Marion Meade Buster Keaton Research Files
Collection
Identifier: msc0512
Abstract
Research material compiled by Meade while writing the biography Buster Keaton Cut to the Case.
Dates:
1895-1997
Marion Meade Woody Allen Research Files
Collection
Identifier: msc0861
Abstract
Research material for The Unruly Life of Woody Allen. Comprised of interviews by letter and on tape, journal articles, research files, notes, films, photographs, manuscript copies, and copies of the completed book in various editions.
Dates:
1935-2000
Maxine Finsterwald Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0427
Abstract
Radio scriptwriter (Kaffee Klatch and Playhouse of the Air among others) and playwright (as Maxine Wood). Correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, typescripts, etc.
Dates:
1928-1983; 1940-1960
Ralph Junkin Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0200
Abstract
Collection of motion picture stills, theater lobby posters and window cards, display posters, press book material, and technical manuals for projectors and stage lighting. Covers both silent and sound motion picture.
Dates:
1914-1966; Majority of material found in 1955-1965
Redpath Chautauqua Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: msc0150
Abstract
Commercial lecture bureau and booking agency for Chautauqua and lyceums throughout the United States and parts of Canada. Office files of the Redpath-Vawter Bureau of Cedar Rapids, IA, the Redpath-Chicago Bureau run by Harry P. Harrison and Charles Horner's Redpath Chautauquas. Included are: talent files consisting of correspondence, contracts, publicity brochures, and advertising flyers; business files including employee records; geographical location files with materials about cities and...
Dates:
-
Richard Pike Bissell Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0565
Abstract
Typescript and holograph drafts, galley proofs, editor's notes, source material, etc., documenting the writings of this Dubuque novelist and author of 7 1/2 Cents (1953), the basis of the musical hit, The Pajama Game (1954, filmed 1957).
Dates:
1951-1973
Theater Programs and Playbills Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0213
Abstract
Mostly programs from Chicago theaters; others are from St. Louis, New York, London, Des Moines, Iowa, Central City, Colorado, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and various other places.
Dates:
1880-1955