Redpath Chautauqua Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: msc0150
Scope and Contents
The Redpath Chautauqua Collection is comprised of approximately six hundred forty-eight linear feet of records primarily from the offices of the Redpath-Vawter Bureau of Cedar Rapids (Iowa), the Redpath-Chicago Bureau, and the Redpath-Kansas City (Missouri) Bureau. Other booking agencies are also represented in the collection, including the Associated Chautauquas of America, the Coit-Alber Chautauqua Company, the Ellison-White Chautauqua System, Loar International Chautauquas, and the Swarthmore Chautauqua Associations. Dating between 1890 and 1944 (bulk, 1904-1935), the collection is arranged into a number of series
Dates
- -
Creator
- Redpath Chautauqua Bureau (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Extent
648.00 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
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 towns that sponsored Chautauquas and lyceums; periodicals; daybooks, cashbooks; and photographs.
Method of Acquisition
Gift of Harry P. Harrison, Harrison John Thornton, and others, 1940-1973.
- Blanchard, Ruth
- Blanchard, Thomas
- Harrison, Harry P., 1878-
- Horner, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1878-1967
- MacLaren, Gay
- Redpath, James, 1833-1891
- Vawter, Keith, 1872-1937
- 20th century
- Archives (groupings)
- Balance sheets
- Brochures
- Business enterprises
- Businessmen
- Canada
- Cashbooks
- Chautauquas
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Daybooks
- Entertainers
- Ephemera
- Financial records
- Handbills
- Lecturers
- Lyceums
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Playbills
- Popular culture
- Redpath Lyceum Bureau
- Redpath Vawter Chautauquas
- Redpath-Horner Chautauquas
Creator
- Redpath Chautauqua Bureau (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu