Box 1
Container
Contains 73 Results:
Postcards. Twenty-four photographic postcards - many duplicate, but with notations and identifications - of Chautauqua scenes and performers.
File — Box: 1
Identifier: 1
Dates:
1906-1930
Original Chalk Drawings: Nine 9 x 12 inch colored drawings from MBF's lectures (on 8 sheets), drawn and captioned by her.
File — Box: 1
Identifier: 1
Dates:
1906-1930
MBF (Killbuck, Ohio) to her mother in Cleveland, ALS, 4 pages, describing her frustration in balancing a business career and family. On her own, personalized letterhead advertising her lectures. With typed transcript by Marion Fisk Giersbach. January 15, 1914
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 2
Dates:
1914
MBF to her mother, ALS, 10 pages, provides insights into the sights, people and difficulties she encountered on the road, including a visit to Yellowstone Park with a fellow Chautauqua performer. On letterhead of the Stark Hotel in Twin Bridges, Montana. September 4, 1917
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 4
Dates:
1917
MBF to her mother, ALS, 6 pages. Many of Mrs. Fisk's letters were written on the fly and often while waiting for a train, this one from El Paso while en route through Texas. It shows her flair for description, which was utilized in her lectures. On letterhead of the Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee, Arizona. February 9, 1918
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 6
Dates:
1918
Printout transcripts by Walter Fisk Giersbach of the letters described above.
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 7
Dates:
1906-1930
MBF to her daughter, ALS, 4 pages, from Lititz, Pennsylvania. Marion Fisk [Giersbach] was also "talent" on the circuit. MBF describes a thunderstorm that tested her ability to control the crowd and repeats laudatory statements about her leadership. June 24, 1924
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Dates:
1924
MBF to her daughter, ALS, 4 pages, from Lititz, Pennsylvania. MBF describes the problems of meeting with the local sponsors, or guarantors, for a program. Her discussions with the Lyceum also lead to her being offered a position as a Superintendent. June 29, 1924
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Item 2
Dates:
1924