Skip to main content

Chautauquas

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carl Backman Chautauqua Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.06
Abstract

Photographs, brochures, correspondence, financial papers, and brochures from several chautauquas.

Dates: 1894-1960

Redpath Chautauqua Bureau Records (this collection is currently under construction)

 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 towns that sponsored Chautauquas and lyceums; periodicals; daybooks, cashbooks; and photographs.

Dates: 1890-1944