Entertainers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Tom and Ruth Blanchard Chautauqua Collection
Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.12
Abstract
Chautauqua and radio performers. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and ephemera.
Dates:
1907-1982; Majority of material found in 1920-1940
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections