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Playbills

 Subject
Subject Source: Aat: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 7 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

Jessie M. Buthmann Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1156
Abstract

Diaries and school papers of a rural school teacher and farm wife.

Dates: 1908-1982

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

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. Finsterwald, playwright and author, published under the name "Maxine Wood".

Dates: 1928-1983; Majority of material found within 1940-1960

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

Richard G. Oram Chautauqua Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.15
Abstract

Member of a the Hanscom Players a well-known Chautauqua troupe that toured throughout the U.S.

Dates: 1937-1941

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