MS-87 Historical Theatre Programs Collection · Historical Theater Programs Collection . ... 6 “Anything Goes” 1971 . 7 “Applause” ... 1961-1962 : 12 “Carousel” 1948

Historical Theater Programs Collection

MS-87

Wright State University Department of Special Collections and Archives

Processed by: Sharon Dohner Paula Schumm

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Container Description

Series 1: Plays and Musicals

Box File Description Date

1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Programs A-Ali Programs All-Am Programs Ana-Ann Programs Ano-Au Programs Ba Programs Be Programs Bi-Boy

(see item listings pg. 6)

2 1 2 3 4 5 6

Programs Br-By Programs C-Canc Programs Cand-Car Programs Cas-Cha Programs Che-Chr Programs Co-Cy

3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Programs D-Dark Programs De-Des Programs Det-Dr Programs E-Eq Programs Ev-Eu Programs F-Fid Programs Fif-Fl

4 1 2 3 4 5 6

Programs Fo-Fun Programs G-Gl Programs Go-Gy Programs H-Hat Programs He-Hy Programs I

5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Programs J Programs K-Kin Programs Kis-Ku Programs La-Lif Programs Lig-Lit Programs Lo-Lu Programs M-Mar

6 1 2

Programs Ma Programs Me

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6 3 Programs Mi 4 Programs Mo- Mr 5 Programs Mu 6 Programs My

7 1 Programs N-Ni 2 Programs No-Nu 3 Programs O-Ok 4 Programs On-Ou 5 Programs Pa

6 Programs Pe-Pin

8 1 Programs Pip-Pl 2 Programs Po-Pu 3 Programs R-Rec 4 Programs Red-Ri 5 Programs Ro-Ru 6 Programs S-Sea 7 Programs See-Sh

9 1 Programs Si-Sl 2 Programs So-Sound 3 Programs South-Sto 4 Programs Str-Sug 5 Programs Sun-Sw 6 Programs Ta

10 1 Programs Te-The 2 Programs Thi-Ti 3 Programs To-Tw 4 Programs U 5 Programs V 6 Programs W-Wh

7 Programs Wi-Wr 8 Programs Y

Series 2: Animal Shows & Races


11 1 Dayton Horse Show Programs 1937, 1948, 1950-1953 2 Dayton Horse Show Programs 1954-1957 3 Greyhound Racing: Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club 1936 4 Kentucky Derby: Official Program 1955, 1937

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11 5 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration: Official Souvenir Program 1948,1952-1953

6 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration: Official Souvenir Program 1954-1955

7 Rocky Mountain Pack Burro Championship Race Porgram 1953

Series 3: Concerts


12 1 Programs A-Dayton Boy’s Choir 2 Programs Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1945, 1978-1981 3 Programs Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1981-1983 4 Programs Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1983-1986 5 Programs Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1986-1988 6 Programs E-L 7 Programs M-Y

Series 4: Dance (Ice Follies, Ballet, etc)


13 1 Programs B-G (see item listings pg. 6) 2 Programs H-W

Series 5: Inaugurations and Coronations


13 3 Programs A-Z (see item listings pg. 6)

Series 6: Miscellaneous


13 4 Programs A-C (see item listings pg. 6) 5 Programs F-M 6 Programs O-V

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Series 7: Opera


14 1 2 3

Programs B-Cincinnati Opera Programs Cincinnati Opera Programs Cincinnati Opera

1980-1982 1984-1987

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5 6

Programs Cincinnati Summer Opera-Civic Light Opera Programs Dayton Opera Programs Dayton-Royal

1982-1985

15 1 Programs S-Z

Series 8: Organ and Piano Recitals


15 2 Programs A-Z (see item listings pg. 6)

Series 9: Vaudeville and Similar Entertainment


15 3 4 5 6

Programs A-C Programs D-L Programs M-P Programs Q-Untitled

(see item listings pg. 6)

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The following guide is a listing of items in each folder.

Item Description Alphabetical order by the play’s or program’s names

Series 1: Plays and Musicals

Box File Item Program Date

1 1 1 “Across from the Garden of Allah” 1986 2 “Advise and Consent” 1961 3 “Affairs of State” 1951 4 “Affairs of State” 1953 5 “Agnes of God” 1982 6 “Agnes of God” (copy) 1982 7 “Ain’t Misbehavin’” 1979 8 “Ain’t Misbehavin’” n.d. 9 “Alice in Wonderland” 1947

2 1 “All My Sons” 1982 2 “All the Way Home” 1961 3 “Allegro” 1948 4 “Allegro” n.d. 5 “Amadeus” 1979 6 “Amadeus” (copy) 1981 7 “Amadeus” 1981 8 “Amadeus” 1985 9 “Amateurs” n.d.

3 1 “Anastasia” n.d. 2 “The Andersonville Trial” 1961 3 “The Andersonville Trial” (copy) 1961 4 “The Andersonville Trial” n.d. 5 “Angel Street” 1982-1983 6 “Anne of the Thousand Days” 1949 7 “Anne of the Thousand Days” n.d. 8 “Annie” 1977 9 “Annie” 1979 10 “Annie Get Your Gun” n.d. 11 “Annie Get Your Gun “ n.d. 12 “Annie Get Your Gun” n.d. 13 “Anniversary Waltz” n.d.

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1 4 1 “Anonymous Lover” 1952 2 “Any Wednesday” 1960s 3 “Any Wednesday” 1965 4 “Anything Goes” 1971 5 “Anything Goes” (copy) 1971 6 “Anything Goes” 1971 7 “Applause” 1983 8 “Applause” 1969 9 “Applause” n.d. 10 “Apple Cart” 1956-1957 11 “The Apple Tree” 1967 12 “Arms and the Man” 1982 13 “The Army Play By Play” n.d. 14 “As You Like It” 1979 15 “Auntie Mame” n.d.

5 1 “Bachelor Born” 1938 2 “Back to Methuselah” n.d. 3 “Back to Methuselah” 1958 4 “Bad Seed” 1956 5 “The Bad Seed” n.d. 6 “Backer Street” 1965 7 “The Band Wagon” 1932 8 “Barnum” 1980 9 “Barnum” (copy) 1980 10 “Barnum” (copy) 1980

6 1 “Bedroom Farce” 1979 2 “Beecham” 1980 3 “Bell, Book and Candle” 1951 4 “Bells are Ringing” 1957 5 “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” 1979 6 “The Best Man” 1960 7 “The Best Man” (copy) 1960 8 “The Best Man” 1961 9 “The Best Man” (copy) 1961

7 1 “Billion Dollar Baby” 1946 2 “Bitter Sweet” 1975 3 “Bitter Sweet” 1975 4 “Bloomer Girl” Souvenir Book n.d. 5 “Bodies” 1979 6 “Boesman and Lena” 1970

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1 7 7 “Born in the Gardens” 1980 8 “Born Yesterday” 1948 9 “Born Yesterday” 1981 10 “The Boy Friend” 1955-1956 11 “The Boy Friend” n.d. 12 “The Boys in the Band” n.d.

2 1 1 “Brigadoon” 1947 2 “Brigadoon” 1948-1949 3 “Brigadoon” 1950 4 “Brigadoon” n.d. 5 “Bubbling Brown Sugar” n.d. 6 “Bubbling Brown Sugar” 1977 7 “Bubbling Brown Sugar” 1977 8 “Buried Child” n.d. 9 “Bus Stop” n.d. 10 “Butterflies are Free” 1970 11 “Butterflies are Free” 1970-1971 12 “Bus Stop” 1956 13 “By the Beautiful Sea” 1954 14 “Bye Bye Birdie” 1960

2 1 “Cabaret” 1968 2 “Caesar and Cleopatra” 1952 3 “Caesar and Cleopatra” (copy) 1952 4 “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” 1954 5 “The Caine Mutiny Courtmartial” n.d. 6 “California Suite” 1978 7 “Camelot” 1961 8 “Can You Hear Me at the Back?” 1980 9 “Can-Can” 1953 10 “Can-Can” 1986-1987 11 “Can Can” n.d. 12 “Can-Can” n.d. 13 “Can-Can” n.d.

3 1 “Candida” 1952 2 “Candida” (copy) 1952 3 “Candida” 1977 4 “Candida” 1981 5 “Candida” 1986-1987 6 “Candida” (copy) 1986-1987 7 “Candida” n.d.

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2 3 8 “The Candlemaker” n.d. 9 “Caravaggio” 1971 10 “Caravaggio” (copy) 1971 11 “Carnival” 1961-1962 12 “Carousel” 1948 13 “Carousel” n.d.

4 1 “A Case of Libel” 1963 2 “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” 1955 3 “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” 1957 4 “Cats” 1981 5 “Cats” Souvenir Brochure 1981 6 “Cause Celebre” 1977 7 “Cause Celebre” (copy) 1977 8 “Chalk Garden” 1956-1957 9 “Chapter Two” 1979 10 “Charley’s Aunt” 1981 11 “The Chase” 1952

5 1 “The Cherry Orchard” 1944 2 “Chess” 1986 3 “Chicago” 1978 4 “The Children’s Hour” 1953 5 “Children of a Lesser God” 1980 6 “Children of a Lesser God” 1982 7 “Child’s Play” 1970 8 “Chips with Everything” 1963 9 “The Chocolate Soldier” 1932 10 “A Chorus Line” 1982 11 “A Chorus of Disapproval” 1985 12 “Christmas Carol” 1979

6 1 “Cock Robin” 1930 2 “For Colored Girls Who Have

“Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf” 1976 3 “Come Back. Little Sheba” 1950 4 “Comedy in Music” 1954 5 “Comedy in Music” (copy) 1954 6 “Coriolanus” n.d. 7 “The Country Girl” 1950 8 “Courtin’ Time” 1951 9 “Crazy Quilt” 1932 10 “Crimes of the Heart” 1982 11 “Crimes of the Heart” 1985

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12 “The Crucifer of Blood” 1980 13 “Cyrano de Bergerac” 1985


3 1 1 “Da” 1979 2 “Da” 1979 3 “Dames at Sea” 1977 4 “Damn Yankees” 1956 5 “Damn Yankees” 1955-1956 6 “Damn Yankees” n.d. 7 “Dancin’” 1982 8 “Dancin’” 1981 9 “Dark at the Top of the Stairs” 1958-1959 10 “The Dark is Light Enough” 1954-1955 11 “The Dark is Light Enough 1955 12 “The Dark is Light Enough” n.d. 13 “Dark of the Moon” n.d. 14 “Darkness at Noon” 1951

2 1 “Dear Me, The Sky is Falling” 1965 2 “Death of a Salesman” 1949 3 “Death of a Salesman” (copy) 1949 4 “Deathtrap” 1978 5 “Deathtrap” (copy) 1978 6 “The Deep Blue Sea” 1952-1953 7 “The Desperate Hours” 1955 8 “The Desperate Hours” (copy) 1955

3 1 “Detective Story” 1949 2 “The Devils” 1965 3 “The Devil’s Disciple” 1950 4 “The Diary of Anne Frank” 1956 5 “The Diary of Anne Frank” 1957-1958 6 “Dinner at Eight” 1933 7 “The Diviners” 1980 8 “Do I Hear a Waltz?” n.d. 9 “Do I Hear a Waltz?” n.d. 10 “Dodsworth” 1934 11 “Don Juan in Hell” 1952 12 “Don’t Drink the Water” 1968-1969 13 “The Dresser” 1983

4 1 “East Lynne” 1956 2 “Edward, My Son” 1948 3 “The Egghead” 1957

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3 4 4 “The Egghead” 1957-1958 5 “The Elephant Man” n.d. 6 Empire Theatre 1953 7 “Enter Laughing” 1963 8 “Equus” 1977

5 1 “An Evening with Beatrice Lillie” 1953 2 “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May” 1961 3 “Evita” 1980 4 “Evita” 1979 5 “Evita” 1983 6 “Eubie!” 1978 7 “Eubie!” (copy) 1978

6 1 “Faithfully Yours” 1951 2 “Fallen Angels” 1986-1987 3 “Fanny” 1955 4 “Fanny” 1956-1957 5 “Fanny” n.d. 6 “The Fantasticks” n.d. 7 “Fiddler on the Roof” 1965 8 “Fiddler on the Roof” (copy) 1965

7 1 “The Fifth Season” 1953 2 “Finian’s Rainbow” n.d. 3 “Finian’s Rainbow” n.d. 4 “Finian’s Rainbow” 1954 5 “Fiorello!” n.d. 6 “Fiorello!” (copy) n.d. 7 “The Firefly” 1934 8 “Five Finger Exercise” 1960-1961 9 “Five Finger Exercise” 1964 10 “Flower Drum Song” 1959

4 1 1 “Follies” 1987 2 “Follies” 1971 3 “The Forest” n.d. 4 “The Fourposter” 1951 5 6

“The Fourposter” “42nd Street”

1951 1986

7 “42nd Street” 1981 8 “Foxfire” n.d.

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4 1 9 “Fragile Fox” 1954-1955 10 “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the

Forum” 1963

2 1 “Gay Divorce” 1933 2 “Gemini” 1979 3 “Gentlemen Prefer Blonds” 1952 4 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” 1950 5 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” n.d. 6 “A Ghost on Tiptoe” 1974 7 “Gideon” 1962 8 “Gigi” 1952-1953 9 “Gigi” 1974 10 “Gigi” 1974 11 “The Gilded Age” 1986 12 “The Gin Game” 1982 13 “Glad Tidings” 1951 14 “The Glass Menagerie” n.d. 15 “The Glass Menagerie” n.d.

3 1 “Golden Boy” 1952 2 “Good” n.d. 3 “The Great Sebastians” 1956 4 “The Great Sebastians” 1956-1957 5 “The Greeks” 1980 6 “The Green Pastures” 1951 7 “Guys and Dolls” 1951 8 “Guys and Dolls” (copy) 1951 9 “Guys and Dolls” 1952-1953 10 “Guys and Dolls” 1983 11 “Guys and Dolls” (copy) 1983 12 “Guys and Dolls” 1976 13 “Guys and Dolls” n.d. 14 “Guys and Dolls” 1982 15 “Gypsy” 1959 16 “Gypsy” 1960 17 “Gypsy” n.d. 18 “Gypsy” (copy) n.d.

4 1 “Hadrian VII” 1969 2 “Hair” 1970 3 “Hair” (copy) 1970 4 “Hair” (copy) 1970 5 “Halfway up the Tree” 1967

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4 4 6 “Hallelujah, Baby!” 1969 7 “Hamlet” n.d. 8 “Hans Andersen” 1975 9 “Hans Andersen” 1974 10 “The Happiest Millionaire” 1957-1958 11 “The Happiest Millionaire” n.d. 12 “The Happiest Millionaire” (copy) n.d. 13 “The Happy Time” 1950 14 “The Happy Time” 1950 15 “A Hatful of Rain” 1955 16 “A Hatful of Rain” 1956-1957

5 1 “The Heavenly Twins” 1955 2 “The Heiress” 1948-1949 3 “The Heiress” 1982 4 “He Who Gets Slapped” n.d. 5 “Hello, Dolly!” 1964 6 “High Button Shoes” 1948-1949 7 “High Button Shoes” n.d. 8 “His and Hers” 1954 9 “Honor and Offer” 1968 10 “The Hot L. Baltimore” 1973 11 “The House of Blues Leaves” 1972 12 “How to Succeed in Business Without

Really Trying” 1962 13 “How to Succeed in Business Without Really

Trying” 1964 14 “How to Succeed in Business Without Really

Trying” 1963 15 “Hurlyburly” 1984 16 “The Hypochondriac” 1981

6 1 “I am a Camera” 1952 2 “I am a Camera” n.d. 3 “I Have a Dream” n.d. 4 “I Remember Mama” 1979 5 “I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It

On the Road” 1977 6 “I’m Getting my Act Together and Taking it

On the Road” n.d. 7 “I’m Not Rappaport” 1986 8 “The Importance of Being Earnest” n.d. 9 “The Impossible Years” 1965 10 “The Impossible Years” 1978

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11 “Inherit the Wind” 1955 12 “Inherit the Wind” n.d. 13 “The Innocents” 1972 14 “Irene” 1976 15 “Irene” 1976


5 1 1 “JB” n.d. 2 “J.B.” 1959-1960 3 “J.B.” n.d. 4 “Jack Doyle-the Man Who Boxed Like John

McCormack!” 1979 5 “Jacques Brel is alive and Well and Living in Paris” 1971 6 “Janus” 1956-1957 7 “Jane” 1952 8 “Joan of Lorraine” 1947 9 “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac” 1954 10 “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 1986-1987 11 “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”

(copy) 1986-1987 12 “Julius Caesar” 1982

2 1 “The Killing of Sister George” n.d. 2 “The King and I” 1977 3 “The King and I” 1984 4 “The King and I” n.d. 5 “The King and I” 1952 6 “King Lear” 1985

3 1 “Kismet” 1954-1955 2 “Kismet” n.d. 3 “Kiss Me, Kate” n.d. 4 “Kiss Me, Kate” 1949 5 “Kiss Me, Kate” (copy) 1949 6 “Kiss Me, Kate” 1950 7 “Kiss Me, Kate” n.d. 8 “Kiss Me, Kate” (copy) n.d. 9 “Kuni Lemi” 1984

4 1 “Lady Windermere’s Fan” n.d. 2 “LaCage aux folles” 1985 3 “La Plume de Ma Tante” 1959-1960 4 “La Ronde” n.d. 5 “Lady Windermere’s Fan” n.d. 6 “The Lark” 1956

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5 4 7 “The Last Sweet Days of Isaac” 1971 8 “Laughs and Other Events” 1960 9 “Let Us Be Gay” n.d. 10 “Let Us Be Gay” 1930 11 “The Liberty Players” n.d. 12 “Life Begins at 8:40” n.d. 13 “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” 1982

5 1 “Lightnin” 1921 2 “Lillian” 1985 3 “Lillian” (copy) 1985 4 “Lion in Winter” n.d. 5 “The Little Blue Light” 1950-1951 6 “The Little Night Music” 1973 7 “A Little Night Music” 1976 8 “A Little Night Music” 1976

6 1 “Long Day’s Journey into Night” 1973 2 “Long Day’s Journey into Night” 1957 3 “Long Day’s Journey into Night” 1957 4 “The Long Voyage Home” n.d. 5 “Look Back in Anger” 1958-1959 6 “Look Homeward, Angel” 1958 7 “Look Homeward, Angel” 1958 8 “Loot” 1984 9 “Love for Love” 1985 10 “Luv” 1965

7 1 “The Madwoman of Chaillot” 1949 2 “Mae West” 1951 3 “Make Wine Manhattan” 1948 4 “Man and Superman” 1977 5 “A Man for All Seasons” 1962 6 “Man of La Mancha” 1977 7 “Man of La Mancha” (copy) 1977 8 “Mary, Mary” 1961 9 “Mary, Mary” (copy) 1961 10 “Mary, Mary” (copy) 1961 11 “Mary of Scotland” n.d. 12 “Mary Stuart” 1959-1960 13 “My Maryland” 1929

6 1 1 “Master Harold’ and the Boys” 1982 2 “The Matchmaker” 1956-1957

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6 1 3 “The Matchmaker” 1956 4 “Maybe I’m Doing it Wrong” 1984 5 “The Mayor of Tokio” n.d. 6 “The Mayor of Zalamea” 1981 7

2 1 “Me and Juliet” 1953 2 “Me and My Girl” 1985 3 “Me and My Girl” 1985 4 “Measure for Measure” 1985 5 “The Member of the Wedding” 1950 6 “The Member of the Wedding” (copy) 1950 7 “The Merchant of Venice” 1929 8 “The Merry Wives of Windsor” 1928

3 1 “Of Mice and Men” 1986 2 “The Mikado” n.d. 3 “Milk & Honey” 1962 4 “The Miracle” 1925 5 “The Miracle Worker” 1961 6 “Misalliance” 1953-1954 7 “Mister Roberts” 1948 8 “Mister Roberts” n.d. 9 “Mister Roberts” (copy) n.d. 10 “Mister Roberts” 1949 11 “Mister Roberts” n.d.

4 1 “A Moon for the Misbegotten” 1981 2 “A Moon for the Misbegotten” (copy) 1981 3 “Morning’s at Seven” 1980 4 “The Most Happy Fella” 1957-1958 5 “The Most Happy Fella” 1979 6 “The Most Happy Fella” 1971 7 “The Most Happy Fella” n.d. 8 “Mrs. McThing” 1952

5 1 “Much Ado About Nothing” 1984 2 “Murder at the Vicarage” 1977 3 “Music in the Air” 1951 4 “The Music Man” 1958 5 “The Music Man” (copy) 1958 6 “The Music Man” 1959 7 “The Music Man” n.d.

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6 6 1 “My Fair Lady” 1957 2 “My Fair Lady” 1957 3 “My Fair Lady” 1958 4 “My Fair Lady” 1959 5 “My Fair Lady” 1981 6 “My Fair Lady” (copy) 1981 7 “My Fair Lady” n.d. 8 “My Fair Lady” n.d. 9 “My Fair Lady” n.d. 10 “My Little Boy” n.d. 11 “My Maryland” n.d. 12 “My 3 Angels” 1953-1954

7 1 1 “Nell Gwyn” 1936 2 “New Girl in Town” 1958 3 “Nice to See You” n.d. 4 “The Night of the Iguana” 1986 5 “Nine” 1982 6 “Nine” 1986 7 “The 1940’s Radio Hour” 1982-1983

2 1 “No, No, Nanette” 1971 2 “No Time for Sergeants” 1956-1957 3 “No Time for Sergeants” n.d. 4 “Noel Coward’s Present Laughter” 1982 5 “Noises off” n.d. 6 “Not in the Book” 1958 7 “The Number” 1951

3 1 “O Mistress Mine” n.d. 2 “The Odd Couple” 1965 3 “Of Thee I Sing” 1932 4 “Of Thee I Sing” 1952 5 “Oh, Kay!” 1974 6 “Oh, Men! Oh, Women!” 1954 7 “Oh, Men! Oh, Women!” (copy) 1954 8 “Oklahoma!” 1947 9 “Oklahoma!” n.d. 10 “Oklahoma!” n.d.

4 1 “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” 1965 2 “On Borrowed Time” 1938 3 “On Borrowed Time” 1953

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7 4 4 “On Golden Pond” 1979 5 “Once in a Lifetime” 1982 6 “Once More, with Feeling” 1959 7 “One Touch of Venus” 1944 8 “The Oresteia” 1981 9 “Othello” 1979 10 “Our Town” 1938

5 1 “Paint Your Wagon” 1952 2 “Paint Your Wagon” (copy) 1952 3 “Pain Your Wagon” 1978 4 “The Pajama Game” 1954-1955 5 “Pajama Game” n.d. 6 “The Pajama Game” n.d. 7 “The Pajama Game” n.d. 8 “Pal Joey” 1953-1954 9 “Pal Joey” 1976 10 “Pal Joey” n.d. 11 “Pal Joey” n.d. 12 “Panama Hattie” 1976 13 “Panama Hattie” 1976 14 “Pardon our French” 1950 15 “The Party” 1958

6 1 “Peter Pan” 1950 2 “Peter Pan” (copy) 1950 3 “Peter Pan” 1981 4 “Peter Pan” 1987 5 “The Philadelphia Story” n.d. 6 “The Philadelphia Story” n.d. 7 “Piaf” 1980 8 “Piaf” 1982-1983 9 “Picnic” 1953 10 “Picnic” 1953-1954 11 “Angels of Peace” 1938

8 1 1 “Pippin” 1972 2 “Pippin” 1978 3 “Pippin” n.d. 4 “The Pirates of Penzance” 1982 5 “The Pirates of Penzance” 1982 6 “The Pirates of Penzance” 1985 7 “The Play’s the Thing” 1972 8 “Plaza Suite” 1968

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8 1 9 “Plaza Suite” n.d. 10 “The Pleasure of His Company” 1959-1960 11 “The Pleasure of His Company” 1960 12 “The Pleasure of His Company” n.d.

2 1 “Point of No Return” 1952 2 “The Ponder Heart” 1956 3 “Porgy and Bess” 1942 4 “Porgy and Bess” 1953 5 “Porgy and Bess” 1976 6 “The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.” 1982 7 “The Price” 1968 8 “The Price” 1969-1970 9 “Private Lives” 1948 10 “Private Lives” 1982 11 “Private Lives” n.d. 12 “Private Lives” n.d. 13 “Purlie Victorious” 1962

3 1 “Rain” 1971 2 “Rainmaker” 1986-1987 3 “Rainmaker” (copy) 1986-1987 4 “A Raisin in the Sun” 1959 5 “A Raisin in the Sun” 1960 6 “A Raisin in the Sun” 1960-1961 7 “The Real Inspector Hound” 1968 8 “The Real Thing” 1984 9 “Reclining Figure” 1957

4 1 “The Red Mill” n.d. 2 “The Regard of Flight” 1982 3 “The Rehearsal” 1963 4 “Remains to be Seen” 1951 5 “Revenge with Music” 1934 6 “Rhapsody in Black” 1932 7 “Richard II” n.d. 8 “Rio Rita” n.d. 9 “The Rivalry” 1957 10 “The Rivals” 1972

5 1 “Roberta” n.d. 2 “Romanoff and Juliet” 1958 3 “Romanoff and Juliet” 1958-1959 4 “Romeo and Juliet” 1985

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8 5 5 “Romulus” 1962 6 “The Rose Tattoo” 1951 7 “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” 1968 8 “Ross” 1962 9 “Runaways” 1978 10 “The Runner Stumbles” 1983

6 1 “Saint Joan” 1951 2 “Saint Joan” 1954-1955 3 “Saint Joan” n.d. 4 “Same Time, Next Year” 1978 5 “Same Time, Next Year” (copy) 1978 6 “Same Time, Next Year” (copy) 1978 7 “Scarlet Pimpernel” 1986 8 “School for Wives” 1972 9 “Seacoast of Bohemia” n.d. 10 “Season in the Sun” 1951 11 “Season in the Sun” (copy) 1951

7 1 “Seesaw” 1977 2 “Seesaw” 1977 3 “Separate Tables” 1957-1958 4 “Separate Tables” n.d. 5 “The Seven Year Itch” 1954 6 “The Seven Year Itch” (copy) 1954 7 “The Seven Year Itch” 1954-1955 8 “Seventeen” 1951 9 “1776” 1972 10 “Shenandoah” 1976 11 “Shear Madness” n.d. 12 “A Shot in the Dark” 1962 13 “Showboat” 1978 14 “The Shrike” 1953

9 1 1 “Side by Side by Sondheim” 1977 2 “Side by Side by Sondheim” n.d. 3 “Silk Stockings” 1956 4 “Silk Stockings” (copy) 1956 5 “Silk Stockings” n.d. 6 “6 RMS RIV VU” 1974 7 “Sleuth” 1971 8 “Sleuth” (copy) 1971 9 “Sleuth” 1972 10 “Slow Dance on the Killing Ground” 1971

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9 2 1 “The Solid Gold Cadillac” 1954-1955 2 “The Solid Gold Cadillac” 1954 3 “The Solid Gold Cadillac” n.d. 4 “Song & Dance” 1986 5 “Song of Norway” n.d. 6 “A Soldier’s Play” 1981 7 “The Sound of Music” 1961 8 “The Sound of Music” (copy) 1961 9 “The Sound of Music” (copy) 1961 10 “The Sound of Music” n.d.

3 1 “South Pacific” 1950 2 “South Pacific” 1951 3 “South Pacific” 1978 4 “South Pacific” n.d. 5 “South Pacific” n.d. 6 “South Pacific” n.d. 7 “Springtime for Henry” 1951 8 “State of the Union” 1947 9 “Stalag 17” 1951 10 “Stalag 17” (copy) 1951 11 “Stalag 17” n.d. 12 “Steaming” 1981 13 “Stop the World – I Want to Get Off” 1963 14 “Stop the World – I Want to Get Off” 1963

4 1 “Strange Interlude” 1929 2 “A Streetcar Named Desire” 1948 3 “The Student Prince” 1925 4 “The Student Prince” 1976 5 “The Student Prince” 1976 6 “The Subject was Roses” 1965 7 “Sugar Babies” 1980 8 “Sugar Babies” (copy) 1980

5 1 “Sunday in the Park with George” 1985 2 “Sunday in the Park with George” (copy) 1985 3 “Sunrise at Campobello” 1958 4 “Sunrise at Campobello” (copy) 1958 5 “Sunrise at Campobello” 1958-1959 6 “Sunrise at Campobello” 1959 7 “Sunrise at Campobello” n.d. 8 “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet

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Street” 1979 9 “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet

Street” (copy) 1979 10 “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet

Street” (copy) 1979 11 “Sweet Bird of Youth” 1983 12 “Sweethearts” 1947

6 1 “Take Her, She’s Mine” 1962 2 “Take Me Along” 1960 3 “Talley’s Folly” 1980 4 “The Tap Dance Kid” 1984 5 “Tartuffe” 1982 6 “A Taste of Honey” 1961 7 “A Taste of Honey” 1981


10 1 1 “Tea and Sympathy 1954-1955 2 “The Teahouse of the August Moon” 1954 3 “The Teahouse of the August Moon” n.d. 4 “The Tempest” 1979 5 “The Tenth Man” 1961 6 “Tevya and His Daughters” n.d. 7 “That Championship Season” 1972 8 “Thee & Me” 1980 9 “There’s a Girl in My Soup” 1966 10 “They’re Playing Our Song” 1979 11 “They’re Playing Our Song” (copy) 1979 12 “They’re Playing Our Song” (copy) 1979

2 1 “Third Best Sport” 1958-1959 2 “Third Best Sport” n.d. 3 “A Thurber Carnival” 1959-1960 4 “Tickets, Please!” 1950 5 “Tiger at the Gates” 1955 6 “The Time of the Cuckoo” 1952 7 “The Time of the Cuckoo” 1956 8 “Time Limit!” 1956

3 1 “Tobacco Road” 1970 2 “Torch Song Trilogy” 1986 3 “Toys in the Attic” 1961-1962 4 “Tovarich” 1963 5 “Translations” 1981 6 “The Traveling Lady” 1954-1955

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10 3 7 “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” 1951 8 “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” 1951 9 “Trumpet in the Land” 1970 10 “Twelfth Night” 1985 11 “Twentieth Century” 1951 12 “Two by Two” 1971 13 “Two for the Seesaw” 1958 14 “Two for the Seesaw” 1958 15 “Two on the Aisle” 1951

4 1 “Under the Yum Yum Tree” 1975 2 “Under the Yum Yum Tree” 1975 3 “Undiscovered Country” 1979

5 1 “Venus Observed” 1952 2 “Via Galactica” 1972 3 The Victory Theatre 1983-1984 4 “Vincent” 1978 5 “The Visit” 1959-1960 6 “The Visit” 1959-1960 7 “The Visit” 1959-1960 8 “Visit to a Small Planet” 1957 9 “Visit to a Small Planet” 1957-1958 10 “Visit to a Small Planet” n.d. 11 “The Voice of the Turtle” n.d.

6 1 “The Waltz of the Toreadors” 1957-1958 2 “The Waltz of the Toreadors” 1958 3 “The Waltz of the Toreadors” n.d. 4 “The Warm Peninsula” 1958-1959 5 “The Warm Peninsula” n.d. 6 “Watch on the Rhine” n.d. 7 “The Way of the World” 1984 8 “West Side Story” 1957 9 “West Side Story” 1959-1960 10 “West Side Story” n.d. 11 “West Side Story” n.d. 12 “What the Butler Saw” 1986 13 “When We Are Married” 1979 14 “Where’s Charley?” 1948 15 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” 1963 16 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” 1964 17 “Whose Life is it Anyway?” 1979

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7 1 “The Wild Duck” 1979 2 “Wild Oats” 1977 3 “The Wings of the Dove” 1964 4 “Wish You Were Here” 1953 5 “The Wiz” 1976 6 “The Wizard of OZ” n.d. 7 “The Women” 1937 8 “Wonderful Town” 1953 9 “Wonderful Town” n.d. 10 “Words” 1983 11 “Woman of the Year” 1981 12 “Woman of the Year” 1981 13 “Write Me a Murder” 1962

8 1 “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” 1966 2 “Your Own Thing” 1968

Series 2: Animal Shows & Races


11 1 1 Dayton Horse Show Program 1937 2 Dayton Horse Show Program 1948 3 Dayton Horse Show Program 1950 4 Dayton Horse Show Program 1951 5 Dayton Horse Show Program 1952 6 Dayton Horse Show Program 1953

2 1 Dayton Horse Show Program 1954 2 Dayton Horse Show Program 1955 3 Dayton Horse Show Program 1956 4 Dayton Horse Show Program 1957

3 1 Greyhound Racing Program 1936

4 1 Kentucky Derby Official Program 1937 2 Kentucky Derby Official Program 1955

5 1 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Program 1948 2 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

Program 1952 3 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

Program 1953 6 1 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

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2 Program 1954

Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Program 1955

7 1 Rocky Mountain Pack Burro Championship Race 1953

Series 3: Concerts


12 1 1 The American Ballad Singers 1944 2 American Red Cross Presents “Your Red Cross

At His Side” n.d. 3 Leroy Anderson 1954 4 The Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians n.d. 5 Carmen Cavallaro 1948 6 “A Chapter in Jazz” 1955 7 Josef Cherniavsky 1939 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1966-1967 9 The Choristers 1950 10 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presents

Barbara Cameron 1961 11 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 1939-1940 12 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 1976-1977 13 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (copy) 1976-1977 14 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (copy) 1976-1977 15 The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra n.d. 16 Coffee Concert 1978 17 Don Cossack Chorus n.d. 18 Don Cossack Chorus 1941 19 Dayton Boys’ Choir 1956

2 1 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1945 2 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1978-1979 3 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1978-1979 4 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1980-1981 5 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1980-1981 6 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1980-1981 7 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1980-1981 8 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1981

3 1 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1981-1982 2 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1981-1982 3 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1982-1983

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12 3 4 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1982-1983 5 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1982-1983 6 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1982-1983 7 A History of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1933-1983

4 1 Itzhak Perlman Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1933-1983 2 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1983-1984 3 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1983-1984 4 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1983-1984 5 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1985-1986 6 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1985-1986 7 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (copy) 1985-1986

5 1 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1986-1987 2 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1986-1987 3 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 1986-1987 4 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Program Notes 1987-1988

6 1 Nelson Eddy 1937 2 Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops n.d. 3 Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Tour Orchestra n.d. 4 Kirsten Flagstad 1936 5 Gershwin 1960 6 Gershwin! 1977 7 Benny Goodman and his Sextet 1978 8 Ann Hafner’s All-Girl Orchestra Concert 1952 9 Ann Hafner All-Girl Orchestra 1953 10 The Ann Hafner All-Girl Orchestra 1951 11 The Ann Hafner All-Girl Orchestra 1950 12 Ann Hafner All-Girl Orchestra 1949 13 Ann Hafner All Girl Orchestra 1948 14 Victor Herbert Festival n.d. 15 Kennedy Center 1981 16 Andre Kostelangetz 1964 17 Lincoln Center 1980-1981 18 Lincoln Center 1980 19 Lincoln Center (copy) 1980 20 Lincoln Center 1981 21 Lincoln Center 1982 22 Edith Lorand 1935-1936

7 1 Mary Martin n.d. 2 Mary Martin 1958 3 May Music Festival 1956

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4 Mountain Lack Sanctuary and “Singing Tower” 1936-1937 5 A Night in Dienna 1976 6 Philharmonia Hungarica 1964 7 Program 1956 8 The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 1953 9 Richard Rogers 1964 10 Rubinoff and his Violin, Fray and Braggitti 1938 11 The Singing Hussars 1938 12 Lawrence Tibbett 1930 13 Fred Waring and all The Pennsylvanians in

“Hear! Hear!” 1956 14 The Westminster Presbyterian Church 1945 15 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra 1924 16 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra 1947 17 Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs 1924-1925 18 Untitled n.d.

Series 4: Dance (Ice Follies, Ballets, etc)


13 1 1 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1944 2 Col. W. de Basil’s Ballets Russes 1936-1937 3 Adolph Bolm Ballet 1928-1929 4 The Cincinnati Ballet Company: February 16,

17, and 18 1978 5 The Cincinnati Ballet Company: April 20, 21,

And 22 1978 6 Dayton Ballet Company 1980-1981 7 Dayton Ballet Company 1981-1982 8 Dayton Ballet 1982-1983 9 Dayton Ballet 1984-1985 10 Paul Draper and Larry Adler 1945 11 Michel Fokine n.d. 12 Jose Greco and his Spanish Ballet 1963

2 1 Holiday on Ice of 1950 1950 2 Hollywood Ice Revue: The Show with the Stars 1954 3 Hollywood Ice Revue 1956 4 Playbill: The New York City Ballet n.d. 5 The New York City Ballet n.d. 6 Playbill: Roland Petit’s Ballet National de

Marseille 1980 7 Playbill: Roland Petit’s Ballet National de

Marseille (copy) 1980 8 Francoise Sagan’s “Le Rendez-Vous Manque 1958

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9 Trudi Schoop and Her Comic Ballet 1947 10 The Taming of the Shrew 1977 11 Takarazuka Dance Theatre 1959 12 Mary Wigman 1932 13 Mary Wigman n.d.

Series 5: Inaugurations and Coronations


13 3 1 Centennial Celebration 1954 2 The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen

Elizabeth II 1953 3 Instalation of the Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, LL.D.,

P.C., n & c. 1919-1922 4 The Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince

Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester by Her Majesty the Queen 1969

5 Presidential Inauguration 1953 6 Presidential Inauguration 1957 7 The Royal Wedding 1960

Series 6: Miscellaneous

Box File Item Programs Date

13 4 1 Aladdin or The Wonderful Scamp 1980 2 Chicago Allerton Hotel n.d. 3 Anta Album 1949 4 Anta Album 1955 5 Astrodome 1966 6 Book of the Pageant 1936 7 Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986 8 Julien Bryan and His Documentary

Motion Pictures n.d. 9 The Cartoon Book n.d. 10 Chicago Railroad Fair 1948 11 This is Cinerama n.d.

5 1 Frigidaire “Frolics” of 1948 1948 2 Lillian Gish and the Movies 1968 3 Grauman’s Chinese Theatre ca 1950 4 The Great Gatsby n.d. 5 The Great Waltz 1971 6 Mayflower II: Official Souvenir Book n.d.

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6 1 Official Book of the Fair 1933 2 Lowell Thomas, Jr., in “Out of This World” n.d. 3 Picasso (art show) 1980 4 Picasso (art show) (copy) 1980 5 Ridgeway’s Late Joys 1980 6 Romeo and Juliet n.d. 7 Leonardo da Vinci n.d. 8 World’s Fair Tours n.d.

Series 7: Opera

Box File Item Programs Date

14 1 1 The Barber of Seville 1943 2 Puccini’s “La Boheme” 1981 3 Central City Opera Festival 1953 4 Central City Homecoming Day 1953 5 Cincinnati Opera 1977 6 Cincinnati Opera 1978 7 Cincinnati Opera 1979 8 The Cincinnati Opera 1980 9 The Cincinnati Opera (copy) 1980

2 1 The Cincinnati Opera 1980-1981 2 The Cincinnati Opera (copy) 1980-1981 3 The Cincinnati Opera “Carmen” 1980-1981 4 The Cincinnati Opera 1981-1982 5 The Cincinnati Opera (copy) 1981-1982 6 Cincinnati Opera “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” 1981-1982

3 1 Cincinnati Opera: Eugene Onegin and Tchaikovsky 1984

2 Cincinnati Opera: Summer Festival 1984 3 Cincinnati Opera: Fall Production 1985 4 Cincinnati Opera 1985 5 Cincinnati Opera 1986 6 Cincinnati Opera 1987

4 1 25th Anniversary Cincinnati Summer Opera: July 14 to July 27 1946

25th Anniversary Cincinnati Summer Opera: July 28 to August 10 1946

3 Cincinnati Summer Opera 1946 4 Civic light Opera 1950

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Dayton Opera Dayton Opera: 25th Anniversary Dayton Opera: 25th Anniversary (copy) Dayton Opera: 25th Anniversary (copy) Dayton Opera: 25th Anniversary (copy)

1982-1983 1985-1986 1985-1986 1985-1986 1985-1986

6 1 Dayton Opera 1986-1987 2 Dayton Opera 1987-1988 3 Grand Opera Festival 1945 4 Jerry of Jericho Road: An Operetta in Two Acts 1940 5 Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera Theatre n.d. 6 The Lass That Loved a Sailor 1976 7 The Magic Flute 1979 8 Metropolitan Opera House 1938-1939 9 Metropolitan Grand Opera 1948 10 Rainbow’s Night at the Opera n.d. 11 Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto” 1982 12 The Ring of the Fettuccines n.d. 13 Royal Opera House 1987

15 1 1 The Seraglio 1981 2 Smoky Mountain: An American Folk Opera 1954 3 Theatre National de L’Opera Comique 1963 4 The Threepenny Opera 1986 5 The Threepenny Opera 1977-1978 6 La Traviata 1943 7 La Traviata 1980 8 The Yeomen of the Guard n.d. 9 H.M.S. Pinafore “The Yeomen of the Guard” 10 Erlanger Grand Opera House “Ziegfeld Follies” 1931

Series 8: Organ and Piano Recitals


15 2 1 Victor Borge n.d. 2 Victor Borger and his Concert Orchestra n.d. 3 E. Power Biggs n.d. 4 Mario Braggiotti and Walter Shaw 1943 5 Chopin: Recital by Louis Waldemar Sprague 1937 6 The Dayton Piano Symphony 1938 7 First Piano Quartet 1943 8 Virgil Fox 1953 9 Rudolph Ganz: Piano Concert 1950 10 George Gershwin – Composer, Pianist 1934 11 Josef and Rosina Lhevinne 1937

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12 Organ Recitals 1955 13 Paderewski in a Concert of Pianoforte Music 1928 14 Philharmonic Piano Quartet n.d. 15 Piano Symphony Concert 1936 16 Alexander Schreiner, Organist 1949 17 Alec Templeton in a Piano Concert 1940 18 Thirty-first Christmas Carol Concert 1937

Series 9: Vaudeville and Similar Entertainment


15 3 1 “Abraham Lincoln” 1921 2 Sir Thomas Beecham Grand Opera Company 1920 3 Sir Thomas Beecham Grand Opera Company

(copy) 1920 4 Big Time Minstrel and Vaudeville 1935 5 Birdland Stars of 1955 1955 6 “Broadway Highlights” n.d. 7 “Broadway Highlights” 1955 8 “By the Way” n.d. 9 “Castles in the Air” n.d. 10 “Chicago” 1978 11 “The Child’s Dreamworld” 1921 12 The Choral and Orchestral Union of Glasgow 1920 13 Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert 1940 14 Cranston’s Pictvre Hovse 1921 15 Cranston’s Pictvre Hovse (copy) 1921

4 1 The D’oyly Carte Opera Company 1955 2 The D’oyly Cart Opera Company (copy) 1955 3 The Fabulous Fours 1978 4 “Flying Colors” 1932 5 Glasgow Alhambra “The Follies of 1920” 1921 6 Glasgow Alhambra “The Garden of Allah n.d. 7 Geisha Girl Revue n.d. 8 Horace Heidt 1950 9 Hengler’s Grand Cirque 1915 10 “Humpty Dumpty” 1920 11 Betty Hutton 1953 12 Joe Laurie Jr. in “If I was Rich” n.d. 13 International Festival of Music 1957 14 “Jazzmen Brew up a Storm” 1978 15 Danny Kaye 1955 16 Danny Kaye 1953 17 Danny Kaye (copy) 1953

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18 Lou Walter’s Latin Quarter 1948 19 “The Lilac Domino” 1920


15 5 1 “Madam X” 1924 2 “Mary Rose” 1921 3 Miles Theatre Program n.d. 4 “Meet me at the Picture House” The Picture

House Programme n.d. 5 “Meet me at the Picture House” The Picture

House Programme (copy) n.d. 6 A Night with Gershwin n.d. 7 N*O*S*T*A*L*G*I*A 1974 8 New Cinema n.d. 9 “Orphans of the Storm” n.d. 10 Palace Two-A-Day 1952 11 Palace Two-A-Day 1952 12 Palace Two-A-Day 1951 13 “Pals” 1933 14 “Paddy” 1921 15 “Peg o’ My Heart 1921 16 Turnabout Theatre n.d. 17 Glasgow Alhambra “Puss in Boots” 1920

6 1 “Quality Street n.d. 2 Radio City Music Hall Program 1944 3 Radio City Music Hall Program 1952 4 Radio City Music Hall Program 1957 5 “Stars on Parade” 1950 6 “Sybil” 1921 7 Michael Todd’s Peep Show 1950 8 European and American Vaudeville 1907 9 The Vaudeville Bill: B.F. Keith’s Theatre 1919 10 The Vaudeville Bill: B.F. Keith’s Theatre n.d. 11 Waldameer Theatre 1914 12 The Wehner n.d. 13 Westminster Abbey 1921 14 Rodolph Valentino in “The Young Rajah” n.d. 15 Menu Program: Untitled 1918

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