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Higgins Family papers

Title
  1. Higgins Family papers, 1923-1971.
Format
  1. Archival mix
Author
  1. Higgins family

Collection information

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AccessSupervised useCall number*T-Mss 1997-032Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Details

Additional authors
  1. Russell, Evelyn
  2. Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989
Description
  1. .5 lf. (1 box and 1 folder of oversized photographs)
Summary
  1. The Higgins Family papers consist of correspondence, contracts, photographs and hanging plots and document this family's career in the theater.
Subject
  1. Higgins, Thomas R.
  2. Higgins, Thomas H.
  3. Higgins, Robert.
  4. Russell, Evelyn.
  5. United States. Army. European Theater of Operations. Special Service Division.
  6. Stagehands.
  7. Theater -- United States.
  8. Soldiers as actors.
Call number
  1. *T-Mss 1997-032
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  1. Bequest of Thomas Ronald Higgins
Biography (note)
  1. The Higgins Family hails from Fall River, Massachusetts.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Finding Aid available in repository and on Internet.
Processing action (note)
  1. Processed
Author
  1. Higgins family.
Biography
  1. The Higgins Family hails from Fall River, Massachusetts. Thomas R. Higgins was with Special Services during World War II. His father, Thomas H. was a flyman during the 1920s and 1930s working with such notable performers as Maurice Evans, the Marx Brothers and Eddie Cantor. His brother, Robert, was a writer and an actor in the 1950s appearing on television in OMNIBUS, LAMP UNTO MY FEET, and STUDIO ONE, in the national company of TEA AND SYMPATHY, and on Broadway in AUNTIE MAME.
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