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Tunis Dean papers,
- Title
- Tunis Dean papers, 1875-1939.
- Author
- Dean, Tunis F. (Tunis Ferdinand), 1865-1939.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1939-002 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1939-002 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1939-002 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1939-002 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 1.75 ft. (4 boxes)
- Subjects
- Note
- Material was formerly cataloged in the Cage files and as MWEZ + n.c. 2149, 2151, 2153, 5281, and 5659-5660.
- Two oversized photographs: one of the original New York cast of David Belasco's IT'S A WISE CHILD arriving in California and one of an unknown actress have been separated to the Photograph Collection.
- The following materials that arrived with the Tunis Dean Papers, but have no obvious connection to him, have been cataloged separately: broadsides for the Boston Museum Theatre, 1849-1850 (MWEZ 2154A); souvenir program for A RUNAWAY GIRL, November 21, 1898 (MWEZ 2150); a scrapbook of clippings on Frank C. Bostock's Midway Carnival Co., a traveling circus, 1900 (MWEZ 2148); and two scrapbooks of clippings on the stage and other topics that belonged to Louise Muldauer and are mostly in German (MWEZ 2152 & 2154).
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography (note)
- Tunis Dean, theatrical manager and fashionable civic leader in Baltimore, Maryland, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1939-002
- Author
- Dean, Tunis F. (Tunis Ferdinand), 1865-1939.
- Title
- Tunis Dean papers, 1875-1939.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, account books, clippings, photographs and ephemera documenting the professional life of Tunis Dean. Includes correspondence with David Belasco, B.F. Roeder and Harry Dean Shook on bookings and other matters of theatrical management and handwritten press releases Dean wrote about himself. Also contains two scrapbooks of programs, clippings and ephemera on the Academy of Music in Baltimore, 1875-1877 and 1888, an account book of box office receipts for the Grand Opera House in Pittsburgh, 1902-1904, with letters to Dean pasted in, and many clippings on Dean's career.
- Biography
- Tunis Dean, theatrical manager and fashionable civic leader in Baltimore, Maryland, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Affiliated for years with the David Belasco organization, Dean acted as Belasco's personal representative, and served as tour manager for a number of prominent actors including Blanche Bates, Mrs. Leslie Carter, David Warfield, Frances Starr and James O'Neill. Dean was, at various times, the manager of the Baltimore Academy of Music and the Grand Opera House in Pittsburgh, and agent for firms such as Nixon & Zimmerman, Klaw & Erlanger, Liebler & Co. and Harry Davis. He was also a promoter of beach parades and carnivals.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1939-002