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Chamberlain and Lyman Brown theater diaries
- Title
- Chamberlain and Lyman Brown theater diaries, 1909-1914.
- Format
- Archival mix
Collection information
Finding aid
The finding aid is a document containing details about the organization and contents of this archival collection. Archival collections may require an appointment to view and use on-site.
Items in the library and off-site
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| Status | Container | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 5 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2002-010 Box 5 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 4 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2002-010 Box 4 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 3 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2002-010 Box 3 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 2 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2002-010 Box 2 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 1 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2002-010 Box 1 | Item locationOffsite |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- Arranged in series: I. Chamberlain Brown diaries, 1909-1912; II. Lyman Brown diaries, 1911-1914.
- Summary
- The Chamberlain and Lyman Brown Theater Diaries consist of nine volumes that document the brothers' theatergoing experiences (mostly in Boston, Massachusetts) as young teenagers, for the years from 1909 to 1914.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autographs.
- Clippings.
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
- Programs.
- Ticket stubs.
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2002-010
- Language
- English
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Location of other archival materials (note)
- Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Biography (note)
- Theatrical casting agents, producers, and writers, brothers Chamberlain and Lyman Brown were born in Hartford, Connecticut in the 1890s of a prominent New England family.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Biography
- Theatrical casting agents, producers, and writers, brothers Chamberlain and Lyman Brown were born in Hartford, Connecticut in the 1890s of a prominent New England family. Chamberlain, the elder of the two brothers, was educated at Harvard and while there he began a career as an actor. While still in his teens, he formed his own stock company and became an owner and manager of a theater in Lowell, Massachusetts. Chamberlain Brown moved to New York City, where, by 1913, he had opened his own company, The Chamberlain Agency. Lyman Brown joined his brother's theatrical agency as the Boston representative. Later he moved to New York City and worked in the New York office as a licensed Equity agent. Chamberlain Brown, who died in 1955, discovered and represented many stars of theater, radio, and film during his career. Lyman Brown, who became a co-owner of the Chamberlain Brown Agency, worked primarily casting summer stock productions throughout the United States and Canada. Lyman Brown died in 1961.
- Location of other archival materials
- See also Chamberlain and Lyman Brown papers in the Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Brown, Chamberlain.
- Brown, Lyman.