Research Catalog
R. H. Burnside collection
- Title
- R. H. Burnside collection, circa 1905-1952.
- Author
- Burnside, R. H. (Robert Hubberthorne), 1873-1952.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 5 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 6 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 7 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 8 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 9 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 10 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 11 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 11 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 12 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 12 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 13 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 13 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 14 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 14 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 15 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 15 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 16 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 16 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 17 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 17 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 18 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 18 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 19 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 19 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 20 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1952-002 Box 20 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 34.4 linear ft. (76 boxes)
- Summary
- Burnside possessed a treasure trove of memorabilia from the Hippodrome; full color designs and production files from the musical spectacles highlight and comprise the bulk of the collection.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Set design drawings.
- Promptbooks.
- Librettos.
- Note
- Approximately 100 plays by Burnside as sole or co-author donated with the Burnside papers may be found as bound typescripts in the Theatre Division. Search The New York Public Library Catalog using Burnside, R. H. as author.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Terms of Use (note)
- For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Source (note)
- R. H. Burnside estate
- Biography (note)
- Showman R.H. Burnside was born in Glasgow to a theatrical family.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.
- Provenance (note)
- The collection was salvaged from Burnside's family home, Pine Lawn, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and was divided between the Library's Manuscripts, Theatre and Music Divisions.
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1952-002
- OCLC
- 610055519
- Author
- Burnside, R. H. (Robert Hubberthorne), 1873-1952.
- Title
- R. H. Burnside collection, circa 1905-1952.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Terms Of Use
- For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Biography
- Showman R.H. Burnside was born in Glasgow to a theatrical family. By the age of twelve he had twice run away from home to join the circus. His career began at London's Savoy Theatre in the 1880s where he worked backstage for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on its original productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. After moving to America, Burnside staged over 200 shows during his career, including many musicals for which he wrote music, librettos and lyrics. He was most closely identified with his direction of the popular musical extravaganzas at N.Y.'s Hippodrome Theatre, a vast playhouse where he mounted circus-sized spectacles with casts of hundreds between 1908-1923. After the Hippodrome's heydey, Burnside acquired all its costumes and equipment and began a theatrical rental business, R. H. Burnside Productions, while continuing to stage theatrical productions in a variety of venues.
- Provenance
- The collection was salvaged from Burnside's family home, Pine Lawn, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and was divided between the Library's Manuscripts, Theatre and Music Divisions.
- Indexes
- Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.
- Source
- Gift; R. H. Burnside estate, 1952.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Barnes, Will R.O'Kane, H. M. (Helen Marguerite), 1879-Cook, Marie.Lawson, Mark.Hubicki, Margaret.MacGeachy, Cora.McQuinn.Matthews, William Henry.Monkhouse, Gladys.Wilhelm, Carl.Dillingham, Charles B.Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1952-002