Houdiniana
- Title
- Houdiniana, 1898-1970s.
- Supplementary content
Items in the library and off-site
Displaying all 6 items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 2 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2016-010 Box 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 2016-010 Box 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerOvz. Fol. 3 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessBy appointment only | Call number*T-Mss 2016-010 Ovz. Fol. 3 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerOvz. Fol. 2 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessBy appointment only | Call number*T-Mss 2016-010 Ovz. Fol. 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerOvz. Fol. 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessBy appointment only | Call number*T-Mss 2016-010 Ovz. Fol. 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Not available - Please for assistance. | ContainerFramed poster - "Houdini in his latest Incredible Invention..." | FormatArchival Mix | AccessBy appointment only | Call number*T-Mss 2016-010 Framed poster - "Houdini in his latest Incredible Invention..." | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1.25 lf. (2 boxes, 3 oversized folders, 1 framed item)
- Summary
- Collection includes correspondence, ephemera, programs, police certificates, photographs, posters, and clippings related to the life and legacy of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926).
- Box 1 contains correspondence (1900-1927), clippings (1902-1989 and undated), published booklets, and other ephemera. Box 2 contains police certificates obtained and used by Houdini (1898-1912 and undated), an oversized photogaph, and autographed photographs. Oversized folder 1 contains a portrait photograph of Harry Houdini and Harry Kellar. Oversized folder 2 contains a color lithographed poster "Houdini: upside down in the water torture cell" (1912). Oversized folder 3 contains a photograph of a display of Houdini posters and props. Also a framed poster "Houdini in his latest invention the Double Fold Death Defying Water Mystery" (1911).
- Subject
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2016-010
- Source (note)
- Shirley Cohn
- Location of other archival materials (note)
- See also related collections: Dr. Saram Ellison scrapbooks (*T-Mss 1915-001); Magic scrapbooks (*T-Mss 2011-031); and Houdini artwork (*T-Vim 2011-293).
- Title
- Houdiniana, 1898-1970s.
- Local note
- Previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 11905, MWEZ+++ n.c. 5323A, MWEZ+++ n.c. 5280, MWEZ+++ n.c. 24188, and *T-Cage (Houdini, Harry).
- Location of other archival materials
- See also related collections: Dr. Saram Ellison scrapbooks (*T-Mss 1915-001); Magic scrapbooks (*T-Mss 2011-031); and Houdini artwork (*T-Vim 2011-293).
- Note
- Materials relating to Dr. Daniel E. Cohn, gift of Shirley Cohn, 2022.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Houdini, Beatrice, 1876-1943.
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
- Cohn, Daniel E., Dr.
- Ernst, Fox & Cane.
- Research call number
- *T-Mss 2016-010