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Additional authors

1. Low, J. Herbert (James Herbert), 1868-
2. Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905
3. Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892
4. Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932
5. Boyton, Paul, 1848-1924
6. Lewis, James, Colonel, 1832-1914
7. Washington, George, 1732-1799
8. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
9. Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925
10. Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931
11. Black, Alexander, 1859-1940
12. Bayliss, Blanche
13. Bull, Ole, 1810-1880
14. Joseffy, Rafael, 1852-1915
15. Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919
16. Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917
17. Rosenthal, Moriz, 1833-1889
18. Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894
19. Strauss, Eduard, 1835-1916
20. Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922
21. Reszke, Jean de, 1850-1925
22. Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
23. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
24. Herford, Beatrice
25. Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927
26. Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907
27. Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875
28. Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
29. King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864
30. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
31. Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
32. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
33. Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899
34. Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
35. Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893
36. Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911
37. Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894
38. Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894
39. Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880

Description

1. 2 bound volumes and 1 portfolio; 30 cm or larger

Donor/Sponsor

1. In honor of George Freedley

Subject

1. Magic > 19th century
2. Popular culture > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century
3. Projectors > 19th century
4. Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
5. Opera > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century
6. Playbills
7. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
8. Cards
9. Erasmus Hall High School
10. Music-halls > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
11. Marginalia
12. Music > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
13. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century
14. Scrapbooks
15. Theater programs
16. Music > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century
17. Exhibitions > 19th century
18. Music-halls > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century
19. Theater > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century
20. Opera > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
21. Tableaux > 19th century
22. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
23. Juneteenth
24. Chicago (Ill.) > History > 19th century
25. Menus
26. Men > Diaries > 19th century
27. Circus > 19th century
28. Benefit performances
29. Nordamerikanischer Sängerbund
30. Sideshows > 19th century
31. McVicker's Theatre
32. Theater > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
33. Popular culture > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
34. Minstrel shows
35. Printed ephemera

Genre/Form

1. Cards.
2. Menus.
3. Marginalia.
4. Theater programs.
5. Playbills.
6. Scrapbooks.
7. Printed ephemera.

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 9574-9575A

Note

1. Two scrapbooks of cuttings, programs, cards, and other ephemera documenting performances attended by Dr. J. Herbert Low between 1876 and 1907 in Chicago and New York, largely devoted to classical music, opera, concerts, and recitals. Includes expositions, lectures, readings, and theatrical performances, with some circus, magic, minstrelsy, sideshows, and tableaux vivants. Of note are several events at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and others related to Erasmus Hall High School (Brooklyn, N.Y.), including a dinner entertainment attended by Dr. Low and Genevieve Hubbard Low, his wife, with a special menu and program.
2. A matched pair of 19th century folio volume scrapbooks with decorated endpapers, each containing 134 leaves. There are a few pages of notes in manuscript in the first volume. Many entries are annotated with the names of attendees.
3. Volume 1 (MWEZ + n.c. 9574) consists of 134 leaves of cuttings and memorabilia, mainly from Chicago, documenting musical and stage performances including many at McVicker's Theatre; band concerts led by Theodore Thomas, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, and John Philip Sousa; a few benefit performances including an appearance by the aquatic adventurer Captain Paul Boyton; readings by Mark Twain and George Washington Cable; lectures by John L. Stoddard and Jean de Reszke; an 1886 African-American Emancipation Day [Juneteenth] celebration under the supervision of Colonel James Lewis (New Orleans, La.); a commemoration of George Washington; Alexander Black's 1894 magic lantern "picture play" or stereopticon, Miss Jerry, starring Blanche Bayliss; performances by Ole Bull, the Nord-Amerikanscher Sängerbund, Rafael Joseffy, Adelina Patti, Teresa Carreño, Moriz Rosenthal, Hans von Bülow, Eduard Strauss, Arthur Nikisch, and Ignace Paderewski, among many others.
4. Volume 2 (MWEZ + n.c. 9575) consists of 47 leaves of cuttings and memorabilia, mainly from New York and Brooklyn, documenting musical and stage performances along with readings and lectures by William Dean Howells, Beatrice Herford, and Jerome K. Jerome. There are 27 inverted leaves of portraits clipped from pictorial magazines as well as engraved portraits of Sir William Thompson, Sir Charles Wheatstone, Michel de Montaigne, Thomas Starr King, Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Brontë, Alfred Tennyson, E.D.E.N. Southworth, M. F. Maury, Hamilton Fish, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, and Hermann von Helmholtz. A broadside poster advertising a concert appearance by Anton Rubinstein and Henryk Wieniawski at Aiken's Theatre (Chicago, 1872-1873), has been removed from a small envelope and placed in an accompanying portfolio (MWEZ + n.c. 9575A).

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Dr. J. Herbert Low, November 13, 1946.

Binding (note)

1. 19th century brown leather with gilt trim and a repeating emblem decoration in gilt as a margin to the paste-down

Title

1. Dr. J. Herbert Low scrapbooks.

Production

1. 1876-1907.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Biography

1. James Herbert Low, the second principal of Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, New York (1917-1934), was born in Bradford, Vermont in 1868 and died in New York City, December 20, 1959. He was married on July 12, 1899 to the former Genevieve Hubbard who died August 5, 1923. A well-known progressive educator and lecturer on history and politics with an affiliation at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Low is the author of English history as a background to modern American life, published in 1928. An amateur pianist, composer, and serious enthusiast of classical music who studied at the Juilliard School of Music after his retirement from public service, Dr. Low kept two scrapbook diaries where he pasted cuttings and other memorabilia to record his attendance at performances in Chicago and New York from 1876 to 1907.

Provenance

1. Gift of Dr. J. Herbert Low, November 13, 1946.

Binding

1. 19th century brown leather with gilt trim and a repeating emblem decoration in gilt as a margin to the paste-down

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Added author

1. Low, J. Herbert (James Herbert), 1868- educator.
2. Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905, conductor.
3. Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892, conductor.
4. Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932, conductor.
5. Boyton, Paul, 1848-1924, performer.
6. Lewis, James, Colonel, 1832-1914, organizer.
7. Washington, George, 1732-1799, honoree.
8. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, speaker.
9. Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925, speaker.
10. Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931, speaker.
11. Black, Alexander, 1859-1940, director.
12. Bayliss, Blanche, actor.
13. Bull, Ole, 1810-1880, performer.
14. Joseffy, Rafael, 1852-1915, performer.
15. Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919, performer.
16. Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917, performer.
17. Rosenthal, Moriz, 1833-1889, performer.
18. Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894, performer.
19. Strauss, Eduard, 1835-1916, performer.
20. Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922, performer.
21. Reszke, Jean de, 1850-1925, speaker.
22. Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941, performer.
23. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920, speaker.
24. Herford, Beatrice, performer.
25. Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927, performer.
26. Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907, depicted.
27. Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875, depicted.
28. Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592, depicted.
29. King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864, depicted.
30. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, depicted.
31. Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855, depicted.
32. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, depicted.
33. Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899, depicted.
34. Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, depicted.
35. Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893, depicted.
36. Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911, depicted.
37. Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, depicted.
38. Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894, performer.
39. Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880, performer.

Research call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 9574-9575A