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We opened in one; recollections of vaudeville, 1929-30, by Rosanna "Ann Williams" Wheaton. Edited by James W. Wheaton.

Book/Text

Hingham, Mass. [J. W. Wheaton] 1970.

1970

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWES (Wheaton, R.) 72-1449Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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Vaudeville U. S.A., by John E. DiMeglio.

Book/Text

Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green University Popular Press [1973]

1973

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 74-930Item locationOffsite
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Ėstrada i ︠t︡sirk glazami vl︠i︡ublennogo. [Sbornik stateĭ].

Book/Text

Moskva, "Iskusstvo," 1971.

1971

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall number*QDK 74-1469Item locationOffsite

The AGVA news [microform].

Microform

New York.

1950-1966

3 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMicroformCall number*ZAN-*T13 [Microfilm] Library has: v. 1-16, no. 2; Aug. 1950-summer 1966 (incomplete). v. 12-16 (1962-1966)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatMicroformCall number*ZAN-*T13 [Microfilm] Library has: v. 1-16, no. 2; Aug. 1950-summer 1966 (incomplete). v. 9-11 (Jan. 1959-Dec. 1961)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatMicroformCall number*ZAN-*T13 [Microfilm] Library has: v. 1-16, no. 2; Aug. 1950-summer 1966 (incomplete). v. 1-8 (Aug. 1950-Dec. 1958) (inc.)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Once upon a stage : the merry world of vaudeville / by Charles and Louise Samuels.

Book/Text

New York : Dodd, Mead, [1974]

1974

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 75-508Item locationOffsite

Adventures in the arts; informal chapters on painters, vaudeville and poets.

Book/Text

New York, Hacker Art Books, 1972.

1972-1921

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJQZ 12-3575Item locationSchwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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B. F. Keith's theatre news.

Book/Text

Washington.

5 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberMWED (Washington) [RBS] 97-21 v. 30, no. 2-34 (Sept. 11 1927-Apr. 3 1928)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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FormatBook/TextCall numberMWED (Washington) [RBS] 97-21 v. 25, no. 1-52 (Sept. 4 1922-Sept. 2 1923)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatBook/TextCall numberMWED (Washington) [RBS] 97-21 v. 23, no. 1-52 (Aug. 30 1920-Aug. 22 1921)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Ziegfeld.

Book/Text

London, New York, W. H. Allen, 1973 [c1972]

1973-1972

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number*MGYB (Ziegfeld) 75-1888Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Darlings of the gods in music hall, revue, and musical comedy, as seen by Nerman.

Book/Text

London, A. Rivers [1929]

1929

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWER+ 75-2247Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Show biz, from vaude to video, by Abel Green and Joe Laurie, Jr [microform].

Microform

Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday & Co. [1953, c1951]

1953-1951

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMicroformCall number*XMT-167 [Microfiche]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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The vaudevillians / Bill Smith.

Book/Text

New York : Macmillan, c1976.

1976

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number*MGY 76-2324Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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The complete entertainment discography, from the mid-1890s to 1942 [by] Brian Rust with Allen G. Debus.

Book/Text

New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House [1973]

1973

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number*L 76-7543Item locationOffsite

The Max Miller Blue Book, Compiled by Barry Took. Illus. by Trog.

Book/Text

[London, Robson Books, c1975]

1975

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 77-1514Item locationOffsite

We can still hear them clapping / [edited] by Marcia Keegan.

Book/Text

New York : Avon, 1975.

1975

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWER 78-2430Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMFX (Keegan) 00-12646Item locationSchwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Hē Athēnaïkē epitheōrēsē / epimeleia Thod. Chatzēpantazēs, Lida Maraka.

Book/Text

Athēna : Ekdotikē Hermēs, 1977-

1977-present

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWEL (Greece) 79-2168 2Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberMWEL (Greece) 79-2168 1Item locationOffsite

Madison's budget.

Microform

New York.

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Pertwee's Promenades and pierrots : one hundred years of seaside entertainment.

Book/Text

Newton Abbott [Eng.] : Westbridge Books, c1979.

1979

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 80-2349Item locationOffsite

Bonte pracht, vederdracht : geschiedenis van de revue in Nederland / Dries Krijn.

Book/Text

Zutphen : Walburg Pers, [1980]

1980

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 80-2737Item locationOffsite

Le théâtre de Georges Feydeau / Henry Gidel.

Book/Text

Paris : Klincksieck, 1979.

1979

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 81-707Item locationOffsite

Way down south/ by Clarence Muse and David Arlen; wood cuts by Blanding Sloan. 1st ed.

Book/Text

Hollywood, Calif.: D. G. Fischer, 1932.

1932

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberSc Rare F 81-11Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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The vaudevillians : a dictionary of vaudeville performers / Anthony Slide.

Book/Text

Westport, Conn. : Arlington House, c1981.

1981

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWER 82-1505Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre - Reference

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Contemporary drama and the popular dramatic tradition in England / Peter Davison.

Book/Text

London : Macmillan, 1982.

1982

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberNCOM 84-3550Item locationOffsite

Male-female comedy teams in American vaudeville, 1865-1932 / by Shirley Staples.

Book/Text

Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1984.

1984

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 84-1501Item locationOffsite

American vaudeville as seen by its contemporaries / edited and with commentary by Charles W. Stein.

Book/Text

New York : Knopf, 1984.

1984

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 84-3493Item locationOffsite

When vaudeville was king : a soft shoe stroll down forget-me-not lane / Charles Norman.

Book/Text

Melbourne : Spectrum Publications, 1984.

1984

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 86-279Item locationOffsite

Druga poŁowa życia / Ludwik Sempoliński.

Book/Text

Warszawa : Czytelnik, 1985.

1985

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall number*QPZ 87-1205Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Satz für Satz : ein Kabarett-Solo mit Fussnoten / Werner Schneyder; fotos von Armin Kühne.

Book/Text

München : Knaur, 1984.

1984

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 87-3348Item locationOffsite

Selected vaudeville criticism / edited by Anthony Slide.

Book/Text

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1988.

1988

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 88-2908Item locationOffsite

The complete entertainment discography, from 1897 to 1942 / Brian Rust and Allen G. Debus.

Book/Text

New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, c1989.

1989

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberML156.4 .P6 R88 1989Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound - Reference

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In the spotlight : personal experiences of Elbert Hubbard on the American stage.

Book/Text

East Aurora : The Roycrofters, [1917]

1917-1917

2 items

Available online

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberMWED 89-25098 (Hubbard, E.)Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberMWED (Hubbard, E.) 89-25098Item locationOffsite

The voice of the city : vaudeville and popular culture in New York / Robert W. Snyder.

Book/Text

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

1989

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWED (New York) 89-28276Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Unterhaltungskunst.

Book/Text

Berlin : Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, 1969-1988.

1969-1988

18 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWA (Unterhaltungskunst) v. 19 (1988)Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWA (Unterhaltungskunst) v. 18 (1987)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberMWA (Unterhaltungskunst) v. 17 (1986)Item locationOffsite

From minstrel show to vaudeville : the Australian popular stage, 1788-1914 / Richard Waterhouse.

Book/Text

Kensington, NSW, Australia : New South Wales University Press ; Portland, Or., U.S.A. : Available in North America through International Specialized Book Services, 1990.

1990

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWEL (Australia) 91-3448Item locationOffsite

Ona Munson papers, 1906-1949.

Archival Mix

1906-1949

13 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1990-012 Box 13Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1990-012 Box 12Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1990-012 Box 11Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling papers, 1899-1952.

Archival Mix

1899-1952

1 item

Collection information

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FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1986-005Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Teatro di varietà a Livorno tra il 1880 e il 1914 / Daniela Vianelli.

Book/Text

Livorno : Editrice nuova fortezza, c1990.

1990

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWFH 91-8769Item locationOffsite

The golden years of music hall [sound recording] : from the original recordings.

Music CD

Wotton-Under-Edge, Glos., England : Saydisc, p1990.

1990

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMusic CDCall number*LDC 2796 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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James Foster Milliken papers, 1887-1894.

Archival Mix

1887-1894

1 item

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FormatArchival MixCall number*T-Mss 1986-010 Box 1Item locationOffsite

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Karl Bernstein scrapbooks, 1925-1971.

Archival Mix

1925-1970

46 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatArchival MixCall numberMWEZ+ n.c. 22084 Vincent Donohue, 1960-1962Item locationOffsite

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatArchival MixCall numberMWEZ+ n.c. 22079 Tiger at the Gates, 1955; Major Barbara, 1956Item locationOffsite

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FormatArchival MixCall numberMWEZ+ n.c. 22074 Silk Stockings, 1955Item locationOffsite

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Singing the master : the emergence of African American culture in the plantation south / Roger D. Abrahams.

Book/Text

New York : Pantheon Books, 1992.

1992

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 92-514Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Annie Hart papers and scrapbooks, 1922-1947.

Archival Mix

1922-1947

1 item

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FormatArchival MixCall number8-MWEZ+ n.c. 29441 Box 1 Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Charles B. Dillingham papers, 1903-1931, bulk (1910-1927)

Archival Mix

1903-1931

0 resources

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The Palace. With an introd. by Brooks Atkinson.

Book/Text

New York, Atheneum, 1969.

1969

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberMWED (New York) (Spitzer, M. Palace)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 792.097-S (Spitzer, M. Palace)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Charley White's new book of black wit and darky conversations, being the second series of the kind ever published and containing a large collection of laughable anecdotes, jokes, stories, witticisms, plantation and dandy darkey converstions, &c., &c., as given by this great comedian at White's opera house, New York, compiled and arranged by Charles White and published by his authority.

Book/Text

New York, Dick & Fitzgerald [1856]

1856

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatBook/TextCall numberSc Rare 791.1-W (White, C. Charley White's new book of black wit) Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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