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Concert and Theatre Programs, 1934-1960 and undated

 File — Box: 82, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Mounted concert- and theatre-related clippings, most undated. Most of the clippings are simply images rather than full articles, sources are most often not indicated. Death notices account for most recent dates.

Theatre Programs: "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (with Basil Rathbone and Katharine Cornell) at the Strand Theatre (Ithaca, New York), 1934; "Roberta" at the Strand Theatre, 1934; "Ah, Wilderness!" (with George M. Cohan) at the Strand Theatre, 1935; "Ceiling Zero" at the National Theatre, 1935; "The Henrietta" at the Roadside Theatre, 1935; "To Die At Dawn" at the Roadside Theatre, 1935; "Thumbs Up!" at the Strand Theatre, 1935; "The Old Maid," no theatre identified (but a typed note at bottom says "Ithaca, N.Y., November 6, 1935).

Bailey Hall (Cornell University) Concert Programs: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, December 4, 1934; Lucrezia Bori, Soprano, and Frederick Bristol, Pianist, October 29, 1935.

Willard Straight Theatre (Cornell University) Concert Programs: Budapest String Quartet, March 5, 1935.

Drill Hall (Cornell University) Concert Programs: "Elijah: An Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn," May 5, 1934.

News pieces about deaths of Katharine Cornell's dog, Flush, who starred with her in "The Barretts Of Winpole Street" (1937), Alice Duer Miller (1942), Jerome David Kern (1945), Sidney Greenstreet (1954), Fay Templeton (1939), Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1936), George M. Cohan (1942), Osgood Perkins (1937), Alan Hale (1950), Paul McCullough (1935), Robert Edwin ("Bobby") Clark (1960), Lucrezia Bori (1960); hand-typed death notice for Joseph Allen (1952), Hugh Cameron (1941). Newspaper review of "Ceiling Zero" by Arthur Ruhl, nd. Editorial in Stage magazine, "In Memory of Osgood Perkins" by Leslie Varick Perkins. Brief news piece about Irene McBride changing her name to Irene Moore.

Pages are numbered 417-428.

Scrapbook most likely belonged to Edith Adams Stone.

Dates

  • 1934-1960 and undated

Extent

From the Collection: 100 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository

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Binghamton NY 13902 USA