Boston theater watercolors and printed materials
Overview
Watercolor drawings of theater buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as some clippings and playbills concerning these establishments.
Dates
- Creation: 1797-1886 and undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Watercolors of Boston theatres, drawn by an unknown artist. Size of drawings vary; all are matted on 28 x 36 cm. paper board. Titles taken from manuscript annotations on mats. Some include clippings and playbills pasted on versos. Many of these images are actually copies of originals and probably were to be used for a book. Some, but not all, of the text and images can be found in the drama section of Justin Winsor's History of Boston... Many of these theaters no longer exist.
Also includes black and white photomechanical prints of most of these watercolors.
Includes the following Boston theaters: Bijou Theatre, Bland's Lyceum, Boston Adelphi Theatre, Boston Museum, Boston Theatre, Continental Theatre, Globe Theatre, Hay-Maket Theatre, Hollis Street Theatre, Howard Athenaeum, Leonard's National Theatre, National Theatre, Park Theatre, Tremont Theatre, Washington Theatre, and the Windsor Theatre.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by theater name.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Source unknown.
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Boston theater watercolors and printed materials, 1797-1886: Guide.
- Author
- Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02099
Repository Details
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