Overview
Scrapbooks kept by American minstrel performer and song writer, Harry Angelo.
Dates
- Creation: 1855-1894
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Volumes are in very poor condition. Consult curator for access.
Extent
3 linear feet (4 boxes)Volumes include: clippings; manuscript entries of jokes, songs, caricatures and anecdotes; legal matters; lyrics and music (much in manuscript transcript, some autograph manuscripts by Angelo), general show information; tickets, playbills; etc... Much of the material concerns the Irish and some is specific to minstrel shows. Some of the volumes Angelo used to paste into were old manuscript albums for accounts and other entries.
Biographical / Historical
Harry Angelo was a song writer, a banjo player, minstrel show performer, and comic vocalist from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. He performed and/or wrote songs for Sanford's American Opera House, the Roxborough Lyceum Hall, Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels, and many others in the 1850s and possibly later. Some of his songs were published, often as H. Angelo. He also collected theatrical and minstrel materials.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
91-92.134; 91-92.136.1. Gift of Mrs. Paula Wilhelm, through the kindness of George H. Callcott; received: 1992 February 28.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Angelo, Harry. Harry Angelo scrapbooks, circa 1855-1894: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02166
Repository Details
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