Harvard Theatre Collection of playbills and programs from Boston organizations
Overview
Contains playbills and programs collected by the Harvard Theatre Collection.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1800-1930
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
3 linear feet (6 boxes)Contains printed playbills and programs from productions presented at organizations, associations, institutions, societies, etc...in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Biographical / Historical
Theater programs and playbills are printed lists of the acts, scenes, selections, or other features composing a play or theatrical entertainment, including the names of the performers. Typically a playbill is a single-sheet listing of acts with a short description, printed on one side of paper and a program is a folded piece printed on both sides, in leaflet, pamphlet, or booklet size.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Various sources, various dates.
Processing Information
Processed by Zehra Iman, with assistance from Max Goldberg.
Source
- Harvard Theatre Collection (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard Theatre Collection, collector. Harvard Theatre Collection of playbills and programs from Boston organizations, circa 1800-1930 (TCS 67): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- December 8, 2023
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03628
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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