Found 6 collections related to Minstrel shows

Filtering on: x1851 - 1900
Dehn, Mura, 1902-1987
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 72
24 document boxes 2,533 items in 327 folders
The Mura Dehn Collection documents Mura Dehn's professional life as dancer, choreographer, scholar and filmmaker, and to a lesser degree, her personal life through notebooks, poetry and... more
Locke, Robinson, 1856-1920
Billy Rose Theatre Division | NAFR+
107.94 linear feet (518 volumes, 574 other items)
The Robinson Locke collection consists of scrapbooks and portfolios containing clippings, programs, photographs, prints, letters and other ephemera documenting American theater history.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 939
4.0 linear feet (4 boxes)
The Minstrel collection consists of various published minstrel books from an assortment of publishing series. All of the publishing series within the collection are incomplete. The majority of the collection comes from the De Witt's Ethiopian and... more
Cheney, Arthur, 1837-1878
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2023-005
3.82 linear feet (6 volumes)
Arthur Cheney (1837-1878) was a theatre manager and proprietor. The Arthur Cheney scrapbooks, dated 1867 to 1875, hold playbills generated for theatrical entertainment at the Selwyn Theatre and the Globe Theatre located in Boston, Massachusetts.
Lee, Mrs. Harry A.
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2023-004
7.22 linear feet (6 volumes)
Mrs. Harry Lee (née Fay Elma Waterman, 1862-1916) was a theatre enthusiast. These scrapbooks contain theatre ephemera from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lee assembled these scrapbooks while traveling with her husband Harry A. Lee (1845-1919)... more
Meriney, Ernest A., 1873-1938
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2023-008
7.83 linear feet (9 volumes)
The Ernest A. Meriney scrapbooks, dated 1885 to 1907, were created by Edward A. Meriney (1873-1938), a salesman and theatre enthusiast, who wanted to retain a record of the productions that were performed in New Orleans' theatres. As a major... more