Found 632 collections related to Scrapbooks

These letters are related to the Torrens Campaign Committee of New York, and legislation concerning the registration of land titles. The collection contains a volume entitled "Ledger A" kept by secretary L. Macchiaverna, a small scrap book, and loose letters addressed to Walter Fairchild and Edward Pollak less

Muriel Hutchison (1915-1975) was an American stage actor active in the 1930s and 1940s. Her scrapbook documents her career from 1937 to 1938. The scrapbook contains clippings, letters, congratulatory telegrams, programs, contracts, excerpts of scripts, photographs, and other memorabilia. Productions represented in the scrapbook include Lysistrata at the Dallas Little Theatre, Idiot's Delight in various Connecticut theaters, Trilby at the Mohawk Drama Festival, and Lightnin', all produced in 1938, and Merely Murder, produced in 1937. The scrapbook has been disassembled and the pages have been placed in folders. This collection was previously cataloged with the call number MWEZ + n.c. 24,445. less

The scrapbook of theater and opera house ephemera contains tickets for opera, plays, and vaudeville shows; clippings of articles about and images of prominent performers; promotional materials such as fliers; and business cards from entertainment journalists, opera house managers, performers, and other professionals connected to the entertainment industry. Most of the material concerns performances in New York State; there are a number of tickets from the Utica City Opera House. less

Nancy Douglass (née Hasenwinkle) was a stage and radio actor. She began her career in the 1930s acting under the stage name Nancy Haswin, before changing her stage name to Douglass in 1938. She was married to Lawrence Hurdle and also performed for a time as Nancy Hurdle. Her Broadway roles included parts in The Devil of Pei-Ling (1936), Out of the Frying Pan (1941), and Bloomer Girl (1944). She was an understudy in the Theatre Guild's touring production of Ah, Wilderness! (1935) and starred in the radio program Dangerous Road in 1938. In the 1960s and early 1970s she performed in touring productions of Forty Carats and in the Windmill Dinner Theater in Texas. The Nancy Douglass papers (1933-1971) contains programs, photographs, clippings, telegrams, letters, and other materials related to Douglass' career. The collection includes a scrapbook which documents her career from 1934 to 1941. less

Robert B. Sinclair (1905-1970) was a director who was primarily active in the theater in the 1930s and 1940s. His productions on Broadway included For Services Rendered (1933), The Women (1936), and Without Love (1942). The Robert B. Sinclair scrapbook documents productions that he worked on from 1931 to 1943. The scrapbook chiefly contains clippings and programs. It also contains letters from Fay Bainter, Edna Ferber, and Alexander Woollcott. This collection was previously cataloged with the call number MWEZ + n.c. 24,908. less

The Community International Corporation was a film production company active in the early 20th century and headquartered in New York City. The Community International Corporation motion picture review scrapbooks contain reviews of early 20th century films distributed by Pathe, Goldwyn, Universal, Fox, Paramount, Triangle, Mutual, and numerous independent distribution companies. Reviews date from 1915 to 1920. The scrapbooks pages are arranged alphabetically by film title, and for some titles also include reel lists for the pictures as well as musical settings to cue piano players providing live accompaniment at the theater. Along with film title, scrapbook pages identify production company and distribution company names, as well as the film genre for each title less

This scrapbook was created by William Gorham Rice who served as secretary to New York Governors Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill. The volume contains various printed documents, such as governor's messages, governor proclamations, lists of New York State Senate bills, and ephemera related to the New York state government between 1884 and 1886 less

Gladys Wynne (or Gwladys Wynne, d. 1964) was an English-American actor who was active on Broadway from 1908 through the 1910s. The collection contains a scrapbook Wynne created and two photographic portraits of her. The scrapbook contains images of British actors, cut out from magazines, dating to the 1900s. The photographs date to 1907 and 1915. less

Scrapbook containing clippings of reviews and programs from the 1958 revue La Plume de Ma Tante at the Royale Theatre in New York City, and the 1963 musical Sophie at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. less

Rosette King Leslie married George Robert Leslie III. George Leslie attended the Bovee School, a private boys' academy in New York City between 1925-1927. He died in 1968 The papers consist of one folder of material relating to the Bovee School, particularly concerning the creation of the school magazine, the xxBovee Inkwellxx; one scrapbook documenting global events in 1940; and a ship's log and guest book detailing trips taken by the King family on their sailboat, mainly in the Long Island Sound and along the coast of New York and Connecticut less

Robert Benchley, humorist, critic, actor, writer and director was born in 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts. His writing career began as early as his college days as president of the LAMPOON, in which he wrote many articles. His reputation as a humorist grew when he became editor of the New York Tribune's Sunday Magazine. During the 1920's he was the dramatic editor for both Life Magazine and the New Yorker. His career also included writing, acting and directing for MGM. The Robert Benchley Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, programs and reviews and document both the careers of him and his son, Nathaniel. less

The Roe family papers consist of genealogical notes and charts, 1882 through 1958, on the Roe family by various genealogists including Clarence Almon Torrey, Charles Harvey Roe, Robert C. Vial, Catherine T.R. Matthews, and Alfred S. Roe. Also present is a manuscript of Clarence Almon Torrey and Charles Harvey Roe's second edition of "David Roe of Flushing, NY. and some of his descendants;" a scrapbook of Alfred S. Roe, 1882-1906, containing correspondence and clippings pertaining to the Roe family; and an album of cartes-de-visite and tintype portrait photographs, ca. 1860s-1900, of identified members of the Roe family of Buchanan, Michigan. less

Beatrice Collings managed the Royal York hotel (and later, the Royal Albion) in Brighton, England, with her sister's husband, boxing and sports promoter Sir Harry Preston. The vistors' book includes photographs, autographs, sketches, caricatures, and remarks on the hotels from a variety of sports, theatrical, military, and other prominent figures. Among the many notable guests represented in the volume are boxers Jack Dempsy and Joe Beckett; actors Gladys Cooper and Sybil Thorndike; entertainers George Robey and Flotsam & Jetsam; artist Walter Richard Sickert; writers Hillaire Belloc, Hall Caine and A. E. W. Mason; and evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Also present are newspaper clippings related to the hotels, and to Preston and his family. less

The Order of United Americans was formed in New York City in 1944 as a nativist benevolent association of American-born laborers. It quickly attained nationwide membership. Though it did offer some retirement benefits to its members, it was mainly considered a means for disseminating anti-Catholic and anti-foreign propaganda. Many of its tactics and rituals were taken up by the Know-Nothing party in the 1850s Records include correspondence, official notices, programs, orations, and a New York City scrapbook. The volume contains several orations delivered on Washington's birthday. A large gap occurs in the records with nothing inserted between 1867-1874. Also includes a group portrait under separate cover less

Morehead Patterson (1897-1962) was an American industrialist whose father, Rufus L. Patterson, invented the first automated cigarette manufacturing machine. He later became an ambassador to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament and to the International Atomic Energy Agency Negotiations, as well as chairman of the board of the Brookings Institute. His scrapbook contains letters, clippings, and other memorabilia relating to his attendance at the Groton School and Yale University, 1908-1920, including letters from Endicott Peabody (1857-1944), headmaster at the Groton School less

Annie Proulx is a novelist, short fiction writer, historian, and essayist. She was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1935, to Lois Nellie Gill Proulx, a painter and amateur naturalist, and George N. Proulx, the vice-president of a textile mill. Her first collection of short fiction, Heart Songs and Other Stories, was published in 1988. In 1990, she completed her debut novel, Postcards, for which she won the 1993 PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her second novel, The Shipping News, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Heartland Award for Fiction. Accordion Crimes, her third novel, was published in 1996. In 1997, she was awarded the Dos Passos Prize for Literature. In 1998, her story “Brokeback Mountain” won the National Magazine Award, The New Yorker Award for fiction, and the O. Henry Prize. It was adapted, in 2005, for a Paramount Pictures film by Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana, and was directed by Ang Lee. Her second collection of short fiction, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, was published in 1999; the lead story, “The Half-Skinned Steer,” was selected by John Updike for the Best American Stories of the Century (1999). In 2000, Proulx’s short story collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories won The New Yorker Award for fiction. Her fourth novel, That Old Ace in the Hole, was published in 2002. This was followed by two collections of short stories: Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 (2004) and Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3 (2008). In 2008, she also published and edited Red Desert: A History of a Place, a collection of 38 essays of which she wrote 10. Bird Cloud: A Memoir, was published in 2011, and is named for the painstakingly designed and hand-crafted home she had built for herself in Wyoming, on a 640-acre nature preserve through which runs the North Platte River. Organized into 23 series: Series 1: Writings by Annie Proulx ; Series 2: Artwork by Annie Proulx ; Series 3: Correspondence ; Series 4: Research ; Series 5: Other Projects Series 6: Works by Others ; Series 7: Photographs ; Series 8: Genealogical Papers ; Series 9: Personal Records ; Series 10: Address Books and Monthly Planners ; Series 11: Ephemera ; Series 12: Material related to the estate of Lois Gill Proulx ; Series 13: Publisher’s Artwork and Promotional Material ; Series 14: Material Related to Scheduled Literary Events ; Series 15: Awards ; Series 16: Property Records ; Series 17: Publishing and Other Contracts ; Series 18: Miscellaneous Printed ; Series 19: Electronic Records ; Series 20: Audio Cassettes, VHS, DVDs, CDs ; Series 21: Restricted Material ; Series 22: Realia ; Series 23: Financial Papers. less

Lawyer, state legislator, U.S. representative, and governor of New York. Materials removed from two scrapbooks include correspondence (mostly letters received), ca. 1906-1931, largely concerned with Sulzer's mining interests in the West and Alaska; also, clippings, programs, invitations, etc. less

A native of St. Kitts, Thomas Young (1902-1998) was a founder and long-term vice president of Local 32B, Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), AFL-CIO. He was active in the New York State Republican Party and served as a commissioner of the New York State Commission of Correction from 1946 until the 1970s. The Thomas Young Papers reflect Young's involvement in the founding and some of the daily operations of Local 32B of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), his other labor and civil service responsibilities, and his political activities. The collection consists of biographical material and files related to Local 32B of the BSEIU including the formation of the union, news clippings regarding strikes in the 1930s-1940s, and Young's speeches regarding that union and other aspects of American labor. The Organizational and Agency Affiliations series contains correspondence and reports from a wide variety of organizations, most notably the New York State Commission of Correction, as well as labor and political activities with which Young was involved. The collection also contains five scrapbooks that include news clippings about Local 32B's early history and strikes, and Young's service for the New York State Commission of Correction. less

William Henry Austin was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Warwick, NY, later of the Highland Avenue Methodist Church of Ossining, NY. The William Henry Austin Papers consist of registers of members, marriages, baptisms, deaths, lists of clergy, etc., from Methodist churches in Dutchess County, New York, 1873-1949, and scrapbooks of clippings from local newspapers, often related to religion and the ministry, 1930-1950. Church records include those of the New Hamburgh, Carthage Landing, and Chelsea Methodist Episcopal churches. In addition to the clippings and printed matter Austin collected, his papers include a miscellaneous file of his notes; a roster of soldiers of the 149th Co., Sullivan County, 1919; a small amount of correspondence; and a few completed Quarterly Conference Roll and Record forms for Chelsea, New York, 1947-1955. less

"Billy" Butler was a musical arranger, conductor, violinist and travel editor of the "Pittsburgh Courier." A graduate of Chicago Musical College, Butler worked with J. Rosamond Johnson, Eubie Blake and other prominent African-American musicians of the period. He also conducted several musical revues including Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds of 1939," "Rhapsody in Black" and Sissle and Blake's "Shuffle Along." In 1947 Butler started "Travelguide," a directory of public accommodations in the United States which catered to people of African descent. The list was later expanded to include foreign countries. Butler was also co-owner of King Travel Organization, Inc., a New York City agency which specifically catered to travelers of African descent. Papers include correspondence and printed material relating to Butler's musical career, articles by Butler on African-American music and musicians, a scrapbook containing reviews of the Lew Leslie musicals in which he appeared, orchestral parts for "Blackbirds of 1939" and "Rhapsody in Black," holograph scores by Butler, a folder of lyrics and a playscript by Butler entitled "Let's Forget Papa.". less

William Kent (1858-1910), a New York City lawyer, was the great-grandson of James Kent (1763-1847) who was Chancellor of New York. Collection consists of correspondence, press releases, diary, memorabilia, and scrapbook relating to the lives of William and James Kent. Letters and press releases, 1898, pertain to William Kent's biography of his great-grandfather. Diary, 1904-1908; scrapbook containing family letters and photographs; and memorabilia concern social and family life in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and Europe. less

Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884) was born in Ireland and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (known also as the Brooklyn Eagle) from 1861 until his death. He held various political offices including election to Congress in 1870 as a Democrat. Collection consists of scrapbook containing clippings, ca. 1861-1868, of articles and editorials from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle with Kinsella's manuscript comments. Topics include Brooklyn political matters, the Civil War, international affairs, and Kinsella's life and career. Criticisms of plays performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music also are included. less

Thomas H. Bailey was a New York City surgeon. Loose scrapbook of Thomas H. Bailey, consisting of letters from friends, notes, clippings, invitations, programs and other memorabilia reflecting his medical career and social life, including summers at Lake Mahopac, N.Y., during the period 1869-1898. less

The Sands family of Block Island, Rhode Island, trace their lineage to James Sands, born in 1622 in Staffordshire, England. The collection consists of a genealogical research and personal papers relating to the Sands family. Personal papers include wills, deeds, indentures, and other documents dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. Genealogical research materials comprise one volume of photographs and other images depicting descendants of James Sands of Block Island, as well as notes on the Walker, Hutchinson, Ray, Guthrie, Palgrave, Cornell, Ayscough, Middagh, Holt, and Hershaw families; one volume of genealogies compiled by Malcolm Sands Wilson; and a small quantity of research notes and correspondence less

Papers consist of two volumes of collected original deeds, indentures, leases, wills, and miscellaneous correspondence of the Scudder family of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, and a family journal and scrapbook in one volume. Volume 3 contains correspondence with Marvyn Scudder and others concerning the death in action of Jack Scudder in France during World War I. Volume 4, Marvyn Scudder scrapbook, is a journal and scrapbook with entries by members of several generations of the family of Moses L. Scudder (1843-1917), railroad president and financier of Halesite, Huntington, recording family matters and social activities, with particular reference to the upbringing of Marvyn and Philip Johnston ("Jack") Scudder. The volume, including numerous photographs of family members and their activities, also served as a guestbook for friends and family visiting the estate. less

Edward Smith was an historian. Scrapbook contains material relating to his biography of William Cobbett, including copies of Cobbett's correspondence, an autograph, clippings, and Smith's correspondence regarding Cobbett; also, clippings, etc., relating to Thomas Paine, Sir Joseph Banks, and Smith's published works. less