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Scrapbooks of magazine pictures of Lillian and Dorothy Gish
ca. 1910s

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Call number: *T-Mss 1997-011
Physical description: .4 linear feet (3 volumes)
Preferred Citation: Scrapbooks of magazine pictures of Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
Repository: Billy Rose Theatre Division
Access to materials: Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials

Lillian and Dorothy Gish, sisters, were actresses on stage and screen. Collection consists of three scrapbooks of publicity photographs of the Gish sisters clipped from magazines by a pre-teen fan, Thelma Laird Lauer Majors (1902-), of Seattle, Washington.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Scrapbooks: gift, Gene and Kathe Feist, 04/10/1997

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Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Access to materials

Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials

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