{"value"=>"1800 - 1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1800/1986"}
{"value"=>"1893", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1893"}
{"value"=>"1900", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900"}
{"value"=>"1905", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1905"}
{"value"=>"1923", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1923"}
{"value"=>"<p>Subject areas relate to many areas of Ms. Barker’s life and include biographical materials, papers relating to the schools and classes she attended, insurance and legal papers, notes, sketches, and pedigree papers for her beloved dogs. Of particular note is a 1928 Bryn Mawr College varsity dramatics’ program for <span class=\"title\">The Truth About Blayds</span>, in which she appeared with Katharine Hepburn.</p> <p>Ms. Barker’s theater memorabilia contains one letter from Sarah Bernhardt dated 1839, a drawing of Louise Abbema (a close friend of Sarah Bernhardt), a clipping for Ms. Bernhardt’s appearance in Hernani in Boston in 1880, and an undated program for <span class=\"title\">Theodora</span> at the Hollis St. Theatre. Eleanora Duse memorabilia includes an undated handwritten letter, programs for productions such as <span class=\"title\">La Dame au Camelias</span> (1893) and <span class=\"title\">Facciamo Divorzio (Divorçons)</span> at Daly’s Theatre, <span class=\"title\">Fedora</span> (1893), <span class=\"title\">Francesca da Rimini</span> at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, Magda (1900) and <span class=\"title\">The Second Mrs. Tanqueray</span> (1900) at the Royal Lyceum Theatre (with a review), and at the Waldorf Theatre (1905), <span class=\"title\">La Donna del Mare</span> (1923) at the Metropolitan Opera House, <span class=\"title\">La Porta Chiusa</span>and <span class=\"title\">Cosi Sia</span> at the Century Theatre, as well as several clippings on Duse. Other 19th century theater memorabilia include <span class=\"title\">Costume Bilder zur Theaterzeitung</span> (3 leaves), <span class=\"title\">The Maid and the Magpie</span> (Webb’s Juvenile Drama script and illustrations), <span class=\"title\">Pollock’s Juvenile Dramas: The Blind Boy and The Daughter of the Regiment</span>,<span class=\"title\">Skelt’s Characters and Scenes in Harlequin Old Dame Trot</span>, <span class=\"title\">Skelt's Characters and Scenes in Harlequin and Old Dame Trot</span>, <span class=\"title\">Skelt's Characters and Scenes in Harlequin Guy Fawkes</span>, <span class=\"title\">Skelt's Wings in Jonathan Bradford</span>, print of <span class=\"title\">The Prodigal Son Featured on His Return</span>, and three sketches of women’s costumes (possibly 16th century).</p> <p> Travel memorabilia consists of brochures, booklets, itineraries, maps, postcards, correspondence, programs, ticket stubs, notes, and clippings for Ms. Barker’s numerous trips to England and Europe throughout her life. The most heavily documented trip is her spring, 1937 tour of Russia, “May Day in Moscow and the Soviet Theater,” led by Norris Houghton. On her resume, Ms. Barker noted that during this trip, she “saw thirty-three plays in twenty-six days.” The trip also included stops in London, Copenhagen, and Paris. Papers from her 1954 stay in England to study drama with Cicely Berry also include lists of drama schools and European tour contacts. For a 1961 trip, she kept a notebook of her travels. In 1962, she went to Greece and appears to have had contact with the Psacharopoulos family, relatives of Nikos Psacharopoulos, and wrote a poem to them on their name day. Other European trips documented are in 1962, 1964, 1978, 1980, and ca. 1981. (Note: Ms. Barker’s trips to Havana and the Yucatan are also described in a 1925-1927 diary filed in the Personal Papers series.)</p>"}