- Creator
- Roller, Olga, 1884-1968
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2003-035
- Physical description
- .25 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
Olga Roller papers, *T-Mss 2003-035. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Olga Roller (1884-1968) was a singer and actor who performed in musicals and comic operas, including several by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert. The Olga Roller papers document her career from 1908 to 1926. The collection contains production photographs from the Broadway show Eileen (1917), promotional photographs of Roller, a signed photograph of Charlotte Greenwood, programs from The Soul Kiss (circa 1911) and Madame Moselle (1914), a promotional postcard for Madame Moselle, clippings, three letters written by Harry Child of Henry W. Savage, Inc. regarding Roller, and one 1916 letter to Roller from W.H. Oviatt regarding the possibility of a role in a Herbert-Blossom production. Clippings are mounted on scrapbook pages. They date from 1908 to 1926 and concern productions such as The Merry Widow (circa 1908), Eileen, Madame Moselle, and Hearts of Erin (1917).
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Gil Roller, 2003.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015
Using the collection
Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew 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
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The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.