Scope and arrangement
Collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, programs, police certificates, photographs, and posters related to the life and legacy of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Of particular note are several manuscript letters by Houdini to various colleagues, documentation about Houdini's death, and also a large group of "police certificates" that describe and attest to Houdini's escapes in front of groups of police, civic leaders, and journalists across the United States and Western Europe.
The Houdiniana is arranged in five series: