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Forrestiana : collection of portraits, playbills and obituaries relating to Edwin Forrest
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Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Theatrical Broadsides and Playbills
Visual Materials
This collection contains approximately 1,000 printed 19th and early 20th century entertainment broadsides, playbills, and related advertisements, and forms a subset within the Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment. These items advertise theatrical performances including plays, variety entertainment such as minstrel, burlesque, and vaudeville shows, and optical displays such as dioramas, living statues, and tableaus. Over 250 theaters primarily from the Northeastern United States are represented in the collection, though there are also materials from theaters in the Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States, and approximately 26 items from Canada, Ireland, England, and Scotland. Theaters with the largest subsets include the Boston Museum (Boston, Massachusetts) with 120 items, Liberty Hall (New Bedford, Massachusetts) with 96 items, Theatre Comique (New York, New York) with 66 items, and the Troy Museum (Troy, New York) with 47 items. The materials date from 1809 to 1923, with the bulk of the items spanning between 1840 and 1890. The earliest dated item in the collection is an August 1809 playbill from the Lyceum Theatre in London, England; the most recent item is a March 1923 broadside for the Hyperion Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Almost all of the items are in English except for an Italian bill for the Teatro Italiano (New York, New York) and a Spanish bill for the Gutierrez Show; there is also one bill for the Heywood Bros. Combination that has both English and German text. The materials range in size from approximately 9 ½ x 6 inches to 42 ½ x 14 inches and consist of single-sheet unfolded advertisements for theatrical productions that were intended to be distributed by hand, posted on walls, fences, or in windows, or sold to playgoers entering the theater. The printed text typically includes the name of the theater and lists information about the play or entertainment, names of performers, acts or scenes, dates and times of performances, and admission prices. Often the text publicized multiple performances over the course of a day or a few days. Among the names given to these types of advertisements, according to their size and mode of distribution, are broadsides, dodgers, handbills, hangers, playbills, posters, and show bills. The notices in this collection are primarily long, narrow broadsides printed on one side of newsprint paper in black ink using letterpress type of varying fonts and size, though some have colored ink, colored paper, or woodcut illustrations. More than 100 bills have illustrations, often consisting of head-and-shoulder portraits of show proprietors or performers, depictions of performances by minstrel blackface entertainers and musicians, or scenes from plays or variety show acts. The items are grouped by theater and arranged in folders according to the geographic location of the theater, with the largest number coming from theaters in the Northeast United States. The states and foreign countries with theaters represented in the collection consist of: Northeast (805 items): Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island Midwest (62 items): Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin South (61 items): Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. West (6 items): California and Colorado Foreign (26 items): Canada, Ireland, England, Scotland There are also approximately thirty playbills focused on specific performers or shows without theater information, as well as two playbills for unidentified locations. Among the most commonly credited printers in the collection are Metropolitan Job Printing (New York, New York); Richardson & Foos (New York, New York); Cameron & Co. (New York, New York); C.L. Mac Arthur (Troy, New York); F.A. Searle (Boston, Massachusetts); Hooton's Press (Boston, Massachusetts); and the Van Benthuysen Printing House (Albany, New York). The contents list below contains a brief entry for each item in the collection. All entries include the theater name and date if known; some entries also include additional notes that typically indicate the presence of illustrations or minstrel troupes featured in the text.
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Charles Knight collection of portraits of booksellers, views of bookshops, etc
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A collection compiled by Charles Knight, with a made up title-page, of portraits and views of booksellers, bookshops, etc. and miscellaneous manuscript and printed material on the same subjects. With original drawings and water colors. Includes Thomas Rodd's A statement of the affair in Picadilly, London, 1832 which has been separately cataloged.
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[Mezzotint portrait of Horace Walpole] [engraving]
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Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of "A collection of the loose pieces printed at Strawberry-Hill". The original copy, with a title page printed between 1790 and 1800 was intended to accompany various products of the Strawberry Hill press, and each copy was unique. (Title page: 90524:1) Letter-press items collected under this title, including the printed title page itself, have been identified by A.T. Hazen in "A bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press. Detached pieces", 1973, pages 149-25. Additionally Bull had his own title page printed: "A collection of the separate poems, and other detached pieces; printed at the press of the Honorable Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. Newport, Isle of Wight, Printed for J. Albin. MDCCXCI" (90524:2). This copy is made up of 55 "Detached pieces" from the Strawberry Hill press. Bull's additions include: numerous prints and portraits depicting Strawberry Hill and places associated with Horace Walpole or individuals in his circle, clippings of poems, and manuscript items. The majority of items are single sheets and have been mounted or inlaid on leaves (30 x 25 cm). Some items are interleaved. Items are also pasted in on the fly-leaves and on inside rear cover. Bound in red textured leather with grecian style gilt border; edges gilt. Spine title: Detached pieces. Strawberry Hill Press.
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Collection of the loose pieces printed at Strawberry-Hill
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Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of "A collection of the loose pieces printed at Strawberry-Hill". The original copy, with a title page printed between 1790 and 1800 was intended to accompany various products of the Strawberry Hill press, and each copy was unique. (Title page: 90524:1) Letter-press items collected under this title, including the printed title page itself, have been identified by A.T. Hazen in "A bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press. Detached pieces", 1973, pages 149-25. Additionally Bull had his own title page printed: "A collection of the separate poems, and other detached pieces; printed at the press of the Honorable Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. Newport, Isle of Wight, Printed for J. Albin. MDCCXCI" (90524:2). This copy is made up of 55 "Detached pieces" from the Strawberry Hill press. Bull's additions include: numerous prints and portraits depicting Strawberry Hill and places associated with Horace Walpole or individuals in his circle, clippings of poems, and manuscript items. The majority of items are single sheets and have been mounted or inlaid on leaves (30 x 25 cm). Some items are interleaved. Items are also pasted in on the fly-leaves and on inside rear cover. Bound in red textured leather with grecian style gilt border; edges gilt. Spine title: Detached pieces. Strawberry Hill Press.
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Richard Bull's copy of A collection of the loose pieces printed at Strawberry-Hill
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Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of "A collection of the loose pieces printed at Strawberry-Hill". The original copy, with a title page printed between 1790 and 1800 was intended to accompany various products of the Strawberry Hill press, and each copy was unique. (Title page: 90524:1) Letter-press items collected under this title, including the printed title page itself, have been identified by A.T. Hazen in "A bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press. Detached pieces", 1973, pages 149-25. Additionally Bull had his own title page printed: "A collection of the separate poems, and other detached pieces; printed at the press of the Honorable Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. Newport, Isle of Wight, Printed for J. Albin. MDCCXCI" (90524:2). This copy is made up of 52 "Detached pieces" from the Strawberry Hill press. Bull's additions include: numerous prints and portraits depicting Strawberry Hill and places associated with Horace Walpole or individuals in his circle, clippings of poems, and manuscript items. The majority of items are single sheets and have been mounted or inlaid on leaves (30 x 25 cm). Some items are interleaved or laid-in. Items are also pasted in on the fly-leaves and on inside rear cover. Bound in red textured leather with grecian style gilt border; edges gilt. Spine title: Detached pieces. Strawberry Hill Press.
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Forrest W. Coggan Papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of choreographer and theater director Forrest Coggan, chiefly dating from 1935 to 2001 and consisting of binders of material, correspondence, dance notes, manuscripts, subject files, notes, ephemera, published books belonging to Coggan, and audio-visual material. Binders These binders were created by Forrest Coggan himself. They contain photographs, manuscripts, blue prints and designs, letters, etc. The Binders series includes several sub-series: Forrest Designs – two binders containing sketches, blueprints, designs, etc., for buildings, houses, and gardens, as well as photographs of rooms that he designed, costumes for dancers and programs for theaters and dance performances. Also includes material Coggan designed for Teatro International Theatre: A Foundation for Pan-Am Performing Arts. Photos-Career – six binders containing photographs (and a few manuscripts written by Coggan and some clippings) that document Coggan's life and career from his birth in 1926 to 2006. The photographs are labeled and dated. The material is organized in chronological order. There is an Index of the binder's content at the beginning of the binder written by Coggan. Words-Career – ten binders containing manuscripts written by Coggan, photographs, clippings, correspondence, programs, etc., that document Coggan's life and career from 1930 to 2006. The material is labeled and dated and is organized in chronological order. There is an Index of the binder's content at the beginning of the binder written by Coggan. Correspondence – eight binders containing correspondence written by Forrest Coggan from 1923 to 1959. These letters are from his early childhood to his time in the US Army in the late 1940s and 1950s. Correspondence This loose correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author and then addressee. This correspondence is between Forrest W. Coggan and his family (chiefly his mother Blanche Coggan), other dancers, ex-students, authors, professors, and dance departments at universities in the United States. Many pieces of the correspondence are photocopies of letters. There are 307 pieces of correspondence. Dance Notes The Dance Notes series contains dance notes for a variety of musicals and performances. The material is made up of handwritten notes by Coggan, diagrams showing dance steps, music, related printed material, copies of photographs, programs, etc. They are arranged alphabetically by performance/musical title. There is one folder of work notes for a dance workshop (1971). The Dance Notes numbers 198 pieces. Manuscripts/Subject Files/Notes These folders are arranged alphabetically by subject/topic. They include manuscripts written by Forrest Coggan (including biographical information), notes written by Forrest Coggan, material collected by Forrest Coggan in his research, chiefly on the subject of dance. It includes handwritten manuscripts, notes, printed material, programs, teaching materials, etc. There are also two copies of Coggan's master's thesis "For the Choreographer." Subjects included are: dance (both teaching and performing), Ruth St. Denis, Teatro International, Inc. and Toyoza. This series numbers 240 pieces. Ephemera The Ephemera is arranged alphabetically by topic. The material includes items related to different dance groups such as the Sacred Dance Guild, Teatro Internacional, World Dance Alliance, and the Valentina Oumansky Dramatic Dance Foundation, Toyoza; as well as dancers Ruth St. Denis, Rose Lee, Vija Vetra, and Ethel H. Clark; dance performances (including photographs and copies of photographs); musician Sage Gentle-Wing; and miscellaneous ephemera collected to Forrest Coggan. The material is made up of clippings, programs, photographs, fliers, articles and pages printed from the Internet, etc. The ephemera numbers 102 pieces. Published Books belonging to Forrest Coggan The collection also contains 18 published books that belonged to Forrest Coggan. The volumes include a typed manuscript entitled "About these Books" written by Coggan. The books are in the order Coggan described them. He knew many of the authors and several of the books are signed by the authors and include handwritten notes by Coggan. Topics of the books are: the Hopi Indians, North American Indians, the Mayans and ancient Mexico, and spirituality. There are two books on dance (they are not on Coggan's list). Audio-Visual The audio-visual material is chiefly related to Forrest W. Coggan, dance performances, Toyoza, American Indians, etc. It includes a series of productions produced by Teatro Internacional, Inc. This series numbers 62 pieces. The audio-visual material is organized by format/type and then alphabetically by title: a. Cassette tapes b. VHS tapes c. CDs and DVDs d. Reel-to-reel (variety of formats) Oversize Oversize Box 16 houses oversize material from previous Coggan boxes. There are then four oversize items, housed separately (not in boxes) related to Forrest W. Coggan's designs including portfolios, drawings, sketchbooks, watercolors, etc. One portfolio is for Toyoza. Coggan designed costumes, theater buildings, etc.
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