Harvard Theatre Collection of souvenir programs by name
Overview
Printed souvenir programs.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1800-2011
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
38 linear feet (57 boxes)Contains souvenir programs, mainly U.S. and British productions, from the early nineteenth century to the closure of this series in 2011. Most of the programs date from the early to mid twentieth century.
Biographical / Historical
Souvenir programs are lists of the acts, scenes, selections, or other features composing a theater or organization performance, including the names of performers. Souvenir programs are produced and distributed to mark special events, usually are more lavishly designed and printed, and have more detailed contents than regular programs.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name (either organization name or personal name).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Various sources, various dates.
Processing Information
Processed by S. Max Fan, with the assistance of Betts Coup and Dale Stinchcomb.
Source
- Harvard Theatre Collection (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard Theatre Collection, collector. Harvard Theatre Collection of souvenir programs by name, circa 1800-2011 (TCS 76): Guide.
- Status
- in_progress
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- October 23, 2023
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03607
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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