Theater, entertainment, sports, and popular culture realia
Overview
Realia from 1772-2008 concerning entertainment, sports, popular culture and theatrical productions.
Dates
- 1772-2008 and undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English; a few in French, German, and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
The majority of this collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. [Items shelved at Houghton are so marked in this finding aid.] Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
15 linear feet (6 boxes)A collection of objects (realia) that have a relationship to theater, the entertainment industry, sports, or popular culture. Includes: badges, a boot hook, candy, ceramic tiles, charms, cigarette holders, coasters, commemorative coins, corks, cuff links, dice, erasers, fans, finger puppets, flip books, garters, gum, jewelry, key rings, magnets, matches, medals, minstrel bones, pencils, Pez dispensers, pitch pipes, plates, playing cards, powder compact, printing equipment, seal dies, seeds, souvenirs of theatrical productions, spoons, stickers, thaumatropes, toothpicks, toys, trading cards, trench checkers, wax seal impressions, a yo-yo, and many other objects.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Extra-small object boxes
- II. Small object boxes
- III. Medium object boxes
- IV. Large object boxes
- V. Extra-large object boxes
Physical Location
b, Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2010MT-11. Gift of Thomas Garrett; received: 2010 October 9.
Forms part of the Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Theater, Dance and Music (Harvard Theatre Collection).
General note
The majority of this collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Theater, entertainment, sports, and popular culture realia, 1772-2008: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02271
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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