Overview
Scripts, characters and scenery for toy theaters. Also includes some props, sets, and assembled Danish toy theaters.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1949 and undated
Creator
- McGoun, Ralph (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and Danish.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes)Collection includes printed colored toy theater scenery, characters, top borders, and play scripts. Companies are Pollock's Toy Theater and Green's.
Also includes miscellaneous props, brackets, sets, a photograph, 2 scripts, and 2 assembled Danish toy theaters for: open air Chinese Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli Amusement Park in Copenhagen, and Alfred Jacobsen's reproduction of the Theatre Royal in Copenhagen, with motto: Ei Blot Til Lyst.
Biographical / Historical
Ralph McGoun (1905-1988) received an AB with the Class of 1927 Amherst College.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title. Some larger items boxed at end of finding aid.
Physical Location
b, pf
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number; Gift of Ralph McGoun; received: 1986.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
Creator
- McGoun, Ralph (Person)
- Title
- McGoun, Ralph, collector. Ralph McGoun toy theater collection, 1946-1949: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02423
Repository Details
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