Photographs, printed materials, and manuscripts concerning puppets and marionettes
Overview
A variety of materials about puppets and marionettes, both from the United States and abroad, including printed material, a few letters and manuscripts, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1858-2002
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English, French, German, Italian, and Romanian.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite. Retrieval requires advance notice. Check with Houghton Public Services staff.
Extent
3 linear feet (2 boxes)Primarily includes printed materials from the United States and abroad, including advertisements, brochures, catalogs, lists, clippings, fliers, newsletters, pamphlets, playbills, programs, souvenir programs, journals and other ephemeral printed items. Also contains a small collection of items compiled by Joseph Hutchinson Smith, including a few letters, a scrapbook, and an autograph manuscript article on Bobby Fulton's Puppets. Images are mostly photographs, but also include photomechanicals and prints.
Biographical / Historical
Materials concerning puppetry: the art of presenting puppet shows or performing using puppets, which are representations of figures, animated by strings, by hands inside the figure, or another manual method.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. General files: within the United States
- II. General files: outside the United States
- III. Publications
- IV. Photographs and prints
- V. Manuscripts and other material
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Various sources and dates. A few items have specific accession information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Photographs, printed materials, and manuscripts concerning puppets and marionettes, 1858-2002: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02425
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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