Overview
Theater promotional material and personal notes.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1881-1906
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.75 linear feet (1 box)Collection includes six scrapbooks, where Phoebe Andrews Luther compiled an account of theater performances and actors she had seen. Four of the scrapbooks contain handwritten notes, including the title of the play, name of the theater, the date of the performance, who accompanied her, and criticisms of the performance and individual actors. Also included in the scrapbooks are photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs.
Biographical / Historical
Phoebe Andrews Luther from Brooklyn, New York was a theater enthusiast and avidly collected late 19th and early 20th century theater ephemera. Luther frequented the following performance venues within the New York City area: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Montauk Theatre, Garrick Theatre, Daly's Theatre, Empire Theatre, Knickerbocker, Lyceum, Broadway Theatre, Belasco Theatre, and Metropolitan Opera House.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Materials are arranged according to the theater records and scrapbooks in roughly chronologic order.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Custodial History
Purchased from Sanctuary Books via the Frank E. Chase Bequest, 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2018MT-043. Purchased from Sanctuary Books in 2017 September.
Processing Information
Minimally processed by Magdaline Lawhorn 2017 October.
- Title
- Luther, Phoebe Andrews. Phoebe Andrews Luther, circa 1881-1906 (MS Thr 1700): Guide.
- Status
- in_progress
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- October 31, 2017
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02857
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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