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James H. Sprague autograph typescript letter to Wm. M. Koons discusses Daniel Emmett (1815-1904), songwriter and minstrel entertainer. The letter credits Emmett as the creator of the song "Dixie" which was popularized during the Civil War.

The Theater Autograph File: Additional is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times; it describes material received after the closing of the Theater Autograph File.

Letter from John S. Sumner, Secretary of The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice to Hiram Motherwell, Editor of Theatre Guild Magazine insisting on the continued legal censorship of the New York theater.

The Theater Autograph File: Additional is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times; it describes material received after the closing of the Theater Autograph File.

A postcard that features a photograph of the actor Romualdo Tirado inscribed in Spanish by him, autographed and stamped with his name and the theatre company Teatro Capitol.

Accounting of valuations of sets of costumes (housed in furniture presses) of the actresses then associated with the theater, for a total of £2892.

Indignant letter from international opera star and notable lesbian to violin virtuoso Ole Bull who had formed a company to perform at the Academy of Music in New York (N.Y.), including Vestali as a starring member; the company went bankrupt before staging any performances, and here Vestali demands to know when she will be paid.

The Theater Autograph File: Additional is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times; it describes material received after the closing of the Theater Autograph File.

Letter to English opera singer and theater manager Arthur Seguin concerning Taglioni's refusal to work with English theater manager Alfred Bunn. With a typescript description of the letter in English.

Letter to an unknown Irish theater impresario in Dublin who had invited Knowles to appear as an actor, an offer Knowles turned down because of an insufficient salary.

Letter from composer Delibes to the publisher Heugel concerning the opera Jean de Neville by Delibes.

Letter to actor Douglas Watson concerning the experimental off-Broadway production of Porter's "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" in which Watson starred.

Letter from Stravinsky to a supporter of his ballet, Les Noces, Martine Marie Pol de Béhague, countess of Béarn. She had lent to the Ballets Russes the Pleyel double piano for the performance.

Ticket for an extra performance at the King's Theatre in London on July 9, most likely featuring Catalani as Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro following the first London performance of the opera on June 18. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Madame Catalani.

Letter addressed "Chere, Chere Amie" to the wife of the critic and writer Jules Claretie.

Contract made by Blackmore's Dramatic Agency, London (England), Messrs. Gatti and Frohman, and Gladys Cooper for her London debut; the contract is signed by Mabel Cooper, Gladys's mother.

The Theater Autograph File: Additional is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times; it describes material received after the closing of the Theater Autograph File.

Includes a four page letter soliciting funds for the Purcell Operatic Society (1899-1902).

Two page manuscript letter and printed envelope from actor and director Edward Gordon Craig to actor and writer Herbert Marshall. Craig writes to Marshall to tell him he will not be in England, to request a copy of Rapppaport's book, and to invite Marshall to join him in Paris.

With a response of July 3 on the same sheet from Francis Courtney Wemyss, a director and secretary of the ADFA.

The Theater Autograph File: Additional is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times; it describes material received after the closing of the Theater Autograph File.

Autograph manuscript letter signed to an unknown recipient from Jean Margaret Davenport (Mrs. F.W. Lander).

The Theater Autograph File: Additional is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times; it describes material received after the closing of the Theater Autograph File.

Postcard note written jointly by Bill Dilworth and Buzz Miller to Louis Johnson, addressed to Johnson in care of Damn Yankees, the show in which he was an ensemble dancer at the time. The postcard is postmarked 1956 April 16 and was sent from Vienna (Austria) where Miller was dancing with Roland Petit's Ballets de Paris.

Letter from Charles Durang, the first native-born American professional dancer, to his friend, Abel, requesting help with writing his autobiography.