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Vaudeville -- United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of materials related to theatrical acts at the Opera House in El Paso, Illinois

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box 1Identifier: MS Thr 2317
Overview:

Promotional materials, contracts, and letters about theatrical acts in El Paso, Illinois.

Hal Merritt collection on vaudeville

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box 1Identifier: 2004MT-62
Summary:

Includes: hand-decorated envelopes addressed to Miss Margaret Jennings of Buffalo, New York, with scenes from Merritt's travels and acts, some including the Black-face vaudeville team The Nichols Sisters; 9 photographs; and 6 letters.

Wilton Sisters papers

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box 1Identifier: 2006MT-243
Summary:

Scrapbooks circa 1913-1919; programs, 1919-1924; a typescript tour schedule, 1925-1926; clippings, 1919-1959; and photographs of the Wilton sisters and of Rose Wilton's husband, vaudeville performer John A. Murphy, in blackface minstrel costume.