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Nightclubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Darcelle XV Showplace photographic collection

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Thr 1970
Overview:

Photographs and related ephemera documenting over 20 years of drag queen performance at the Darcelle XV Showplace nightclub in Portland (Or.).

Henry Dean Moorman letter describing his experience at Boston City Hospital following the Cocoanut Grove Fire

Item — Box Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c584
Content Description:

Consists of a handwritten letter from Henry Dean "Hank" Moorman, Jr. to his parents describing his experience at the Boston City Hospital on the morning following the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in November of 1942. Moorman was a Harvard Medical School student at the time of the fire and was likely serving as an intern at the Boston City Hospital.

John H.T. McPherson, Jr. letter describing the treatment of Cocoanut Grove fire victims at Boston City Hospital

Item — Box Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c480
Content Description:

Letter dated 30 November 1942 from John H.T. McPherson, Jr. to friends and family describing treatment of burn victims at Boston City Hospital in the aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire on November 28, 1942. 2 pages, typescript.

Souvenir book and photographs from Bal Tabarin in Paris

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Thr 2274
Overview:

Photographs and souvenir booklet from Bal Tabarin in Paris (France).

Trina Robbins Collection Relating to Forbidden City : The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Thr 2233
Overview:

Material assembled by Trina Robbins for the book Forbidden City : The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs.

Papers of Marjorie Cyril Wynn, 1954-1958, undated

Collection Identifier: A/W988
Overview:

Diaries and photograph of Marjorie Cyril Wynn.