Playbills and Programs
Scope and Contents
The materials in the Collection are arranged, whenever the date was known, in chronological order by year and in alphabetical order. Some abbreviated notation gives the city for places other than those coded.
Some notable materials in the Collection are programs from vocal and instrumental concerts and performances at Theatre Vendome as well as Little Theatre productions in Nashville. Of particular interest to the Fugitive/Agrarian Collection are two programs from two plays by Andrew Lytle: The Lost Sheep is in Box 2, 1932; The Gold Tooth, a Calumet Players' Presentation (Vanderbilt Theatrical Group), is in Box 4, undated. Other interesting productions include performances starring Maude Adams, Sarah Bernhardt, Paul Robeson in Othello (1944). Programs include Lillian Hellman's The Searching Wind (1944), Song of Norway (1945) choreography by George Balanchine, the first American engagement of Old Vic, and various items on Shakespearean productions. The Charles S. Mitchell Collection also contains some miscellaneous English productions.
Box 1 includes correspondence and playbills from 1866-1921
Box 2 includes correspondence and playbills from 1922-1934
Box 3 includes correspondence and playbills from 1936-1947
Box 4 includes includes correspondence and playbills from 1948-1952; playbills from 1952-1963 donated by Mitchell's friend Herschel Gower, faculty member of the Vanderbilt English Department; and programs with no date.
Box 5 includes newspaper clippings, librettos, pamphlets, playbills, miscellaneous. Some of the playbills in Box 5 were also donated by Herschel Gower. Theatre Vendome programs (ca. 1913-1916), which were printed on newsprint paper and thus are extremely fragile, are included in this Box.
Box 6 includes photographs of theatrical performers.
General Contents:
Playbills - Programs - 1876-1963 ca. 450 items - (45 N.D.)
Librettos - 6 items
Miscellaneous pamphlets - 20 items
Photographs of actors, actresses and musicians
Newspaper clippings
Correspondence, incoming:
- Cheatham, Frances B. (no date) - 1 letter
- Milne, A. C. - 1929, July 24 - 1 letter
- Robinson, Francis - 1949, Sept. 24 - 1 letter
- "Buddy" - no date - 1 letter
- No signature - no date
- 4 letters - 1 card
The Old Vic Company, 1914-1963 - Issued to commemorate the final performance saturday - 15th June, 1963
The Old Vic Company, 1914-1963 is located with the English Dept.'s materials
Dates
- Creation: 1866 - 1965
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 2.52 Linear Feet (6 letter Hollingers)
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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