Theatre playbills collection
Scope and Contents
The Theatre playbills collection, 1924-2022, contains theater programs and copies of Playbill Magazine from theatre productions in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Illinois, California, Massachusetts, London, and Paris. Each playbill contains the name of the play, its cast members, and local advertisements from the era. Many playbills from the 1920s through the 1960s contain the name of the play, the name of the collector's guest(s) that day or of featured actors, the cost of the seat, and a rating from one to ten.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-2022
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Theatre playbills collection is the physical property of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Notre Dame Library. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Biographical / Historical
This is an artificially assembled collection, so no biographical or historical note is required.
Extent
1.63 Cubic Feet (1 records center box and 1 full-size letter document box)
Language of Materials
English
French
Abstract
The Theatre playbills collection, 1924-2022, contains theater programs and copies of Playbill Magazine from theatre productions in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Illinois, California, Massachusetts, London, and Paris. Each playbill contains the name of the play, its cast members, and local advertisements from the era.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
There is no known acquisition information for the bulk of the items in this collection. A single donor appears to have donated most of the items. When individual playbills are donated to the archives, the archives may add them to this collection and indicate the donor in a note.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2019 by Shavonne Munnlyn.
- Title
- Guide to the Theatre playbills collection
- Author
- Shavonne Munnlyn
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Loyola Notre Dame Library Archives and Special Collections Repository