Finding aid for the Arion Theatre Records
Title:
Arion Theatre Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Arion Theatre
Dates:
1917
Quantity:
0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 The Arion Theatre was a motion picture theater located at 13013 Kinsman Road in Cleveland, Ohio. It operated from 1917 until 1939. The collection consists of weekly reports, detailing ticket sales, weekly expenses, salaries, job assignments, and dividends paid out.
Identification:
MS 4128
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Arion Theatre

The Arion Theatre was located at 13013 Kinsman Road in Cleveland, Ohio. It screened motion pictures starting in 1917 until its closing in 1939. In 1931, the proprietor was Albert Rosenberg, in 1939, it was Edgar A. Dickson.

Scope and Content

The Arion Theatre Records, January-August 1917, consist of weekly reports. The reports detail the daily number of tickets sold, weekly expenses, salaries, job assignments, and occasionally, dividends paid out.

This collection is useful for understanding the operations of a theatre house in the early days of the film industry.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically and is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Arion Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio)
Motion picture theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance.
Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4128 Arion Theatre Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Ruth Bullitt, 1981.

Processing Information

Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1987.