Title: |
Small Music and Theater Scrapbooks |
Repository: |
Cleveland Public Library
Phone: 216-623-2800 http://www.cpl.org |
Creator: |
Cleveland Public Library Literature Department |
Dates: |
1924-1947 |
Quantity: |
1.2 linear feet (6 scrapbooks) |
Abstract: |
This is an artificial collection, put together based on the similar content and focus of the materials. The provenance and creator(s) for the individual scrapbooks are unknown, but they may have been donated with the Ward Marsh theater collection. These scrapbooks contain article clippings, concert and theater programs, images of actors, and other ephemera pertaining to musical performance, theater, and live entertainment activities. A majority of the productions (and subsequent newspaper reviews) occurred in the Cleveland area, as well as production from Boston, New York City, and other locations. |
Identification: |
2014.002 |
Location: |
Literature Department |
Language: |
The records are in English and German |
This is an artificial collection, put together based on the similar content and focus of the materials. The provenance and creator(s) for the individual scrapbooks are unknown, but they may have been donated with the Ward Marsh theater collection. These scrapbooks contain article clippings, concert and theater programs, images of actors, and other ephemera pertaining to musical performance, theater, and live entertainment activities. A majority of the productions (and subsequent newspaper reviews) occurred in the Cleveland area, as well as production from Boston, New York City, and other locations.
Scrapbook #1: 1924-1933 (missing years 1925 and 1927). Contains primarily music concert programs with accompanying periodical reviews and images of performers. Also contains an advertisement for the Theremin. Concerts were performed in Cleveland, New York State, and Boston. Featured journalists: James H. Rogers and Arthur Shepherd. Featured concert halls: (Cle) Masonic Hall, Severance Hall, New Music Hall-Public Auditorium, (NY) Vassar College, and Metropolitan Opera House. Featured performers: Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Philharmonic Concert Company, Grand Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dutchess County Musical Association.
Scrapbook #2: 1928-1933. Contains primarily theater programs with accompanying periodical reviews and images of actors. Performances were held in Cleveland, Boston and New York State. Featured journalist: William F. McDermott. Featured playhouses: (Cle) Hanna Theatre, Ohio Theatre, Cleveland Play House, (Bos) Colonial Theatre, (NY) Vassar College.
Scrapbook #3: 1932-1939. Contains primarily music concert programs with accompanying periodical clippings, images of performers, and some ticket stubs. The performances were held in Cleveland, New York State, Connecticut, New Jersey and West Virginia. In July 1934, the compiler went to Germany and attended musical performances in Munich and Salzburg. Featured journalists: Herbert Elwell, Elizabeth Bishop, and Lawrence Gilman. Featured concert halls: (Cle) Severance Hall, Masonic Hall, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, (NY) Vassar College, Carnegie Hall, (WV) Charleston High School Auditorium, Shrine Mosque, West Virginia State College, (NJ) and Princeton University. Featured performers: Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music, Litchfield County Choral Union (CT), and Community Music Association (WV).
Scrapbook #4: 1932-1940. Contains theater programs with accompanying periodical reviews and images of actors. Performances were held in New York City, Cleveland, Charleston, and Boston. The scrapbook also contains an insert from a French program performed in Paris and an English program performed in London. Featured journalists: Olin Downes, William McDermott, and W. Ward Marsh. Featured playhouses: (NYC) Guild Theatre, Empire Theatre, Sam S Shubert Theatre, Vassar College, (Cle) Cleveland Play House, Hanna Theatre, (Bos) Colonial Theater, and Shubert Theatre. Featured actors: Katharine Cornell, Alfred Hunt, Lynn Fontanne, and Kanawha Players.
Scrapbook #5: 1939-1942. Contains music concert programs and several periodical reviews. Concerts were performed mainly in Boston and at Harvard University, but also Cleveland and New York. Featured journalists: Edward Downes and Joseph Schuster. Featured concert halls: (Bos) Symphony hall, Boston Opera House, Jordan Hall (Harvard University), (Cle) Public Music Hall, (NY) Kleinhans Music Hall. Featured performers: New England Conservatory of Music, Metropolitan Opera, Cambridge Music Club, Budapest String Quartet, Cleveland Orchestra, and Buffalo Chamber Music Society.
Scrapbook #6: 1943-1946. Contains theater and music concert programs, periodical clippings and images of performers. Performances were held in Cleveland and New York City. Featured journalist: William F. McDermott. Featured playhouses: (Cle) Cleveland Play House, Hanna Theatre, Cleveland Music Hall, (NYC) Majestic Theatre, NYC Center for Music and Drama, 44th Street Theatre.
The collection is open for research.
Related Material: Related MaterialUsers can find similar material in the
Theater and Entertainment Scrapbooks collection, which is also apart of the Cleveland Public Library Literature Department's Theater Collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Small Music and Theater Scrapbooks of the Literature Department of the Cleveland Public Library