Broadway Playbills, 1940-1949
This collection consists of Broadway playbills from the early 1920s into the 1960s; the collection also contains playbills from other theaters around the country, including the Shubert Theater in New Haven, the Barter Theater in Virginia and the Bijou, Carousel, and Staub theaters of Knoxville, Tenn., some of which date as far back as 1890. The collection also includes the 1909 program for the first silent movie shown in Knoxville, Little Johnny Jones. Also included are music programs from Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Royal Opera House, the Boston Symphony, various Ballet productions and the Knoxville Symphony. Copies of Photoplay and Cue magazines, along with a special addition TV Guide America's Long Vigil, appear in the collection. Other items of interest include: a photograph of Will Rogers, a Radio City Music Hall Pictorial and a book on Robert Goulet. Other playbills can be found in MS.2800.
Dates
- 1940-1949
General Physical Description note
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Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
From the Collection: 5.84 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note
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Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository