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Lo Sasso (Florence "Flory" Joyce) burlesque collection
PA Mss 105  
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  • Title: Florence "Flory" Joyce Lo Sasso burlesque collection
    Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 105
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1.33 linear feet (1 document box, 1 oversize box, 1 audiocassette)
    Creator: Lo Sasso, Florence Joyce
    Date (inclusive): 1920s-2003
    Date (bulk): 1920-1960
    Abstract: Personal ephemera collection of burlesque dancer Florence (Flory) Joyce Lo Sasso of Denver, Colorado.
    Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Florence "Flory" Joyce Lo Sasso, burlesque collection PA Mss 105. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Library purchase, 2014.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Mona Luo.

    Scope and Content

    Personal ephemera collection of burlesque dancer Florence (Flory) Joyce Lo Sasso of Denver, Colorado. Includes Flo's snapshot album (1941-1960), photographs and clippings, "Strip Polka" sheet music by Johnny Mercer, correspondence from 1936 and 1942, as well as programs and other ephemera. Includes one audiocassette of interview of Florence, dated to 2003 October 25.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Photograph albums
    Photographs
    Correspondence
    Clippings
    Interviews
    Ephemera (general object genre)
    Burlesque (Theater)
    Audiocassettes
    Women dancers -- United States
    Lo Sasso, Florence Joyce -- Archives