Guide to the Oil City and Titusville (Pennsylvania) Opera House programs PA Mss 130

Finding aid prepared by Special Research Collections staff, 2018.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2018 March 12


Title: Oil City and Titusville (Pennsylvania) Opera House programs
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 130
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 linear feet (1 half document box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1917
Abstract: Approximately 100 Oil City and Titusville, Pennsylvania opera house programs.
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 Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research 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.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Phyllis Swerilas, 2018.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Oil City and Titusville (Pennsylvania) Opera House programs. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and Content

Approximately 100 Oil City and Titusville, Pennsylvania opera house programs. The bulk of the programs are from the Oil City Opera House. Performances include The Birth of a Nation (with Lillian Gish), Potash and Perlmutter,and The Nigger.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Theater programs -- Pennsylvania -- Oil City
Theater programs -- Pennsylvania -- Titusville
Oil City (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century
Titusville (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century
Theater programs

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Oil City Opera House (1) (Little Women, Fortune Hunter, A Neglected Wife, The Girl From the Sunny South, The Chocolate Soldier, Jumping Jupiter) 1912

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Oil City Opera House (2) (A Clever Woman, The Master Mind, The Firefly, The Girl of My Dreams) 1914

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Oil City Opera House (3) (The Little Cafe, Little Boy Blue, Girls Will Be Girls, September Morn, The Prince of Pilsen, 45 Minutes From Broadway, Alias Jimmy Valentine, Mutt and Jeff in Mexico, John W. Vogel's Big City Minstrels, When Dreams Come True, Bringing Up Father, Pair of Sixes) 1914-1915

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Oil City Opera House (4) (The Birth of a Nation, Potash and Perlmutter, The Smart Set Company) 1915

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Oil City Opera House (5) (Watch Your Step) 1917

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Oil City Opera House (6) (Over Night, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Country Boy, Madame Sherry, The Little Minister, The Making of Maddalena) 1917

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Oil City Opera House (7) (The Nigger, Very Good Eddie, Bunty Pulls the Strings) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (8) (The Goddess of Liberty, The Funny Janitor, Sauce for the Goose) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (9) (Daddy Long Legs) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (10) (Miss Nobody From Starland) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (11) (One Day, My Cinderella Girl, Peg O' My Heart) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (12) (The Gamblers, The Red Rose, Mutt and Jeff in Panama) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (13) (The Girl From Rector's, Stop Thief, The City, What Happened to Mary, The Chocolate Soldier, Excuse Me) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (14) (Baby Mine, Within the Law, The Princess Pat, A Modern Eve) 1910s

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Oil City Opera House (15) (Charley's Aunt, Wild Fire) 1910s

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Titusville Opera House (1) (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) 1919

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Titusville Opera House (2) (The Common Law, The Rose Maid) 1913

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Miscellaneous theater programs (Nothing But the Truth, The Show of Wonders) 1917