Theater Playbills Collection, 1805-1900

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Collection of Theater Playbills,
Dates:
1805-1900
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.) 3 oversize boxes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Theater Playbills (Collection 692). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of playbills from Britain, Europe, and the U.S. Includes playbills from various London theaters, some from Glasgow, and one from Dublin. Also includes playbills from California, mostly San Francisco and Los Angeles, and from other states, primarily New York, St. Louis, and Detroit.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by George Chacon; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Theater Playbills (Collection 692). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988