Preliminary Inventory of the Bertha Kahn Elkus scrapbooks, 1863-1938

Processed by The Music Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Preliminary Inventory of the Bertha Kahn Elkus Scrapbooks, 1863-1938

Collection number: ARCHIVES ELKUS 4

The Music Library



University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Contact Information

  • Hargrove Music Library
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
  • Phone: (510) 642-2623
  • Email: music_reference@berkeley.edu
  • URL: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/music_library_archives
Processed by:
The Music Library staff
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Bertha Kahn Elkus Scrapbooks,
Date (inclusive): 1863-1938
Collection number: ARCHIVES ELKUS 4
Creator: Elkus, Bertha Kahn, 1863-1938
Extent: Number of container: 1 box (2 v.)
Repository: The Music Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Donor:

Professor Albert I. Elkus, Chairman, Department of Music.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Bertha Kahn Elkus scrapbooks, ARCHIVES ELKUS 4, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

Scrapbooks contain several hundred programs of music and drama events which took place in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, 1883-1922.

Related Collection

Title: Albert Elkus papers [ca. 1900-1949],
Identifier/Call Number: Banc Mss 82/16 c,
Bancroft Library, University of California; Berkeley, Calif. 94720-6000; USA

No attempt has been made to count the number of programs which are pasted into these two scrapbooks. The diversity of musical and dramatic events attended by Mrs. Elkus can be gained from the number of theatres which are represented by the programs:
 

Alcazar Theatre

 

Alhambra Theatre

 

Auditorium Opera House

 

Baldwin Theatre

 

Bush Street Theatre

 

New Bush Street Theatre

 

California Club Hall

 

California Conservatory of Music

 

California Theatre

 

Christian Science Hall

 

Clunie Theatre

 

Columbia Theatre

 

Cort Theatre

 

Curran Theatre

 

Dreamland

 

Ebell Hall

 

Exposition Auditorium

 

Festival Hall

 

Garrick Theatre

 

Grand Opera House

 

Golden Gate Commandery Hall

 

Greek Theatre

 

Hamilton Hall

 

Harmon Gym

 

Harrigan's Theatre

 

Liberty Playhouse

 

Lyric Hall

 

Macdonough Theatre

 

Metropolitan Temple

 

Novelty Theatre

 

Oakland Theatre

 

Orpheum Theatre

 

Palace Hotel

 

Palmer's Theatre

 

Pommer Hall

 

Procter's Theatre

 

Savoy Theatre

 

Scottish Rite Auditorium

 

St. Francis Hotel

 

Valencia Theater