Finding aid for the 19th century theatrical programs, newspapers, and broadside collection 6028

Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein

USC Libraries Special Collections

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189

213-740-5900

specol@usc.edu

2013

Title: 19th century theatrical programs, newspapers, and broadside collection

Collection number: 6028

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Container: 6

Container: 2

Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet

Date (inclusive): 1859-1890

Abstract: Newspapers, broadsides, theatrical programs and bulletins, and meeting programs, 1859-1890, published primarily in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and San Francisco. While the majority of the materials are theatrically related, the collection does include an issue of the Daily Stage, a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada; the Carnival Record, a publication of Author's Carnival and Fete of Nations; and Acrobats and Mountebanks, a special supplement of the New York Commercial Advertiser.

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Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], 19th century theatrical programs, newspapers, and broadside collection, Collection no. 6028, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Scope and Content

Newspapers, broadsides, theatrical programs and bulletins, and meeting programs, 1859-1890, published primarily in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and San Francisco. While the majority of the materials are theatrically related, the collection does include an issue of the Daily Stage, a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada; the Carnival Record, a publication of Author's Carnival and Fete of Nations; and Acrobats and Mountebanks, a special supplement of the New York Commercial Advertiser.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Broadsides (notices)

Newspapers

Programs (documents)

Theater--United States--19th century--Archival resources