Charles "Chic" Sale collection, 1885-1982 mssSalecollection
Gina C Giang.
The Huntington Library
2017
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Finding aid last updated on August 8, 2022, by Kelly Kress.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Charles "Chic" Sale collection
Identifier/Call Number: mssSalecollection
Physical Description:
6.42 Linear Feet
(8 boxes and 1 tube)
Date (inclusive): 1885-1982
Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Charles "Chic" Sale's career as an actor
and vaudevillian.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Charles "Chic" Sale collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Marie B. Sale, April 1961.
Gift of the children of Cherry Virginia Sale Brown, July 2015.
Biography
Charles "Chic" Sale was an American actor and vaudevillian. He was the son of Frank and Lillie Belle Sale, and the brother
of actress/writer Virginia Sale-Wren. He was married to Marie Bishop. They had four children: Cherry Virginia, Charles Jr.,
Mary and Dwight Sale.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Charles "Chic" Sale's career as an actor
and vaudevillian. The personal letters are mostly to and from Charles "Chic" Sale, Frank O. Sale, Lillie Belle Sale, and Marie
Bishop Sale. The photographs are roughly organized into three different folders: Marie Bishop Sale; McCoy and Sale family;
and Sale family. Box 8 contains larger photographs of Sale. There are also over 40 programs related to Sale from 1908 through
1914. The seven scrapbooks contain correspondence, ephemera, and photographs. The scrapbook in Box 7 (1) includes booking
agreements from 1908 through 1931.
Processing Information
Processed by Gina C Giang in 2017.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by type of material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- United States
American wit and humor
Vaudeville -- United States
Letters (correspondence)
Photographs
Programs (documents)
Scrapbooks
Box 1
Agreements-Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 1
Agreements
1932
Scope and Contents
Between Loew's Warfield Theater S.F. and Charles Sale
Box 1, Folder 2
Booklets--Gyp's Scrap Book. In Which Gyp The Plumber Goes To Bat With "The Specialist"
1930
Box 1, Folder 3
Booklets--Orpheum Vaudeville. As I have found it by Elbert Hubbard, 1865-1915
1911
Box 1, Folder 4
Certificates
1917
Scope and Contents
Certificate of Copyright Registration, "The Rural Sunday School Benefit"
Box 1, Folder 5
Clippings (information artifacts)
1912-1977
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence--[Lillie Belle Sale] to Charles and Marie Sale
1913
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence--[Lillie Belle Sale] to Charles and Marie Sale
1913
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence
1914, Nov.
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence
1914, Dec.
Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence--[Lillie Belle Sale] to Charles and Marie Sale
1914
Box 4
Greeting cards-Photographs
Box 4, Folder 1
Greeting cards
[before 1936]
Box 4, Folder 2
[Lithographic plate]
1900s
Box 4, Folder 3
Manuscript (typewritten)--Charles Sale, 1885-1936
[before 1936]
Scope and Contents
Included: 1) I'll Tell You Why; 2) The Specialist
Box 4, Folder 4
Manuscript (typewritten)--Chic Sale: The Man Who Wrote About A Man Who Built a Building by Cherry Sale Brown
[before 1986]
Scope and Contents
Included: Copies of clippings and another copy of the manuscript
Box 4, Folder 5
Manuscript (typewritten)--Whisperin' Bill by Irving Bacheller, 1859-1950
[1910]
Box 4, Folder 6
Manuscript (typewritten)--The Life of Charles "Chic" Sale by Marie Bishop Sale
1981
Scope and Contents
Note: Compiled, indexed and edited by Cherry Sale Brown
Box 4, Folder 7
Manuscript (typewritten)--Beginning "I was reading an article just now by some smart aleck..." by Will Rogers, 1879-1935
1931
Scope and Contents
Included: Clipping entitled "It's a Real Quiet Spring Out in Hollywood" by Will Rogers
Box 4, Folder 8
Memorandums--Central Vaudeville Promotion Company
[1914]
Box 4, Folder 10
Periodicals
1935-1937
Scope and Contents
Included: Progress, Vol. XI, No. 2 and Commentator, Vol. 1, No. 6
Box 4, Folder 11
Photocopies--The Perfect Tribute by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (book)
1909
Box 4, Folder 12
Photocopies--A Resume Of Mother's Life by Cherry Sale Brown
[before 1986]
Box 4, Folder 13
Photographs--Charles Sale, 1885-1936
1900s
Scope and Contents
Note: Primarily promotional and still photographs
Box 5
Photographs-Programs (documents)
Box 5, Folder 1
Photographs--Marie Bishop Sale
1896-1900s
Box 5, Folder 2
Photographs--McCoy and Sale family
1900s
Scope and Contents
Note: There may be some earlier photographs that are undated
Box 5, Folder 3
Photographs--Sale family
1900s
Box 5, Folder 4
Poems--Old Sheep by [Charles Sale, 1885-1936]
[before 1936]
Box 5, Folder 5
Poems--Dedicated To my son Charley P. Sale On his Twentieth birthday by Lillie Belle Sale
1903
Box 5, Folder 6
Poems--Beginning "In God's sanctuary I am sitting, Trying hard my mind to stay..." by Lillie Belle Sale
1919
Box 5, Folder 7
Printed ephemera
1900s
Scope and Contents
Included: Promotional material and miscellaneous matter
Box 5, Folder 8
Programs (documents)
1908-1914
Box 5, Folder 9
Programs (documents)
1911--1913
Box 7, Folder 1
Scrapbooks
1908-1931
Scope and Contents
Booking agreements
Box 8
Oversize photographs--
[before 1936]
Scope and Contents
Note: Primarily promotional and still photographs
Box 9
Posters -- Charles Sale, 1885-1936
[before 1936]
