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Guide to the Vera Berliner Collection MS 58
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Series I: Vera Berliner Theater Career

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Booking Contracts, 1913-1918

Includes:

Contracts with United Booking Offices of America; Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association; the Orpheum Circuit; Metropolitan Booking Offices; B.F. Keith’s Greater Circuit of Theatrical Enterprises; the Pantages Circuit; Maryland Theatre (Baltimore); and Western Vaudeville Theaters.
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Correspondence, 1906-1919

Includes:

Letters regarding bookings with Will Davis; Pat Casey Agency; Western Vaudeville; Billy; Gus Sun Booking Exchange Co; Superior Amusement Co; Ernest Edelsten and Harry Burns of London; James McKowen; BF Keith’s NY Theatres Co; L.M. Garman; E.P. Churchill; Eugene Dial; Frank Evans of the Orpheum; Frank DunBar and Chocolate Soldier Opera Co; and Strand Theater.
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Newspaper Articles and Images, 1907-1922 and undated

Includes:

Clippings from newspapers regarding appearances and women musicians, Orpheum programs, and a commercial photo of Vera with her violin.
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Miscellanea, 1914-1922

Includes:

Violin insurance with AF Shaw Insurance Co, receipts of payment from Orpheum Theatre, a contract with Mosst Empires, and the by-laws of National Vaudeville Artists Inc.
 

Series II: Vera Berliner Personal and Business Papers

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Correspondence: Barney Kay, 1911-1914

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Correspondence: Friends and Admirers, 1905-1938 and undated

Includes:

Letters from Grace and J.K. Sebree; Harold Hersey; J. Wilson Carwik; Martha Harrison; William Pinkerton; Edward Flint; Louis M. Zach to Mr. Russo; Vera to Charles Wright; R.M. Campbell; and Harry Culbertson. Also includes two letters in German, one of which is translated and the other summarized.
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Business Papers: Chula Vista Farm, 1918-1933

Includes:

Receipts and invoices related to supplies, equipment, and labor (Chula Vista Citrus Association), bank statements, correspondence regarding savings bonds, and a newspaper article about Vera as farmer violinist.
 

Series III: Berliner Family Papers

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Family Correspondence, 1909-1918

Includes:

Letters between family members or regarding family issues, especially letters home from Rudolph and from Boby to Vera. Also includes two letters between Charles Wright and Vera’s parents regarding his courtship of her, and letters to Vera regarding unsuitability of Barney Kay.
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Family Correspondence, 1919-1938 and undated

Includes:

Letters between family members, especially letters home from Rudolph, Boby to Vera, and Peter to Vera and Kate (their nephew and grandson respectively).
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Rudolph Berliner, 1917-1919

Includes:

Articles from Montreal papers regarding his activities with Montreal Productions and Adanac Co, a visit by the Prince of Wales, and an orchestra at Savoy Hotel. Also includes one informational flyer regarding Adamac Producing Co. construction project.
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Postcards and Family Photos, 1923 and undated