Collection contains clippings, handbills, stills, pamphlets, advertising, and other materials relating to theater arts, experimental theaters, lectures, dance, etc. from about the late 19th century to date, chiefly from the West Coast and New York. Subjects include George Arliss, Sir Squire Bancroft, Ethel and John Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Billie Burke, Maurice Evans, Sir Johnston Fobes-Robertson, Helen Hayes, Sir Henry Irving, and Sir Charles Wyndham.

18.5 Linear Feet (37 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder)

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