Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Pincus (Charles C.) collection
2552
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Charles C. Pincus collection
Creator:
Pincus, Charles C.
Identifier/Call Number: 2552
Physical Description:
0.08 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): c. 1890s - c. 1920s
Date: 1956
Date: 1962
Abstract: Collection consists of photographs, clippings, and other writings about American theater producer Ralph Pincus, the Wigwam
Theater, and the history of theater in San Francisco.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Collection consists of photographs, clippings, and other writings about American theater producer Ralph Pincus, the Wigwam
Theater, and the history of theater in San Francisco. Additionally a 1924 playbill from a production of Hamlet put on by USC
and The Greek Theater is present.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library
100 Series, and was labeled 100-37.
Ralph Pincus 1874-1956 was an American theater manager and producer who founded the Wigwam Theater in 1906. He was lauded
for bringing "great names" to the vaudeville stage in San Francisco. Pincus also served as president of the Newsboys' Union
and he stopped feuding between uptown and ferry gangs.
The Wigwam Theater was the first theater in San Francisco's Mission district to be opened after the fire in 1906. Originally
operating as a large tent, the building for the theater was constructed in 1913. It boasted 1,200 seats and ran a schedule
of 3 shows daily with 4 on Saturdays and Sundays. The theater was sold in 1925 and was remodeled and opened under the name
the New Rialto Theater in 1930.
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles C. Pincus, Ralph's nephew, in 1975.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Charles C. Pincus collection, Collection no. 2552, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Theater -- California -- Archival resources
Theater -- California -- Photographs
Theatrical managers -- United States -- Archival resources
Theatrical producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Pincus, Charles C. -- Archive
Pincus, Ralph