Haebel (Alma) theater scrapbooks, 1908-1969

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Summary

Title:
Alma Haebel theater scrapbooks
Dates:
1908-1969
Creators:
Haebel, Alma
Abstract:
This collection contains nine scrapbook journals kept by Alma Rau Haebel (1896-1979) documenting her visits to the theater over more than six decades, beginning as a girl in New York City in 1908 and later in Los Angeles, California (1941-1969). Entries chiefly consist of pasted playbills and program/newspaper clippings of performance and actor photographs along with brief handwritten reviews of the performances.
Extent:
1.04 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Alma Haebel theater scrapbooks, Collection no. 2510, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains nine scrapbook journals kept by Alma Rau Haebel (1896-1979) documenting her visits to the theater, beginning in New York City between 1908 and 1941 and in Los Angeles, California, from 1941 to 1969. Entries chiefly consist of pasted playbills and program/newspaper clippings of performance and actor photographs along with brief handwritten reviews of the performances. The performances reflect a variety of theaters and genres including plays, operas, and musical revues.

Folder titles devised by cataloger based on the form of handwritten cover titles on some volumes, such as "Alma Rau Theatre Book 1914-1917."

Biographical / historical:

Alma Rau Haebel (1896-1979) was born in New Jersey to parents Seymour and Emma Rau and later lived in New York City. She married Otto Haebel in December 1941 and they moved to Los Angeles, California, in the mid 1940s.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Alma Haebel, May 26, 1970.
Processing information:

Previously titled: "Mrs. Otto Habel [sic] Collection."

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Diann Benti
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-12-09 08:37:24 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Alma Haebel theater scrapbooks, Collection no. 2510, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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