Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Allen's Cheyenne Minstrels Collection
Dates: 1906-1940
Bulk Dates: 1906-1921
Collection number: 2000.87
Creator:
Allen's Cheynne Minstrels
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet
Repository:
Autry National Center. Institute for the Study of the American West
Abstract: Publicity and other material relating to the group Allen's Cheyenne Minstrels, performers of Western musical comedy.
Physical location: Autry Library, Autry National Center
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/research_application.php
or contact library staff at (323) 667-2000.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Library, Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
Autry 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 by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Item identification] Allen's Cheyenne Minstrels Collection, 2000.87. Autry Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2000.
Biography / Administrative History
Allen's Cheyenne Minstrels performed musical comedy, vaudeville and theater throughout the American West in the early twentieth
century.
Scope and Content of Collection
Publicity and other material relating to the group Allen's Cheyenne Minstrels, performers of Western musical comedy. Includes
a poster, publicity photographs, theater programs, contracts, and a news clipping. The bulk of the material consists of vaudeville
theater programs dated 1909 to 1921. Studio photographs are of members of the group dressed in cowboy garb.
Arrangement
By format, then chronological.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Allen's Cheyenne Minstrels
Vaudeville -- United States.
Entertainers -- United States.
Minstrel shows -- United States.
Photographs.
Programs.
Clippings.
Posters, American.