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Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia relating to various aspects of the field of Speech and Drama.

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Records of the Department of Theatre Arts (fomerly the Department of Public Speaking and then the Department of Speech and Drama) as well as the Cornell Dramatic Club and the Cornell University Theatre.

Scope and content Programs for Farmers' Week and, later, Farm and Home Week; and programs for the Homemakers' Conference held in conjunction with that week. Also included are programs and flyers for concerts, plays, lectures, debates, art exhibits, and other events that were held at Cornell University in conjunction with Farm and Home Week, such as the New York State Community Dramatics Festival (hosted by Cornell University Theatre), the Eastman Stage in Public Speaking, the Rice Debate Stage, the Kermis...

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13 items inlcuding photographs, programs, and fliers relating to the Five Lesbian Brothers and plays they have written and performed, including "The secretaries," "Voyage to Lesbos," "Brave smiles," and "Brides of the moon." Also, a refrigerator magnet in the form of a truck for "The Five Lesbian Brothers on the road."

Content Description Autographed cabinet photograph of Ibsen, inscribed by him (in French) to Madame Aubernon de Nerville, 1893 September 14 (the photograph itself is dated 1887); and a program for the first performance in Britain of his play Ghosts, at the Independent Theatre of London, 1891 March 13. Also, two letters from Mrs. Patrick Campbell to the director J.T. Grein, who had offered her the part of Mrs. Alving in the play Ghosts, to be performed at the Ibsen Centenary Festival in 1928. The letters are...

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Twenty-eight scrapbooks of programs from Ithaca, New York theaters, including the Lyceum (1893-1900, 1902-1917, 1924-1925); Library Hall; Wilgus Hall; Town Hall; and Cascadilla Hall. Also, one scrapbook of Cornell Masque (1894-1925), sample tickets, papers relating to the sale of the Lyceum, newspaper clippings, and several glass slides of local theaters. Also, two copies of the thesis, "A Sketch of the Theatres of Ithaca, 1842-1942,", 1942, one with photographs affixed.

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Binders containing theater programs; also a few reference volumes on theater and films, and clippings concerning movies.

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Mostly theater playbills and programs; also some miscellaneous theater-related items.

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Theatre programs from New York and other American cities, London and Paris; includes drama, melodrama, comedy, farce, musical, opera and operetta, and other types of musical entertainment.

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Programs for plays and musicals performed at the Tioga Theatre, including several plays by George Broadhurst. Each program includes many advertisements for local businesses.