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Reminiscences of Nate Salsbury
- Title
- Reminiscences of Nate Salsbury, 1899-1943.
- Author
- Salsbury, Nathan, 1846-1902.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1961-005 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional Authors
- James, Rebecca Salsbury, 1891-1968.
- Description
- .21 lin. ft. (1 box)
- Summary
- Consists of a typescript of Nate Salsbury's reminiscences, much of which concerns his Civil War experiences, his life as a touring actor, and, briefly, his years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Subjects
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Typescripts
- Performing arts > United States
- Theater > United States > History > 19th century
- Actors > United States
- Wild west shows > United States
- Correspondence
- James, Rebecca Salsbury, 1891-1968
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Salsbury's Troubadours
- Genre/Form
- Typescripts.
- Correspondence.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- James, Rebecca Salsbury
- Biography (note)
- Nathan "Nate" Salsbury (1846-1902) was producer and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a highly successful show business enterprise that toured the United States, Europe, and elsewhere from the 1880s well into the 20th century, and featured William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1961-005
- OCLC
- NYPW01-A179
- Author
- Salsbury, Nathan, 1846-1902.
- Title
- Reminiscences of Nate Salsbury, 1899-1943.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Nathan "Nate" Salsbury (1846-1902) was producer and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a highly successful show business enterprise that toured the United States, Europe, and elsewhere from the 1880s well into the 20th century, and featured William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Born in Illinois in 1846, Nathan Salsbury entered the U. S. Army while still in his teens, first as a drummer boy and eventually as a soldier with the 89th Illinois Regiment of Infantry, fighting in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. After the war, he became an actor in various stock companies, appeared for a time with his own troupe, Salsbury's Troubadours, then retired from performing in 1887. Meanwhile, in 1883, Salsbury had been a key figure in the launch of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, an outdoor extravaganza that dramatized frontier life, built around the personality of onetime soldier, scout and hunter William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917). The show, which also starred sharpshooter Annie Oakley and, for one season, Chief Sitting Bull, was a worldwide success for many years, outlasting its producer and manager Nate Salsbury, who died on Christmas Eve of 1902, at the age of 56. His daughter Rebecca Salsbury James (1891-1968) was an artist who lived for most of her life in Taos, New Mexico.
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- Added Author
- James, Rebecca Salsbury, 1891-1968.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1961-005