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  • We opened in one; recollections of vaudeville, 1929-30, by Rosanna "Ann Williams" Wheaton. Edited by James W. Wheaton.

    • Text
    • Hingham, Mass. [J. W. Wheaton] 1970.
    • 1970
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWES (Wheaton, R.) 72-1449Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Vaudeville U. S.A., by John E. DiMeglio.

    • Text
    • Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green University Popular Press [1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWFH 74-930Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Ėstrada i ︠t︡sirk glazami vl︠i︡ublennogo. [Sbornik stateĭ].

    • Text
    • Moskva, "Iskusstvo," 1971.
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *QDK 74-1469Offsite
  • The AGVA news [microform].

    • Text
    • New York.
    • 1950-1966
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZAN-*T13 [Microfilm] Library has: v. 1-16, no. 2; Aug. 1950-summer 1966 (incomplete). v. 1-8 (Aug. 1950-Dec. 1958) (inc.)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text *ZAN-*T13 [Microfilm] Library has: v. 1-16, no. 2; Aug. 1950-summer 1966 (incomplete). v. 9-11 (Jan. 1959-Dec. 1961)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text *ZAN-*T13 [Microfilm] Library has: v. 1-16, no. 2; Aug. 1950-summer 1966 (incomplete). v. 12-16 (1962-1966)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Once upon a stage : the merry world of vaudeville / by Charles and Louise Samuels.

    • Text
    • New York : Dodd, Mead, [1974]
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWFH 75-508Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Adventures in the arts; informal chapters on painters, vaudeville and poets.

    • Text
    • New York, Hacker Art Books, 1972.
    • 1972-1921
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQZ 12-3575Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • B. F. Keith's theatre news.

    • Text
    • Washington.
    • 5 Items
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    Text MWED (Washington) [RBS] 97-21 v. 23, no. 1-52 (Aug. 30 1920-Aug. 22 1921)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text MWED (Washington) [RBS] 97-21 v. 25, no. 1-52 (Sept. 4 1922-Sept. 2 1923)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text MWED (Washington) [RBS] 97-21 v. 30, no. 2-34 (Sept. 11 1927-Apr. 3 1928)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Ziegfeld.

    • Text
    • London, New York, W. H. Allen, 1973 [c1972]
    • 1973-1972
    • 1 Item
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    Text *MGYB (Ziegfeld) 75-1888Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Darlings of the gods in music hall, revue, and musical comedy, as seen by Nerman.

    • Text
    • London, A. Rivers [1929]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWER+ 75-2247Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Show biz, from vaude to video, by Abel Green and Joe Laurie, Jr [microform].

    • Text
    • Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday & Co. [1953, c1951]
    • 1953-1951
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *XMT-167 [Microfiche]Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Kohl, John Y. Vaudeville in Allentown and the great stars that appeared in the Orpheum.

    • Text
    • 1974
  • The vaudevillians / Bill Smith.

    • Text
    • New York : Macmillan, c1976.
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGY 76-2324Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • The complete entertainment discography, from the mid-1890s to 1942 [by] Brian Rust with Allen G. Debus.

    • Text
    • New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House [1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *L 76-7543Offsite

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  • American vaudeville - theatre in a package; the origins of mass entertainment [microform], by Frederick E. Snyder.

    • Text
    • [New Haven] 1970.
    • 1970
  • The Max Miller Blue Book, Compiled by Barry Took. Illus. by Trog.

    • Text
    • [London, Robson Books, c1975]
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 77-1514Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • We can still hear them clapping / [edited] by Marcia Keegan.

    • Text
    • New York : Avon, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 2 Items
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    Text MWER 78-2430Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MFX (Keegan) 00-12646Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Hē Athēnaïkē epitheōrēsē / epimeleia Thod. Chatzēpantazēs, Lida Maraka.

    • Text
    • Athēna : Ekdotikē Hermēs, 1977-
    • 1977-present
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWEL (Greece) 79-2168 1Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWEL (Greece) 79-2168 2Offsite
  • Madison's budget.

    • Text
    • New York.
  • Pertwee's Promenades and pierrots : one hundred years of seaside entertainment.

    • Text
    • Newton Abbott [Eng.] : Westbridge Books, c1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 80-2349Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Bonte pracht, vederdracht : geschiedenis van de revue in Nederland / Dries Krijn.

    • Text
    • Zutphen : Walburg Pers, [1980]
    • 1980
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWFH 80-2737Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Le théâtre de Georges Feydeau / Henry Gidel.

    • Text
    • Paris : Klincksieck, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 81-707Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Way down south/ by Clarence Muse and David Arlen; wood cuts by Blanding Sloan. 1st ed.

    • Text
    • Hollywood, Calif.: D. G. Fischer, 1932.
    • 1932
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Rare F 81-11Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • The vaudevillians : a dictionary of vaudeville performers / Anthony Slide.

    • Text
    • Westport, Conn. : Arlington House, c1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWER 82-1505Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre - Reference

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  • Contemporary drama and the popular dramatic tradition in England / Peter Davison.

    • Text
    • London : Macmillan, 1982.
    • 1982
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text NCOM 84-3550Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Variety show to go! : a handbook about producing & directing a unified variety show / by Stephanie Shute ; [photos by Brian Hart and Carolyn McDonough ; illustrations by Stephanie Shute].

    • Text
    • Downers Grove, IL : Meriwether Pub., c1982.
    • 1982
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZB 84-1239Offsite
  • Male-female comedy teams in American vaudeville, 1865-1932 / by Shirley Staples.

    • Text
    • Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 84-1501Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • American vaudeville as seen by its contemporaries / edited and with commentary by Charles W. Stein.

    • Text
    • New York : Knopf, 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 84-3493Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • When vaudeville was king : a soft shoe stroll down forget-me-not lane / Charles Norman.

    • Text
    • Melbourne : Spectrum Publications, 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 86-279Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Druga poŁowa życia / Ludwik Sempoliński.

    • Text
    • Warszawa : Czytelnik, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *QPZ 87-1205Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Satz für Satz : ein Kabarett-Solo mit Fussnoten / Werner Schneyder; fotos von Armin Kühne.

    • Text
    • München : Knaur, 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWFH 87-3348Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Selected vaudeville criticism / edited by Anthony Slide.

    • Text
    • Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 88-2908Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • The complete entertainment discography, from 1897 to 1942 / Brian Rust and Allen G. Debus.

    • Text
    • New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *L 89-1243Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound - Reference
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  • In the spotlight, personal experiences of Elbert Hubbard on the American stage. [Gathered together and set down by John T. Hoyle.]

    • Text
    • East Aurora, N.Y., The Roycrofters [c1917]
    • 1917
    • 2 Items
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    Text MWED (Hubbard, E.) 89-25098Offsite
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    Text MWEDOffsite
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  • The voice of the city : vaudeville and popular culture in New York / Robert W. Snyder.

    • Text
    • New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWED (New York) 89-28276Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Unterhaltungskunst.

    • Text
    • Berlin : Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, 1969-1988.
    • 1969-1988
    • 18 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWA (Unterhaltungskunst) v. 17 (1986)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWA (Unterhaltungskunst) v. 18 (1987)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWA (Unterhaltungskunst) v. 19 (1988)Offsite
  • From minstrel show to vaudeville : the Australian popular stage, 1788-1914 / Richard Waterhouse.

    • Text
    • Kensington, NSW, Australia : New South Wales University Press ; Portland, Or., U.S.A. : Available in North America through International Specialized Book Services, 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWEL (Australia) 91-3448Offsite
  • Ona Munson papers, 1906-1949.

    • Text
    • 1906-1949
    • 13 Items

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    Text *T-Mss 1990-012 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text *T-Mss 1990-012 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text *T-Mss 1990-012 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling papers, 1899-1952.

    • Mixed material
    • 1899-1952
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material *T-Mss 1986-005Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • The rise and fall of the racial comics in American vaudeville [microform] / by Paul Antonie Distler.

    • Text
    • 1963.
    • 1977-1963
  • Teatro di varietà a Livorno tra il 1880 e il 1914 / Daniela Vianelli.

    • Text
    • Livorno : Editrice nuova fortezza, c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 91-8769Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • The golden years of music hall [sound recording] : from the original recordings.

    • Audio
    • Wotton-Under-Edge, Glos., England : Saydisc, p1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 2796 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • James Foster Milliken papers, 1887-1894.

    • Mixed material
    • 1887-1894
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material *T-Mss 1986-010Offsite

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  • Karl Bernstein scrapbooks, 1925-1971.

    • Mixed material
    • 1925-1970
    • 46 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material MWEZ+ n.c. 22074 Silk Stockings, 1955Offsite

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    Mixed material MWEZ+ n.c. 22038 Victor Borge, 1955-1956Offsite

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    Mixed material MWEZ+ n.c. 22084 Vincent Donohue, 1960-1962Offsite

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  • Hatch-Billops collection [sound recording] : [taped interviews of musicians].

    • Audio
    • 1971-1974.
    • 1971-1974
  • Singing the master : the emergence of African American culture in the plantation south / Roger D. Abrahams.

    • Text
    • New York : Pantheon Books, 1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780394555911.pdf
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    Text Sc D 92-514Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Annie Hart papers and scrapbooks, 1922-1947.

    • Moving image
    • 1922-1947
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image 8-MWEZ+ n.c. 29441 Box 1 Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Laissez-nous rire / Roger Pierre et Jean-Marc Thibault ; avec la collaboration d'Henri Marc pour les textes de liaison.

    • Text
    • [Paris] : Lattès, c1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWFH 92-10046Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Charles B. Dillingham papers, 1903-1931, bulk (1910-1927)

    • Text
    • 1903-1931
  • The Palace. With an introd. by Brooks Atkinson.

    • Text
    • New York, Atheneum, 1969.
    • 1969
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWED (New York) (Spitzer, M. Palace)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Text Sc 792.097-S (Spitzer, M. Palace)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Charley White's new book of black wit and darky conversations, being the second series of the kind ever published and containing a large collection of laughable anecdotes, jokes, stories, witticisms, plantation and dandy darkey converstions, &c., &c., as given by this great comedian at White's opera house, New York, compiled and arranged by Charles White and published by his authority.

    • Text
    • New York, Dick & Fitzgerald [1856]
    • 1856
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Rare 791.1-W (White, C. Charley White's new book of black wit) Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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