TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1899-1952
Subseries 1: General, 1899-1952
Subseries 2: Family, 1911-1951
Subseries 1: Clippings / Columns, 1906-ca.1950s
Subseries 2: Interviews, 1901-1923
Subseries 4: Other Works, 1905-1948
Subseries 5: Works by Others, 1924-1951
Subseries 6: Subject Index Note Cards, 1930-1951
Subseries 1: Banjo Materials, 1934-1952
Subseries 2: Biographical, 1920s-1950s
Subseries 3: Family, 1868-1948
Subseries 4: Miscellaneous, 1890s-1950s
Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1850s-1951
Series 5: Artwork ca. 1925-1949
Series 6: Audio Materials 1935-1952
Subseries 1: Cylinders, ca.1940s
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Inventory of the Ashton Stevens Papers, ca. 1850-1952, bulk 1920-1940
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen and Kelly Kress, 2007. ©2007. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Stevens, Ashton |
| Title | Ashton Stevens Papers |
| Dates | ca. 1850-1952 |
| Dates | bulk 1920-1940 |
| Extent | 37 cubic ft. (82 boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract | The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Stevens |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 42 4-6 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Ashton Stevens Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Bequest of Kay Ashton Stevens, 1982.
Processed by
Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, and Shannon Yule, 2007.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Ashton Stevens Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Ashton Stevens Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Ashton Stevens
Journalist and drama critic.
Ashton Stevens was born on August 11, 1872 in San Francisco, California to James and Hannah Laura Stevens. His brother was Landers Stevens, an actor and father of film director George Stevens. For over 50 years Ashton Stevens reviewed plays, vaudeville acts, minstrel shows, and interviewed actors, actresses, opera stars, and producers. He became known as the "dean of American drama critics," who aimed to be "right if possible, to be read if possibler."
He started his career as a drama critic in 1894 on the San Francisco News Letter, succeeding Ambrose Bierce as "Town Crier." For a brief period he edited the Overland Monthly and served for a year on the San Francisco Morning Call. He began a tenure at the Hearst Newspapers when he joined the San Francisco Examiner in 1897. After ten years at the Examiner he took over the drama critic's post on the New York Evening Journal until moving to Chicago in 1907. Over the next 40 years he covered the theatre world of Chicago, first at the Chicago Examiner, then the Chicago Herald and Examiner, the Chicago American, and finally the Chicago Herald-American where he wrote until his death. He published one book in 1923, Actorviews, a collection of his feature interviews. He wrote several plays, most significantly Prospect Avenue which nearly reached the stage, but fell victim to a lack of funding.
Stevens was a highly regarded and much loved critic who was in the front row, aisle seat at every play opening throughout his years in Chicago. He interviewed and advised such stage luminaries as Ethel Barrymore, Mary Garden, Nat Goodwin, and Sarah Bernhardt. He was a friend and confident to many actors and entertainers such as Ben Bernie, Morris Gest, Gene Markey, and Orson Welles' guardian Dr. Maurice Bernstien, who often wrote to Stevens lamenting Welles' unreasonable behavior. He was known for his sharp wit, satire, puns, and paradoxes, and gave honest, but fair criticism stating, "critics should write about plays and players as they would about the weather, with hardly any regard for the weather's feelings."
He also pursued a lifelong passion for the banjo, which he played with substantial skill. In San Francisco he gave banjo lessons and one of his earliest students was a young William Randolph Hearst. He was known during his lifetime as the "banjo king," and wrote of the banjo often in his columns, defending its integrity as a serious musical instrument. He was an expert on the topic and wrote an entry on its history for the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Stevens married twice, first in 1900 to Aleece Ulhorn, the daughter of a San Francisco financier and sister of author Gertrude Atherton. A year after her death in 1926 he married actress Florence Katherine Krug, known after as Kay Ashton-Stevens. They had no children. Stevens was ill much of his later life and succumbed to a heart attack on July 11, 1951.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
The Ashton Stevens papers cover a pivotal period in American entertainment when vaudeville and live theatre began to give way to the Hollywood film industry. Correspondents include many important actors, writers, producers, theatre managers, and other entertainers of the time including Ben Bernie, Gene Markey, Gene Fowler, Gilbert Gabriel, William Randolph Hearst, Alva Johnston, Hank Karch, Eddie Peabody, Alfred Lunt, Morris Gest, Abel Green, Ethel Barrymore, E. D. "Cobbie" Coblentz, Milton Wolfe, and Orson Welles. There are also many letters between him and his second wife Kay Ashton-Stevens and other family members, including his brother Landers and wife Georgie Cooper. Works in the collection include clippings of his newspaper writing covering virtually his entire career, feature interview manuscripts, plays and magazine articles as well as several drafts of his play Prospect Avenue. Works by others include two book manuscripts by friend Gene Fowler and sketches written in collaboration with Gene Markey.
The collection also includes biographical materials and a significant amount of correspondence and other materials pertaining to his banjo playing and research. In addition, there are numerous photographs of actors, actresses, and colleagues, many inscribed to Stevens. A small amount of artwork includes portraits and caricatures of Stevens, a few artifacts, audio materials in multiple formats including home recordings made by Stevens, banjo recordings by Stevens and others, and the Friends of the Chicago Public Library luncheon honoring Stevens after his death.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1899-1952
- Subseries 1: General, 1899-1952
- Subseries 2: Family, 1911-1951
- Series 2: Works, 1901-1951
- Subseries 1: Clippings / Columns, 1906-ca.1950s
- Subseries 2: Interviews, 1901-1923
- Subseries 3: Plays, 1913-1934
- Subseries 4: Other Works, 1905-1948
- Subseries 5: Works by Others, 1924-1951
- Subseries 6: Subject Index Note Cards, 1930-1951
- Series 3: Personal, 1868-1952
- Subseries 1: Banjo Materials, 1934-1952
- Subseries 2: Biographical, 1920s-1950s
- Subseries 3: Family, 1868-1948
- Subseries 4: Miscellaneous, 1890s-1950s
- Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1850s-1951. Box(es) 48-49
- Series 5: Artwork ca. 1925-1949. Box(es) 50
- Series 6: Audio Materials1935-1952
- Subseries 1: Cylinders, ca.1940s
- Subseries 2: Discs, 1935-1952
- Subseries 3: Miscellaneous,1952
- Series 7: Artifacts,ca. 1940s-1952. Box(es) 55-
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960
- Gabriel, Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf), 1890-1952
- Green, Abel, 1900-
- Johnston, Alva
- Lunt, Alfred
- Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959
- Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943
- Chicago examiner
- Chicago herald and examiner
- Coblentz, Edmond D
- Gest, Morris, b. 1881
- Hearst Corporation
- Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
- Karch, Hank
- Markey, Gene, 1895-1980
- Northworth, Jack
- Peabody, Eddie, ca. 1901-1970
- San Francisco examiner
- Stevens, Ashton
- Stevens, Georgie Cooper, 1904-1975
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Wolfe, Milton G.
Subjects
- Opera -- 20th century
- Theater -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Vaudeville -- United States -- History
- Actors -- United States -- 20th century
- Audiotapes
- Banjo -- History
- Banjoists
- Clippings --1906-1950
- Comedians -- United States -- 20th century
- Correspondence -- 1899-1952
- Cylinders (sound recordings)
- Drama -- 20th century
- Dramatists
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Phonograph records -- 1935-1952
- Photographs -- 1850-1951
- Plays (document genre) -- 1913-1934
- Playwriting
- Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Theater critics -- California -- San Francisco
- Theater critics -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Wire recordings
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Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1899-1952 |
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| Primarily incoming letters from Steven's friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry, many from vaudeville stars and actors he interviewed and wrote about. The Family subseries includes correspondence between Stevens and his wife Kay Ashton-Stevens and other family members including his brother Landers. Correspondence is incoming in both subseries unless otherwise noted. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following subseries: General, 1899-1952 (Boxes 1-18a); and Family, 1911-1951 (Boxes 19-22). | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: General, 1899-1952 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Aarstad, Magda, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Abbot, Eugene, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Actor's Club of Chicago, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3a | Actor's Equity Association (includes outoing), 1936 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Actors Fund of America - Robert Campbell, 1940-1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Adams, Charles, 1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Ade, George, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Adler, Larry, 1940, 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Albertson, Lillian, 1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Alciatore, Gaston, 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Alexandria, Eddie, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Jan. 19, 1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Allen, Fred (includes outgoing), 1943-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Allen, Gracie, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Allen, Lester, 1945 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Allen, Mary Jester, 1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Allterton, Bert, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Allied Florists, 1945 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | American Association of University Women (includes outgoing), 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | American Guild of Variety Artists, Sep. 24, 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | American Institute of Decorators, 1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | American Magazine, Oct. 15, 1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | American National Theatre & Academy, 1946-1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22a | American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | The American Weekly, Jul. 29, 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Ames, Leon, 1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Anderson, Elizabeth G. (Mrs. William M.), 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Anderson, John, 1938 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | André Ament Associates, 1932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Armstrong, Ned, 1940, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Arliss, George, 1926, 1929 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Atherly, Theron M., 1938 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Atkinson, Brooks, 1942-1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31a | Atkinson, George, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Atlass, H. Leslie, 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Atwater, Richard and Florence, 1931-1937, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Atwell, Ben H., 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Audley, Eleanor, 1938 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35a | Austin, Louie T. (Mayo Clinic), 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Author's & Writer's Who's Who, Jan. 12, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Autry, Gene, 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Avery, Delos, 1946-1947, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Bacigalupi, James A., 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Bacon, Faith, 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Bailey, Pearl, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Baker, Phil, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 42a | Balaban, John, 1940, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42b | Balfour, Katharine, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Balieff, Nikita (includes outgoing), 1928-1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Ballard, Fred, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Bankhead, Tallulah, 1939, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Barker, K. E., 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Barker, Samuel R. (and daughter Lois) includes outgoing, 1948-1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Bart, Gloria, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Barrymore, Jack, 1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Barton, J. D., 1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Beatty, George, 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Beck, Edward "Ned" Scott, 1939, 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | Behrens, Glen E., 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Behrman, Sam (includes outoing), 1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Belasco, David, 1928 | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | Bennett, Constance, 1940, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 57 | Bennett, James O'Donnell, 1928 | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Benson, W. L., 1936 | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | Bering, Frank (includes outgoing), 1943, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | Berks, Si, Apr. 30, 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | Berle, Milton, 1936, 1949, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 62 | Berlin, Dick (includes outgoing), 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 63 | Berlin, Irving (includes outgoing), 1943-1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 64 | Berlin, Mary Ellin (includes outgoing), 1946-1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 65 | Bernie, Ben, 1932-1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 66 | Bernstein, Hazel Moore (includes outgoing), 1940-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | Bernstein, Dr. Maurice A. (includes outgoing), 1931-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 68 | Bethke, Fred, 1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 69 | Bialk, Betty, 1933-1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 70 | Billingsley, Sherman, 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 71 | Billyeald, Dave, 1938 | |||||||||
| 1 | 71a | Binns, Archie, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 72 | Birch, Harry, 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 72a | Bishop, W. G., 1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 73 | Black, Leonard, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | Blackman, Gladys, 1938 | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Blackstone Thatre - Francis Robinson, 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Blaschke, Paul (includes original drawing), 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Block, Herb, 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Blocki, Fritz, 1940-1942, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 79 | Blum, Henry S., 1944 | |||||||||
| 2 | 80 | Blumberg, Nate J. (includes outgoing), 1944, 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 81 | Bohnen, Roman, 1930, 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 82 | Bolger, Ray, 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 83 | Bond, Ralph, 1929-1930 | |||||||||
| 2 | 84 | Bonnet, Theodore (includes outgoing), 1949, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 85 | Bordani, Irene, 1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 86 | Bottomley, Roland, 1933 | |||||||||
| 2 | 87 | Bourneuf, Philip, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 88 | Bowes, Edward "Eddie" (includes outgoing), 1938-1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 89 | Bowes, Sibyl, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 90 | Bowles, George, 1927 | |||||||||
| 2 | 91 | Boysen, Harry, and family, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 92 | Braden, Frank (includes outgoing), 1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 93 | Bradley, H. E., n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 94 | Brady, J. E. - Metro Pictures Corp., 1919 | |||||||||
| 2 | 95 | Brady, William A., 1940 | |||||||||
| 2 | 96 | Brandeberry, Suzanne, 1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 97 | Brandenburg, George A. (includes outgoing), 1931-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 98 | Brando, Marlon, Jan. 5, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 99 | Brannon, Eunice, 1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 100 | Braun, Julius, 1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 101 | Breese, Lou, 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 102 | Brennan, F. E., 1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 103 | Brereton, N. E., 1940 | |||||||||
| 2 | 103a | Brian, Donald, 1944 | |||||||||
| 2 | 104 | Briggs, Matt, 1940, 1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 105 | Brisson, Carl, 1944-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 106 | Bromberg, Gertrude, 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 107 | Brown, Clark, 1932 | |||||||||
| 2 | 108 | Brown, John Mason, 1942-1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 109 | Brown, Kay and Z. A. (Draper Hall), 1934-1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 110 | Brown, Warren (includes outgoing), 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 111 | Bryant, Billy, 1931-1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 112 | Bryson, Charles Lee, 1940-1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 113 | Buckley, Mary, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 114 | Buderman, Elizabeth M., 1921 | |||||||||
| 2 | 115 | Buie, Dr. Louis A. (includes outgoing), 1937-1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 116 | Bull, Harry - Town and Country, 1942, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 117 | Burg, Copeland C., 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 118 | Burke, Paget, 1940 | |||||||||
| 2 | 119 | Burns, George, 1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 120 | Burns, Nat, 1942, 1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 121 | Burt, Fred, 1944 | |||||||||
| 2 | 122 | Burton, Percy, 1937 | |||||||||
| 2 | 122a | Bushman, Francis X., 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 123 | Bushnell, John W., 1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 124 | Butcher, Fanny (includes outgoing), 1946, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 125 | Byram, John - Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1938 | |||||||||
| 2 | 126 | Byfield, Ernest (includes outgoing), 1930, 1944-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 127 | Caen, Herb, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 127a | Caille, Ward, 1944 | |||||||||
| 2 | 128 | Cain, James M. (includes outgoing), 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 129 | Call Bulletin (San Francisco), 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 130 | Campbell, Jane, 1940 | |||||||||
| 2 | 131 | Cannon, Jimmy (includes outgoing), 1945, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 132 | Cantwell, Robert E., n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 133 | Cardelli, Giovanni, 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 134 | Carey, Casey, 1938 | |||||||||
| 2 | 135 | Carlisle, Kitty, 1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 136 | Caren, Leslie, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 137 | Carillo, Leo, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 138 | Carr, Sam (includes outgoing), 1946, 1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 139 | Carroll, Albert, 1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 140 | Carroll, Bob, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 141 | Carroll, George, 1927, 1933, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 142 | Carroll, Howard B., 1941, 1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 143 | Carruthers, Hugh Greer, 1938 | |||||||||
| 2 | 143a | Carwell, Albert, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 144 | Casad, Campbell, B., 1947-1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 145 | Case, Frank (includes outgoing), 1931-1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 146 | Casey, Pat (includes outgoing), 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 147 | Cassidy, Claudia (includes outgoing), 1932-1951, n.d, | |||||||||
| 2 | 148 | Castle, Irene, 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 150 | Century of Progress, 1932 | |||||||||
| 3 | 151 | Cerf, Bennett (includes outgoing), 1943-1947 | |||||||||
| 3 | 152 | Chaliapin, Boris, 1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 153 | Chamberlain, S. S., 1915, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 154 | Chamberlain, Henry Bennett, 1939 | |||||||||
| 3 | 155 | Chapman, John (includes outgoing), 1947 | |||||||||
| 3 | 156 | Chappel, & Co., 1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 157 | Chicago Herald and Examiner / Herald-American (includes outgoing), 1929-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 158 | Chicago Stadium Corporation, 1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 159 | Chisholm, Robert, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 160 | Chriscilles, T. H. (includes outgoing), 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 161 | Claire, Ina (includes outgoing), 1929-1949, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 162 | Clark, Bobby, 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 163 | Clarke, Arthur, 1923 | |||||||||
| 3 | 164 | Coblentz, E. D. "Cobbie" (includes outgoing), 1932-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 165 | Cliff Dwellers, 1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 166 | Cline, Louis, 1919 | |||||||||
| 3 | 167 | Coburn, Charles, 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 168 | Cocroft, Theda, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 169 | Coffroth, J. W., 1936 | |||||||||
| 3 | 170 | Cohan, George M., 1918-1938, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 171 | Cohen, Ben (includes outgoing), 1945 | |||||||||
| 3 | 172 | Cohn, Phil, 1946 | |||||||||
| 3 | 172a | Cole, Toby, 1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 173 | Coleman, Harry J. - Castle Films, 1943 | |||||||||
| 3 | 174 | College Humor (magazine), 1926-1930 | |||||||||
| 3 | 175 | Collier, Constance, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 176 | Collinge, Patricia, 1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 177 | Collins, Charles (critic) includes outgoing), 1926-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 178 | Collins, Charles (dancer), 1948 | |||||||||
| 3 | 179 | Collins, Edward E., 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 180 | Column Review - D. G. Redmond, 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 181 | Comstock, F. Ray, 1935-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 182 | Conley, R. J., 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 183 | Conn, Chester, 1939 | |||||||||
| 3 | 184 | Connelly, Marc, 1930, 1934 | |||||||||
| 3 | 185 | Connolly, Mike, 1948 | |||||||||
| 3 | 186 | Conroyd, Leon M., 1945, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 187 | Cook, George J. (includes outgoing), 1946 | |||||||||
| 3 | 188 | Cook, Joe, 1934-1949, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 189 | Cook, Ted, 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 190 | Coomilin, John, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 191 | Cornell, Katherine, 1933-1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 192 | Corsant, Charles King, 1932 | |||||||||
| 3 | 193 | Cotton, Georgia, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 194 | Counts, Eleanor, 1943 | |||||||||
| 3 | 195 | Courtney, Margueritte Taylor (includes outgoing), 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 196 | Covici, Pascal (includes outgoing and literary contracts), 1927-1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 197 | Coward, Noel, 1933, 1935 | |||||||||
| 3 | 198 | Craig, B. F., 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 199 | Cramer-Krasselt Co., 1936 | |||||||||
| 3 | 200 | Craven, Frank, 1939 | |||||||||
| 3 | 201 | Crewe, Chuck, 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 202 | Critics' Theatre Reviews, 1941-1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 203 | Crouch, William Forest (Motion Picture Daily), 1937 | |||||||||
| 3 | 203a | Crowson, Charles Mason, 1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 204 | Cuthbertson, Ely, 1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 205 | Curley, William A. (includes outgoing), 1932-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 206 | Cusick, Jack (includes outgoing), 1946-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 207 | Cutter, Irving S., 1943 | |||||||||
| 4 | 208 | Dahlberg, Gilda, 1944 | |||||||||
| 4 | 209 | Dale, A. E. (includes outgoing), 1937-1938 | |||||||||
| 4 | 210 | Dalmatoff, Michael, Feb. 21, 1938 | |||||||||
| 4 | 211 | Daly, Joseph B. - Men Who Keep Their Hats on Club, Feb. 23, 1938 | |||||||||
| 4 | 212 | Daniels, Bebe & Ben Lyon, Jan. 15, 1935 | |||||||||
| 4 | 213 | Daniel, Royal Jr., 1933-1935 | |||||||||
| 4 | 214 | Daniels, Joe - Eastern Circuit Vaudville, Dec. 8, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 215 | Dano, Lillian Kingsbury (includes outgoing), 1942-1943 | |||||||||
| 4 | 216 | Darling, Edward V., Sep. 22, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 217 | David, Jean - Institute Players, Mar. 19, 1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 218 | Davies, Marion, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 219 | Davis, Owen, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 220 | Davis, Philip Richard, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 221 | Davis, R. H., n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 221a | Dennis, Day, 1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 222 | Day, Dorothy (Dodie) includes outgoing, 1945-1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 223 | Day, Marilyn, 1947, 1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 224 | Dean, Bev, Mar. 17, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 225 | Decca Records, Inc. / American National Theatre Co., 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 226 | DeFore, Don, Feb. 10, 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 227 | DeHavilland, Olivia, 1942, 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 228 | DeLaney, J.V. (includes outgoing), 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 229 | Denison, B. W. "Denny" (includes outgoing), 1945-1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 230 | Denton, Harry - Vaudville Artists' Exchange, 1944-1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 231 | Deppe, Louis B., Jun. 21, 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 232 | Deverall, George L., 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 233 | Devine, Tom, 1944 | |||||||||
| 4 | 234 | Devries, Herman (includes outgoing), 1937-1946, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 235 | Dewey, C. L., 1945, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 236 | Dewey, Winifred J., Jul. 25, 1926 | |||||||||
| 4 | 237 | Dienhart, John W., Apr. 3, 1944 | |||||||||
| 4 | 237a | Dierkes, Harry (Dierkes Press), 1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 238 | Dinehard, Mrs. Alan, Sep. 7, 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 239 | Dodd, Mead & Company (includes outgoing), 1948, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 240 | Doll, Bill, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 241 | Donahue, Alice Stewart (Mrs. Jack), Mar. 12, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 242 | Donaldson, Francis Starr, ca. 1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 243 | Dorfman, Nat (includes outgoing), 1945 | |||||||||
| 4 | 244 | Dorsay, Edmund, Reb. 18, 1946 | |||||||||
| 4 | 245 | Dougherty, C. E., Dec. 9, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 246 | Dougherty, Charles S., Feb. 10, 1938 | |||||||||
| 4 | 247 | Douglas, Melvyn, May 28, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 248 | Dowling, Eddie (includes outgoing), 1941-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 249 | Downing, Morton, 1936 | |||||||||
| 4 | 250 | Downing, Robert (includes copies of the Lutanne Tattler newsletter), 1940, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 251 | Doyle, Mary Agnes, Dec. 1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 252 | Drake, Carlos (includes outgoing), 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 253 | Drake, Herbert - Mercury Theatre, May 22, 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 354 | Dramatists' Guild, 1934 | |||||||||
| 4 | 255 | Dresser, Louise, Jun. 14, 1937 | |||||||||
| 4 | 256 | Driggs, Bill, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 257 | Duncan, Hymie, 1937 | |||||||||
| 4 | 258 | Duncan, Vivian & Rosetta, "The Duncan Sisters," 1931-1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 259 | Dunham, Katherine, Feb. 11, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 260 | Dunlap, Captain George, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 261 | Dunlop, Edne Johnson, Apr. 7, 1944 | |||||||||
| 4 | 262 | Durante, Jimmy (includes outgoing), 1933-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 263 | Durgin, Bill, Nov. 30, 1937 | |||||||||
| 4 | 264 | Durrell, Lawrence, 1934-1935 | |||||||||
| 4 | 265 | Eaton, Walter Pritchard, 1930-1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 266 | Ebsen, Buddy, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 267 | Ediphone - Edwin C. Barnes and Brothers, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 268 | Eichel, Leslie - Original Amateur Hour, 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 269 | Elliott, William, Apr. 20, 1917 | |||||||||
| 4 | 270 | Ellis, Ernie, 1939 | |||||||||
| 4 | 271 | Embree, Edwin - Julius Rosenwald Fund, Feb. 10, 1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 272 | Emerson, Faye, Mar. 30, 1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 273 | Emerson Drug Compay, Nov. 26, 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 274 | Emery, John, 1939, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 275 | Encyclopedia Britannica, 1929-1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 276 | Enters, Angna, Mar. 6, 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 277 | Erwin, Stuart, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 278 | Evans, Maurice, Mar.5, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 279 | Ewell, Tom, Feb. 15, 1948 | |||||||||
| 5 | 280 | Fadiman, Clifton, Nov. 5, 1940 | |||||||||
| 5 | 281 | Fairbank, Janet (Mrs. Kellogg) includes outgoing, 1945, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 282 | Fairbanks, Douglas, 1947 | |||||||||
| 5 | 283 | Farland, A. A. (includes outgoing), 1946-1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 284 | Farley, Morgan, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 285 | Faux, Evelyn, 1943 | |||||||||
| 5 | 285a | Fay, Frank, 1949 | |||||||||
| 5 | 286 | Ferguson, Milton J. - California State Library, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 287 | Fields, Benny, 1936, 1945 | |||||||||
| 5 | 288 | Fields, W. C. "Bill." 1935-1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 289 | Fields, William, 1937, 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 5 | 290 | Fifield & Stevenson, Inc., Mar. 7, 1923 | |||||||||
| 5 | 290a | Figi, Frederick, 1945 | |||||||||
| 5 | 291 | Fishbein, Dr. & Mrs. Morris, 1937, 1942 | |||||||||
| 5 | 292 | Fisher, Beatrice, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 293 | Fisher, Dale, Jun. 12, 1941 | |||||||||
| 5 | 294 | Fisher, Ham - (includes signed drawing on menu and comic strip), n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 295 | Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1927-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 296 | Flagg, Jim, Oct. 10, 1942 | |||||||||
| 5 | 297 | Flanagan, Bill, May 19, 1945 | |||||||||
| 5 | 298 | Fletcher, Bramwell, Jan. 11, 1939 | |||||||||
| 5 | 299 | Flynn, Joe, 1945-1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 300 | Fontanne, Lynn (see also Alfred Lunt), 1932-1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 300a | Forbes, Brenda, 1949 | |||||||||
| 5 | 301 | Ford, Anne - Little Brown & Co., 1937-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 302 | Forster, F. J. A., 1940, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 303 | Forwood, Harry, 1940-1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 304 | Fosse, Bob, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 305 | Foster, Betty, Mar. 2, 1938 | |||||||||
| 5 | 306 | Fowler, Jane, May 18, 1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 307-309 | Fowler, Gene (includes outgoing), 1935-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 310 | Fox, Beauvais, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 311 | Foy, Charley, Apr. 30, 1947 | |||||||||
| 5 | 312 | Foy, Eddie Jr., n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 313 | Frazee, Harry H., Jun. 8, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 314 | Freeman, Charles & S[___?], n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 315 | Frey, Charles Daniel (includes outgoing), 1944, 1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 316 | Friends of the Chicago Public Library, 1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 317 | Friganza, Everett "Trix" (includes outgoing), 1940, 1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 318 | Frisbee, George, 1928 | |||||||||
| 5 | 319 | Fromkes, Harry (includes outgoing), 1945-1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 320 | Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1944, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 321 | Furiak, Jo, 1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 322 | Gabriel, Gilbert (includes outgoing), 1928-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 323 | Gallagher, Skeets, ca, 1940s | |||||||||
| 6 | 324 | Gallico, Paul (includes outgoing), 1948 | |||||||||
| 6 | 325 | Gannon, Tom, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 326 | Ganz, Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 327 | Garber, Jack, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 328 | Garden, Mary, 1933, 1945 | |||||||||
| 6 | 329 | Garland, Robert, 1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 330 | Garlock, Michey, Nov. 3, 1943 | |||||||||
| 6 | 331 | Garrity, Charlotte Learn, 1945 | |||||||||
| 6 | 332 | Garrity, Emmett (includes outgoing), 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 333 | Gass, Carl L. (includes outgoing), 1946 | |||||||||
| 6 | 334 | Gaxton, Billy, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 335 | Geer, Will (includes outgoing), 1946 | |||||||||
| 6 | 336 | Gelders, Stewart, 1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 337 | Gendel, Max, 1948 | |||||||||
| 6 | 338 | Genthe, Arnold, Dec. 1935 | |||||||||
| 6 | 339 | Gering, Marion, Jan. 8, 1943 | |||||||||
| 6 | 340 | Gerson, Sam P., 1948, 1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 341 | Gertz, Elmer (includes outgoing), 1932 | |||||||||
| 6 | 342 | Gest, Morris & Reina (includes outgoing), 1923-1942 | |||||||||
| 6 | 343 | Gest, Simeon (includes outgoing), 1947-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 344 | Giannini, A. P., Oct. 3, 1930 | |||||||||
| 6 | 345 | Gibbons, Floyd, Aug. 16, 1933 | |||||||||
| 6 | 346 | Gifford, Sanford R., n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 347 | Gilbert, Billy, Oct. 16, 1947 | |||||||||
| 6 | 348 | Gilbert, Douglas, 1940 | |||||||||
| 6 | 349 | Gilbert, Jack, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 350 | Gilchrist, Connie, Mar. 17, 1940 | |||||||||
| 6 | 351 | Gilder, Rosamond - Theatre Arts (includes outgoing), 1946-1947 | |||||||||
| 6 | 352 | Gillette, William, 1929-1930 | |||||||||
| 6 | 353 | Gilmore, Margalo, 1945, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 354 | Gimbel, Sidonie, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 355 | Giroux, Robert, Aug. 19, 1946 | |||||||||
| 6 | 356 | Gish, Lillian, 1940-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 357 | Gittings, H. F. Jr. (includes outgoing), 1946-1947 | |||||||||
| 6 | 358 | Glascock, Mrs. Henry Hill, Feb. 9, 1932 | |||||||||
| 6 | 359 | Glea | |||||||||