Renton collection of scrapbooks of theater clippings and playbills, 1910-1930.

Author
Renton, Herbert Stanley, 1855-1939 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Description
4 linear ft. (59 v. in 12 boxes) : ill. ; 28-32 cm.

Details

Related name
Rare books genre
Getty AAT genre
Compiled/​Created
1910-1930.
Arrangement
Grouped by newspaper source, or by type of scrapbook.
Summary note
Consists of 59 scrapbooks of playbills, obituaries, and newspaper clippings covering plays, actors and actresses, and playwrights. One group of scrapbooks are labelled "Garvie-Renton Scrapbooks," and contain clippings from Hartford, Conn. newspapers on theatre and theatrical obituaries, by Billy S. Garvie (also appears as Billie S. Garvie).
Notes
Box 1: Scrapbooks 1-4, Obituaries 1-4; Box 2: Scrapbooks 5-7, New Plays, Clipper; Box 3: Scrapbooks 8-10, Billboard no. 1-2, Herald no. 1-2; Box 4: Scrapbooks 11-14, The Mirror 1-4; Box 5: Scrapbooks 15-18, Excerpts 1-4; Box 6: Scrapbooks 19-23, Jumble books 1-5; Box 7: Scrapbooks 24-28, Jumble books 6-10; Box 8: Scrapbooks 29-32, Billy S. Garvie 1-4; Box 9: Jumble book 11 (1928), Scrapbooks 31-32; Box 10: Obituaries 28-29 and 4 unnumbered; Box 11: Jumble books # 12-19 (1929-32); Box 12: Jumble books # 20-29 (1932-36).
Contents
  • New plays, 1922-24 (3 books)
  • New York Herald, miscellaneous letters and editorials (2 books)
  • The mirror, 1921-23 / by Charles Pike Sawyer (3 books)
  • New York Herald excerpts, 1923-24 (theatrical and miscellaneous)
  • Jumble books # 1-29, 1924-26
  • Billy S. Garvie's columns from the Hartford Daily Times (4 books)
  • Clipper, records of the New York stage, 1861-69 / by J.S.G. Hagan
  • Billboard, 1923-24 (2 books)
  • Obituaries, 1923-28 (4 books).
Other title(s)
  • Garvie-Renton scrapbooks
  • New York herald.
OCLC
54748779
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