Performance and Entertainment

Digital collections that fall within the John Hay Library’s Performance and Entertainment STRATEGIC COLLECTING DIRECTION. Here you will find digitized materials that document the history and creative process of performing arts and provides a window into public life and popular entertainment in the Americas through plays, dance, film, music, photography, and pornography.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

Items in this collection

The snowfall: A poem

The snowfall: A poem

Brown University

Illustrated card with photo reproduction of landscape in snow, poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. Illustrated card with photo reproduction of landscape in snow, poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. by Archibald MacLeish. Poetry and prose. Title from poem on page [2] In lower right on page [2]: (c) 1952 by Archibald MacLeish. From "Collected poems 1917-1957," published by Houghton Mifflin Company. "Hallmark. 2657. cHallmark Cards, Inc. Not later than 1965 when acquired.

The snowfall

The snowfall

Brown University

Illustrated card with poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. Illustrated card with poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. Archibald MacLeish. Poetry and prose printed in brown on ivory french folded paper. Title from poem on page [2] Reproduction of Sisley's "Snow at Louveciennes" on page [1] with "Merry Christmas" below; caption for reproduction in lower margin of page [2]: Alfred Sisley (1839-1899). Snow at Louveciennes, 1874. The Phillips Collection, Washington. Colophon on page [4]: Print from the SKIRA Collection. Copyright 1948 Archibald MacLeish. Hallmark. 1862. Hallmark Cards Inc. Made in USA. "Christmas 1963" noted on Brown University copy.

The snow-flake

The snow-flake

Brown University

By Edward Carswell. At head of title wood-engraving of two children in snowy landscape. Caption title. At upper right corner of page [1]: No. 109. Prose and poetry. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The snow hole

The snow hole

Brown University

by Barbara Howes. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black on cream paper with deckled right edge on page [1] Cover title. Poem in three stanzas. "Christmas 1960"--page [1]

The snow bird

The snow bird

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on gray paper in one and two columns divided by single line. Information about snow bird followed by poem in seven stanzas of varying length.

The snow bird

The snow bird

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on gray paper in one and two columns divided by single line. Information about snow bird followed by poem in seven stanzas of varying length.

The snow bird

The snow bird

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on gray paper in one and two columns divided by single line. Information about snow bird followed by poem in seven stanzas of varying length.

The slums of superabundance

Poetry in 37 lines with type-signed general introduction: "It is intended that the last line of the poem run off the page into space ..." At left of poem in two lines: Free poems among friends. "Free poems among friends" hat its beginnings in San Francisco in the Spring of 1965. By September of that year publication was continued until 1967 by the Detroit Artist's Workshop, later Detroit Artists' Workshop Press. (See "Free Poems aamong Friends, Vol. 1, p. [3]") This issue probably published in San Francisco.

The sluggard

The sluggard

Brown University

Printed on heavy paper within pink embossed ornamental border. At head of title colored illustration of yawning man. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The slave's lament

The slave's lament

Brown University

Printed in two columns, one song in each, divided by single line within border of type ornament sections. At head of title wood-engraving of head and shoulders of young white woman. To be sung to the tune: Long, long ago. At end of first column below rule: Price two cents. Sold at No, 9 Commercial Square, over Patch's Auction Room. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The slave mother

The slave mother

Brown University

words & music by L.V.H. Crosby For voice and piano Caption title Additional verses: p. 5

The slave mother

The slave mother

Brown University

words & music by L.V.H. Crosby For voice and piano Caption title Additional verses: p. 5 Library's copy has stamp on cover: Small & Paige, Toronto

The Skids are out to-night

words by Edward Harrigan; music by Dave Braham For voice and piano Cover title At head of title: Songs from Edward Harrigan's comic play, "The Mulligan Guard nominee" Advertisement for other music: p. [6]

The Skids are on review

The Skids are on review

Brown University

words by Edward Harrigan; music by David Braham For voice and piano Cover title At head of title: Songs from Edward Harrigan's Comic Play, entitled: The Mulligan Guards' Christmas, No. 4 "Music by Dave Braham"--Caption Advertisement for other music: p. [6]

The Skidmore fancy ball:: song and march

written by Ed. Harrigan; music by Dave Braham For voice and piano Caption title "Words by Edward Harrigan"--Cover From musical: The Mulligan Guard ball Advertisement for other music: p. [6] Library's copy inscribed: May Belle Chipp

The skating rink

The skating rink

Brown University

Poem advertising the New York Store in Hartford, selling men's and women's shoes. At end of text: Yours truly, Goodrich & Smythe, 267 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. Suggested publication date from dealer.

The sixth color of the afternoon

Poetry. Printed in brown and green on cream paper. Below title: César Vallejo. Typesigned at end: Barbara Howes. Date from publication date of Mason Hill Press edition.

The Sioux Falls Drum Corps in Boston

Page [4] blank. Printed on khaki paper. "Introduced August 16, 1917, on train going to Boston, Mass." Page [1] within ornamental border. Place of publication and publisher suggested because similar item by Fox, The Milwaukee westbound scenic route (Brown University copy HB1196), was printed by the Argus-Leader Job Dept. in Sioux Falls. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Received through the Library of Congress Duplicate Exchange; stamped: JAN 11 1918 with the number: ClA480834.

The Sioux Falls Drum Corps in Boston

Page [4] blank. Printed on khaki paper. "Introduced August 16, 1917, on train going to Boston, Mass." Page [1] within ornamental border. Place of publication and publisher suggested because similar item by Fox, The Milwaukee westbound scenic route (Brown University copy HB1196), was printed by the Argus-Leader Job Dept. in Sioux Falls. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Received through the Library of Congress Duplicate Exchange; stamped: JAN 11 1918 with the number: ClA480834.

The sinner's release

The sinner's release

Brown University

To be sung to the tune: All is well. Within ornamental border. Text of hymn in six eight-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The sinner's invitation

The sinner's invitation

Brown University

Within ornamental border. Poem in five numbered eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Sold by T. Myers, No. 2134 Summer Street. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.