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 rising monument

The rising monument

Brown University

Printed on silk in two columns divided by double line. At head of title drawing of Bunker Hill Monument. Poem in 14 four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: Hannah F. Gould. Newburyport, September, 1840.

The risen Christ

The risen Christ

Brown University

Harry Todd. Printed in brown on cream colored paper. Poem on p. [2]: "A wonderful day" by Harry Todd. At end of p. [2]: "Tract Evangelistic Crusade" Suggested ranges of publication dates from internal evidence.

The risen Christ

The risen Christ

Brown University

Harry Todd. Printed in brown on cream colored paper. Poem on p. [2]: "A wonderful day" by Harry Todd. At end of p. [2]: "Tract Evangelistic Crusade" Suggested ranges of publication dates from internal evidence.

The ring my mother wore

The ring my mother wore

Brown University

Printed in purple on white paper. At top center illustration of heart with scroll inscribed: Purity; at upper left reproduction of photograph of uniformed man; at upper right drawing of kneeling child. Text of song in four four-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. At end of text: Stanley Carter. Lafayette, Indiana. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The riderless horse: (November 25th, 1963)

Poetry in 7 four-line stanzas. In upper margin outside border: Rodeph Sholom Chronicle. Printed in blue within single line border. At end of text: This poem was written for the Memorial services in tribute to our late President John F. Kennedy ..

The riderless horse: (November 25th, 1963)

Pages [2]-[3] blank. Printed on pale gray mottled paper. With gray commemorative stamp affixed on page [1] and postmark: Boston, Mass., May 29, 1964. First day of issue. Caption title. On page [1] quotation with facsimile signature of John F. Kennedy, beginning: And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Poem on page [4] in seven four-line stanzas type-signed: Louis I. Newman.

The Richmond switch railroad accident

composed by George D. Chester, Niantic, R.I. Without music. Text of song, with a decorative border, in fifteen four-line stanzas. Date based on textual evidence. (Richmond switch disaster of April 19, 1873) Source: "Notes on railroad accidents" by Charles Francis Adams, Jr., 1879.

The rich worldling

The rich worldling

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors within embossed gilt ornamental border; text in black. At head of title colored illustration of man in oriental dress reclining on couch pasted within frame. Poem in three four-line stanzas. At end of text: The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.--Lam. iii, 24. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The rhymer of Inyo

The rhymer of Inyo

Brown University

Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Author's name not printed on item. Author's name from ms. signature on Brown University copy; suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The rhyme of Little Red Ridinghood: founded on the popular legend, and W.H. Beard's painting, now in the possession o...

written by Edward Eggleston. Poetry and prose. Printed in red, green, gold and black in two and three columns divided by single lines within triple border. Below poem prose description of Beard's painting of Little Red Ridinghood and the wolf and offer of chromolithographed copies. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The rhyme of Little Red Ridinghood: founded on the popular legend, and W.H. Beard's painting, now in the possession o...

written by Edward Eggleston. Poetry and prose. Printed in red, green, gold and black in two and three columns divided by single lines within triple border. Below poem prose description of Beard's painting of Little Red Ridinghood and the wolf and offer of chromolithographed copies. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The Rhode Island prisoner: Sonnet

At head of title vignette of ship seen through window inscribed "1776"; at end of text symbols of Rhode Island history, including stone arched building, Viking ship and anchor from state seal. Type-signed at end: George William Curtis. 22d June, 1865.

The Rhode Island dead at Newbern: in allusion to Sergeant George H. Church, and Private Charles Baker, of Wickford, R...

Mourns two soldiers and urges Rhode Islanders to enlist. Mourns two soldiers and urges Rhode Islanders to enlist. By Wm. A. Boss. Printed in two columns within border of type ornaments. To be sung to the tune: California brother. Printed area measures: 14.6 x 11.9 cm. Poem in eight eight-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because poem refers to Rhode Island as "here."

The reward

The reward

Brown University

Place of publication source [Fred Lockley]

The reveille: song

The reveille: song

Brown University

poem by Bret Harte ; music by John Bartow Montell. For voice and piano. Cover title. "To Horace Wadham Nicholl"--Caption. Advertisement for other songs: p. [8]

The reveillé

The reveillé

Brown University

by Bret Harte. Poetry. Cover title. Border of type ornaments within double rule on page [1]; poem on pages [2-3]; list of Methuen books "just published" on page [4] within double-line border. Date because one of books listed is speech given Sept. 4, 1914. Without music. Altered to meet war conditions and issued in London for benefit of the War fund. Reprinted from Lost Galleon, 1867, published in 1908 with music by Edward Elgar. First line: Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands.

The returning

The returning

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Page [1] With the most cordial greetings and good wishes for Christmas and the coming year fromm Hope Kirkconnell and Watson Kirkconnell

The returning

The returning

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Page [1] With the most cordial greetings and good wishes for Christmas and the coming year fromm Hope Kirkconnell and Watson Kirkconnell.

The returning

The returning

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Page [1] With the most cordial greetings and good wishes for Christmas and the coming year fromm Hope Kirkconnell and Watson Kirkconnell.

The returned prodigal

The returned prodigal

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornaments. At head of text: Luke XV. 20, 24--Kent,--C.M. Printed area measures: 20.0 x 13.3 cm. In lower margin within border: Printed for Frederick Hasted.--1844. Text of three hymns, each with Bible reference and name of hymn tune. Hasted may be author as well as publisher.

The returned battle flags

Type ornaments at right and left of title and at head of text. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.