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 Nightingale in the east

Poetry; at head of title cut of two women in furnished room. Poem in four eight-line stanzas using present tense about Miss Nightingale in the Crimea.

The nightingale

The nightingale

Brown University

Poem advertises the Hockett Studio's pictures and frames. Poem advertises the Hockett Studio's pictures and frames. Within single-line border. At head of text: Copyrighted by S.A. Hockett. Poem in five four-line stanzas. At end of text: The Hockett Studio, Fairmount, Indiana. Publication date from Library of Congress stamp on Brown University copy.

The night has a thousand eyes

by Francis William Bourdillon. Broadsheet printed in red, black and gold on heavy gray paper within red and gold border on recto; rubricated initials. At head of title illustration of trees. On recto poem in two four-line stanzas. On verso advertisements for the Sparrell Print, beginning: The price-hunter is like the duck-hunter. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The night after Christmas

Parody of the night before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. Parody of the night before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. Caption title. Poetry in six numbered eight-line stanzas printed in two columns. Illustrations between caption title and poem and throughout text. Date and place of publication supplied through internal information.

The nigger and the bee:: song and dance

words and music by Charles H. Sheffer Schottische for voice and piano Caption title Cover illustration: engraving of Afro-American couple and a bee

The New York Times grace before meat

John H. Finley. Broadsheet printed in green and black on heavy ivory paper within green border resembling the edges of an open book on recto. At left of text on recto cut of New York street scene; on verso within green single-line border cuts of building and of building facade captioned: The New York Times annex, New York.

The New York Times grace before meat

John H. Finley. Broadsheet printed on heavy tan paper within border of type ornaments on both sides. Poem in two four-line stanzas and one two-line stanza on recto. On verso reproduction of photograph of fireplace captioned: Fireplace in private dining room of The New York Times. In lower left corner on recto: March 12, 1924.

The New York Times grace before meat

John H. Finley. Broadsheet printed in green and black on heavy ivory paper within green border resembling the edges of an open book on recto. At left of text on recto cut of New York street scene; on verso within green single-line border cuts of building and of building facade captioned: The New York Times annex, New York.

The New York Times grace before meat

John H. Finley. Broadsheet printed on heavy tan paper within border of type ornaments on both sides. Poem in two four-line stanzas and one two-line stanza on recto. On verso reproduction of photograph of fireplace captioned: Fireplace in private dining room of The New York Times. In lower left corner on recto: March 12, 1924.

The New York Times grace before meat

John H. Finley. Broadsheet printed in green and black on heavy ivory paper within green border resembling the edges of an open book on recto. At left of text on recto cut of New York street scene; on verso within green single-line border cuts of building and of building facade captioned: The New York Times annex, New York.

The New York Times grace before meat

John H. Finley. Broadsheet printed on heavy tan paper within border of type ornaments on both sides. Poem in two four-line stanzas and one two-line stanza on recto. On verso reproduction of photograph of fireplace captioned: Fireplace in private dining room of The New York Times. In lower left corner on recto: March 12, 1924.

The New union

The New union

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by single line; double line beneath title. Printed area: 16.2 x 13.2 cm. Religious poem in 14 stanzas, each ending with the word UNION in capital letters. First line: Attend ye saints, and hear me tell.

The New union

The New union

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. At head of title three wood-engravings, one of Jesus teaching and one of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Printed area: 23.5 x 14.5 cm. Religious poem in 14 stanzas, each ending with the word UNION in capital letters. First line: Attend ye saints, and hear me tell.

The new sweet home, or, The dearest spot on earth: A parody

By Humanitas. Within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Tramp, tramp, tramp. Text of song in three six-line stanzas with five-line chorus beginning: Home, home, home, of you I'm thinking. Copyrighted in Massachusetts by R. Thayer.

The new South. Vol. 1, no. 45. Port Royal, S.C., July 18, 1863

Printed in three columns divided by single lines. At center of title on page [1] vignette of palm tree on shore; at head of first column on page [2] vignette of American eagle with wings spread. Union newspaper includes news of the Charleston Expedition and the Battle of Gettysburg, poetry and advertisements.

The new poet

The new poet

Brown University

At head of text: By Richard Watson Gilder to Lewis McKenzie Turner.

The new Mary Blane

The new Mary Blane

Brown University

written by W. Guernsey; music by George Barker For solo voice, 4-part chorus, and piano Caption title Dates when publisher was at 115 Washington St. found in: Early American sheet music / Harry Dichter and Elliott Shapiro Words and music adapted from the earlier Afro-American song, "Mary Blane"

The new life

The new life

Brown University

Witter Bynner. Printed in black and red with line decorations. On page [1]: woodcut of Dante. One hundred and fifty copies designed and printed at The Eucalyptus Press. On page [4]: A remembrance for the class of 1940 presented to them by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt at the Annual Breakfast, June 7, 1940.

The new life

The new life

Brown University

Witter Bynner. Printed in black and red with line decorations. On page [1]: woodcut of Dante. One hundred and fifty copies designed and printed at The Eucalyptus Press. On page [4]: A remembrance for the class of 1940 presented to them by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt at the Annual Breakfast, June 7, 1940.

The new life

The new life

Brown University

Witter Bynner. Printed in black and red with line decorations. On page [1]: woodcut of Dante. One hundred and fifty copies designed and printed at The Eucalyptus Press. On page [4]: A remembrance for the class of 1940 presented to them by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt at the Annual Breakfast, June 7, 1940.