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 Jay Birds and the Chippy

Poem describes railroad run from Somerset to Oakdale. Poem describes railroad run from Somerset to Oakdale. By "The Midget." Within chain border of type oranment sections. At end of text vignette of railroad car captioned: Our nest. Poem in eleven four-line stanzas. Below poem list of named train personnel, including conductor, engineer, fireman and three crew members. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The Isles of Shoals: a sonnet

by John Rothschild. Pages [2,4] blank. Printed on gray paper with rubricated initial block; title on page [1]

The iron horse

The iron horse

Brown University

By Daniel Flagg, water cure physician. Poetry. Within border of type ornaments. Place suggested because another item by Flagg was published in Concord; date because other items by Flagg were published in the 1840s and 1850s. First line: I love to scan the Iron Horse.

The Iron Division

The Iron Division

Brown University

Ornamental corners. At head of title: Welcome. Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the Keystone State.

The Irish will be there

The Irish will be there

Brown University

words and music by Wm Jerome and Dave Reed, Jr. March for voice and piano. Caption title. From military play: The Irish 15th. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldiers in battle; photograph of Al H. Wilson.

The invitation

The invitation

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: Mariners' Bethel, Cherry-Street, between Clinton and Montgomery Streets, N.Y. Preaching every Sunday ..

The invitation

The invitation

Brown University

Composed by the late Mrs. Ruth Williams, of Groton. Printed in two columns divided by single line. Poem in 16 four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The invisible bridges

The invisible bridges

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in red on tan paper. At head of text: Ainsi du temple où seul l'ami entre, mais innombrable. St. Exupéry. At end of poem: May Sarton. Date and address of poet on verso. First line: Let us forget these principalities.

The innkeeper's cat

The innkeeper's cat

Brown University

by Ulrich Troubetzkoy. Page [4] blank. Printed in red on white paper. On page [1] illustration of Christmas ornament. Caption title. Previously published in the Saturday review. Place and date of publication information from donor.

The Indictment

The Indictment

Brown University

Below title on page [1] reproduction of photograph of soldiers with dead men in trench, captioned: The murder in the Philippines. Cover title. Contains three poems. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.