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 following is an extract from the Selma (Ala.) Sentinel, October 1st, 1863

Request by John Harrolson, Agent Niter and Mining Bureau, C.S.A., for ladies to preserve their "chamber lye" for munitions is followed by three-stanza poem ridiculing him and the women for collecting urine. Request by John Harrolson, Agent Niter and Mining Bureau, C.S.A., for ladies to preserve their "chamber lye" for munitions is followed by three-stanza poem ridiculing him and the women for collecting urine. Prose and poetry. Within border of type ornament sections. Title from first lines.

The following hymn

The following hymn

Brown University

by Miss M.A. Collier, sung at the ordination of Thomas O. Rice, Killingly, Jan. 1, 1845. Within ornamental border; vignette of naked winged boy at center of upper border. Text of hymn in six four-line stanzas.

The flying earth

The flying earth

Brown University

Ornamental borders at top and bottom. At end of text: The Season's Greetings from Sara and John Holmes, Christmas 1936. Off-white paper printed in black and navy blue; printed as a holiday greeting.

The flying angel

The flying angel

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At head of text: Rev. Mr. Todd, of Pittsfield, delivered an interesting address ..

The fly season

The fly season

Brown University

Broadsheet. Advertising card printed on tan card stock. Cuts of insects on recto and flowers, insects and spray gun on verso. At head of text: Now is the glorious fly full-fledged and in complete possession of all the powers allotted him by nature. Contains advertising for insect powder. Probable range of dates from internal evidence.

The fly season

The fly season

Brown University

Broadsheet. Advertising card printed on blue card stock. Cuts of insects on recto and flowers, insects and spray gun on verso. At head of text: Now is the glorious fly full-fledged and in complete possession of all the powers allotted him by nature. Contains advertising for insect powder and offers $100 reward for any insects it fails to kill. Probable range of dates from internal evidence.

The flower queen: a cantata, in two parts /

Poetry by Miss Fanny Jane Crosby, a graduate of the New York Institution for the Blind, music composed by George F. Root Title continues: Will be presented at the Boston Music Hall, on Thursday evening, March 8, on which occasion, the choruses will be rendered by a juvenile choir of 200 singers. Cover title. Printed in two columns divided by single line. Text of cantata without music. Colophon on page [1] below rule: J.B. Chisholm, Printer, 5 Water Street, Boston. Suggested publication date from internal evidence; cantata was composed in 1851 and March 8 fell on a Thursday in 1855.

The flow'ry Shannon side

Within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Burning of the Henry Clay. Text of song in 12 four-line stanzas. At end of text within lower border: Sold by H. Marsan, Publisher, 38 Chatham Street, N.Y. De Marsan used this address from 1859 to 1861.

The flow of morning air

The flow of morning air

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in blue and sepia on tan paper with deckled lower edge. Type-signed at end of poem: Robin Barber. Goshen, Massachusetts, August 1998. Colophon at end: One hundred numbered and fifteen lettered copies have been printed from Centaur & Arrighi types on handmade paper by M & K Russem, Kat Ran Press, Florence, Massachusetts, March 2000.

The flight of little Joe

Child dies of illness. Child dies of illness. Within ornamental border. Poem in seven five-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because of mention of localities in California.

The flight of little Joe

Child dies of illness. Child dies of illness. Within ornamental border. Poem in seven five-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because of mention of localities in California.

The flight of little Joe

Child dies of illness. Child dies of illness. Within ornamental border. Poem in seven five-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because of mention of localities in California.

The flagship goes down

The flagship goes down

Brown University

At head of title illustration of ships and rocky shore; at bottom row of five scallop shells. At end of text: M.E.M. Davis. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.

The flag without a stain: patriotic song with chorus of mixed voices ad lib

words and music by C.A. White. For solo voice and piano, with chorus (SATB) ad lib. Caption title. Advertisement for "Stars and stripes, red, white and blue" and other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: U.S. flag and border design. Also published for: quartet (mixed voices), quartet (men's voices)

The flag without a stain: patriotic song with chorus of mixed voices ad lib

words and music by C.A. White. For solo voice and piano, with chorus (SATB) ad lib. Caption title. Advertisement for songs by Gertrude Ross: p. [6] Cover illustration: U.S. flag and border design. Also published for: quartet (mixed voices), quartet (men's voices), trio (women's voices), orchestra in G. Parts available for orchestra.