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.
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Items in this collection

William Morgan

William Morgan

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by double lines within border of type ornaments. At head of text vignette of galloping horse-drawn coach. Poem in 15 numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and date of Morgan's supposed abduction and murder.

William Morgan

William Morgan

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by double lines within border of type ornaments. At head of text vignette of galloping horse-drawn coach. Poem in 15 numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and date of Morgan's supposed abduction and murder.

William Morgan

William Morgan

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by double lines within border of type ornaments. At head of text vignette of galloping horse-drawn coach. Poem in 15 numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and date of Morgan's supposed abduction and murder.

William Morgan

William Morgan

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by double lines within border of type ornaments. At head of text vignette of galloping horse-drawn coach. Poem in 15 numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and date of Morgan's supposed abduction and murder.

William Kienbusch

William Kienbusch

Brown University

Catalogue of exhibition of paintings by William Kienbusch held at Kraushaar Galleries, New York, January 28 to February 16, 1963. Descriptive text by Marianne Moore.

William J. Howie, One Day when I was Lost, Rites and Reason Theatre

Caption on verso: William J. Howie appears as Lonnel James, a Vietnam Veteran struggling with his war experiences, in "One Day when I was Lost," a new script-in-progress by L. Teresa Church performing at Rites and Reason Theatre. (April 3-5 and 9-12) Caption on verso: William J. Howie appears as Lonnel James, a Vietnam Veteran struggling with his war experiences, in "One Day when I was Lost," a new script-in-progress by L. Teresa Church performing at Rites and Reason Theatre. (April 3-5 and 9-12) William J. Howie, One Day when I was Lost, Rites and Reason Theatre, University Archives Subject Photographs, 1-Q, Brown University Library Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

William Cullen Bryant: 1794-1878

Fourteen-line poem. At end of text: Dedicated to Electa Kimberley of Connecticut by William Kimberley Palmer, Chicopee, Massachusetts U.S.A. June 1931 A.D.

William Christian and Akin Babatunde, Malacoff Blue, Rites and Reason Theatre

Caption on verso: Professional actors William Christian (left) and Akin Babatunde appear in "Malacoff Blue," a new play with music by George Houston Bass which portrays the history of a Black Southern family. (May 8-10, 14-17, and 21-24) Caption on verso: Professional actors William Christian (left) and Akin Babatunde appear in "Malacoff Blue," a new play with music by George Houston Bass which portrays the history of a Black Southern family. (May 8-10, 14-17, and 21-24) William Christian and Akin Babatunde, Malacoff Blue, Rites and Reason Theatre, University Archives Subject Photographs, 1-Q, Brown University Library Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

Will you come

Will you come

Brown University

Within border of type ornament sections. Text of two hymns. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Will you come

Will you come

Brown University

Within border of type ornament sections. Text of two hymns. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Will you come

Will you come

Brown University

Within border of type ornament sections. Text of two hymns. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within illustrated border containing black and white musicians (Wolf T De Marsan clown) Air: Do they think of me at home?--by Walter Warren. First line same as title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with last two lines in each stanza to be repeated. At end of text in label: H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, New-York. Ascribed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author. De Marsan used this address from 1861 to 1864.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within illustrated border with cupids, musician and woman (Wolf G De Marsan kissing cupids) Air: Do they think of me at home?--by Walter Warren. First line same as title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with last two lines of each stanza to be repeated. In label in lower border: H. De Marsan, Dealer in Songs, Toy Books &c. No. 54 Chatham N.Y. This edition not in Wolf, Amer. song sheets. De Marsan used this address from 1861 to 1864. Ascribed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within border of type ornament sections. At head of text: Air--Do they think of me at home--by Walter Warren. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with two last lines of each stanzas to be repeated. In upper right corner: 850. At end of text below rule, within border: Published and sold at wholesale by Horace Partridge, importer and wholesale dealer in fancy goods, toys, watches, jewelry, Yankee notions, &c. No. 27 Hanover Street, Boston. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Attributed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within illustrated border with cupids, musician and woman (Wolf G De Marsan kissing cupids) Air: Do they think of me at home?--by Walter Warren. First line same as title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with last two lines of each stanza to be repeated. In label in lower border: H. De Marsan, Dealer in Songs, Toy Books &c. No. 54 Chatham N.Y. This edition not in Wolf, Amer. song sheets. De Marsan used this address from 1861 to 1864. Ascribed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within illustrated border containing black and white musicians (Wolf T De Marsan clown) Air: Do they think of me at home?--by Walter Warren. First line same as title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with last two lines in each stanza to be repeated. At end of text in label: H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, New-York. Ascribed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author. De Marsan used this address from 1861 to 1864.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within border of type ornament sections. At head of text: Air--Do they think of me at home--by Walter Warren. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with two last lines of each stanzas to be repeated. In upper right corner: 850. At end of text below rule, within border: Published and sold at wholesale by Horace Partridge, importer and wholesale dealer in fancy goods, toys, watches, jewelry, Yankee notions, &c. No. 27 Hanover Street, Boston. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Attributed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within illustrated border containing black and white musicians (Wolf T De Marsan clown) Air: Do they think of me at home?--by Walter Warren. First line same as title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with last two lines in each stanza to be repeated. At end of text in label: H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, New-York. Ascribed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author. De Marsan used this address from 1861 to 1864.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within illustrated border with cupids, musician and woman (Wolf G De Marsan kissing cupids) Air: Do they think of me at home?--by Walter Warren. First line same as title. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with last two lines of each stanza to be repeated. In label in lower border: H. De Marsan, Dealer in Songs, Toy Books &c. No. 54 Chatham N.Y. This edition not in Wolf, Amer. song sheets. De Marsan used this address from 1861 to 1864. Ascribed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author.

Will they weep for me at home?

Within border of type ornament sections. At head of text: Air--Do they think of me at home--by Walter Warren. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with two last lines of each stanzas to be repeated. In upper right corner: 850. At end of text below rule, within border: Published and sold at wholesale by Horace Partridge, importer and wholesale dealer in fancy goods, toys, watches, jewelry, Yankee notions, &c. No. 27 Hanover Street, Boston. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Attributed to Walter Warren (pseudonym of George Lansing Raymond); entered under title rather than author.

Will the Messiah reign?

Will the Messiah reign?

Brown University

By William Henry Taylor, author of "Canadian Seasons," etc. Double-line border at top. Poem in five stanzas of varying length. At end of poem: Toronto World, December 20, 1917.

Will the angels guard my daddy over there?

lyric by Paul B. Armstrong ; music by F. Henri Klickmann. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of girl at woman's knees with service star in window.

Will Carleton: King of the Platform

Title from first lines. Below title on page [1] cut of Will Carleton resting head on hand. Printed on tan paper. Text on pages [2]-[4] printed in two columns. Announcement of reading by Carleton at the Opera House, Middlebury, Vt. on "Friday evening, September 26." Publication date suggested because item must be after Chicago Fire of 1871 mentioned on page [3] and because author's portrait is that of a young man; Sept. 26 also fell on a Friday in 1879, 1884, 1890 and 1902 during Carleton's lifetime. Includes excerpt from Carleton's poem about Chicago beginning: The long, golden years of the future, with treasures increasing and rare.

Will Carleton: "King of the Platform."

Title from first lines. Below title on page [1] cut of Will Carleton resting head on hand. Printed on tan paper. Text on pages [2]-[4] printed in two columns. Announcement of reading by Carleton at the Opera House, Middlebury, Vt. on "Friday evening, September 26." Publication date suggested because item must be after Chicago Fire of 1871 mentioned on page [3] and because author's portrait is that of a young man; Sept. 26 also fell on a Friday in 1879, 1884, 1890 and 1902 during Carleton's lifetime. Includes excerpt from Carleton's poem about Chicago beginning: The long, golden years of the future, with treasures increasing and rare.