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 curse of rum

The curse of rum

Brown University

Page [4] blank. At head of text: Spoken before the Reform Club, Providence, R.I.

The cup of paint

The cup of paint

Brown University

Poem printed on red paper cut in shape of wine glass and tipped on black card.

The cup of paint

The cup of paint

Brown University

Poem printed on red paper cut in shape of wine glass and tipped on black card.

The cup of paint

The cup of paint

Brown University

Poem printed on red paper cut in shape of wine glass and tipped on black card.

The cup of life

The cup of life

Brown University

French fold, printed on double leaves. The Leaflet Edition.

The cup of life

The cup of life

Brown University

French fold, printed on double leaves. The Leaflet Edition.

The cunning sailor, or, the green bed is empty

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments; line of type ornaments at end of text. Below line at end of text: Sold at Book-Store and Printing Office, No. 5, Middle-street, Newburyport, Where may be had .. Date and printer determined by address on Broadside, known to be John Gilman's address in 1807.

The crystal

The crystal

Brown University

Within double line border with corner ornaments.

The crying family: together with Bonny Barbara Allan

Printed in two columns divided by line of advertising; sold wholesale and retail on Cross Street, near Mercantile Wharf, Boston; short line of type ornaments at each end. Rutter was listed at above address between 1829 and 1834.

The cry of a soul

The cry of a soul

Brown University

Pages [1] and [4] blank. At end of first poem: Copyright 1918 .. At end of text: Hazel Dell Crandall.

The crowded inn

The crowded inn

Brown University

At head of text: There was no room for them in the Inn. Luke II,7. At end of text: Horace and Elizabeth Westwood. Christmas 1927. Hingham Center, Mass.

The Crow

The Crow

Brown University

John Gardner. Printed on blue paper. Includes reproduction of photograph of John Gardner and drawing of crow. Poem from A child's bestiary, 1977. Offprint from : The Writers Forum. Department of English. State University of New York College at Brockport.