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 child's wish

The child's wish

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: No. 5.

The cheated heart

The cheated heart

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Poem. At end of text: -after Rimbaud.

The cheated heart

The cheated heart

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Poem. At end of text: -after Rimbaud.

The chauffeur's message

The chauffeur's message

Brown University

Chauffeur finds Wonder-Mist spray cleans automobile better than soap and water. Chauffeur finds Wonder-Mist spray cleans automobile better than soap and water. A. Stanley Roberts. Poem in seven six-line stanzas.

The chant of love

The chant of love

Brown University

by Charles Keeler. Printed in red and black on tan paper. Rubricated floriated initial; floral headpiece. Cover title.

The changed cross

The changed cross

Brown University

Within double-line border on page [1] only. Cover title. Poem in 21 four-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. "Philadelphia: Mrs. Jane Hamilton, 1344 Chestnut Street"--p. [1] Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The changed cross

The changed cross

Brown University

Within double-line border on page [1] only. Cover title. Poem in 21 four-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. "Philadelphia: Mrs. Jane Hamilton, 1344 Chestnut Street"--p. [1] Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The changed cross

The changed cross

Brown University

Within double-line border on page [1] only. Cover title. Poem in 21 four-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. "Philadelphia: Mrs. Jane Hamilton, 1344 Chestnut Street"--p. [1] Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The change

The change

Brown University

Pages [2-4] blank. First line: What means this gathering of the multitude.

The centennial story of Italy's unification

by Anthony Cama. Broadsheet printed in brown in two columns divided by single line within double-line gilt border in which are names of famous Italians. Poetry and prose. First poem on verso: 1861 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1961 (First line: Garibaldi! Garibaldi! All Italy cried your name) "Reprinted from the Lynn Sunday Post." Includes one poem in Italian.

The centennial of Keats's poems: London, 1817

At head of title: Boston Transcript, 324 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Wednesday, August 1, 1917. At head of text: For the Transcript. Type-signed at end: Harry Lyman Koopman.

The carrot

The carrot

Brown University

Printed on yellow paper. At head of title: Dedicated to Mr. Auguste Giraldi. At end of text: Willie Penmore.