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

Christmas carol

Christmas carol

Brown University

Printed in blue and red. Text on page [1] within red and grey double line border.

Christmas carol

Christmas carol

Brown University

Within border of type ornament sections with ornamental corners. Text of carol in six numbered six-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates because Gilchrist published this carol along with two others with the music in 1875.

Christmas carol

Christmas carol

Brown University

Within double-line border. Text of carol in four numbered eight-line stanzas, with eight-line chorus printed first. First stanza begins: Carol, but with gladness.

Christmas carol

Christmas carol

Brown University

Printed in one and two columns divided by curvilinear line within double-line border. At head of text in parentheses: For the Schools of the Church of the Holy Communion. In the Chorus (taken from Rev. A.C. Cox's Christian Ballads) for "Brothers" may be substituted Sisters or Christians. Text of carol in four eight-line stanzas with eight-line chorus printed at the beginning and end. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Christmas cards

Christmas cards

Brown University

Dana K. Craig. Pages [2] and [4] blank. On page [1] Christmas images in red, including Christmas tree, Santa Claus and reindeer. Poem in five four-line stanzas. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

Christmas card scene: (triolet)

Poetry. Processed copy. Mimeographed on yellow-green paper. Type-signed at end: Lulu E. Finney. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

Christmas bells

Christmas bells

Brown University

Printed in red and gray; with relief of bells at head of title.

Christmas bells

Christmas bells

Brown University

Printed in red, green and gold on heavy white paper within red and gold border in postcard format; rubricated initials. Poem in three five-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "569." Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

Christmas bells

Christmas bells

Brown University

Printed in red, green and gold on heavy white paper within red and gold border in postcard format; rubricated initials. Poem in three five-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "569." Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

Christmas bells

Christmas bells

Brown University

Printed in red and gray; with relief of bells at head of title.

Christmas bells

Christmas bells

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Greeting card. On verso, printed in blue: A Christmas chime. At end of text: E.S.F.

Christmas at the Tavern Club, 1920

Caption title on p. [2]; on p. [1] : With the best wishes for Christmas from the Bear at the Tavern Club, 1920. A poem, signed: J.J.C.

Christmas at Odd Volumes

Printed in brown on peach paper. Cut of holly sprays at head of title and at end of poem. Poem in twelve lines. At end of text: December 1974.

Christmas 1972

Christmas 1972

Brown University

Page [4] blank On page [1] engraving of Santa Claus holding clay pipe and toys. "Thomas Nast's cartoon appeared in Harper's Weekly, January 1, 1881." Caption title. "Best wishes for a Merry Christmas for 1972 and a Happy New Year for 1973." Poem in four four-line stanzas

Christmas 1953

Christmas 1953

Brown University

1 broadsheet Printed on blue paper with gold star pasted in upper left corner

Christmas 1951

Christmas 1951

Brown University

Printed in reddish-brown on light green paper. At end of text: With all good wishes from Barbara and Raymond Peckham, Whippoorwill Hill, North Newport, New Hampshire.

Christmas 1944

Christmas 1944

Brown University

At head of title colored illustration of Santa Claus in snowy landscape; snow-covered houses at lower left and right. Poem in five four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: John F. Sweet.

Christmas 1943

Christmas 1943

Brown University

Pages [2-4] blank. At end of text: ... from Al & Emma Carignan.

Christmas

Christmas

Brown University

Pages [3] and [4] blank. Text on page [3

Christmas

Christmas

Brown University

Cover title. Poetry and prose. Page [4] blank. Printed in red and green. Date suggested by accession date of Brown University copy. "Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Adams, 'The House-in-the Woods,' Montreat, North Carolina."