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

Bear Brand Story. No. 32

by Nellie Bair. Dialect poem advertising Bear Brand stockings made by Paramount Knitting Company. At end of text on verso information about Bear Brand prize story contest.

Beale Street blues

Beale Street blues

Brown University

by W.C. Handy For voice and piano Cover title "As sung by Miss Gilda Gray in Shubert's gaieties of 1919" Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: photograph of Gilda Gray

Beacon lights

Beacon lights

Brown University

Within single line border with ornamental corners.

Be thou my all

Be thou my all

Brown University

Pages [2,4] blank. Within red double line border; on p. [1] with corner ornamentation. At end of text: From H.H. Dayton.

Be thou my all

Be thou my all

Brown University

Pages [2,4] blank. Within red double line border; on p. [1] with corner ornamentation. At end of text: From H.H. Dayton.

Be thou my all

Be thou my all

Brown University

Pages [2,4] blank. Within red double line border; on p. [1] with corner ornamentation. At end of text: From H.H. Dayton.

Be still and know that I am God: Psalms 46-10

Within decorative triple line border. At head of title reproduction of photograph of man standing beside railroad train captioned: The Lord shall guide thee continually. Elmore Special Ready To Go. Below illustration: This song was composed by Menifee Elmore, Stanford, Ky. Feb. 20, 1941, sung to tune "Come to Jesus."

Be merry all, be merry all

W.R. Spencer. Page [4] blank. Printed in colors on heavy white paper; text in red and gold. On page [1] colored illustration of family holding packages. Title from first line on page [2] Four lines of poetry. "Noel. Vera and Foster Johnson--and Aruba too send you their sincere good wishes for a wonderful Christmas and the happiest of New Years in 1976. Printed with joy at Bayberry Hill Press"--p. [3]

Be kind to the loved ones at home

Poetry, printed on pink paper within double line border. At end of text below single line: Printed and sold by H. Watkin, wholesale and retail, No. 227 Fifth Street, Cincinnati, O. The music for the poem was composed in 1847 by Isaac Baker Woodbury; this date and dates of other like songsheets published by H. Watkin suggest the possible range of dates for publication of this songsheet.

Be kind

Be kind

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in four columns divided by single lines within border of type ornaments. Range of dates suggested by appearance of item and by date of first publication of one hymn (Come unto me).

Be kind

Be kind

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in four columns divided by single lines within border of type ornaments. Range of dates suggested by appearance of item and by date of first publication of one hymn (Come unto me).

Be good, be good: a poem

by Mark Twain. Poetry. French fold; printed on double page. Page [4] blank. Printed in green on cream paper. Cover title. On page [2] facsimile of ms. note by Twain; on page [3] poem. At end of poem: Mark Twain. To Margaret November 14th. Reprinted from Houston Chronicle; privately printed by Merle Johnson as a Christmas token.

Be good, be good: a poem

by Mark Twain. Poetry. French fold; printed on double page. Page [4] blank. Printed in green on cream paper. Cover title. On page [2] facsimile of ms. note by Twain; on page [3] poem. At end of poem: Mark Twain. To Margaret November 14th. Reprinted from Houston Chronicle; privately printed by Merle Johnson as a Christmas token.

Be good, be good: a poem

by Mark Twain. Poetry. French fold; printed on double page. Page [4] blank. Printed in green on cream paper. Cover title. On page [2] facsimile of ms. note by Twain; on page [3] poem. At end of poem: Mark Twain. To Margaret November 14th. Reprinted from Houston Chronicle; privately printed by Merle Johnson as a Christmas token.

Be careful what you say

Be careful what you say

Brown University

Broadsheet. Poetry. Printed on card stock. On verso photograph of cowboy captioned: Bud Brookfield (Bliss, Okla.) At end of text: By Bud Brookfield. Probable range of dates from internal evidence. Poem was published earlier without attribution and is probably not by Brookfield.

Be careful what you say

Be careful what you say

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on blue paper within double line border with ornamental corners. At end of text: Any small change will be thankfully received in return for this poetry by the bearer and author, who is blind. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Porbable range of dates from internal evidence.

Be careful what you say

Be careful what you say

Brown University

Broadsheet. Poetry. Printed on card stock. On verso photograph of cowboy captioned: Bud Brookfield (Bliss, Okla.) At end of text: By Bud Brookfield. Probable range of dates from internal evidence. Poem was published earlier without attribution and is probably not by Brookfield.

Be careful what you say

Be careful what you say

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on blue paper within double line border with ornamental corners. At end of text: Any small change will be thankfully received in return for this poetry by the bearer and author, who is blind. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Porbable range of dates from internal evidence.

Be careful what you say

Be careful what you say

Brown University

Broadsheet. Poetry. Printed on card stock. On verso photograph of cowboy captioned: Bud Brookfield (Bliss, Okla.) At end of text: By Bud Brookfield. Probable range of dates from internal evidence. Poem was published earlier without attribution and is probably not by Brookfield.

Be careful

Be careful

Brown University

Poetry. At end of text below line: J.E. Jewett, Publisher, 77 Bible House, N.Y. Probable range of dates from internal evidence.

Be careful

Be careful

Brown University

Poetry. At end of text below line: J.E. Jewett, Publisher, 77 Bible House, N.Y. Probable range of dates from internal evidence.

Be an optimist

Be an optimist

Brown University

Caption title. Decorated with red and green stylized flowers. Below decoration at end of text: Designed by C.W. Crosby 1922.