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

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: Annual greeting of the Journal's carrier

Printed in red, green and black on white paper within green border of type ornaments on page [1] and red single-line border on page [3] Reprint of holiday greeting Dec. 25, 1903 in Pensacola. Poem in four four-line stanzas on page [3] "A facsimile of the original, in the John C. Pace Library, the University of West Florida."--p. 4. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A Merry Christmas 1926

A Merry Christmas 1926

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in red and brown on heavy green paper. At lower left cut of Santa Claus, clown and harlequin serenading window at upper right.

A Merry Christmas 1926

A Merry Christmas 1926

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in red and brown on heavy green paper. At lower left cut of Santa Claus, clown and harlequin serenading window at upper right.

A Merry Christmas 1926

A Merry Christmas 1926

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in red and brown on heavy green paper. At lower left cut of Santa Claus, clown and harlequin serenading window at upper right.

A Merry Christmas

A Merry Christmas

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in colors on heavy paper folded like a triptych to make six panels. When folded, "A merry" on left and "Christmas" on right outer panel. When unfolded, colored lithograph of Santa Claus in sleigh at center, above poem, with swallows in left panel and rabbits in right one. Below central illustration poem in four lines, entitled: I wish you a merry Christmas, beginning: Mirth, friendship, love and light. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A merry Christmas

A merry Christmas

Brown University

Christmas card printed in green on green paper. At end of text: Christmas greetings from Mr. & Mrs. Chester Miller Downing and Everett.

A Merrie Christmas to you

Printed in red, blue, gold and black on heavy paper in postcard format; initials illuminated and rubricated. First lines same as title. Type-signed at end: Frances Ridley Havergal. "No. 509. Printed in Bavaria."--Verso. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

A memory and a memorial of Mrs. L.B.P.

Poetry. Printed on heavy paper. Suggested place of publication and publisher from ms. notation "When used return to Geo. S. Burleigh, Little Compton, R.I." on envelope acquired with Brown University copy 3. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A memorial of John Woolman

Within single line border with corner ornaments. Available information indicates Stuckey as printing on Arch and Seventh in the later 19th century. This memorial could have been issued for the 100th anniversary of Woolman's death. At end of text below single line on page [1]: Stuckey, Printer, S.E. corner of Arch and Seventh sts, Philadelphia.

A memorial of John Woolman

Within single line border with corner ornaments. Available information indicates Stuckey as printing on Arch and Seventh in the later 19th century. This memorial could have been issued for the 100th anniversary of Woolman's death. At end of text below single line on page [1]: Stuckey, Printer, S.E. corner of Arch and Seventh sts, Philadelphia.

A memorial

A memorial

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Printed in green with floral border framing upper part of text. At end of text: By permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

A meditation upon the glory of God

French fold; printed on double leaves. At head of text: Written 13 February 1687 by the Rev. Edward Taylor ... Set into type from the original manuscript ... in January of 1949.

A meditation on ten oxherding pictures

Advertising for L. Clifton's Ten oxherding pictures "inspired by a series of allegorical pictures attributed to the 12th century Chinese Zen master Kaku-an shi-en"; with background information on the advertised edition, short biography of author, and history of book's creation. Advertising for L. Clifton's Ten oxherding pictures "inspired by a series of allegorical pictures attributed to the 12th century Chinese Zen master Kaku-an shi-en"; with background information on the advertised edition, short biography of author, and history of book's creation. Poetry and prose. Caption title. Printed in black on ivory paper. Folded vertically into thirds displaying brush-stroke drawing of Chinese abstraction on outside fold. "Ten oxherding pictures was designed and printed by Felicia Rice and her typography class." Colophon at end of text: Moving Parts Press, 220 Baldwin Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95060. Dated from book's publication date.

A manse by the river

A manse by the river

Brown University

Printed in red and green on heavy glossy white paper within green border of type ornaments. At head of title illustration of house in red. Title from first line. Poem in four four-line stanzas followed by holiday good wishes and invitation to open house Jan. 1, 1975. "We wish you a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year. Deborah and Dana Greeley."

A man's word for woman

A man's word for woman

Brown University

Within double line border with corner ornaments. First line: By this we hold:-No man is wholly great.