Finding Aid for Yolande Oglesby Theater Programs and Kitty Cheatham Papers, 1900-1970 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Nolan Vallier

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Kitty Cheatham Photographs and Sheet Music, ca. 1900-1933

Contains "Spring Greeting" for voice and piano with music by Kitty Cheatam and words by Mary Baker Eddy; and two photographs of Kitty Cheatam

Folder 2: Yolande Perkins Oglesby Personal Papers and School Programs, ca. 1928-1933

Folder 3: Boston, Colonial Theatre Programs, 1922-1934

Of Note: Jerome Kern's "Sally," 1922; Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's "Sweet Adeline," 1930; Richard Roger's and Lorenz Hart's "Ed Wynn," 1930; Zieglfeld Follies, "The American Girl," 1931; Jerome Kern's "Roberta," 1934; Fred Astaire in "The Band Wagon Revue," 1934; Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," 1934.

Folder 4: Boston, Copley Theatre Programs, 1922-1932

Folder 5: Boston, Hollis Street Theatre Programs, 1929-1933

Of Note: Dubose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward's "Porgy," 1929; Uday Shankar program of dance, 1933.

Folder 6: Boston, Majestic Theatre Programs, 1929-1931

Of Note: Victor Herbert's "Mlle. Modiste," 1930.

Folder 7: Boston, Opera House Programs, 1934

Of Note: Col. de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1934.

Folder 8: Boston, Plymouth Theatre Programs, 1930-1933

Of Note: Ethel Barrymore in "The School for Scandal," ca. 1925.

Folder 9: Boston, Sam S. Schubert Theatre Programs, 1930-1934

Of Note: Oscar Hammerstein and Sigmund Romberg's "The New Moon," 1930; Irving Berlin's "Face the Music," 1932; Lew Brown's "Calling All Stars," 1934.

Folder 10: Boston, Symphony Hall Programs, 1921-1935

Of Note: Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Programs featuring: Fritz Kreisler, violin, 1929; Serge Rachmaninoff, piano, 1931; Georges Laurent, 1933; Jascha Heifetz, 1934; Arthur Fiedler conducting Hector Berlioz, 1934.

Folder 11: Boston, Tremont Theatre Programs, 1930-1931

Of Note: George M. Cohan in "The Tavern," 1930; George M. Cohan's "Friendship," 1931.

Folder 12: Boston, Various Theatre Programs, 1921-1934

Of Note: Ford Hall Forum, featuring lecture concert series Soap Box Forum - lectures include Serwood Eddy, "Russia Today: what Th NRA can learn from the U.S.S.R.," Dorothy Thompson (Mrs. Sinclair Lewis) "The Author of 'I Saw Hitler' Evaluates 'My Battle'," Prof. Friedrich Schoenemann "Why I believe in the Hitler Government," 1934.

Folder 13: Boston, Ye Wilber Theatre Programs, 1930-1932

Of Note: Ethel Barrymore in "The Love Duel," 1930; Walter Hampden in "Richelieu," 1930.

Folder 14: Boston Journals, The Boston Stage Vol. 1, No. 2, October 10, 1930

Folder 15: Boston Journals, Boston Theatre Magazine, 1933-1934

Folder 16: Chicago, A. H. Woods Theatre Programs, 1918-1919

Of Note: Color Program Cover Design.

Folder 17: Chicago, Blackstone Theatre Programs, 1917-1970

Of Note: Color Program Cover Design.

Folder 18: Chicago, Cinestage Theatre Programs, 1958-1963

Folder 19: Chicago, Civic Theatre Program, 1945

Of Note: Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie" Opening Season, 1945.

Folder 20: Chicago, Colonial Theatre Programs, 1919-1920

Of Note: Ziegfeld Follies 12 Edition, featuring music by Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper with Interpolations by Irving Berlin and Victor Jacobi, performers include Eddie Cantor, Will Rogers, Allyn King, Frank Carter, and W.C. Fields, 1919; Ziegfeld Follies 13th Edition, featuring music of Irving Berlin, Gene Buck, Rennold Wolf and Dave Stamper with Ballet by Victor Herbert, performers include Eddie Cantor, Bert Williams, Johnny Dooley, Eddie Dowling, 1920.

Folder 21: Chicago, Cort Theatre Programs, 1920-1921

Of Note: Color Program Cover Designs.

Folder 22: Chicago, Erlanger Theatre Programs, 1945-1951

Of Note: Oscar Hammerstein and Georges Bizet "Carmen Jones," 1945; Paul Robeson in "Othello," 1945; Ethel Waters in "The Member of the Wedding," 1951.

Folder 23: Chicago, Garrick Theatre Programs, 1917-1921

Of Note: "Passing Show of 1917," music by Sigmund Romberg and Otto Motzan, 1917; Lionel Barrymore in "The Copperhead," 1918.

Folder 24: Chicago, Grand Opera House Programs, ca. 1918-1937

Of Note: George M. Cohan's "A Prince There Was," 1919. Color Program Cover Designs.

Folder 25: Chicago, Harris Theatre Program, 1957

Folder 26: Chicago, Illinois Theatre Programs, 1919-1920

Of Note: Ed. Wynn's "Ed Wynn Carnival," 1920.

Folder 27: Chicago, Olympic Theatre Programs, 1918-1919

Folder 28: Chicago, Orchestra Hall Programs, 1918-1947

Of Note: Jascha Heifetz, violin recital, 1918.

Folder 29: Chicago, Powers Theatre Programs, 1917-1920

Of Note: Ethel Barrymore in "The Off Chance," 1919; Ethel Barrymore in "Declassee," 1920. Color Program Cover Designs.

Folder 30: Chicago, Schubert Princess Theatre Programs, 1919-1970

Of Note: Richard Bennett in Eugene O'Neil's "Beyond the Horizon," 1920; Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein's "South Pacific, 1951; Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot's "Hair," 1970.

Folder 31: Chicago, Studebaker Theatre Programs, 1917-1921

Of Note: Jerome Kern's "Love O' Mike," 1917; Leslie Stuart and Paul Rubens' "Florodora," 1921. Color Program Cover Designs.

Folder 32: Chicago, Various Theatre Programs, 1918-1963

Of Note: Victor Herbert's "The Red Mill," 1947.

Folder 33: Denver, Elitch Theatre Program, 1933

Folder 34: Dublin, Abbey Theatre Program, 1928

Folder 35: Edinburgh, Ross Bandstand Program, 1938

Folder 36: London, Various Theatre Programs, 1917- 1949

Folder 37: New York, Adelphi Theatre Programs, 1945-1947

Of Note: Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town," 1945; Franz Steininger's adaptation of "Tchaikovsky Music in My Heart," 1947.

Folder 38: New York, Alvin Theatre Programs, 1931-1957

Of Note: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's "Girl Crazy," 1931; George M. Cohan in Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "I'd Rather Be Right," 1937; Gertrude Lawrence in Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill's "Lady in the Dark," 1941.

Folder 39: New York, Belasco Theatre Programs, 1918-1954

Of Note: Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman's "The Solid Gold Cadillac," 1954.

Folder 40: New York, Bijou Theatre Programs, 1918-1957

Folder 41: New York, Biltmore Theatre Programs, 1947-1951

Of Note: Louis O. Coxe and Anthony B. Farrell's "Billy Budd," 1951.

Folder 42: New York, Booth Theatre Programs, 1918-1949

Of Note: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's "You Can't Take it With You," 1937. Color Program Cover Designs.

Folder 43: New York, Broadburst Theatre Programs, 1919-1938

Folder 44: New York, Broadway Theatre Programs, 1931-1951

Of Note: Cole Porter's "The New Yorkers," 1931; Frank Loesser's "Where's Charley?" 1951.

Folder 45: New York, Carnegie Hall Programs, 1935-1956

Of Note: Artur Schnabel and Hans Lange recitals, 1935; Moriz Rosenthal and Yehudi Menuhin recitals, 1938; Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra and Jascha Heifetz and Joseph Schuster recital, 1938; Ted Sawn Dancers, 1940; Egon Petri recital, 1942; Charles Muench conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York, 1946; Charles Muench conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York, 1947.

Folder 46: New York, Center Theatre Programs, 1934-1949

Of Note: Johann Strauss and Moss Hart's "The Great Waltz" 1934; George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The American Way," 1939.

Folder 47: New York, Charles Dillingham's Globe Theatre Program, 1932

Of Note: Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach's "The Cat and the Fiddle," 1932.

Folder 48: New York, Coronet Theatre Programs, 1950-1957

Folder 49: New York, Cort Theatre Programs, 1933-1946

Of Note: Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan," 1946.

Folder 50: New York, Empire Theatre Programs, 1932-1952

Of Note: Moliere's "The School for Husbands," with music by Edmond W. Rickett, 1933.

Folder 51: New York, Ethel Barrymore Theatre Programs, 1936-1952

Of Note: Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill's "Knickerbocker Holiday," 1938; Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Telephone," and "The Medium," 1947.

Folder 52: New York, Forty-Fourth Street Theatre Programs, 1931-1942

Of Note: Richard Addensell's "The Good Companion's," 1931; Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's "Music in the Air," 1933; Johann Strauss's "Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus)," 1942.

Folder 53: New York, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre Programs, 1933-1940

Of Note: Cole Porter's "Du Barry Was a Lady," 1940.

Folder 54: New York, Forty-Eighth Street Theatre Programs, 1919-1952

Folder 55: New York, Guild Theatre Programs, 1932-1939

Of Note: George M. Cohan in Eugene O'Neil's "Ah, Wilderness!" 1933; Devi Dja Balinese and Javanese Dancing with Gamelan, 1939.

Folder 56: New York, Helen Hayes Theatre Program, 1959

Of Note: Helen Hayes in Eugene O'Neil's "Touch of the Poet," 1959.

Folder 57: New York, Henry Miller's Theatre Programs, 1932-1955

Folder 58: New York, Hudson Theatre Programs, 1919-1946

Folder 59: New York, Imperial Theater Programs, 1932-1957

Of Note: Ed Wynn's "Laugh Parade," music by Harry Warren, 1932; George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's "Let 'Em Eat Cake," 1933;  "Song of Norway," Music by Edvard Grieg adapted by Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Arthur Kay, 1945; Frank Loesser's "The Most Happy Fella," 1957.

Folder 60: New York, Longacre Theatre Programs, 1938-1959

Of Note: Jean Anouilh's "The Lark" starring Brois Karloff and Christopher Plummer, 1956.

Folder 61: New York, Lyceum Theatre Programs, 1942-1951

Of Note: John P. Marquand and George S. Kaufman's "The Late George Apley," 1945.

Folder 62: New York, Majestic Theatre Programs, 1930-1959

Of Note: Otto Harbach and Sigmund Romberg's "Nina Rosa," 1930; Lew Brown and Ray Henderson's "Strike Me Pink," 1933; Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man," 1959.

Folder 63: New York, Martin Beck Theatre Programs, 1943-1957

Of Note: Tennesse Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," 1951; Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," 1957.

Box 2

Folder 1: New York, Metropolitan Opera House Programs, 1930-1959

Folder 2: New York, Morosco Theatre Programs, 1933-1955

Of Note: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," 1949 (contains advertisement for Marc Blitzstein's Regina); Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," 1955.

Folder 3: New York, Music Box Theatre Programs, 1932-1957

Of Note: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," 1932; George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Merrilly We Roll Along," 1934; Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Stars," 1949.

Folder 4: New York, National Theatre Programs, 1937-1956

Of Note: "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," production by Orson Wells with Music by Marc Blitzstein, 1938; Ethel Barrymore in "The Corn is Green," 1941.

Folder 5: New York, New Amsterdam Theatre Programs, 1931-1932

Of Note: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart's "Face the Music," 1932.

Folder 6: New York, The Playhouse Theatre Programs, 1931-1954

Folder 7: New York, Plymouth Theatre Programs, 1919-1955

Of Note: John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore in "The Jest," 1919.

Folder 8: New York, Radio City Music Hall Programs, 1947-1959

Box 3

Folder 1: New York, Sam S. Schubert Theatre Programs, 1934-1949

Of Note: Lorenz Hart and Richard Roger's "I Married an Angel," 1938; Lorenz Hart and Richard Roger's "Higher and Higher," 1940.

Folder 2: New York, St. James Theatre Programs, 1938-1952

Of Note: Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, "The King and I," 1952.

Folder 3: New York, Town Hall Programs, 1937-1940

Of Note: Moriz Rosenthal, piano recital, 1937; Egon Petri, piano recital, 1940.

Folder 4: New York, Various Theatre Programs, 1918-1952

Of Note: 11th Edition of George White's Scandal's featuring Rudy Vallee, Ethel Merman, Ray Bolger, and Ethel Barrymore Colt, 1931; Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate," 1949.

Folder 5: New York, Winter Garden Programs, 1938-1949

Of Note: Ed Wynn in "Hoorary For What!", 1938.

Folder 6: New York, Ziegfeld Theatre Programs, 1929-1951

Of Note: Ziegfeld Follies of 1931; Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "Brigadoon," 1947. Color Program Cover Designs.

Folder 7: Paris, Comedie Francaise Programs, 1931

Folder 8: Paris, l'Opera Comique Program, 1931

Folder 9: Paris, Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt Program, 1931

Folder 10: Philadelphia, Schubert Theatre Program, 1933

Folder 11: Rome, Teatro Dell'Opera Program, 1950

Folder 12: St. Louis, American Theatre and Municipal Opera Programs, 1948-1949

Box 4

Folder 1: Atlanta, Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta Commemorative Season Book, 1969

Folder 2: Atlanta, Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta Commemorative Season Book, 1970

Folder 3: Boston, 25th Annual Tech Show - The Sun Temple Commemorative Program, 1923

Folder 4: Boston, Hasty Pudding Club Presents "Bulls and Bells", 1931

Folder 5: Boston, Opera House - Anna Pavlowa Commemorative Program, 1922

Folder 6: Chicago, Auditorium Theatre - Uday Shankar Commemorative Program, 1938

Folder 7: Los Angeles, "Hair" Commemorative Program, 1970

Folder 8: New York, Astor Theatre - "The Good Earth" Program, ca. 1933

Folder 9: New York, Barton Mumaw and Ted Shawn Commemorative Programs, 1940-1941

Folder 10: New York, New Amsterdam Theatre - 55th Annual Actors Fund of America Benefit Program, 1937

Folder 11: New York, "Porgy and Bess" (Cheryl Crawford Adaptation) Commemorative Program, 1944

Folder 12: New York, Uday Shankar Commemorative Programs, 1933-1937

Folder 13: New York, Veloz and Yolanda Commemorative Program, 1941

Folder 14: New York, Viennna Choir Boys Commemorative Program, 1974

Folder 15: Paris, Paris Opera - Commemorative Program for Le Miracle des Loups (Film), 1924

Folder 16: Stage Magazine Vol. 14, No. 11, August 1937