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Alyene Westall Prehn theatre program collection

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Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Cities outside the U.S.

Chicago

New York

Other U.S. cities

Touring productions



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Collection Overview

Title: Alyene Westall Prehn theatre program collection, 1871-1961Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:1900-1958

ID: 02/Theater Programs (Prehn)

Primary Creator: Prehn, Alyene Elizabeth Westall (1905)

Extent: 8.2 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by city, and alphabetical by venue thereunder.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1961

Subjects: Concerts--Illinois--Chicago, Concerts--New York (N.Y.), Theater, Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources, Theater -- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources, Theater -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works, Theater -- United States -- History -- Sources, Theaters

Forms of Material: Advertising fliers, Broadsides, Concert programs, Playbills, Printed ephemera, Theater programs

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish;Castilian, Danish, Swedish

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Theatre Program Collection consisting of individual and season programs, advertising broadsides, playbills, newsclippings, and souvenirs from dramatic, comedy, musical theater, vocal and instrumental music, and vaudeville performances in the United States, Great Britain, Europe, Australia, and Canada. The vast majority of the collection relates to venues in Chicago and New York. Many of the programs also contain extensive period advertising graphics and text, as well as editorial columns on fashion and hairstyles. Prominent individuals mentioned in the collection include Julie Andrews, Tallulah Bankhead, Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Adelina Patti, Chita Rivera, and Michael Todd.

Biographical Note

Alyene Elizabeth Westall Prehn is a 1927 graduate of the University of Illinois. Members of her extended family began collecting theatre programs in 1900.  Prehn sold the collection to the University of Illinois in 1961.

Subject/Index Terms

Concerts--Illinois--Chicago
Concerts--New York (N.Y.)
Theater
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
Theater -- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources
Theater -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works
Theater -- United States -- History -- Sources
Theaters

Administrative Information

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

Use Restrictions:

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This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.

Acquisition Source: Alyene Westall Prehn

Acquisition Method: Purchase

Appraisal Information: According to acquistion records, the collection originally came with a catalogue which contained cross-listings of performers, productions, and venues.  This was lost sometime prior to the collection's final move to the Main Library for full processing.

Related Materials:

Theatrical Print Collection (#35). Theatre Program Collection (#37).

Theater Programs (University Archives Record Series Number: 12/11/804).


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Cities outside the U.S.],
[Series 2: Chicago],
[Series 3: New York],
[Series 4: Other U.S. cities],
[Series 5: Touring productions],
[All]

Series 3: New YorkAdd to your cart.
Programs from venues in the city of New York, dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
Box 10Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--5th Avenue TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--14th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--23rd Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--39th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--39th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--44th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--46th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--46th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--48th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--49th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--63rd Street Music HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--71st Regiment ArmoryAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Academy of MusicAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Actors' Fund Fair TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Adelphi TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Aeolian HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Aeolian HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: New York--Aeolian HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: New York--Aeolian HallAdd to your cart.
Box 11Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Aeolian HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Alvin TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Alvin TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Ambassador TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--American Place TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--American Woman's Association TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Anta TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Apollo TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Armory Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)Add to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Association HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Astor TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Auditorium (Wanamaker's)Add to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Auditorium (Wanamaker's)Add to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Avon TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Ethel Barrymore TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Ethel Barrymore TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Ethel Barrymore TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 12Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Nora Bayes TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Martin Beck TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Martin Beck TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Belasco TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Belasco TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Belasco TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Bijou TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Biltmore TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Biltmore TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Biltmore TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Blackstone TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Blaney's Lincoln Square TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Booth TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 13Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Booth TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Broadhurst TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Broadhurst TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Broadway TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Broadway TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Broadway TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Broadway Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)Add to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Bronx Opera HouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Brooklyn Academy of MusicAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Bunny TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Cafe MartinAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Candler TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Carnegie HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Carnegie HallAdd to your cart.
Box 14Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Carnegie HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Carnegie HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Earl Carroll TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Casino TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Casino TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Casino TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Center TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Central Park (see Oversize Box 27)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Central TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Century TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Century TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Century TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Chestnut Street Opera HouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Chickering HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Cohan and Harris/George M. Cohan's TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Coliseum GardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Colonial TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 15Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Columbia TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Comedy TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Coronet TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Cort TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Cort TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Criterion TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Daley's TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Maxine Elliott's TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Eltinge TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Empire TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Empire TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Engineering Societies' BuildingAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Fulton TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Forrest TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 16Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Gaiety TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Garrick TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Globe TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Globe TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Golden TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Grand Opera HouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Grand Opera HouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Greenwich Village TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Guild TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Hackett TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Hammerstein's Paradise RoofgardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Hammerstein's Paradise RoofgardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Harris TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Helen Hayes TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Mark Hellinger TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 17Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Herald Square TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--HippodromeAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--HippodromeAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--HippodromeAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Hudson TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Imperial TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Imperial TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Imperial TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Imperial TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Jolson's 59th Street TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Jordan HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Julliard School of MusicAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Knickerbocker TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Knickerbocker TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 18Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Lewisohn TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Lexington TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Liberty TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Liberty TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Liberty Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)Add to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Lincoln Center TheatresAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Lincoln TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Little TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--London TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Longacre TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Longacre TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Lyceum TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Lyric TheateAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Lyric TheateAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Madison Square GardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Majestic TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Majestic TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 19Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Majestic TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Manhattan Opera HouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Manhattan Opera HouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Manhattan TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Mansfield TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Masque TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Mendelssohn HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--McMillin Academic Theatre (Columbia University)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Murray'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1893-94 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1905-06 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1906-07 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1907-08 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1908-09 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1909-10 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1910-11 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1911-12 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Box 20Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1913-14 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1914-15 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1915-16 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1916-17 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1917-18 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1918-19 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1919-20 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1920-21 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1921-22 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1922-23 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1923-24 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1925-26 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1927-28 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1929-30 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1938-39 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Box 21Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1941-42 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1942 Season (Cleveland, OH performances)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1943-44 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1949-50 SeasonAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--PerformancesAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--PerformancesAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Henry Miller's TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Morosco TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Morosco TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Morosco TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Music and Art Lovers' BuildingAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Music Box TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Music Box TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Music Box TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 22Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--National TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--National TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Navy YardAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--New Amsterdam TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--New Amsterdam TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--New Amsterdam TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--New Amsterdam TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--New Amsterdam TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--New Century TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--New TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--New York City Center of Music and DramaAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--New York TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Orpheum TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 23Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Palace TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Palace TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Paramount TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Paris TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Park TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Phoenix TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--PlayhouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Plymouth TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Plymouth TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Plymouth TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Radio City Music HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Republic TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Rialto Theatre (see also Rivoli Theatre)Add to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Ritz TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Rivoli Theatre (see also Rialto Theatre)Add to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Roosevelt TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Billy Rose TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: New York--Roxy TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: New York--Royal TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: New York--Royale TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: New York--Royale TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: New York--Le Ruban BleuAdd to your cart.
Box 24Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--St. James TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--St. James TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Selwyn TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Shubert TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Shubert TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Shubert TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Shubert TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Shubert TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Shubert TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Steinway HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Stillgebauer'sAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Strand TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 25Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Stuyvesant TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Theater de LysAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Theatre FourAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Times Square TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Town Hall TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Town Hall TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Turnabout TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: New York--Vanderbilt TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: New York--Waldorf-Astoria HotelAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: New York--Wallack's TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: New York--Warner TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: New York--Weber and Fields' Music HallAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: New York--Weber's TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: New York--Werba's Brooklyn TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: New York--Windsor TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: New York--Winter GardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: New York--Winter GardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: New York--Winter GardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: New York--Winter GardenAdd to your cart.
Box 26Add to your cart.
Folder 1: New York--Winter GardenAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: New York--Wurlitzer AuditoriumAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--York PlayhouseAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Ziegfeld Moulin Rouge (formerly the New York Theatre)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Ziegfeld TheatreAdd to your cart.
Box 27: Oversize MaterialAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: New York--Armory TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: New York--Broadway TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: New York--Central ParkAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: New York--Century TheatreAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: New York--Liberty TheatreAdd to your cart.

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[Series 3: New York],
[Series 4: Other U.S. cities],
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