Title: Theatrical Print collection, 1720-1927
Predominant Dates:1770-1893
ID: 02/Theatrical Prints
Primary Creator: Leavitt, Theodore
Other Creators: Hewitt, Barnard (1906-), Shattuck, Charles Harlen (1910-)
Extent: 9.0 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Series 1 is alphabetical by actor's last name, except Box 22, which is by title of play.� Prints of theatres in Series 2 are arranged alphabetically by name of theatre.� Programs in Series 3 are arranged alphabetically by the name of the theatre. Photographs in Series 4 are arranged first by type (cabinet cards then photographs) and alphabetical by performer's last name thereunder.
Date Acquired: 01/10/1953
Subjects: Actors, Theater, Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works, Theater -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works, Theater -- United States -- History -- Sources, Theaters
Forms of Material: Broadsides, Photographs, Playbills, Printed ephemera, Prints, Theater programs
Languages: English
Actors
Theater
Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works
Theater -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works
Theater -- United States -- History -- Sources
Theaters
Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The RBML reproductions policies can be found here:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/ReproductionServices.htm
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
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: A & B Booksellers, New York
Acquisition Method: The University of Illinois Foundation paid for the collection in February 1953 and the Department of Speech paid for the postage, according to a ledger in the Special Collections Acquisition File, 1905-1996 (University Archives record group 35/1/19, Box 7).
Related Materials: Barnard Hewitt Papers (University Archives Record Series Number: 12/11/20).� Charles H. Shattuck Papers (University Archives Record Series Number: 15/7/39). Theatre Program Collection (#37). Alyene Westall Prehn Theatre Program Collection (#36).
Processing Information: https://wiki.cites.uiuc.edu/wiki/display/librare/Home
Arrangement: Oversize print materials will be stored in either oversize print shelving in UL6 South or will be stored in map cases in LL6 North. Oversize manuscript materials will, by and large, be stored in oversize boxes in UL 6 North. Collections are arranged in oversize locations by collection ID number.
These materials are filed in print shelving and the map-cases, as indicated below.