Alyene Westall Prehn theatre program collection, 1871-1961 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Alyene Westall Prehn theatre program collection, 1871-1961

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

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

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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

Series 1: Cities outside the U.S.

Programs from cities in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, and Australia.

Box 1

Folder 1: Adelaide, Australia

Folder 2: Berlin, Germany

Folder 3: Charlottenborg, Denmark

Folder 4: Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Folder 5: Edinburgh, Scotland

Folder 6: Firenze, Italy

Folder 7: London, England

Folder 8: London, England

Folder 9: London, England

Folder 10: London, England

Folder 11: Madrid, Spain

Folder 12: Montreal, Canada

Folder 13: Nuremburg, Germany

Folder 14: Paris, France

Folder 15: Paris, France

Folder 16: Rome, Italy

Folder 17: Stratford-Upon-Avon

Folder 18: Stockholm, Sweden

Folder 19

Series 2: Chicago

Programs from venues in the city of Chicago, dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

Box 2

Folder 1: Chicago--Amphitheatre

Folder 2: Chicago--Adelphi Theatre

Folder 3: Chicago--Apollo Theatre

Folder 4: Chicago--Armory

Folder 5: Chicago--Art Institute of Chicago

Folder 6: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 7: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 8: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 9: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 10: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 11: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 12: Chicago--Auditorium

Box 3

Folder 1: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 2: Chicago--Auditorium (see Oversize Box 27)

Folder 3: Chicago--Bismark Garden

Folder 4: Chicago--Blackstone Theatre

Folder 5: Chicago--Blackstone Theatre

Folder 6: Chicago--Blackstone Theatre

Folder 7: Chicago--Blackstone Theatre

Folder 8: Chicago--Bush Temple of Music

Folder 9: Chicago--Carleton Club Hall

Folder 10: Chicago--Casino

Folder 11: Chicago--Central Music Hall

Folder 12: Chicago--Central Music Hall

Folder 13: Chicago--Chicago Opera House

Folder 14: Chicago--Chicago Opera House

Folder 15: Chicago--Chickering Hall

Box 4

Folder 1: Chicago--Civic Theatre

Folder 2: Chicago--Clark Street Theatre

Folder 3: Chicago--Clifford's Theatre

Folder 4: Chicago--Cohan's Grand Opera House

Folder 5: Chicago--Coliseum Garden

Folder 6: Chicago--Colonial Theatre

Folder 7: Chicago--Columbia Theatre

Folder 8: Chicago--Columbia Theatre

Folder 9: Chicago--Columbia Theatre

Folder 10: Chicago--Columbus Theatre

Folder 11: Chicago--Cort Theatre

Folder 12: Chicago--Dearborn Theatre

Folder 13: Chicago--Edelweiss Garden

Folder 14: Chicago--Erlanger Theatre

Folder 15: Chicago--Erlanger Theatre

Folder 16: Chicago--Erlanger Theatre

Folder 17: Chicago--Garrick Theatre

Box 5

Folder 1: Chicago--Grand Opera House

Folder 2: Chicago--Grand Opera House

Folder 3: Chicago--Grand Opera House

Folder 4: Chicago--Grand Opera House

Folder 5: Chicago--Grand Opera House

Folder 6: Chicago--Grand Opera House

Folder 7: Chicago--Great Northern Theatre

Folder 8: Chicago--Grotto

Folder 9: Chicago--Handel Hall

Folder 10: Chicago--Harris Theatre

Box 6

Folder 1: Chicago--Harris Theatre

Folder 2: Chicago--Harris Theatre

Folder 3: Chicago--Haverly's Theatre

Folder 4: Chicago--Havlin's Theatre

Folder 5: Chicago--Haymarket Theatre

Folder 6: Chicago--Hooley's Theatre

Folder 7: Chicago--Hooley's Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)

Folder 8: Chicago--Hopkins Amusement Company

Folder 9: Chicago--Illinois Theatre

Folder 10: Chicago--Illinois Theatre

Folder 11: Chicago--Illinois Theatre

Folder 12: Chicago--Illinois Theatre

Folder 13: Chicago--Illinois Theatre

Folder 14: Chicago--International Friendship Gardens

Folder 15: Chicago--Kimball Hall

Folder 16: Chicago--LaSalle Theatre

Folder 17: Chicago--Lexington Theatre

Folder 18: Chicago--Lincoln Park Beach

Folder 19: Chicago--Lincoln Theatre

Folder 20: Chicago--Majestic Theatre

Box 7

Folder 1: Chicago--Marquette Club

Folder 2: Chicago--Masonic Temple Roof Theatre

Folder 3: Chicago--McVicker's Theatre

Folder 4: Chicago--McVicker's Theatre

Folder 5: Chicago--McVicker's Theatre

Folder 6: Chicago--Mohammed Temple

Folder 7: Chicago--Music Hall (Fine Arts Building)

Folder 8: Chicago--Myers Opera House

Folder 9: Chicago--New Academy

Folder 10: Chicago--New Theatre

Folder 11: Chicago--Northwestern School of Music

Folder 12: Chicago--Olympic Theatre

Folder 13: Chicago--Opera House/Civic Opera House

Folder 14: Chicago--Opera House/Civic Opera House

Folder 15: Chicago--Opera House/Civic Opera House

Folder 16: Chicago--Opera House/Civic Opera House

Box 8

Folder 1: Chicago--Opera House/Civic Opera House

Folder 2: Chicago--Orchestra Hall

Folder 3: Chicago--Orchestra Hall

Folder 4: Chicago--Orchestra Hall

Folder 5: Chicago--Orpheon Music Hall

Folder 6: Chicago--Palace Music Hall

Folder 7: Chicago--Parish House

Folder 8: Chicago--People's Theatre

Folder 9: Chicago--Playhouse on Michigan Avenue

Folder 10: Chicago--Powers' Theatre

Folder 11: Chicago--Powers' Theatre

Folder 12: Chicago--Powers' Theatre

Folder 13: Chicago--Powers' Theatre

Folder 14: Chicago--Princess Theatre

Folder 15: Chicago--Ravinia Opera/Festival Association

Folder 16: Chicago--Royal Theatre

Folder 17: Chicago--Sans Souci Theatre

Folder 18: Chicago--Schiller Theatre

Folder 19: Chicago--Selwyn Theatre

Folder 20: Chicago--Selwyn Theatre

Box 9

Folder 1: Chicago--Sheridan Hall

Folder 2: Chicago--Shubert Theatre

Folder 3: Chicago--Shubert Theatre

Folder 4: Chicago--Shubert Theatre

Folder 5: Chicago--Soldiers' Field (Chicago Music Festival)

Folder 6: Chicago--Steinway Hall

Folder 7: Chicago--Studebaker Theatre

Folder 8: Chicago--Studebaker Theatre

Folder 9: Chicago--Studebaker Theatre

Folder 10: Chicago--Studebaker Theatre

Folder 11: Chicago--Studebaker Theatre

Folder 12: Chicago--Studebaker Theatre

Folder 13: Chicago--Trocadero

Folder 14: Chicago--Unity Church

Folder 15: Chicago--Washington Park

Folder 16: Chicago--Weber-Wheelock Warerooms

Folder 17: Chicago--Windsor Theatre

Folder 18: Chicago--Woman's Athletic Club

Folder 19: Chicago--Woods Theatre

Box 27: Oversize Material

Folder 1: Chicago--Auditorium

Folder 2: Chicago--Hooley's Theatre

Series 3: New York

Programs from venues in the city of New York, dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

Box 10

Folder 1: New York--5th Avenue Theatre

Folder 2: New York--14th Street Theatre

Folder 3: New York--23rd Street Theatre

Folder 4: New York--39th Street Theatre

Folder 5: New York--39th Street Theatre

Folder 6: New York--44th Street Theatre

Folder 7: New York--46th Street Theatre

Folder 8: New York--46th Street Theatre

Folder 9: New York--48th Street Theatre

Folder 10: New York--49th Street Theatre

Folder 11: New York--63rd Street Music Hall

Folder 12: New York--71st Regiment Armory

Folder 13: New York--Academy of Music

Folder 14: New York--Actors' Fund Fair Theatre

Folder 15: New York--Adelphi Theatre

Folder 16: New York--Aeolian Hall

Folder 17: New York--Aeolian Hall

Folder 18: New York--Aeolian Hall

Folder 19: New York--Aeolian Hall

Box 11

Folder 1: New York--Aeolian Hall

Folder 2: New York--Alvin Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Alvin Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Ambassador Theatre

Folder 5: New York--American Place Theatre

Folder 6: New York--American Woman's Association Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Anta Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Apollo Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Armory Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)

Folder 10: New York--Association Hall

Folder 11: New York--Astor Theatre

Folder 12: New York--Auditorium (Wanamaker's)

Folder 13: New York--Auditorium (Wanamaker's)

Folder 14: New York--Avon Theatre

Folder 15: New York--Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Folder 16: New York--Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Folder 17: New York--Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Box 12

Folder 1: New York--Nora Bayes Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Martin Beck Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Martin Beck Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Belasco Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Belasco Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Belasco Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Bijou Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Biltmore Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Biltmore Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Biltmore Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Blackstone Theatre

Folder 12: New York--Blaney's Lincoln Square Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Booth Theatre

Box 13

Folder 1: New York--Booth Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Broadhurst Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Broadhurst Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Broadway Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Broadway Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Broadway Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Broadway Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)

Folder 8: New York--Bronx Opera House

Folder 9: New York--Brooklyn Academy of Music

Folder 10: New York--Bunny Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Cafe Martin

Folder 12: New York--Candler Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Carnegie Hall

Folder 14: New York--Carnegie Hall

Box 14

Folder 1: New York--Carnegie Hall

Folder 2: New York--Carnegie Hall

Folder 3: New York--Earl Carroll Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Casino Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Casino Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Casino Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Center Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Central Park (see Oversize Box 27)

Folder 9: New York--Central Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Century Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Century Theatre

Folder 12: New York--Century Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Chestnut Street Opera House

Folder 14: New York--Chickering Hall

Folder 15: New York--Cohan and Harris/George M. Cohan's Theatre

Folder 16: New York--Coliseum Garden

Folder 17: New York--Colonial Theatre

Box 15

Folder 1: New York--Columbia Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Comedy Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Coronet Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Cort Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Cort Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Criterion Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Daley's Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Maxine Elliott's Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Eltinge Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Empire Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Empire Theatre

Folder 12: New York--Engineering Societies' Building

Folder 13: New York--Fulton Theatre

Folder 14: New York--Forrest Theatre

Box 16

Folder 1: New York--Gaiety Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Garrick Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Globe Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Globe Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Golden Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Grand Opera House

Folder 7: New York--Grand Opera House

Folder 8: New York--Greenwich Village Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Guild Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Hackett Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Hammerstein's Paradise Roofgarden

Folder 12: New York--Hammerstein's Paradise Roofgarden

Folder 13: New York--Harris Theatre

Folder 14: New York--Helen Hayes Theatre

Folder 15: New York--Mark Hellinger Theatre

Box 17

Folder 1: New York--Herald Square Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Hippodrome

Folder 3: New York--Hippodrome

Folder 4: New York--Hippodrome

Folder 5: New York--Hudson Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Imperial Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Imperial Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Imperial Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Imperial Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Jolson's 59th Street Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Jordan Hall

Folder 12: New York--Julliard School of Music

Folder 13: New York--Knickerbocker Theatre

Folder 14: New York--Knickerbocker Theatre

Box 18

Folder 1: New York--Lewisohn Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Lexington Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Liberty Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Liberty Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Liberty Theatre (see Oversize Box 27)

Folder 6: New York--Lincoln Center Theatres

Folder 7: New York--Lincoln Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Little Theatre

Folder 9: New York--London Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Longacre Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Longacre Theatre

Folder 12: New York--Lyceum Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Lyric Theate

Folder 14: New York--Lyric Theate

Folder 15: New York--Madison Square Garden

Folder 16: New York--Majestic Theatre

Folder 17: New York--Majestic Theatre

Box 19

Folder 1: New York--Majestic Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Manhattan Opera House

Folder 3: New York--Manhattan Opera House

Folder 4: New York--Manhattan Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Mansfield Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Masque Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Mendelssohn Hall

Folder 8: New York--McMillin Academic Theatre (Columbia University)

Folder 9: New York--Murray's

Folder 10: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1893-94 Season

Folder 11: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1905-06 Season

Folder 12: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1906-07 Season

Folder 13: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1907-08 Season

Folder 14: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1908-09 Season

Folder 15: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1909-10 Season

Folder 16: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1910-11 Season

Folder 17: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1911-12 Season

Box 20

Folder 1: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1913-14 Season

Folder 2: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1914-15 Season

Folder 3: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1915-16 Season

Folder 4: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1916-17 Season

Folder 5: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1917-18 Season

Folder 6: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1918-19 Season

Folder 7: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1919-20 Season

Folder 8: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1920-21 Season

Folder 9: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1921-22 Season

Folder 10: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1922-23 Season

Folder 11: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1923-24 Season

Folder 12: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1925-26 Season

Folder 13: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1927-28 Season

Folder 14: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1929-30 Season

Folder 15: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1938-39 Season

Box 21

Folder 1: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1941-42 Season

Folder 2: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1942 Season (Cleveland, OH performances)

Folder 3: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1943-44 Season

Folder 4: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--1949-50 Season

Folder 5: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--Performances

Folder 6: New York--Metropolitan Opera House--Performances

Folder 7: New York--Henry Miller's Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Morosco Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Morosco Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Morosco Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Music and Art Lovers' Building

Folder 12: New York--Music Box Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Music Box Theatre

Folder 14: New York--Music Box Theatre

Box 22

Folder 1: New York--National Theatre

Folder 2: New York--National Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Navy Yard

Folder 4: New York--New Amsterdam Theatre

Folder 5: New York--New Amsterdam Theatre

Folder 6: New York--New Amsterdam Theatre

Folder 7: New York--New Amsterdam Theatre

Folder 8: New York--New Amsterdam Theatre

Folder 9: New York--New Century Theatre

Folder 10: New York--New Theatre

Folder 11: New York--New York City Center of Music and Drama

Folder 12: New York--New York Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Orpheum Theatre

Box 23

Folder 1: New York--Palace Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Palace Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Paramount Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Paris Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Park Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Phoenix Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Playhouse

Folder 8: New York--Plymouth Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Plymouth Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Plymouth Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Radio City Music Hall

Folder 12: New York--Republic Theatre

Folder 13: New York--Rialto Theatre (see also Rivoli Theatre)

Folder 14: New York--Ritz Theatre

Folder 15: New York--Rivoli Theatre (see also Rialto Theatre)

Folder 16: New York--Roosevelt Theatre

Folder 17: New York--Billy Rose Theatre

Folder 18: New York--Roxy Theatre

Folder 19: New York--Royal Theatre

Folder 20: New York--Royale Theatre

Folder 21: New York--Royale Theatre

Folder 22: New York--Le Ruban Bleu

Box 24

Folder 1: New York--St. James Theatre

Folder 2: New York--St. James Theatre

Folder 3: New York--Selwyn Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Shubert Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Shubert Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Shubert Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Shubert Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Shubert Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Shubert Theatre

Folder 10: New York--Steinway Hall

Folder 11: New York--Stillgebauer's

Folder 12: New York--Strand Theatre

Box 25

Folder 1: New York--Stuyvesant Theatre

Folder 2: New York--Theater de Lys

Folder 3: New York--Theatre Four

Folder 4: New York--Times Square Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Town Hall Theatre

Folder 6: New York--Town Hall Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Turnabout Theatre

Folder 8: New York--Vanderbilt Theatre

Folder 9: New York--Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Folder 10: New York--Wallack's Theatre

Folder 11: New York--Warner Theatre

Folder 12: New York--Weber and Fields' Music Hall

Folder 13: New York--Weber's Theatre

Folder 14: New York--Werba's Brooklyn Theatre

Folder 15: New York--Windsor Theatre

Folder 16: New York--Winter Garden

Folder 17: New York--Winter Garden

Folder 18: New York--Winter Garden

Folder 19: New York--Winter Garden

Box 26

Folder 1: New York--Winter Garden

Folder 2: New York--Wurlitzer Auditorium

Folder 3: New York--York Playhouse

Folder 4: New York--Ziegfeld Moulin Rouge (formerly the New York Theatre)

Folder 5: New York--Ziegfeld Theatre

Box 27: Oversize Material

Folder 3: New York--Armory Theatre

Folder 4: New York--Broadway Theatre

Folder 5: New York--Central Park

Folder 6: New York--Century Theatre

Folder 7: New York--Liberty Theatre

Series 4: Other U.S. cities

Includes programs from productions in Boston, MA; Champaign, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Detroit, MI; Hollywood, CA; Los Angeles, CA; St. Louis, MO; Sullivan, IL; Toledo, OH;  and Williamsburg, VA.

Box 26

Folder 6: Other U.S. Cities

Series 5: Touring productions

Programs from touring productions (all in English) of "Oklahoma!", "The King and I", "Guys and Dolls", and "My Fair Lady".

Box 26

Folder 7: Touring Productions

Includes programs from touring productions of "Guys and Dolls"; "The King and I"; "My Fair Lady"; and "Oklahoma!"