Box 4265.001
Container
Contains 63 Collections and/or Records:
Rosalie Program, 1954 July
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents
This file contains one program from the presentation of the musical Rosalie, presented by the Municipal Theater Under-The-Stars at the Chastain Memorial Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia, July 19-24, 1954.
Dates:
1954 July
American Bicentennial Theater Invitation and Ticket, 1975 June 23
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an invitation from Governor and Mrs. George Wallace, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Volker, and Mr. and Mrs. David Roberts, II, to attend the opening performance of the American Bicentennial Theater's production of Thornton Wilder's play, The Skin of Our Teeth, performed at the Birmingham-Jefferson County Civic Center, and to the supper following, at the Birmingham Hyatt House Hotel, June 23, 1975. A ticket for the supper accompanies the invitation.
Dates:
1975 June 23
Isabel Halliburton Papers [RESTRICTED], 2002, undated
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 60
Scope and Contents
The file contains one undated Christmas card written by Isabel Halliburton to Gregory and Mrs. Peck. The inscription on the card indicates that Peck and Halliburton had worked together on "To Kill a Mockingbird." There is also a letter written in 2002 by Melissa Barton of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University to Ward Harrison of Jeffersonville, Indiana, concerning Harrison's desire for more information about Halliburton.
Dates:
2002, undated
How to Make Handmade Lantern Slides, by G. E. Hamilton, 1948
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
This file contains a twenty-four-page booklet by G. E. Hamilton, How to Make Handmade Lantern Slides, published by Keystone View Company in Meadville, Pennsylvania. It also includes three glass slides along with papers manufactured by Radio-Mat Slide Company.
Dates:
1948
Quilt Pattern Piece, undated
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 62
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a single quilt pattern piece with instructions for selecting fabric colors and cutting. The only instruction for piecing the quilt is to be sure not to put two blocks of the same color together.
Dates:
undated
Hank Williams Photograph , circa 1950
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
The file contains one photograph of Hank Williams shaking the hand of a boy wearing a cowboy outfit, as men and women in dress clothes walk by in the background. The photograph is slightly pixelated and is printed on a piece of photo paper.
Dates:
circa 1950
Article about Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, 2001
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 59
Scope and Contents
One article from the Winter 2001 issue of American Legacy magazine about the life and work of American sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968).
Dates:
2001
Article about Buck and Bubbles Vaudeville Duo, 1996
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents
One nrespaper article from February 16, 1996, about African American performing duo Buck and Bubbles (real names Ford Lee Washington and John William Sublett), who were popular in the 1920s and 1930s in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1996
Clipping about Langston Hughes, 1995
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents
One book review for a volume of collected poems by American poet Langston Hughes (1901-1967) from The New York Times, February 8, 1995.
Dates:
1995
Silhouette from Tom, undated
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 64
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wade Hall Collection on Arts and Culture contains poetry, correspondence, drawings, ephemera related to theater, music, sports, and crafts, and other items gathered by author and professor Wade Hall (1934-2015) that document participation in arts and leisure activities in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The materials in this collection are arranged into three series: Poetry, Lyrics, and Other Writings; General Arts and Leisure Materials; and Celebrity...
Dates:
undated
Farmhouse Drawing, undated
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 63
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wade Hall Collection on Arts and Culture contains poetry, correspondence, drawings, ephemera related to theater, music, sports, and crafts, and other items gathered by author and professor Wade Hall (1934-2015) that document participation in arts and leisure activities in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The materials in this collection are arranged into three series: Poetry, Lyrics, and Other Writings; General Arts and Leisure Materials; and Celebrity...
Dates:
undated
Robert E. Woods Bookplate, 1880 December 25
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
This file contains a page bearing a pasted bookplate showing an an image of a monk writing with a quill, with the inscription "Ye Librarie of Robert E. Woods." On the other side of the page is a note that says: "Presented to Jennie, Dec. 25th, 1880, by R. E. Woods, 'Con Amore." "
Dates:
1880 December 25
Stanley Adams Letter with W. C. Handy Commemorative Stamp [RESTRICTED], 1969-05-17
File — Box: 4265.001, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents
Stanley Adams, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) writes from New York, New York, to Mr. Joe Moshay, a member of the ASCAP, in Beverly Hills, California. The Stanley Adams Letter was sent to provide the ASCAP member with a first-day cover bearing the commemorative $0.06 (six-cent) stamp issued by the United States Post Office in tribute to American composer and musician (and ASCAP member) W. C. Handy (1873-1958), known as "Father of the Blues."
Dates:
1969-05-17