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Valerie Lynn Playbill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-161026

Content Description

Playbills and performing arts programs collected by Valerie and Kenneth S. Lynn. Primarily from New York and Washington, D.C., especially Kennedy Center.

Dates

  • 1950 - 2009

Conditions Governing Use

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Biographical / Historical

Kenneth Schuyler Lynn (c. 1923 – June 24, 2001) was a historian and biographer of Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Dreiser, William Dean Howells, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was a faculty member of Johns Hopkins University for 20 years.

Extent

4.53 Linear Feet (8 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Valerie Lynn Playbill Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057