Valerie Lynn Playbill Collection
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
- Creation: 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
Topical
- 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
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu