No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Iowa, dates not examined
New York, dates not examined
Ohio, dates not examined
England, 1749-1896
Oversize England, 1749-1896
London, 1749-1896
Covent Garden, 1749, 1756-1785
Covent Garden, 1792-1797
Covent Garden, 1800-1815
Covent Garden, 1826-1830
Covent Garden, 1831-1837
Drury Lane, 1752-1797
Drury Lane, 1828-1836
Drury Lane, 1851, 1853, 1857-1896
The Renton accession (1947) is described in Marguerite McAneny's "Renton Collection of Programs and Playbills," Princeton University Library Chronicle VIII: 187-189 (June, 1947). It consists mostly of 19th century materials, e.g. Chicago, 1870s. There are also some color printing such as that for the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City (1909).
One box arranged in folders, each folder has about 12+ items in it.
- Scope and Contents
This collection contains broadside playbills from the United States, England, and Europe. It is divided into series. In the first and largest series, the playbills are organized by country and state, and individual theaters are grouped into one folder where there are several playbills from that theater. Represented theaters include the Boston Museum, Chestnut Street Theatre, Covent Garden Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Haymarket Theatre, and Walnut Street Theatre. In the second series, the programs were gathered by H. R. Renton and are part of the large accession of his collection made in 1947. Arranged geographically.
- Arrangement
Divided into series, each arranged geographically.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Credit this material:
Broadside Playbills; Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm89h
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scaex): Box 1-17