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    Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letter to Russell Benedict, New York :

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    Roosevelt writes that he cannot accept Benedict's invitation to speak, presumably at a Society of Mayflower Descendants event. Written on letterhead for The Outlook magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt.

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    Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Mr. Goodhue, New York

    Manuscripts

    Autograph letter. Invitation to dinner. (1 page)

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    Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Maria Montgomery, New York

    Manuscripts

    Autograph letter signed. Invitation to his 85th birthday gathering. (1 page and addressed cover)

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    A. Bigio, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York

    Manuscripts

    Typescript letter signed. Is sending a copy of a letter he wrote to Dr. Stephen Wise regarding his war advice for Roosevelt and Churchill, would like a meeting with Roosevelt. Typescript copy of letter from Bigio to Wise enclosed, 1942 December 15. (6 pages total)

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    New York, New York

    Visual Materials

    This collection contains approximately 1,000 printed 19th and early 20th century entertainment broadsides, playbills, and related advertisements, and forms a subset within the Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment. These items advertise theatrical performances including plays, variety entertainment such as minstrel, burlesque, and vaudeville shows, and optical displays such as dioramas, living statues, and tableaus. Over 250 theaters primarily from the Northeastern United States are represented in the collection, though there are also materials from theaters in the Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States, and approximately 26 items from Canada, Ireland, England, and Scotland. The materials range in size from approximately 9 1/2 x 6 inches to 42 1/2 x 14 inches and consist of single-sheet unfolded advertisements for theatrical productions that were intended to be distributed by hand, posted on walls, fences, or in windows, or sold to playgoers entering the theater. Among the names given to these types of advertisements, according to their size and mode of distribution, are broadsides, dodgers, handbills, hangers, playbills, posters, and show bills.

    priJLC_ENT_TBroadsides

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    New York, New York

    Visual Materials

    This collection contains approximately 1,000 printed 19th and early 20th century entertainment broadsides, playbills, and related advertisements, and forms a subset within the Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment. These items advertise theatrical performances including plays, variety entertainment such as minstrel, burlesque, and vaudeville shows, and optical displays such as dioramas, living statues, and tableaus. Over 250 theaters primarily from the Northeastern United States are represented in the collection, though there are also materials from theaters in the Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States, and approximately 26 items from Canada, Ireland, England, and Scotland. The materials range in size from approximately 9 1/2 x 6 inches to 42 1/2 x 14 inches and consist of single-sheet unfolded advertisements for theatrical productions that were intended to be distributed by hand, posted on walls, fences, or in windows, or sold to playgoers entering the theater. Among the names given to these types of advertisements, according to their size and mode of distribution, are broadsides, dodgers, handbills, hangers, playbills, posters, and show bills.

    priJLC_ENT_TBroadsides