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Scrapbook: Personal press clippings
Manuscripts
Scrapbook with pasted newspaper clippings of plays, performers, and local news in Los Angeles, primarily relating to Lynden E. Behymer.
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Lynden Ellsworth Behymer papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains business correspondence and papers of California impresario L. E. Behymer, who played a leading part in the musical development of the Southwest. He was the founder of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and its manager for 20 years. Included in the papers are account books, agreements and contracts, box office receipts, etc. The collection consists of letters, documents (including 32 volumes of accounts, agreements, and box office receipts) and manuscripts related to Lynden E. Behymer and various California musical and theatrical organizations. There are also plays, prompt books, and music. Over 2400 pieces of correspondence include large sections devoted to the California Opera Company, the Chicago Opera Company, and the Mission Play. This collection also includes approximately 3,000 photographs of performers and performances. Volumes begin to contain *Now that handwritten letters are popping up, it is important to note a few things. Generally the letters are written on hotel stationary (either from the area or out of the area). The letters are usually written by the actors/actresses to the manager of the theatre. Sometimes there will be a letter describing when play companies will arrive and by which way they are traveling. Some are small sheets containing stage directions Includes 7 account books dating from 1888-1945, 2 advance sales volumes, bound agreements, one volume of bank checks for 1936, 19 bound box office receipt volumes, 1892-1916 Playbills, programs, including programs of the Auditorium, the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, etc. Includes manuscript prompt books for Helena Modjeska. Some of the programs from theaters unrelated to Behymer were requested by him. Especially in July1939, he began asking various "little theaters" to send him literature.
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Scrapbook: Personal press clippings, comments, photographs, and history
Manuscripts
Scrapbook with pasted newspaper clippings (chiefly the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Herald) and photographs. Includes a program for Behymer's 85th birthday.
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Lynden E. Behymer – Florida Brownsberger
Manuscripts
Includes 32 photographs of Lynden E. Behymer, alone and with friends and associates. There are several photographs of Behymer and guests at his 80th birthday celebration, November 5, 1942, at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles: Light Operas [souvenirs]
Manuscripts
Volume of bound souvenir programs; not indexed. Theaters include: Philharmonic Auditorium (Organization : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Los Angeles: Light Operas [souvenirs]
Manuscripts
Volume of bound souvenir programs with one souvenir booklet; not indexed. Includes: Philharmonic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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