Mostly images of performers on stage before audiences or photocollages made for promotional purposes. Includes Nino Martini; Lawrence Tibbett; Amelita Galli-Curci; Yehudi Menuhin; Junior Orchestra of Los Angeles (1936); National Baptist Convention Chorus, Los Angeles (1937); Los Angeles Theatre Season managers and treasurers photocollage featuring L. E. Behymer (1903-1904); photocollages for Behymer's Philharmonic courses featuring various performers (1900s).
Gift of Mrs. Lynden E. Behymer (Minetta Sparks), June 1952.
Gift of California State University, Northridge, May 1976.
Gift of Music Center Operating Company, September 1993.
Gift of Arvonne Behymer Degenfelder, March 2015.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
RESTRICTED. Box 206. Closed to researchers due to the fragility of the mediums of the drawings and sketches.
RESTRICTED. Box 344. Item contains broken glass, closed to researchers until conservation work is completed.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Advance sales book includes listings for companies, dates of performances, and total sales. Information also generally includes names of advance men, managers, and treasurers.
Advance sales book includes listings for companies, dates of performances, and total sales. Information also generally includes names of advance men, managers, and treasurers.
Volume of bound souvenir booklets highlighting performers. Performers include: Marian Anderson, Katherine Dunham, the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus, Leopold Stokowski, Anne Brown, Ruth St. Denis, Nicasio Jurado, and others.
A volume of bound programs (mainly orchestral performances). Includes programs for: Radio City Music Hall, All-American Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pasadena Playhouse, California Federation of Music Clubs, Paderewski Moscow, Leopold Stokowski, and the Salzburg Opera Guild.
Volume of bound souvenir booklets highlighting performers. Includes a signature from Paul Robeson on "Othello" program. Theatre locations include: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Philadelphia. Performers include: Maurice Evans, Paul Robeson, Sylvia Sidney and Luther Adler in Jane Eyre, Helen Hayes, Constance Bennett, and others.
