Manuscripts

Prints and drawings

Description: Box 205, Folder 1 contains the cover for Max Reinhardt and his Salzburg: A Portfolio of Drawings (1920). Box 205, Folder 2 contains Max Reinhardt's prints with introductions signed by Max Reinhardt and Lucie R. Sayler.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1920
Call number: mssBehymer
Creator: Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Lynden E. Behymer (Minetta Sparks), December 1948.; 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.

Prints and drawings

Manuscripts

Box 203, Folders 1-2 contain pen and ink illustrations and prints of various theatrical costumes. Box 203, Folder 3 contains miscellaenous pen and ink illustrations. Box 203, Folder 4 contains photographs of various stage and set designs.

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Prints, drawings, and ephemera

Manuscripts

The series contains travel guides, miscellaneous brochures, clippings, advertisements, flyers, and other printed materials. Ephemera includes Lynden E. Behymer's bookplates, business cards, stationery, greeting cards, and miscellaneous materials (tickets, photographs, greeting cards, invitations). Also includes clippings of celebrity signatures. Of note are illustrations and prints for various set designs, theatre costumes, and materials by artists Alfred Frueh and Max Reinhardt. Also included are postcard albums containing cards acquired by Behymer during his travels.

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Prints and drawings

Manuscripts

Box 204, Folder 1 contains prints by Alfred Frueh, from Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures (1922). Box 204, Folders 2-3 contain miscellaenous prints and illustrations.

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

Contains personal and business correspondence. Box 14, Folder 4 contains correspondence from Menetta Sparkes, Lynden E. Behymer's wife, after his passing in December 1947. Box 14, Folder 5 contains correspondence that is undated.

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Plays

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Box 22, Folder 6 contains: French's Acting Edition plays, and others published by Samuel French. Box 22, Folder 7 contains: William Taylor & Co.'s The Bridal play.

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Music & Art

Manuscripts

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.

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