Manuscripts

Correspondence

Description

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.

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Date

1944-1951

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

Ephemera

Manuscripts

Contains Lynden E. Behymer's bookplates, business cards, stationery, and miscellaneous materials (tickets, photographs, greeting cards, invitations). Also includes clipped signatures originally found in ephemera box in Box 91, Folder 1.

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Menetta Alma Sparkes Behymer. Starlit trails: a cultural history of the Pacific Southwest

Manuscripts

Bound manuscript by Menetta Alma Sparkes Behymer of biography on husband, Lynden Ellsworth Behymer. Edited and copyrighted by grandson, Glenarvon Behymer, Jr. Spine reads, "Starlit Trails. A Biography of L.E. Behymer: Impressario of the West. 1862-1947. By his wife Menetta S. Behymer."

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International correspondence and ephemera

Manuscripts

Contains correspondence and ephemera from Behymer's travels, predominantly in Europe. Also includes materials from the 1924 International Advertising Convention. Please note that a section of letters in this folder have burn marks on the edges and are fragile.

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Personal and biographical materials

Manuscripts

This series contains Behymer's personal and biographical materials which include his notes and writings, scrapbooks celebrating birthdays, certificates and tributes, celebratory clippings on Behymer and family, and photographs. Also included is a biographical manuscript on Behymer written by his wife, Minetta (Menetta) Alma Sparkes Behymer, which was later edited and published by grandson, Glenarvon Behymer, Jr. in 1991.

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Scrapbook: Personal materials

Manuscripts

Scrapbook with pasted photographs, play reviews, articles, and holiday greeting cards highlighting Lynden E. Behymer's career.

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S. Ada – Lucia Burnett

Manuscripts

Includes Maude Adams; Ethel, John, Lionel, and Maurice Barrymore; Sarah Bernhardt; Edwin Booth; Lynden E. Behymer; Glen Behymer (L. E. Behymer's son) and wife Frieda Behymer.

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