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Collector:

Sidney, George, 1916-2002  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment  Search this

Names:

Columbia Pictures  Search this

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Search this

Paramount Pictures  Search this

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986  Search this

Margret, Ann-, 1941-  Search this

Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973  Search this

Sidney, George, 1877-1945  Search this

Sidney, Hazel Mooney  Search this

Sidney, Louis K.  Search this

Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974  Search this

Donor:

Sidney, Corinne Entratter  Search this

Extent:

54 Film reels

96 Cubic feet (288 boxes, 6 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Photographs

Place:

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Date:

1885-2002

bulk 1940-1967

Summary:

George Sidney (1916-2002) was a film director during the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking (1927-1954). He spent the longest period of his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) until the 1950s. He later produced and directed films for Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. He was a president of the Directors Guild of America and an avid photographer. He was the recipient of three awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). The collection consists of photographs, photographic negatives, personal and business materials, and film. The collection also contains material created by George Sidney's uncle, George Sidney, vaudevillian and motion picture actor.

Scope and Contents:

The George Sidney Collection consists of approximately eighty-eight cubic feet of photographs and materials from the Hollywood director George Sidney, most dealing with his career in motion pictures. Sidney was an avid photographer and collector of photographs documenting extremely well the Hollywood film community during the Studio Era (1927-1954) of filmmaking. The bulk of the collection is from Sidney's most productive years, circa 1937-1968.

MGM's motto was "More Stars than there are in Heaven" and the researcher would be advised that the extent of this collection is such that it is impossible to list and identify all of the celebrities and personalities photographed, both behind and in front of the camera. There are stills from Sidney's many productions as well as his on-set personal photographs. There are photographs from dinner parties, and many studio and film community functions. Productions are dated to their generally accepted first theatrical release date (Los Angeles and New York) and in the case of a Broadway show to their opening date.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Photographs, Photographic Negatives, and Slides, 1914-1996, undated.

Subseries 1.1: The Camera Eye of George Sidney, undated.

Subseries 1.2: Productions (Motion Picture, Stage, and Radio), 1921-1968. Subseries 1.3: Personalities and People, 1932-1996, undated.

Subseries 1.4: Personal and Family, 1914-1992, undated.

Subseries 1.5: Family Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks, 1918-1950, undated.

Subseries 1.6: Travel and Locations, 1940-1981, undated.

Subseries 1.7: Studio, Entertainment, and Public Events, 1949-1995, undated.

Subseries 1.8: Tests, 1938-1967, undated.

Subseries 1.9: Photographic Negatives, 1937-1979, undated

Series 2: Production Ephemera, Posters, Scripts, 1930-1991, undated.

Subseries 2.1: Production Posters, 1943-1964, undated

Subseries 2.2: Production Ephemera and Scripts, 1930-1991, undated

Series 3: Office Files and Personal Material, 1903-2002, undated

Subseries 3.1: Personal Material, 1944-2002, undated

Subseries 3.2: Correspondence, Random Files, Indices, and Inventories, 1903-2002, undated

Series 4: Music Manuscripts, Sheet Music, and Music Related Material, 1885-1992, undated

Subseries 4.1: Music Manuscripts, 1937-1960, undated

Subseries 4.2: Sheet Music, 1885-1990

Subseries 4.3: Music Related Material, 1971-1992, undated

Series 5: Audiovisual, 1933-2001, undated

Subseries 5.1: Film, 1940-1960, undated

Subseries 5.2: Audio, 1933-2001, undated

Subseries 5.3: Video, 1989-2001, undated

Series 6: George Sidney (1877-1945), 1909-1945, undated

Biographical / Historical:

George E. Sidney was born in New York, New York on October 4th, 1916 into a show business family. His father Louis K. Sidney (birth surname Kronowith) (1891-1958) was a Broadway producer, actor-manager, and one of the vice-presidents of Loew's Incorporated. Sidney's mother, Hazael Mooney (?-1969), was a vaudeville performer, part of a sister act known as The Mooney Sisters. She was a native New Yorker, daughter of prominent New York City attorney Henry Mooney. She and Louis were married at her home, 12 West 109th Street, New York. Another residence was 179 West 63rd Street.

Louis K. Sidney began working for Loew's Incorporated in 1923. He managed theatres in Denver, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Dayton, and New York. Later he was in charge of stage productions for the theatre circuit. He was in charge of MGM's East Coast film production facility in New York. He and Hazael followed son George to Los Angeles in 1937. Louis produced two motion pictures at MGM, The Big Store with the Marx Brothers and Hullabaloo. After February 1951, he was a member of the four man executive committee in charge of MGM. At his retirement in 1955, Louis K. had risen to the position of vice-president of Loew's, Incorporated. He served as vice-president and director of the Motion Picture Producers Association, as a director of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, and the Hollywood Coordinating Committee.

George Sidney had two uncles in show business, Jack Sidney, known as "Jack of Spades" a black-face comedian, and Sidney's half-uncle, George Sidney (1877-1945) (real name Samuel Greenfield), a vaudeville comic. George had a successful Broadway and screen career, most notably as the bum, Busy Izzy, a character that lasted on the vaudeville circuit from 1901-1915. His initial Broadway success was in a show entitled Welcome Stranger that ran for 309 performances. Welcome Stranger had an extensive touring schedule across the United States. In conjunction with Charlie Murray, he developed a comedy act known as Cohen and Kelly that was not only a vaudeville success but easily made the transition to motion pictures. The Cohens and Kellys films became a motion picture franchise for Universal Studios in 1924. He was married to Carrie Weber (?-1940). George was a member of the Friars Club and an avid sports fan. He owned a racehorse named Kibbitzer.

George Sidney made his on-screen debut in The Littlest Cowboy (1921) starring Tom Mix. He moved to Los Angeles in 1930. Sidney went to work as a messenger at MGM. Louis B. Mayer's nickname for Sidney was "boy". Sidney flourished at the studio and by the time he was twenty he was directing screen tests and one-reel shorts. He directed installments in the Our Gang and Little Rascals series, as well as the Pete Smith and the Crime Does Not Pay series. He won back-to-back Oscars for two of his shorts, Quicker'n a Wink (1940) and Of Pups and Puzzles (1941). His feature film directing debut was Free and Easy (1941) starring Robert Cummings. His first major film musical was the all-star, war time musical, Thousands Cheer (1943), starring Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly. Sidney always indicated he viewed films as entertainment and seems to have rejected the auteur theory of directing embraced by some of his well known colleagues such as John Ford and Vincent Minnelli. His film, The Three Musketeers (1948), starring Gene Kelly and Lana Turner, was one of MGM's highest grossing films in the post World War Two period. He won his third Oscar for the short, Overture to 'The Merry Wives of Windsor, in 1954. Jupiter's Darling (1955) with Esther Williams was Sidney's last film for MGM. He was loaned to Columbia Pictures to direct The Eddy Duchin Story (1956), after which his contract at MGM ended.

Sidney went on to become an independent producer and director at Columbia Pictures where he directed such films as Pal Joey (1957), starring Frank Sinatra, and Bye Bye Birdie (1963) starring Ann-Margret. He returned to MGM in the 1960s to make A Ticklish Affair (1963), starring Shirley Jones and Viva Las Vegas (1964), starring Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley. His last film was the musical Half a Sixpence (1967) starring Tommy Steele for Paramount Pictures. Sidney also directed and produced for television most notably Who Has Seen the Wind (1964). He financed and founded Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1944. He was a two-term president, 1951-1959 and 1961-1967, of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), earlier known as the Screen Directors Guild (SDG).

In his personal life, Sidney was married in 1942 to legendary MGM drama coach, Lillian "Burnsie" Burns Salzer (1903-1998). He was eight years her junior. They lived at the Sidney home (1140 Tower Road) in Beverly Hills. They divorced in the mid 1970s. For a brief time Sidney maintained a penthouse apartment for George Sidney Productions at 144 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. He maintained a suite (301) in the Palm Wilshire Building, 9201 Wilshire Boulevard in the 1970s. He married his second wife, Jane Adler Robinson (?-1991), second wife and widow of actor Edward G. Robinson (1893-1974), around 1978. The house at 1140 Tower Road was sold and Sidney moved to the Robinson home at 910 Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills. Sidney married his third wife, Corinne Kegley Entratter (1937-?), widow of showman and Las Vegas entrepreneur John Entratter, in 1991. Sidney was a prolific photographer. He collected art and was apparently an avid gardener. He was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada in May 2002.

Related Materials:

The Harry Warren Collection, AC0750

The Groucho Marx Collection, AC0269

Sidney related artifacts from Sidney's films are housed in the Division of Culture and the Arts, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian. There are scrapbooks donated by the Sidney Estate in the collection of the Cinema-Television Library, Doheny Library, University of Southern California, consisting of eleven volumes containing photographs, correspondence, publicity documents, and other materials, circa 1933-1963.

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the Archives Center in 2005 by Corinne Entratter Sidney, widow of George Sidney.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with cotton gloves. Researchers may use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis and as resources allow.

Viewing film portions of the collection requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to LP recordings is only possible by special arrangement.

Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period.

Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. All requests for permission to use these materials for non-museum purposes must be addressed directly to the Archives Center, and the Archives Center will forward the request to the copyright holder. Collection items are available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.

Topic:

Motion picture production and direction  Search this

Motion picture producers and directors  Search this

Motion pictures  Search this

Vaudeville  Search this

Musicals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century

Citation:

George Sidney Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, gift of Corinne Entratter Sidney

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0867

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep878cc8f7c-849a-43d0-8ca9-4149e7f39a74

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0867

Creator:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life  Search this

Falcon Trio.  Search this

Names:

Bykowski, Edward  Search this

Maziarz, Edward F.  Search this

Walker, Anton  Search this

Extent:

2 Cubic feet (4 boxes; 1 oversize folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Clippings

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

1912-1913

Scope and Contents:

The Falcon Trio Vaudeville Collection consists mostly of scrapbook pages that cover the career of the Falcon Trio. Included are photographs of the Trio while performing, those probably used for publicity purposes, some personal photographs, and photographs of fellow vaudevillians. Most of the images are unidentified, but beside the Trio, there are images of other acts that were on the same circuit. The collection also includes newspaper clippings of advertisements, write-ups featuring the Trio, and of the numerous theaters where they played for up to a week's engagement. There is also correspondence between Falcon and the many booking agents who handled the act. In addition, there are railroad stubs and ephemera belonging to Ed Maziarz, mementos of the Falcon's travels.

The material is not in chronological order making it difficult to compare the gains in salaries through the years, particularly from 1918 through the 1920s, and also to compare the cost of railroad travel.

Most of the contracts were between Ed Falcon, signing for the Trio, and the managers of the theaters where they performed. The terms of the contracts covered rehearsal time, publicity material the act was to provide, personal behavior, the commission percentage, billings, and length of time of performance. Some letters from the Falcon's agents suggested ideas for publicity that might be utilized by the performers. One mimeographed letter from E. F. Albee (B. F. Keith circuit) to the vaudeville artists reminded them to provide good photographs, have good costumes, to keep up standards, to keep the act interesting, not to use old material, and to keep the act fresh and clean.

Many of the contracts, in the early years especially, provided that no act could play in the same city within a year or two years. The act's name may have been changed to get around these provisos.

Several letters are of special interest because they give an idea of the relationship with the booking agents and their efforts on behalf of their clients. Bookings were obtained keeping in mind that travel should be cheap and easy. Occasionally there was trouble with lost baggage. From the letterheads and from the contents of the letters, one can see the variety of specialties of the booking agents such as those only working with circuits, with fairs, or in certain geographic areas.

The collection should be of particular use to those interested in the vaudeville days and booking of acts.

Biographical / Historical:

Edward F. Maziarz (Eddie Falcon) was born on September 12, 1891 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By the fall of 1911, he, Edward Bykowski, and Anton (Tony) Walker had begun their aerial act. From photographs, it seems they did their stunts from airplanes. Once on the vaudeville circuit, their act was done on aerial rings on stage. In their publicity, they stressed the difference between rings and the use of bars and the trapeze. The latter provided a foundation on which to sit or stand or rest, aerial rings required the performers to continue the routine until it was accomplished without any stalling. There was comedy throughout the six to eight minutes of the trio's performance. It is assumed that Eddie Falcon was the comic because of several of the images in which he appears.

Except for an interruption while Eddie Falcon served in the Navy (1918-1919), the group performed quite steadily from 1912 to 1931. The Trio played tour circuits, such as Pantages, Keith, Lowes, Hippodrome, and state and county fairs. They had contracts with a number of booking agents to whom they paid a commission of 5%, and were solicited by other booking agents who wanted to represent them. From press write-ups and letters from their own agents and those soliciting them, it appears that the Falcon Trio had a good reputation and did not often have open dates.

Provenance:

Transferred from the Division of Home and Community Life, April 1985.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Entertainers -- 1900-1940  Search this

Performing arts  Search this

Aerialists  Search this

Vaudeville  Search this

Genre/Form:

Clippings -- 1900-1950

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1900-1950

Scrapbooks -- 1900-1950

Citation:

Falcon Trio Vaudville Collection, 1912-1931, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0160

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Falcon Trio Vaudeville Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8dfa00315-e511-4a7f-a178-25a8bfea347b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0160

Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Names:

Doutrick's Theatrical Exchange.  Search this

Stubblefield Trio.  Search this

Extent:

2 Cubic feet (6 oversized folders, 1 folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Fliers (printed matter)

Business cards

Scrapbooks

Programs

Date:

1897 - 1902

Summary:

The collection documents four scrapbooks containing photographs, programs, flyers, business cards, periodical illustrations, and letterheads of vaudeville and medicine shows from 1897-1902. Also included are two audiotapes containing comments by the donors about the scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents:

The four scrapbooks which make up the Billings Merriam Family Vaudeville collection cover the period from about 1890 to 1913. They were actually kept by the parents and grandparents of Billie Plunkett who contributed them to the Smithsonian in 1982.

The four scrapbooks each contain personal photographs, programs of minor plays and comedies, flyers for specialty acts, business cards, magazine photos, and letterheads advertising acts.

Presumably, as a way of advertising, each performer or act would have printed on letterhead a picture of themselves and occasionally a picture of them in performance, the name of the act, a description of what the act included, and sometimes a listing of references and places where they had performed.

The letterheads and flyers advertised persons who were aerialists, contortionists, comedians, did wire walking, had a dog and pony show, magicians, pantomimists, trick cyclists, dancers, jugglers, singers, impersonators, gun manipulators, hypnotists, mental telepathists, blackface comedians, and living statues.

Several agents and booking agencies used letterheads in the same way. Medicine shows were also advertised on the letterheads some naming the products they were hustling and the diseases that could be cured.

The items have been pasted in scrapbooks a couple of which were old hotel ledgers in which pages have been pasted together. The paper is deteriorating. Very few items have dates or locations.

There are also two audio tapes. One contains comments by two half sisters: Norma Christiani and Billie Plunckett on the scrapbooks in this collection. The other consists of reminiscences by Norma Christiani of her life in the vaudeville shows mentioned above (bad audio quality).

Biographical / Historical:

Gay and Essa Billings, the first generation represented in these scrapbooks, were managers of vaudeville acts. They also sold medicine occasionally which was called "Knox All Remedies". Gay was also a comedian. Essa was known for her "serpentine dance and poses plastique". Their daughters, Eva and Ethel, did singing and dancing soubrettes (i.e. were saucy, coquettish actresses and/or singers in comedies or comic operas).

Billy Merriam, married to Eva, was a trapeze artist and juggler. He also formed acts. Presumably, the collection of letterheads is a result of correspondence in which acts were secured and bookings were made.

From Billie Plunkett, a granddaughter, we learn that the Billings had Gay's Electric Company and Gay's One Horse Circus. Daughter, Ethel, married Fred A. Stock and together they had a medicine show and sold something called "NU Tone".

One of the letter heads of Gay Billings advertised startling novelties funny comedians and songs which opened September 29, 1904 and closed January 27, 1905. Another letter head advertised "The Three B's Esa Billings serpentine dance and poses plastic; Gay Billings picture operator and song illustrator; and Eva Billings song and dance artist and soubret and gave their permanent address as Bellevue, Iowa.

In December 1904, Gay's Electric Company presented Essa Billings and Billie Merriam. In January 26, 1912, Gay Billings presented Clark's Dog and Pony Circus. At an undated time, it was the Billings Trio Novelty Sketch Artists with Gay All Round Comedian; Ethel Singing and Dancing Soubrette and Essa versatile Performer.

In 1906 there is a newspaper write up of Gay's Players and Billy and Eva Meriam. In a small article it was said that the act was good, the customers got their money's worth, that it was a clever team on the vaudeville circuit and described Eva as being a ring contortionist and Billy as an acrobat and trapeze artist.

The Merriams were known as the "Flying Merriams" and also the "Merriam Merry Makers" with 7 people in the company. Another flyer advertised that Billy Merriam was the owner of the show and Gay Billings the Manager. Included was Gay, Essa and Ethel as singers, dancers and sketch artists; Billie and Emma as trapeze artists, jugglers and contortionist. Two reels of moving pictures were also presented.

Another flyer (undated) speaks of "Merriams Tent Show" with 12 people in the act. Another flyer referred to himself as "Juvenile Adonis of the flying rings and trapeze and marvelous upside down act...Walk the ceiling head down, without the protection of a net." Another flyer said that Billy and Eva Merriam had spent two years with the Ringling Brothers, and had worked 10 years in Iowa.

Evidently moving pictures were often shown at these shows, usually with two reels. The companies had their own electric light plant and picture machine.

One letter head read: "The Merriams: Billy Eva Zoe Novelty Aerial Artists: and continued: "Not Best, But Two of the Good Ones." The act was a comedy acrobatic and contortion act on a vaudeville program which alos included motion pictures. Generally the titles of the motion pictures were given but no other information was. One time Billy fell and injured himself when chairs and tables collapsed. Another time in Phoenix, the threatre burned and they lost their trunks and new rigging. Once in Seattle there was fire but not loss of their belongings. In Iowa the State prohibited fight films to be shown. "The general public does not believe in instilling in the minds of the youth the instincts of pugilism", a newspaper article stated.

Eva and Billy Merriam had their own vaudeville show which eventually turned into a medicine show. Eva dressed as an Indian Princess and called herself Princess Iola (which was her middle name). During the winter months they played in halls and threatres and in the summer they used a large platform stage with a "runway" on outdoor lots. Billy and his daughter, Billie, did aerial numbers and Billy did juggling acts, escape acts, black face numbers and song and dance. The show included hired acts. Lots of Princess Iola's remedies was sold. Then Eva tried selling cosmetics and the show's name was changed to "Vanity Fair Company". The product was packaged in their hotel rooms.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Mrs. Billie Plunkett and Mrs. Norman Christiani to Richard W. Flint, Division of Performing Arts (now the Division of Culture and the Arts) in August, 1982.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Entertainment  Search this

Vaudeville  Search this

Genre/Form:

Fliers (printed matter)

Business cards

Scrapbooks -- 1890-1930

Programs

Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0079

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ff20d805-0f68-486d-a60e-ec615f1e6a68

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0079

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1897

Scope and Contents note:

pages 173-284

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8171cda04-48af-4652-b762-5b2f08a887a4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref10

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1897

Scope and Contents note:

pages 289-301

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b7b2deaf-7999-4801-b673-a917f15b80bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref12

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

pages 19-224

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81b91d77e-6514-415c-9ea1-c8f8ad8490b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref14

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1897

Scope and Contents note:

pages 225-398; loose material

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep831d45938-9663-4cbf-b47e-2504dc6c8d35

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref16

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

pages 1-26

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81012f8e8-5318-4cb4-98bc-7cba29b315ee

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref18

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88a3cd3e6-16cb-4cf1-8de4-36a1112e7465

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref20

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1902 June 30-1902 August 16

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep804ed5d3b-ee8d-4706-a5cf-6bf56700bea5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref21

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

front cover, pages 1-26

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8432c4370-8596-4474-a153-4d7369b33447

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref22

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

pages 27-49 and back cover

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep896eec16e-05fa-4adb-8c6e-a944274e86a7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref24

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 5, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f7b07f77-638d-4e61-ac67-51f979c15cf5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref26

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c54bca3e-241b-441e-a26e-1399a1c270c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref27

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Container:

Map-folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep874c6c0ad-48f0-425e-aab4-4beb06e1e1f8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref28

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89e6c2caa-c8c5-4df4-a328-785e5f706cc3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref35

Collector:

Billings, Essa  Search this

Names:

Billings, Essa  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 13.9" x 8.5".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

Circa 1905

Scope and Contents:

Images of Vaudeville artists Gay, Ethel and Essa Billings. Advertisement is glued into a ledger used as a scrapbook.

Local Numbers:

AC0079-0000001 (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Vaudeville  Search this

Acrobatics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks / Merriam Trio scrapbook, pages 1-86

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8bd11d2ae-ab3a-4f11-a142-70922632a921

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref538

Collector:

Billings, Essa  Search this

Names:

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 13.9" x 8.4".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

Circa 1905

Scope and Contents:

Two images of vaudeville artists Billy and Eva Merriam, one in acrobatic costume and one in street clothes. Advertisement is glued into a ledger used as a scrapbook.

Local Numbers:

AC0079-0000002 (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Vaudeville  Search this

Acrobatics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks / Merriam Trio scrapbook, pages 87-171

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85a556896-3798-4558-939f-e793339faaee

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref539

Collector:

Billings, Essa  Search this

Names:

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 12.0" x 6.0".)

Type:

Archival materials

Advertisements

Date:

Circa 1905

Scope and Contents:

Featuring Billy and Eva Merriam with illustrations of three arial tricks using gymnastic rings.

Arrangement:

In Box 1, Folder 2.

Local Numbers:

AC0079-0000003 (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Vaudeville  Search this

Aerialists  Search this

Acrobatics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Advertisements

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks / Loose pages

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep865199bdd-5eb7-483f-9770-49246426a0ca

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref540

Collector:

Billings, Essa  Search this

Names:

Billings, Essa  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Collection Creator:

Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.  Search this

Merriam, Eva Billings  Search this

Merriam, Billy  Search this

Christiani, Norman, Mrs.  Search this

Billings, Gay  Search this

Billings, Essa  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 11.3" x 7.8".)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Advertisements

Date:

Circa 1905

Scope and Contents:

Featuring Billy and Eva Merriam and Gay and Essa Billings with illustrations of three children balancing on chairs.

Local Numbers:

AC0079-0000004 (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Vaudeville  Search this

Aerialists  Search this

Acrobatics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Advertisements

Collection Citation:

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks

Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks / Merriam Trio scrapbook (includes loose material), pages 225-398

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82fcbdb63-1c9d-4fe3-8a35-6c7b04bad2aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0079-ref541