Vaudeville
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Accession: Grey and Byron Collection, B458
Box 1: Portrait and Candid Photos, c. 1885-1960
Box includes four [4] file folders of photographs. File folder one: Photos of Bert Byron 1885-1917; file folder two: portraits of Dolly Grey 1885- c.1920; file folder three: photots of both Bert Byron and Dolly Grey c.1917-1954; file folder four: photos of Clara Dunn and Bert Byron in Florida 1938-1960.
Box 1: Scripts, Poems, Lyrics, c. 1920
Box includes five [5] file folders from the writing and music series. File folder six: lyrics and sheet music; file folder seven: notes and short stories; file folder eight: poems; file folder nine: short story by Dorothy Grey; file folder ten: scripts.
Box 4: Portrait Photos, c. 1920
This box contains multiple series: material culture, writings, and photographs. The photographs file folder contains two portrait photos including one of Bert Byron and one of Dolly Grey.
Box 5: Assuit shawl, c. 1920
Box contains Dolly Grey's Assuit shawl. Assuit shawls are a textile marrying mesh with small strips of metal.
Box 6: Suit, Cape, Fur Coat
Box contains Bert Byron's black three piece suit with matching cape and Dolly Grey's brown fur coat with matching muff.
Grey and Byron Collection
Photographs, c. 1885-1960
Series includes promotional and portrait photos of Dolly Grey and Bert Byron as well as loose photos of Byron and his second wife Clara Dunn in Florida.
Scrapbooks and Ledgers, 1914-1956
The series includes four [4] scrapbooks and eight [8] ledgers. The ledgers span from 1917 to 1929 and detail Bert Byron and Dolly Grey's budget and expenses while on tour. The scrapbooks inlcude a disassembled scrapbook detailing their 1926 vaudeville tour; a travel scrapbook; a scrapbook of clippings from 1914-1920; and a scrapbook detailing a trip Bryon and Grey took to Europe, which ended abruptly because WWI was declared.
Writing and Music, c. 1920s
This series includes sheet music; lyrics; poems; notes; scripts written and/or owned by Bert Byron; and a short story written by Dorothy Grey.