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Vaudeville

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1: Scripts, Poems, Lyrics, c. 1920

 File
Identifier: B458.04.0001
Abstract

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.

Dates: c. 1920

Box 4, circa 1930-1937

 File — Box B356.01.0004: Series B356.01 [Barcode: U186023259050]
Identifier: B356.01.0004
Abstract

Contains Mexican style costume skirt and castanets.

Dates: circa 1930-1937

Box 4: Portrait Photos, c. 1920

 File
Identifier: B458.02.0004
Abstract

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.

Dates: c. 1920

Box 4: Script, undated

 File
Identifier: B458.04.0004
Abstract

This box contains multiple series: material culture, writings, and photographs. The writings file folder contains a script entitled "Wedlock Inn", which has a note on the front labeling the script as "property of Bert Byron".

Dates: undated

Box 5: Assuit shawl, c. 1920

 File — Box B458.01.01.0007: Series B458.01 [Barcode: U186023306166]
Identifier: B458.01.01.0005
Abstract

Box contains Dolly Grey's Assuit shawl. Assuit shawls are a textile marrying mesh with small strips of metal.

Dates: c. 1920

Box 6: Suit, Cape, Fur Coat

 File — Box B458.01.01.0006: Series B458.01 [Barcode: U186023306182]
Identifier: B458.01.01.0006
Abstract

Box contains Bert Byron's black three piece suit with matching cape and Dolly Grey's brown fur coat with matching muff.

Dates: 1908-1920

Box 26, between 1928-1935

 File — Box B356.05.0026: Series B356.01; Series B356.03; Series B356.04; Series B356.05 [Barcode: U186023251670]
Identifier: B356.01.0026
Scope and Contents

Contains two negatives and prints of Dorothy and Harryette Bercu.

Dates: between 1928-1935

Dorothy Bercu in Modern Dance Costume, between 1928-1934

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0011.00002
Abstract

Dorothy Bercu is shown in a classical modern dance costume, barefoot, and is doing splits. Dorothy and her sister Harryette were vaudeville performers in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: between 1928-1934

Grey and Byron Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B458
Abstract The Grey and Byron collection contains a variety of materials from the traveling Vaudeville pair, Dolly Grey and Bert Byron. Types of materials include clothing, accessories, jewelry, handgun, bullets, photographs, newspaper clippings, membership certificates, property documents, death certificates, scripts, poems, notes, short stories, sheet music, lyrics, general ledgers, pocket calendars, travel albums, and photo albums. Individuals included in this collection include Dolly Grey, Bert...
Dates: 1885 - 1964

Harryette Bercu Doing Splits, between 1936-1939

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0009.00001
Abstract

Harryette Bercu is doing splits in the air with each foot on a chair. Her arms are outstretched and she is wearing a two piece costume.

Dates: between 1936-1939