Guide to the Letterhead for “Tuxedo”, circa 1893


Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Published in 2024

Collection Overview

Title: Letterhead for “Tuxedo”
Date range: circa 1893
Creator: unknown
Extent: 0.01 cubic feet.
Abstract: Letterhead for the vaudeville and minstrelsy show, “Tuxedo.”
Language of materials: English
Repository: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection number: MSS-0154

Scope & content

The collection contains a blank letterhead with the text “Third Successful Season of the Minstrel Farge Comedy Creation Tuxedo. By Ed Marble. Rewritten and Reconstructed for the season of 1893-4. Under the Management of Geo. Thatcher, W.H.A. Cronkhite, and Chas. Beede.” There is also an illustration of three people, two of which are standing in front of a table with a sign that reads “wedded beyond divorce” and text at the bottom of the illustration that reads “what Thatcher has joined together let none attempt to sunder.”

Access Points

Subject Names Document Types

Arrangement

The collection is one item and therefore has no arrangement.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: The collection is open for research.
Use of the materials: Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Alternate form: The collection has not been digitized and is not available online.
Preferred citation: Letterhead for “Tuxedo,” MSS-0154, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Contact information: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The collection was in the holdings of Special Collections prior 2019. The provenance of the collection is unknown.
Processing information: The collection was described in 2024.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Veronica L. Denison.
Encoding: This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2024
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Location/Existence of copies: The collection has not been digitized and is not available online.

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