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Formal title:: T. Nelson Downs collection
Extent:: 1.1 linear feet
Date range:: 1905-1938
Abstract:: Thomas Nelson Downs was a self-taught magician, specializing in coin tricks, who over the course of his career, performed in vaudeville acts all over the country, owned a vaudeville house, sold magic supplies, and wrote several books of magic instruction. This collection contains his correspondence with fellow magician Edward "Tex" McGuire, documentation of tricks or "effects", patents, advertisements, news clippings, photographs, and show programs.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 2010.013

Formal title:: H. Adrian Smith papers
Extent:: 41 linear feet
Date range:: 1882-1999 (bulk 1910-1992)
Abstract:: The H. Adrian Smith papers (1752-1992) contain materials amassed over a lifetime of collecting magic-related materials and being involved in magic societies and magic performance. These materials include magic trick descriptions, playbills, posters, photographs of magicians and magic performances, publications, correspondence, and magic society materials. The collection also contains personal correspondence and photographs of Smith’s life in Providence, Rhode Island, and North Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife Anna Fuller Smith.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2011.001

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