THS Slide Collection, THS Postcard Collection, and THS Negative Collection Respectively
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152 N. York St., 2nd Floor, Elmhurst, IL 60126 historictheatres.org Finding Aid for the THEATRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SLIDE COLLECTION Acc No.: Future Additions Expected: Yes Finding Aid creation: August 28, 2014 Size: Approximately 8 linear feet Abstract The Theatre Historical Society Slide Collection consists of approximately 8 linear feet of photographic. The collection consists of nearly 10,000 photographic slides documenting over 2,050 theatres in the United States as well as some international theatres. Background Information The Theatre Historical Society of America was founded in 1969 to promote the legacy of America’s historic theatres and insure the documentation of the architectural, cultural and social history of those theatres. Materials were collected by members and kept in separate locations. Over time the collections were brought to one location and combined. From these initial collections the materials were organized and separated into several different collections. Records detailing histories of specific theatres were labeled the Theatre File, materials containing information on theatre mechanics, cinema chains, architects, THS members, vaudeville circuits, among other topics became the Subject Files, Photos that were used in the publication of Marquee were gathered into the Editors Collection, photographic slides, postcards, and negatives became the THS Slide Collection, THS Postcard Collection, and THS Negative Collection respectively. These collections came from THS members and donations made throughout the organization’s history. The following is a list of donors and photographers that contributed material to the slide collection. This list may not represent all contributing parties. Fred Beall Don King James C. Kogel Craig Morrison Michael R. Miller Bill Greenwood Brett Eddy Don Stott Edward Gibbs Br. Andrew Corsini Terry Helgesen Bill Savoy Fred Kruse Robert V. Longfield Bill Peterson Ben Hall Dennis Hedberg E.D. McDonald James P. Marcus Marshall Field Mark Hylton James Smith Henry M. Larsen Eric Ellis John C. Benson John Kiesendahl Bill Benedict David B. Schneider Todd Reeves G.E. Lloyd Michael A. Detroy Gene Gladson John D. Thompson Randy Juster Ben Smith Ray Wishart Frank Cronican (c) Theatre Historical Society, 152 N. York St., 2nd Floor Elmhurst, IL Theatre File Collection, Page 1 of 51 Additionally materials may Pana-vue slide Columbia Historical Society have originated from Old photos Bob Traux Collection Theatre Historical Society Renderings Blackhawk Films Hobitzelle Library Chicago Decorators Catalog Finley-Shaffer Tvl Slide Historical Society of America Scope and Contents Note The THS Slide collection consists of 8 linear feet, approximately 9,600 slides stored in boxes, six slide trays per box. The slides are organized geographically by country, state, city then by theatre. Each slide (with the exception of the unidentified slides) is labeled with a four digit number sequence. The first numbers represent the state or geographic area, the second the city, the third the theatre, and the final numbers represent the sequential slide count of that particular theatre. Geographic areas start with the United States with the states being numbered alphabetically, followed by other countries. Cities and theatres initially were alphabetized and numbered but later additions to the collection were incorporated at the end of the list as they were added to the collection. For example a slide with the index number of 03-10-01-01 is for the Rialto theatre in Winslow, Arizona. The 03 corresponds with Arizona, 10 is Winslow, the tenth city in the Arizona grouping. The first 01 represents the Rialto, the first theatre cataloged for Winslow, and the second 01 is the first slide within the Winslow Rialto grouping. The listing of geographic index codes is as follows. Alabama – 01 Mississippi – 24 West Virginia – 48 Alaska – 02 Missouri – 25 Wisconsin – 49 Arizona – 03 Montana – 26 Wyoming – 50 Arkansas – 04 Nebraska – 27 Organs – 55 California – 05 Nevada – 28 Ballrooms – 56 Colorado – 06 New Hampshire – 29 Models – 57 Connecticut – 07 New Jersey – 30 Trailer strips, house slides, etc. Deleware – 08 New Mexico – 31 – 58 District of Columbia – 51 New York – 32 Chicago Decorator’s Supply Florida – 09 North Carolina – 33 Company – 59 Georgia – 10 North Dakota – 34 Canada – Ontario – 60 Hawaii – 11 Ohio – 35 Canada – Quebec – 61 Idaho – 12 Oklahoma – 36 Canada – British Columbia – 63 Illinois – 13 Oregon – 37 Canada – Alberta – 63 Indiana – 14 Pennsylvania – 38 Mexico – 65 Iowa – 15 Rhode Island – 39 Europe – 68 Kansas – 16 South Carolina – 40 Australia – 69 Kentucky – 17 South Dakota – 41 Miscellaneous Foreign – 70 Louisiana – 18 Tennessee – 42 Netherlands – 71 Maine – 19 Texas – 43 Italy – 73 Maryland – 20 Utah – 44 China – 74 Massachusetts – 21 Vermont – 45 Nepal – 75 Michigan – 22 Virginia – 46 New South Wales – 76 Minnesota – 23 Washington – 47 New Zealand – 77 (c) Theatre Historical Society, 152 N. York St., 2nd Floor Elmhurst, IL Theatre File Collection, Page 2 of 51 Below represents a list of theatres represented in the collection and their index numbers. Original slide images were taken from the 1960s through the 1990s Related Materials Researchers interested in this collection may also wish to consult the following resources in the THS holdings: Subject File Collection Theatre File Collection THS Negative Collection THS Postcard Collection Editors Collection Other materials in the Theatre Historical Society holdings may relate to the topics in this archive. Consult the archivist for further research assistance. Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials and the Collection is open to all. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy and copyright which may be involved in the use of this Collection. First Index Box 1 - Tray 1 Number Last Index Number Alabama - Birmingham - Alabama 01-01-01-01 01-01-01-29 Alabama - Birmingham - Palace 01-01-02-01 01-01-02-01 Alabama - Birmingham - Rivoli 01-01-03-01 01-01-03-01 Alabama - Birmingham - Ohio 01-01-04-01 01-01-04-01 Alabama - Birmingham - Ritz 01-01-05-01 01-01-05-02 Alabama - Mobile - Lyric 01-02-01-01 01-02-01-01 Alabama - Tuscaloosa - Bama 01-03-01-01 01-03-01-01 Alabama - Anniston - Calhoun 01-04-01-01 01-04-01-01 Alaska - Fairbanks - Lacey St. 02-01-01-01 02-01-01-05 Arizona - Phoenix - Fox 03-01-01-01 03-01-01-05 Arizona - Phoenix - Palace 03-01-02-01 03-01-02-02 Arizona - San Mandel - Cinema 03-02-01-01 03-02-01-02 Arizona - Winkelman - Saqauro 03-03-01-01 03-03-01-01 Arizona - Eloy - Eloy 03-04-01-01 03-04-01-01 Arizona - Globe - Globe 03-05-01-01 03-05-01-01 Arizona - Hayden - Rex 03-06-01-01 03-06-01-01 Arizona - Superior - Uptown 03-08-01-01 03-08-01-01 Arizona - Tuscon - Palace 03-09-01-01 03-09-01-01 Arizona - Winslow - Rialto 03-10-01-01 03-10-01-01 Arkansas - Hot Springs - Malco 04-01-01-01 04-01-01-01 (c) Theatre Historical Society, 152 N. York St., 2nd Floor Elmhurst, IL Theatre File Collection, Page 3 of 51 California - Los Angeles - Los Angeles 05-01-01-01 05-01-01-25 California - Los Angeles - Boulevard 05-01-02-01 05-01-02-01 California - Los Angeles - Fox Loyola 05-01-03-01 05-01-03-03 California - Los Angeles - Paramount 05-01-04-01 05-01-04-02 California - Los Angeles - United Artists 05-01-05-01 05-01-05-17 California - Los Angeles - Tower 05-01-06-01 05-01-06-02 California - Los Angeles - Burbank 05-01-07-01 05-01-07-01 California - Los Angeles - Carthay Circle 05-01-08-01 05-01-08-03 California - Los Angeles - Bruin 05-01-09-01 05-01-09-01 California - Los Angeles - Pantages 05-01-10-01 05-01-10-07 California - Los Angeles - Warner 05-01-11-01 05-01-11-02 California - Hollywood - Chinese 05-01-12-01 05-01-12-15 California - Hollywood - Aquarius 05-01-13-01 05-01-13-01 California - Hollywood - Westlake 05-01-13-01 05-01-13-01 California - Hollywood - Optic 05-01-14-01 05-01-14-01 California - Los Angeles - Palace 05-01-16-01 05-01-16-07 California - Los Angeles - Roxy 05-01-17-01 05-01-17-01 California - Los Angeles - Orpheum 05-01-18-01 05-01-18-32 California - Los Angeles - Hill Street 05-01-25-01 05-01-25-10 California - Los Angeles - Wiltern 05-01-19-01 05-01-19-07 California - Los Angeles - Rialto 05-01-20-01 05-01-20-01 California - Los Angeles - Loew’s State 05-01-21-01 05-01-21-09 Box 1 - Tray 2 California - Los Angeles - Fox Golden Gate 05 -01-22-01 05 -01-22-10 California - Los Angeles - Million Dollar 05-01-23-01 05-01-23-01 California - Los Angeles - Mayan 05-01-24-01 05-01-24-07 California - Los Angeles - California 05-01-26-01 05-01-26-03 California - Los Angeles - Metropolitan 05-01-27-01 05-01-27-02 California - Hollywood - Cinerama Dome 05-01-28-01 05-01-28-07 California - Los Angeles - Fox Stadium 05-01-29-01 05-01-29-03 California - Los Angeles - Crimert 05-01-30-01 05-01-30-01 California - San Francisco - Alhambra 05-02-01-01 05-02-01-13 California - San Francisco - Castro 05-02-02-01 05-02-02-18 California - San Francisco - Warfield 05-02-03-01 05-02-03-21 California - San Francisco - Empire 05-02-04-01 05-02-04-07 California - San Francisco - El Capitan 05-02-05-01 05-02-05-04 California - San Francisco - Granada (Excelsior) 05-02-06-01 05-02-06-01 California - San Francisco - Cinema 21 (Marina) 05-02-06-01 05-02-06-01 California - San Francisco - Regency (Scottish Rite) 05-02-08-01 05-02-08-01 California - San Francisco - Presidio 05-02-09-01 05-02-09-01 California - San Francisco - El Rey 05-02-10-01 05-02-10-02 California - San Francisco - Ex-Rialto 05-02-11-01 05-02-11-01 California - San Francisco - Ex-Valencia 05-02-13-01 05-02-13-01 California - San Francisco - York 05-02-12-01 05-02-12-04 (c) Theatre Historical Society, 152 N.