Guelph Theatre Collection Walter Tyson Scrapbook (1910-1931) Inventory

Scrapbook compiled by Walter Tyson of Guelph, Ontario consisting of press clippings, advertisements, programs and flyers for performances principally at the Capitol Theatre (formerly Griffin’s Opera House) in Guelph. Also included are an assortment of music programs and clippings, programs, greeting cards and flyers for various magicians active in the 1920’s. Among the magicians are Joe Green, the manager of the Capitol Theatre during this period, and “Wright the Magician”, the stage name of Walter Tyson. The material dates from 1910 to 1931, with the majority in the 1920s.

Contents

1 Capitol Theatre (1925)

2 Capitol Theatre (1925)

3 Capitol Theatre (1925) “Dumbells”; Green the Magician (1924) Collegiate Auditorium (1924) “Dumbells”; Savoy Theatre (1929)

4 Capitol Theatre (1925-1926)

5 Capitol Theatre (1925-1926)

6 Capitol Theatre (1926) “Dumbells” et al

7 Capitol Theatre (1926) “Dumbells” et al

8 Griffin’s Opera House (1921) “Dumbells”, Arlie Marks, et al Capitol Theatre (1926-1927) “Dumbells”

9 Capitol Theatre (1927) “Dumbells, George White’s Scandals et al

10 Capitol Theatre (1927-1929) including Arlie Marks

11 Capitol Theatre (1929) “Dumbells et al

12 City Hall, Guelph (1923) Arlie Marks; Capitol Theatre (1926) The Gorilla; Grand Theatre (1926) Ziegfeld Follies 13 Music programs

14 Magicians articles, ads etc,;YMCA Circus (Walter Tyson, Ringmaster); Royal Alexandra, Toronto (1926) Guelph Theatre Collection Inventory Page 2 of 3 15 Griffin’s Opera House (1914); Castle Theatre (1925); Savoy Theatre, Hamilton (1927); Collegiate Auditorium(1928); misc. music programs. 16 Magicians (including “Wright the Magician”); Gayety, Detroit (1923); Pantages, Hamilton (1928); Fox Theatre, Detroit (1926).

17 Capitol Theatre (1929); music programs (1910-1928)

18 Music programs etc. (1919-1930) including Vladimir Horowitz

19 CastleTheatre (1924-1927); Capitol Theatre (1923-1927)

20 Magicians (including Joe Green and “Wright the Magician”); Castle Theatre (1925) “Wright the Magician”

21 Magician; Regent Theatre, Toronto (1922); Hippodrome, Toronto (1925); Castle Theatre (1925); Capitol Theatre (1926)

22 Magicians (including Tyson/Wright 1921); music programs

23 Magicians (including Tyson/Wright, Prof. Paul-Georges Hoffmann, prestidigitateur canadien-francais, 1925-1928)

24 Magicians; music programs (1928)

25 Magicians; music programs (1925-1929)

26 Magicians; Magicians (including Wright)

27 Magicians; misc. theatre articles

28 Magicians including programs at Capitol Theatre (1929) Bert Johnston & co.; Royal Alexandra, Toronto(1929); Tivoli, Hamilton (1928)

29 Magicians

30 Music programs (1925, 1928)

31 Music programs etc. (1923-1929)

32 Music programs (1922-1930) including Emma Calve

33 Music programs (1923-1929)

34 Music programs (1926-1931); Guelph Stamp Club (1925)

Guelph Theatre Collection Inventory Page 3 of 3 35- Misc. news items 40

Index

Calve, Emma 32 Capitol Theatre, Guelph 1-11, 17, 19, 21, 28 Castle Theatre, Guelph 15, 19, 20, 21 circus 14 Dumbells 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 Fox Theatre, Detroit 16 Gayety Theatre, Detroit 16 The Gorilla 12 Grand Theatre, n.l. 12 Green the Magician (Joe Green, manager of Capitol Theatre in 1920s) 3, 20 Griffin’s Opera House, Guelph 8, 15 Hippodrome, Toronto 21 Hoffmann, Prof P-G 23 Horowitz, Vladimir 18 Johnston, Bert 28 Magicians 3, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Marks, Arlie 8, 10, 12 Music 13, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 Pantages, Hamilton 16 Regent Theatre, Toronto 21 Royal Alexandra, Toronto 14, 28 Savoy Theatre, Hamilton 3, 15 Tivoli Theatre, Hamilton 28 Tyson, Walter (a.k.a. “Wright the Magician”) 14, 16, 20, 22, 23, 26 White, George 9 Wright the Magician, (stage name of Walter Tyson) 16, 20, 22, 23, 26 Ziegfeld Follies 12

Gift of Prof. Donald Mullin, Univ. of Guelph, Dec. 1985 Inventory: A.Goluska, May 6, 1986