http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5489s1cj No online items Finding Aid of the Armond Fields American Theatre collection 0337 Finding aid prepared by Rob Gutner and Jacqueline Morin USC Libraries Special Collections Doheny Memorial Library 206 3550 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189 213-740-5900
[email protected] 2011 Note Collection processed by Rob Gutner and Rohan Panikar. Finding Aid of the Armond Fields 0337 1 American Theatre collection 0337 Title: Armond Fields American Theatre collection Collection number: 0337 Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 96.0 Linear feet Date (bulk): Bulk, 1895-1925 Date (inclusive): 1856-2000 Abstract: This collection documents the history of the American stage before talking cinema, reflecting the birth and death of vaudeville and the advent of the modern Broadway musical. The collection includes books, posters, theater programs, sheet-music covers, souvenirs, rare film footage of vaudevillians, including Weber & Fields, and manuscripts and research notes for Armond Fields' own books. creator: Fields, Armond, 1930- Processing Information Collection arranged and described by Rob Gutner and Rohan Panikar. Materials in file folders were kept in their original order and described by their original file folder titles. Biographical Note Armond Fields (1930-2008) was an author, artist, art collector and business consultant. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis Max and Esther Fields, he attended schools in the Mid-West. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin (1953), M.A. from the University of Illinois (1955) and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1956). He wrote several biographies, primarily on vaudeville performers.