Theater Scrapbook “H”

 

Dates: 1914-1935 (Bulk dates, 1921-1924)
Size: 1.5 linear feet in 1 box, includes 1 scrapbook and 1 folder
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe-ctc-sbh
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Donated by Goodman Theatre in 1994
Conditions governing use: Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Conditions governing access: Materials open without restrictions
Physical characteristics note: Due to the fragile nature of the scrapbook, request for advance paging is required
Preferred citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Theater Scrapbook “H,” [Page #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Finding aid author: Original author unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Sarah Zimmerman 2022.

Abstract

Theater Scrapbook “H,” compiled by T. Lovel D. Hadwen, includes clipped theater and opera playbills, predominantly from venues in and around Chicago from the years 1921 through 1924, though there are also programs from Milwaukee, New York, Washington, D.C. and Canada.

Biographical/Historical

Little is known about the scrapbook’s compiler, T. Lovel D. Hadwen. He lived at 434 N. Scoville Avenue in Oak Park. Two banquet programs from the Western Society of Engineers and the American Railway Engineering Association may indicate the nature of his employment, as musical programs clipped from the City Club Bulletins suggest club membership.

In January 1994, the Goodman Theatre received Scrapbook "H" from Michael Dixon at the Actors Theatre in Louisville, where it had been brought in as a donation. In turn, the Goodman donated the scrapbook to the Special Collections and Preservation Division the following summer.

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook "H" consists of clipped theater and opera playbills, predominantly from venues in and around Chicago, primarily from the years 1921 through 1924, though there are also programs from Milwaukee, New York, Washington, D.C. and Canada. Significant productions include the Chicago premieres of both The Cherry Orchard and The Lower Depths by the Moscow Art Theatre and the world premiere of Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges. Community productions such as Monsieur Beaucaire, the senior class production at Oak Park and River Forest High School (1922), also appear. The last third of the Scrapbook is devoted to musical programs, both professional and community. Many of these later events are in the Oak Park and River Forest area, such as the Little Symphony of Chicago at the Oak Park High School Auditorium and events sponsored by the Civic Music Association. The programs are annotated with names of those in attendance, some of which are Bertha and Clara Moser, Edith Laced and TLDH (T. Lovel D. Hadwen), the scrapbook compiler, whose name is lightly stamped on the inside board. Several loose programs were found tucked inside the back cover and have been removed to a single archival folder.

Arrangement

The scrapbook remains bound in its original order. Loose programs have been removed from the inside cover and are stored in a file folder with the scrapbook. Productions are listed alphabetically by program title or featured artist.

Related Materials

Chicago Theater Collection historical programs and scrapbooks

Subject Headings

  • Theater – Illinois – Chicago – 20th century – Sources.
  • Theater – New York (State) – New York – 20th century – Sources.
  • Theater – Canada – 20th century – Sources.

Collection Inventory

Box SBH Page 29 American Railways Engineer Association, Annual Dinner, Congress Hotel 1923 March 14
Box SBH Page 23a Andre Charlot’s Revue of 1924, Selwyn Theatre 1924 May 20
Box SBH Page 37 Anna Christie, Cort Theatre 1922 June 19
Box SBH Folder 1 Aren’t We All, Blackstone Theatre 1925 March 6
Box SBH Page 1 Artists and Models, Apollo Theatre 1914 June 27
Box SBH Page 58 Bauer, Harold, Playhouse Theatre [1921] October 16
Box SBH Page 5 Beggar on Horseback, Adelphi Theatre 1924 September 17
Box SBH Page 45 A Bill of Divorcement, Powers Theatre 1922 October 19
Box SBH Page 47 Blossom Time, Apollo Theatre 1923 April 2
Box SBH Page 11 Boris Gudonoff, Chicago Civic Opera 1923 November 19
Box SBH Folder 1 The Cherry Orchard, Great Northern Theatre 1923 April 12
Box SBH Folder 1 Chicago Operatic Trio, Civic Music Association undated
Box SBH Page 75 Chicago Sangerfest, [no theater] 1924 June 13
Box SBH Page 81 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Music Association, High School Auditorium, Oak Park, Ill. 1925 March 31
Box SBH Page 35 The Circle, Selwyn Theatre 1921 December 8
Box SBH Page 24 Cyrano de Bergerac, National Theatre 1924 May 23
Box SBH Page 52 The Deep Tangled Wildwood, Blackstone Theatre 1923 October 5
Box SBH Page 40 The Dover Road, Playhouse Theatre 1922 September 23
Box SBH Page 41 East of Suez, Eltinge Theatre, New York 1922 October 5
Box SBH Page 68 Elijah, Apollo Musical Club 1923 November 12
Box SBH Page 30 The Emperor Jones, Playhouse Theatre [1924 ?] September 27
Box SBH Page 36 Enter Madame, Playhouse Theatre 1921 December 28
Box SBH Page 6 The Farmer’s Wife, Comedy Theatre, New York 1924 October 11
Box SBH Page 78 Flonzaley Quartet, Playhouse Theatre 1925 January 11
Box SBH Page 53 The Fool, Selwyn Theatre 1923 November 23
Box SBH Page 14 Fra Diavolo, Ravinia 1924 August 23
Box SBH Page 45 The French Doll, Powers’ Theatre 1922 October 26
Box SBH Page 31 Get Together, New York Hippodrome, New York 1921 October 20
Box SBH Page 39 The Goldfish, Studebaker Theatre 1922 September 15
Box SBH Folder 1 The Goose Hangs High, Princess Theatre undated
Box SBH Page 32 The Green Goddess, Booth Theatre, New York 1921 October 21
Box SBH Page 34 The Greenwich Village Follies, Garrick Theatre 1921 November 26
Box SBH Page 53 The Greenwich Village Follies, Apollo Theatre 1923 October 10
Box SBH Folder 1 Grounds for Divorce, Princess Theatre 1924 April 22
Box SBH Page 70 Hansen, Cecilia, Orchestra Hall 1923 December 2
Box SBH Page 46 He Who Gets Slapped, Playhouse Theatre 1923 January 12
Box SBH Page 67 Hempel, Frieda, Studebaker Theatre 1923 March 11
Box SBH Page 66 Henri Shostac Piano Quartet, City Club [1924?] January 17
Box SBH Page 54 The Highwayman, Playhouse Theatre 1924 January 26
Box SBH Page 6 L’Homme Qui Assassina, Theatre Orpheum, Montreal, Canada 1924 October 5
Box SBH Page 38 The Hotel Mouse, Apollo Theatre 1922 July 17
Box SBH Page 57 Innocent Eyes, Apollo Theatre 1924 February 26
Box SBH Page 35 The Intimate Strangers, Henry Miller’s Theatre, New York 1921 December 10
Box SBH Page 13 Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, Auditorium Theatre 1924 January 5
Box SBH Page 56 Kiki, Powers’ Theatre 1924 February 16
Box SBH Folder 1 Laburnum Grove, Grand Opera House 1925 May 29
Box SBH Page 59 Lashanksa, Hulda, Orchestra Hall 1921 December 4
Box SBH Page 60 Lashanksa, Hulda, Orchestra Hall 1921 December 18
Box SBH Page 47 The Last Warning, Blackstone Theatre 1923 March 22
Box SBH Page 67 Lauder, Harry, Studebaker Theatre 1922 December 1
Box SBH Page 30 Lightnin’, Blackstone Theatre 1921 October 12
Box SBH Page 37 Liliom, Great Northern Theatre 1922 June 23
Box SBH Page 69 Little Symphony Ensemble, City Club 1923 November 15
Box SBH Folder 1 Little Symphony of Chicago, Oak Park High School Auditorium, Oak Park, Ill. undated
Box SBH Page 74 Little Symphony of Chicago, Civic Music Association, Oak Park, Ill. 1924 April 8
Box SBH Page 12 Louise, Chicago Civic Opera 1924 January 3
Box SBH Page 8 The Love for Three Oranges, Auditorium Theatre 1921 December 30
Box SBH Page 48 The Lower Depths, Great Northern Theatre 1923 April 6
Box SBH Page 41 Loyalties, Gaiety Theatre, New York 1922 October 6
Box SBH Page 50 Loyalties, Powers’ Theatre 1923 February 29
Box SBH Page 50 Loyalties, Powers’ Theatre 1923 April 16
Box SBH Page 9 Lucia Di Lammermoor, Auditorium Theatre 1922 December 15
Box SBH Page 77 Lyric Male Chorus, Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee 1924 December 4
Box SBH Page 72 Macbeth, Florence, Oak Park High School Auditorium, Oak Park, Ill. 1924 January 24
Box SBH Page 78 Maier and Pattison, Civic Music Association 1925 January 13
Box SBH Page 74 Marshall, Charles and Jessie Isabel Christian, Civic Music Association, Oak Park, Ill. 1924 March 21
Box SBH Folder 1 Mason, Edith, Civic Music Association 1924 December 2
Box SBH Page 9 Mesfistofele, Auditorium Theatre 1922 December 22
Box SBH Page 40 The Merchant of Venice, Olympic Theatre 1922 September 27
Box SBH Page 54 Merton of the Movies, Blackstone Theatre 1923 December 20
Box SBH Page 61 Messiah, Orchestra Hall 1921 December 26
Box SBH Page 68 Middleton, Arthur, High School Auditorium, [Oak Park, Ill.?] 1923 May 25
Box SBH Folder 1 Mikado, Chicago Comic Opera Co., Mandel Hall 1935 August 15, 16
Box SBH Page 23a The Miracle, Century Theatre 1924 May 19
Box SBH Folder 1 Monsieur Beaucaire, Oak Park High School Auditorium, Oak Park, Ill. 1922 March 24, 25
Box SBH Page 36 Mr. Pim Passes By, Powers’ Theatre 1922 February 6
Box SBH Page 69 Muenzer Trio, City Club 1924 February 14
Box SBH Page 79 Muenzer Trio, City Club 1925 March 3
Box SBH Page 71 Muzio, Claudia, Civic Music Association, Oak Park, Ill. 1924 January 8
Box SBH Folder 1 New York Hippodrome, New York 1922
Box SBH Page 28 Newman Travel Talks, [no theater] 1922 October 26
Box SBH Page 24a Parasites, Princess Theatre 1925 February 15
Box SBH Folder 1 Passing Show of 1924 [partial], Apollo Theatre 1925 January 18
Box SBH Page 73 The Passion Music, Orchestra Hall 1924 February 25
Box SBH Page 56 Peer Gynt, Great Northern Theatre 1924 February 23
Box SBH Page 15 Pelleas and Melisande, Chicago Civic Opera 1925 January 21
Box SBH Page 38 Perfect Fool, Illinois Theatre 1922 September 4
Box SBH Page 49 Peter and Paula, Playhouse Theatre 1923 April 10
Box SBH Page 62 Philharmonic String Quartet, City Club 1922 April 26
Box SBH Page 62 Philharmonic String Quartet, City Club 1922 May 31
Box SBH Page 79 Philharmonic String Quartet, City Club 1925 April 2
Box SBH Page 51 R.U.R., Cort Theatre undated
Box SBH Page 3 The Rivals, Illinois Theatre 1925 February 12
Box SBH Page 7 Romeo and Juliet, Garrick Theatre 1924 October 30
Box SBH Page 11 Romeo and Juliet (opera), Ravinia 1923 August 23
Box SBH Folder 1 Saint Joan, [no theater], New York 1924 May 24
Box SBH Page 2 The Show Off, Cohan’s Grand Opera House 1925 January 29
Box SBH Page 33 The Silver Fox, Maxine Elliott’s Theatre, New York 1921 October 25
Box SBH Page 10 Sniegurotchka, Auditorium Theatre 1923 March 16
Box SBH Page 52 Spring Cleaning, Adelphi Theatre 1923 September 20
Box SBH Page 4 Sun Up, Great Northern Theatre 1925 July 11
Box SBH Page 5 The Swan, Blackstone Theatre 1924 September 27
Box SBH Page 7 Tarnish, Playhouse Theatre 1924 October 14
Box SBH Page 10 Tosca, Ravinia 1923 August 9
Box SBH Page 51 Up the Ladder, Central Theatre 1923 June 6
Box SBH Page 32 Wake Up Jonathan, New National Theatre, Washington, D.C. 1921 October 24
Box SBH Page 55 We Moderns, Cohan’s Grand Opera House 1924 February 2
Box SBH Page 58 Werrenrath, Reinald, Orchestra Hall 1921 November 6
Box SBH Page 63 Werrenrath, Reinald, Orchestra Hall 1922 October 15
Box SBH Page 27 Western Society of Engineers, Meeting and Dinner, Hamilton Club 1922 June 7
Box SBH Page 46 The Wheel of Life, Blackstone Theatre 1922 January 18
Box SBH Page 1 Wildflower, Garrick Theatre 1924 July 17
Box SBH Page 80 Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield Golden Jubilee Concert, Orchestra Hall 1925 February 25
Box SBH Page 59 Zendt, Marie Sidenius, Playhouse Theatre 1921 November 20
Box SBH Page 63 Zendt, Marie Sidenius, Playhouse Theatre 1922 November 26
Box SBH Page 73 Zendt, Marie Sidenius, Playhouse Theatre 1924 March 2
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