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Bert Bertram scrapbooks

Title
Bert Bertram scrapbooks, 1915-1984.
Author
Bertram, Bert, 1893-1991.
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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1994-022 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1994-022 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1994-022 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description
.75 lin. ft. (3 volumes)
Summary
The collection consists of three scrapbooks; one of photographs is mostly of Bertram on the stage, and two, primarily clippings of reviews, document the acting careers of Bert Bertram and his wife Rubee Raymond. The material in the scrapbooks covers Australian vaudeville, the Bert Bertram Players, productions at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse and elsewhere, dance instruction in Georgia, and the Bertrams' travels to France and Australia. It is not chronological. A few letters, programs and brochures are also included.
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Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  • Bertram, Marion
Biography (note)
  • Actor, writer, director, vaudevillian, and broadcaster, Bert Bertram began acting as a teenager in his native Australia.
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  • Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
*T-Mss 1994-022
OCLC
NYPW94-A460
Author
Bertram, Bert, 1893-1991.
Title
Bert Bertram scrapbooks, 1915-1984.
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Biography
Actor, writer, director, vaudevillian, and broadcaster, Bert Bertram began acting as a teenager in his native Australia. Originally known as Arthur Bertram, he played many roles in vaudeville for the Australian impresario Bert Bailey. Bertram married actress and dancer Rubee Raymond (later known as Raymon) and the two often performed together. They emigrated to the United States in 1923 and toured in their song and dance act. During the Depression Bertram produced and acted in the Bert Bertram Players, a stock company that performed under a tent in Augusta, Georgia, created and directed a radio acting company, Theater of the Air, and was a dancing instructor. During World War II he produced, directed and played a leading role in Civilians in Action, a radio play in Augusta, and managed and played in USO companies in Europe.
Bertram often appeared as a character actor on stage, film and television, playing beside Tallulah Bankhead, Judith Anderson, Billie Burke, Charlton Heston, Audrey Hepburn, and others. He also acted, directed and taught at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Palm Beach, Florida, and in his later years worked as a reporter on Long Island, New York.
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*T-Mss 1994-022
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