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Dr. Saram R. Ellison scrapbooks
- Title
- Dr. Saram R. Ellison scrapbooks, 1832-1918.
- Author
- Ellison, Saram Richard, 1852-1918.
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 24 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 24 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 23 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 23 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 22 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 22 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 21 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 21 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 20 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 20 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 19 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 19 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 18 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 18 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 17 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 17 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 16 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 16 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 15 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 15 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 14 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 14 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 13 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 13 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 12 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 12 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 11 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 11 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 10 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 9 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 8 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 7 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 6 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 5 | Text | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1915-001 v. 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 5.66 linear feet (24 volumes and 1 box)
- Summary
- Includes manuscript correspondence, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, original photographs, ephemera, and illustrations relating to the founding and early years of the Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.), and the subjects of magic, hypnotism, spiritualism, legerdemain, ventriloquism, and the conjuring arts. Ellison compiled this material into scrapbook volumes lettered B through X2. Loose correspondence, programs, and promotional materials are housed in Box 1.
- Subjects
- Magic
- Promotional materials
- National Conjurers' Association (U.S.)
- Magic paraphernalia
- Printed ephemera
- Ellison, Saram Richard, 1852-1918
- Clippings
- Occultists
- Correspondence
- Magic > History > 20th century
- Magicians > Correspondence
- Magic wands
- Programs
- Magic tricks
- Magic > History > 19th century
- Legerdemain
- Society of American Magicians
- Magicians > New York (State) > New York
- Photographic prints
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Correspondence.
- Printed ephemera.
- Programs.
- Promotional materials.
- Photographic prints.
- Note
- For a detailed inventory of these scrapbooks, please email theatre@nypl.org.
- Previously cataloged as 8-MZC+ (Ellison, S. R. [Collection of manuscript letters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, etc.])
- Source (note)
- Saram R. Ellison, M.D.
- Biography (note)
- Dr. Saram R. Ellison (1852-1918) was a medical doctor and avid collector of magic and related materials, particularly published materials and ephemera. He was also co-founder, along with W. Golden Mortimer and Francis Martinka, of the Society of American Magicians in 1902 in New York City.
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1915-001
- OCLC
- 44049049
- Author
- Ellison, Saram Richard, 1852-1918.
- Title
- Dr. Saram R. Ellison scrapbooks, 1832-1918.
- Biography
- Dr. Saram R. Ellison (1852-1918) was a medical doctor and avid collector of magic and related materials, particularly published materials and ephemera. He was also co-founder, along with W. Golden Mortimer and Francis Martinka, of the Society of American Magicians in 1902 in New York City.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Magicians.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1915-001