Research Catalog
Tony Pastor collection
- Title
- Tony Pastor collection, 1863-1959.
- Author
- Pastor, Tony, 1837-1908.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 1 | 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. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 2 | 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. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 3 | 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. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 4 | 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. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 5 | 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. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 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. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-028 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 3.5 lin. ft. (7 boxes)
- Summary
- The bulk of the collection, handwritten scripts and actor's sides for some of the one-act plays and skits that appeared in Pastor's theatres, provides insights into the kind of entertainment that was offered in the best vaudeville bills.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Scripts.
- Programs.
- Photographs.
- Note
- Original unpublished music that came with the collection was transferred to the Library's Music Division.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.500
- Source (note)
- Mrs. Charles Hechler, Jr.
- Biography (note)
- Tony Pastor (1837-1908), singer, songwriter and theater manager considered by many to be the Father of American Vaudeville, was born into the theatre.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1995-028
- OCLC
- NYPW04-A1
- Author
- Pastor, Tony, 1837-1908.
- Title
- Tony Pastor collection, 1863-1959.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.500
- Biography
- Tony Pastor (1837-1908), singer, songwriter and theater manager considered by many to be the Father of American Vaudeville, was born into the theatre. His father was a violinist in the theatre orchestra at Billy Mitchell's theatre in New York and six year old Tony sang at temperance meetings. He followed his brothers into circuses and variety shows expanding his range of talents to include acrobatics, clowning, ring mastering, and minstrelsy. With the onset of the Civil War, he seemed to have found his true calling as a singer of topical songs, most with a sentimental or comic edge.Such was his popularity that he was able to leap into "legitimate variety," appearing as a comic singer at various theatres in New York and on the road before assembling his own company and establishing himself as a manager in his own theatre. He opened in 1865 at 201 Bowery, remaining there for ten years, after which he made the jump to 585 Broadway, which became renowned as Tony Pastor's. From there, in 1881, he joined the northward flow of theatres to the Tammany building on East 14th Street, within earshot of the theatre district at Union Square. He remained there for the rest of his professional life.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1995-028