Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Slover Puppeteer Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1464
Creators:
Slover, Alvin
Dates:
1880-1990
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Cubic feet
4 boxes
Repository:
The collection relates to the Slover Family of puppeteers, and documents their lives and activities as they traveled the country with their show.

Content Description

Content Description
The collection relates to the Slover Family of puppeteers, and documents their lives and activities as they traveled the country with their show. The collection includes photographs, including photographs from their earliest days when they were traveling in wagons; guest books; a manuscript for a memoir from the matriarch of the family; a ledger, 1916-1932, listing what the box office take was in each location the show was performed; a notebook containing content of the shows, jokes, etc.; a scrapbook containing photographs and other things; letters; clippings and articles; and printed music.

Administration

Author
NMAH Staff
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) 2018.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mary E. Larson to the Division of Culture and the Arts, National Museum of American History, in 2004.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Slover Puppeteer Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Access
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Related Materials
See Museum accession 2004.0005 for related artifacts (puppets) in the Division of CUlture and the Arts

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Black-and-white photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guest lists Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ledgers (account books) -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Letters (correspondence) Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
manuscripts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Notes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Puppeteers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Puppets Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scrapbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Traveling theater -- United States -- 19th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Traveling theater -- United States -- 20th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Culture and the Arts Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Larson, Mary E. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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