Barbara James and Reg Lewis papers relating to variety theatre and popular entertainment in Australi...
Barbara James and Reg Lewis papers relating to variety theatre and popular entertainment in Australia, ca. 1893-1965
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Date
ca. 1893-1965
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8308 , GR 323
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Physical Description
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0.54 metres of textual material, includes photographic material and sound recordings (4 boxes)
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed : Applies only to material created or published before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Incldues scrapbooks, programs, snwscuttings, sound recordings and photographic material
BOX 1
Four scrapbooks of playbills and newscuttings belonging to Barbara James relating to performances by her mother, entertainer Malvena Moore, 1893-1909, mainly at the Manila Theatre, pictures of actors, musicians, singers and entertainers including...
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Full title
Barbara James and Reg Lewis papers relating to variety theatre and popular entertainment in Australia, ca. 1893-1965
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Description source
Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Dennis Wolanski Library of the Performing Arts, Sydney Opera House in 1997.
Administrative / Biographical history
Barbara James (1908) was a singer and saxophonist. She was also a banjo soloist, violin player and dancer. Her parents were entertainers Will James and Malvena Moore. She married musician and band leader, Reg Lewis.
From 1921, she was contracted by Harry George Musgrove to Musgrove’s Theatres, appearing at theatres in Sydney and Melbourne,...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8308 , GR 323
Record Identifier
n5lw0xA9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lw0xA9
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Reference code
152205
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