Chautauquas
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur E. Bestor, Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS-0170
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a short manuscript by Arthur E. Bestor that briefly describes the history of Chautauquas and their contributions to adult education. The typed manuscript is dated August 14, 1929.
Dates:
1929, Aug. 14
Gladys Grantham Benthack, Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS-0171
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a signed manuscript “Tent Chautauqua: 1904-128” by Gladys Grantham Benthack and a few clippings on Chautauquas in Nebraska during the early 1900s. Among the manuscript’s topics are the history of Chautauqua, the experience of attending and working in a Chautauqua, and the operation of a Chautauqua circuit.
Dates:
1975
Redpath-Horner Chautauqua, Photo Album
Collection
Identifier: MS-0456
Scope and Contents
One photo album of the Redpath-Horner Chautauqua Circuit B created by A. Ross Miller and given to Eva V. Anderson in 1914. The album contains photographs of the All-Brothers Quartet, the Musical Maids, performers Eleanor Pardee, Marvel Best, Gretchen Meyers, Etna Aakin, Margaret Owens, Eva Anderson, Hazel Hestwood, G. Tack, and several others. The photo album documents tour stops in Alliance (Neb.) The Black Hills and Lead (S. Dakota.) Oakdale (Neb.), North Platte (Neb.), Scottsbluff (Neb.),...
Dates:
1914
Wilda Weaver Ferree, Alumni Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0459
Dates:
1923-1940
