Contents
Collection Access
University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
McIntyre and Heath Archive
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- McIntyre and Heath Archive
- Identifier
- BMRC.NU.MCINTYRE
- Repository
- Northwestern University, Special Collections
- Language
- English
- Size
- 4.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1874-1939
- Creator
- Heath, Thomas Kurton, 1853-1938
- Creator
- McIntyre, James, 1857-1937
Historical note
The vaudeville partnership of James McIntyre and Thomas Heath spanned more than five decades from 1874 until 1927.
Scope and Contents note
The McIntyre and Heath Archive includes contracts for bookings, wage reports, scripts for productions, photographs, handbills and posters, sheet music, clippings, and correspondence. McIntyre wrote detailed letters to his wife, Maude, which included news about his theatre engagements, travel, finances, and health. Production scripts include "Georgia Minstrels" (18??), "Ham Tree" (1906), "Ragtime Opera" (1916).
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 15 by Lisa Calahan and Lauren Kalal.