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Woodcuts, part colored, of cartoons drawn by Alfred Frueh (1880-1968) of theatrical personalities: Maude Adams, George Arliss, Ethel Barrymore, George M. Cohan, Katharine Cornell, John Drew, Robert Edson, Lionel Erroll, Lew Fields, Yvette Gilbert, William Gillette, Nat Goodwin, Annette Kellerman, Wilton Lackaye, Julia Marlowe, Nazimova, Olga Petrova, Will Rogers, Fritzi Schiff, Fred Stone, Sophie Tucker, and unidentified.

Correspondence, manuscripts, papers, essays, etc. relating to Berlioz, and 19th century arts and literature. The correspondence includes original Berlioz letters and over 200 copies of letters relating to Berlioz and the romantic era, written by musicians, critics, historians, and literateurs of the past century. There are many photostats of letters and manuscripts obtained from the principal libraries of the world which hold original Berlioz material. The collection includes much printed material in the form of music scores, published letters, essays, clippings, biographies, music and book catalogues, program notes, and playbills.

Correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia collected by Katherine H. Parker (Mrs. George W.) dealing mostly with Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) and his wife, Julia Marlowe (1865-1950), and also with Daniel Frohman (1851-1940) and American and English theater from 1890 to 1930.

Papers, promptbooks, photographs, lecture notes, correspondence, and theatrical files of Somerville. Included are materials from the Washington Square Players and Duke's Oak Theatre in Cooperstown, N.Y.