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Series I: Theater Record Books
Series II: Box Office Records
Series III: Dramatic Museum Collection

Daly's Theater records, 1872-1899

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Series I: Theater Record Books


Book X810.128 v. 1 Receipts of outgoing checks or payments, May-December 1872, Jan 1873, March 1876


Book X810.128 v. 2 Receipts of outgoing checks or payments, June 1875 - February 1877


Book X810.128 v. 3 Cashbook-Record of expenses and balances, 1876-1884


Volume X810.128 v. 4 Stage Expenses, 1879-1884


Volume X810.128 v. 5 Box office records, 1880-1881


Volume X810.128 v. 6 Expenses, Outlays and Salaries, 1880-1882


Volume X810.128 v. 7 Cashbook, 1885-1889


Volume X810.128 v. 8 Attendance record of actors, n.d.


Volume X810.128 v. 9 Individual accounts, 1895-1899


Volume X810.128 v. 10 Set designs, set sketches and list of pieces and props, n.d.


Volume X810.128 v. 11 Cashbook, 1879 and 1880

Series II: Box Office Records

Give the run, the date, the Title, the Weather and Remarks of how events may conflict with box office. For example 4 Season, 9 Week, 60 Performance, Friday November 1, 1872 Play: Road to Ruin, Weather: Fine, Remarks: Horse epidemic still prevailing. Many large political meetings.


Dramatic Library Ms. 4 Volume 1 and 2 Fifth Avenue Theatre Box Office Records, New York, September 4, 1872-December 27, 1873, Vol 1: September 4, 1872-January 2, 1873; Vol 2: August 25, 1873-December 27, 1873


Dramatic Library Ms. 5 Fifth Avenue Theatre Theater inventory, New York, n.d., Inventory of theater furnishings and equipment


Dramatic Library Ms. 6 Fifth Avenue Theatre Property Plots, New York, n.d., List of properties and sketches for various plays including School for Scandal which was revived in 1876, Othello, As You Like it, David Garrick. get date


Dramatic Library Ms. 7 Grand Opera House Box office records, New York, 1872-1874, Vol. 1: August 26, 1872-June 14, 1873; Vol. 2: August 20, 1873-May 10, 1874


Dramatic Library Ms. 8 Road Company Box office records and balance book, December 18, 1882-February 26 1883, 1 vol. [Gift of Edward H. Daly, February, 1937]


Dramatic Library Ms. 9 Daly's Theatre Licenses, London, 1886-1897, 1 vol.


Dramatic Library Ms. 10 Daly's Theatre, London Receipts; salaries; expenditures: Vol 1) First season, May 1893-July 1894; Vol 2) Second season, September 1894-August 1895; Vol 3) [Third] season, September1895-August 1896; Vol 4) Fourth season, August 31, 1986 - August 28, 1897; Vol 5) Fifth season, August 30, 1897-May 1898, Leicester Square, London,, 1893-1898, 5 v.


Dramatic Library Ms. 11 Daly's Broadway Theatre , 5th Avenue and Broadway, New York, 1873-1875, 1 v. Addresses and namesof company; list of Company, 1873-74; journal of performances Oct 19, 1874-Sept. 9, 1875; catalog of plays; cast lists Sept. 29, 1873 - Nov. 10, 1873


Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 1 Blotter, General Accounts, New York, 1871-1874, Advertising expenses, first 2 leaves; Blotter, September 9, 1871-March 14, 1874, p. 1-98; Cash Account for transfer, August 25, 1872-October 1872, p. 100-123

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 2 Box Office Blotter, New York, September 23, 1872-February 18, 1874

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 3 Fifth Avenue Theater Box Office Receipts, New York, December 3, 1873-June 2, 1874, The Box Office Receipts contain clippings, photographs, telegrams

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 4 Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre Box Office Receipts, New York, August 26, 1874-June 26, 1875

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 5 Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre Box Office Receipts, New York, August 3, 1875-July 29, 1876

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 6 Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre Box Office Receipts, August 2, 1876-July 28, 1877

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 7 Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre Box Office Receipts, July 31, 1877-December 3, 1877, Contains autograph note from Mark Twain

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 8 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, September 11, 1882-May 5, 1883

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 9 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 2, 1883-April 19, 1884

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 10 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, September 15, 1884-May 2, 1885

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 11 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, September 7, 1885-April 14, 1886

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 12 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 5, 1886-May 28, 1887

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 13 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 5, 1887-April 7, 1888

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 14 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 9, 1888-June 8, 1889, August 16, 1889-September 21, 1889

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 15 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 2, 1889-May 24, 1890; August 14, 1890-September 27, 1890

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 16 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 7, 1890-May 24, 1891

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 17 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, November 25, 1891-May 21, 1892; September 12, 1892-October 1, 1892

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 18 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, October 6, 1892-June 3, 1893

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 19 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, August 22, 1893-april 14, 1894

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 20 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, August 27, 1894-April 15, 1895

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 21 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, September 3, 1895-April 9, 1896

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 22 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, September 9, 1896-June 26, 1897

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 23 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, August 17, 1897-May 21, 1898

Dramatic Library Ms. 12 Volume 24 Daly's Theatre Box Office Receipts, August 25, 1898-June 7, 1899


Dramatic Library Ms. 13 Daly's Theatre Complimentary ticket stubs, New York, February 17, 1898-June 5, 1899


Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 3 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger, New York, April 4, 1864-March 29, 1865

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 2 Daly's Theatre Account Expenditures, New York, November 25, 1872-March 4, 1874

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 1 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger, New York, July 24, 1877-November 24, 1877

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 4 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger, New York, November 24, 1883-April 19, 1884

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 5 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger, New York, September 15, 1884-May 9, 1885

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 6 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger, New York, June 8, 1889-November 23, 1891

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 7 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger [Theatre Cashbook], New York, November 25, 1891-November 25, 1894, Kept by Alex. C. Milne for Aug. Daly.

Dramatic Library Ms. 14 Volume 8 Daly's Theatre Accounts ledger [Theatre Cashbook], New York, August 18, 1893-April 30, 1894


Dramatic Library Ms. 15 Road Company Cash book, New York, April 22, 1895-June 7, 1899, 1900, Also contains Daly estate account to February 2, 1900


Dramatic Library Ms. 16 Volume 1 Fifth Avenue Theatre Salaries, New York, June 12, 1869-August 10, 1872, Salaries of Artists of engaged by Augustin Daly from June 3, 1869, the date of the lease. Theatre opened August 16, 1869.

Dramatic Library Ms. 16 Volume 2 Fifth Avenue Theatre Salaries, New York, September 6, 1872-Jun 28, 1873, Salaries for the fourth comedy season, 1872-1873

Dramatic Library Ms. 16 Volume 3 Salaries, August 23, 1873-March 2, 1874, Second season

Dramatic Library Ms. 16 Volume 4 Fifth Avenue Theatre Salaries, New York, December 6, 1873-December 1, 1877


Dramatic Library Ms. 17 Volume 1 Daly's Broadway Theatre Stage Records, New York, August 25, 1873-December 15, 1873, Lists timings with notes on performance, weather, and related events.

Dramatic Library Ms. 17 Volume 2 Daly's Theatre Stage records, New York, January 25, 1898-December 7, 1898, Notes on performances.

Series III: Dramatic Museum Collection

Daly, Augustin Contract signed with actor Hamilton Revell, New York, 5 March 1899, Contracts Hamilton Revell from October 1, 1890 through 1891