Redpath Chautauqua Collection

Description

Commercial lecture bureau and booking agency for Chautauqua and lyceums throughout the United States and parts of Canada. Office files of the Redpath-Vawter Bureau of Cedar Rapids, IA, the Redpath-Chicago Bureau run by Harry P. Harrison and Charles Horner's Redpath Chautauquas. Included are: talent files consisting of correspondence, contracts, publicity brochures, and advertising flyers; business files including employee records; geographical location files with materials about cities and towns that sponsored Chautauquas and lyceums; periodicals; daybooks, cashbooks; and photographs.

Alternative Title

Redpath Chautauqua Collection

Documents in this collection

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Addams offers praise of Charles Howard Mills for his Chautauqua lecture brochure.
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Addams tells Vincent which lectures she would like to present.