Samuel P. Warren Collection Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2006 Revised 2011 June Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002010 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002604962 Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress
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Samuel P. Warren Collection
Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress
Music Division, Library of CongressWashington, D.C.
Collection SummaryTitle: Samuel P. Warren CollectionSpan Dates: 1840-1950Bulk Dates: (bulk 1880-1910)Call No.: ML31.W3Creator: Warren, Samuel P. (Samuel Prowse), 1841-1915Extent: circa 14,000 items ; 50 containers ; 19 linear feetLanguage: Collection material in EnglishLocation: Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Summary: The collection consists of correspondence, concert and recital programs, church service programs, and relatedmaterials that were either collected by Warren himself or given to him by his students, colleagues and others in the NewYork City and throughout the United States. The letters in the collection, all addressed to Warren, are from a variety ofsources, including Warren's pupils who later received some fame in their own right, for example William Crane Carl, GerritSmith, William C. Macfarlane, Frederick T. Steinway, and W.C. Hammond, and from colleagues and friends such asDudley Buck, H. Clarence Eddy, H.E. Krehbiel, and Horatio Parker, Gustave Schirmer, and C. M. Widor. Among theprograms in the collection are a chronological series (1874-1914) of church service bulletins that outline Warren's work atHoly Trinity Church and Grace Church in New York and First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey; many ofthese items are annotated. The collection also contains important concert and recital programs from New York's majorconcert halls of the period. Noteworthy programs include those from: Carnegie Hall, featuring concerts of the BostonSymphony Orchestra, the Manuscript Society of New York, the Musical Art Society of New York, the Russian SymphonySociety, and recitals by Paderewski; Chickering Hall, with programs featuring Hans von Bu ̈low, Vladimir de Pachmann,the Mendelssohn Glee Club, and the New York Vocal Union; and the Metropolitan Opera House, with performances by thePhilharmonic Society of New York and the Damrosch Opera Company. Various other items are cataloged and classifiedseparately: ML96.M97; ML96.L465; ML96.W36; and ML44.N3W17.
Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They aregrouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
PeopleBuck, Dudley, 1839-1909--Correspondence.Carl, William C. (William Crane), 1865-1936--Correspondence.Eddy, Clarence, 1851-1937--Correspondence.Hammond, William Churchill, 1860-1949--Correspondence.Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923--Correspondence.Macfarlane, Will C. (Will Charles), 1870-1945--Correspondence.Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919--Correspondence.Schirmer, G. (Gustav), 1829-1893--Correspondence.Smith, Gerrit, 1859-1912--Correspondence.Steinway, Frederick T., 1860-1927--Correspondence.Warren, Samuel P. (Samuel Prowse), 1841-1915--Archives.Warren, Samuel P. (Samuel Prowse), 1841-1915--Correspondence.Warren, Samuel P. (Samuel Prowse), 1841-1915.Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937--Correspondence.
On October 16, 1916, representatives of the Library of Congress participated in an auction in New York City of the musiclibrary of the recently deceased organist and composer Samuel P. Warren (1841-1915). The Library was successful inacquiring some important works at the auction, including an original manuscript of Mozart's K. 143, Ergo inter est-Qua resuperna (ML96.M97) and a bound volume of introits, graduals, offertories, etc. (ML96.L465) composed by Leonardo Leo(1694-1744). Holograph scores of Samuel P. Warren's compositions (ML96.W36) were also obtained, as were a collectionof service programs from Grace Church, New York (ML44.N3W17), and an assemblage of organ recital programs fromGrace Church and elsewhere (ML44.N3W17, vol. 1 and vol. 2). The remaining portion of the Library's acquisitionconsisted of a large number of unsorted concert programs, program announcements, church bulletins, and other relatedmaterials. It is these unsorted materials that constitute the bulk of this collection. The balance of the collection consists of agroup of letters addressed to Warren that were purchased by the Library from Mrs. Joan Southward of New York in 1939for $50 (acquisition number 572578, formerly cataloged as ML94.W37).
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Samuel P. Warren Collection was processed by Michael Ferrando, technician and Robert Saladini, music specialist,December 1992. The finding aid was originally created using Word Perfect 5.1 software. In 2002, Michael A. Ferrandocoded and edited the finding aid for EAD format. In June 2011, Anthony Edwards added additional church programs to theMiscellaneous subseries of the Programs series, and Nancy Seeger updated the finding aid.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright on the materials of the Samuel P. Warren Collection is governed by the Copyright Law of theUnited States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The Samuel P. Warren Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Performing Arts ReadingRoom prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for researchuse.
Many of the items in this collection are brittle and care in handling is required. Photocopying of materials from thiscollection is not permitted.
The status of the intellectual rights to any of the materials in this collection are unclear.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: container number, Samuel P. WarrenCollection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical NoteSamuel Prowse Warren was born in Montreal, Quebec on February 18, 1841, the son of organ builder Samuel RussellWarren (1809-1882). At the age of 12, he had shown enough musical ability to give his first organ recital at St. Stephen's
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Chapel in Quebec and to be appointed as organist at the American Presbyterian Church, a position that he held until hewent to Berlin at age 20 to study organ and theory with Karl August Haupt, piano with Gustav Schumann, andinstrumentation with Wilhelm Wieprecht. After returning to Montreal, he moved to New York, where he gave his firstpublic recital in January 1866. Later that year he was appointed organist of All Souls Unitarian Church, a position he helduntil April 1868. He played at Grace Episcopal Church from 1868 to 1874 and at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church from 1874to 1876. He returned to Grace Church in 1876 and remained at this position until 1894. While at Grace Church, Warrentook an active part in the musical life of New York City, especially in the realm of organ and both sacred and secular vocalmusic. He established a weekly series of organ recitals and was organist for Leopold Damrosch's Oratorio Society from1874 to 1879. He conducted the New York Vocal Union from 1880-1888. In 1895 Warren accepted a position as organist atthe First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, and one year later participated in the founding of the AmericanGuild of Organists, becoming an honorary president of the Guild in 1902. He died in East Orange on October 7, 1915.
Scope and Content NoteThe Samuel P. Warren Collection consists of correspondence, concert and recital programs, church service programs andrelated materials that were either collected by Warren himself or given to him by his students, colleagues and others in theNew York City and throughout the United States. The collection spans the years from 1850 to 1914, with the bulk of thematerial covering the years 1880-1910.
The letters in the collection, all of which are addressed to Warren, are from a variety of sources, including a number ofWarren's pupils who later received some fame in their own right, such as William Crane Carl, Gerrit Smith, William C.Macfarlane, Frederick T. Steinway, and W. C. Hammond. There is also correspondence from colleagues and friends such asDudley Buck, H. Clarence Eddy, H. E. Krehbiel, and Horatio Parker, Gustave Schirmer, and C. M. Widor.
Among the programs in the collection are a chronological series of church service bulletins that outline Warren's work atHoly Trinity Church and Grace Church in New York and First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, datingfrom 1874 until his death in 1914. Many of these items are annotated, and taken as a whole provide a glimpse of Warren'schurch music activities Sunday by Sunday for 40 years. Especially interesting are the handwritten service notes containinghymn numbers for weekday services for which a printed program was not prepared.
The collection also contains important concert and recital programs from New York's major concert halls of the period.Noteworthy programs include those from: Carnegie Hall, featuring concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, theManuscript Society of New York, the Musical Art Society of New York, the Russian Symphony Society, and recitals byPaderewski; Chickering Hall, with programs featuring Hans von Bülow, Vladimir de Pachmann, the Mendelssohn GleeClub, and the New York Vocal Union; and the Metropolitan Opera House, with performances by the Philharmonic Societyof New York and the Damrosch Opera Company.
This collection was processed by Michael Ferrando, Technician and Robert Saladini, Music Specialist, December 1992.
Organization of the Samuel P. Warren CollectionThe Samuel P. Warren Collection is organized in 3 series:
• Correspondence• Programs• Scrapbooks
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Description of SeriesContainer SeriesBOX 1 Correspondence
Letters addressed to Samuel P. Warren that were purchased by the Library from Mrs. JoanSouthward of New York in 1939 for $50 (acquisition number 572578, formerly catalogedas ML94.W37).
Arranged by name of correspondent.
BOX 2-43 ProgramsThese concert and recital programs are from New York's major concert halls of the period.
Noteworthy programs include those from: Carnegie Hall, featuring concerts of the BostonSymphony Orchestra, the Manuscript Society of New York, the Musical Art Society ofNew York, the Russian Symphony Society, and recitals by Paderewski; Chickering Hall,with programs featuring Hans von Bülow, Vladimir de Pachmann, the Mendelssohn GleeClub, and the New York Vocal Union; and the Metropolitan Opera House, withperformances by the Philharmonic Society of New York and the Damrosch OperaCompany. Among the programs in the collection are a chronological series of churchservice bulletins that outline Warren's work at Holy Trinity Church and Grace Church inNew York and First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, dating from 1874until his death in 1914. Many of these items are annotated, and taken as a whole provide aglimpse of Warren's church music activities Sunday by Sunday for 40 years. Especiallyinteresting are the handwritten service notes containing hymn numbers for weekdayservices for which a printed program was not prepared.
Arrangement is by country, state, city, location, ensemble.
BOX 44-50 Scrapbooks, 1849 December 5 to 1876 DecemberScrapbooks of Samuel P. Warren.Arrangement is chronological.
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Container List
Container Contents
BOX 1 CorrespondenceLetters addressed to Samuel P. Warren that were purchased by the Library from Mrs. Joan
Southward of New York in 1939 for $50 (acquisition number 572578, formerly catalogedas ML94.W37).
Arranged by name of correspondent.
BOX 1 Alexander, J. I.BOX 1 Baldwin, Edward J.BOX 1 Buck, DudleyBOX 1 Carl, William CraneBOX 1 Dawson, P. M.BOX 1 Domestic and Foreign Missionary SocietyBOX 1 Eddy, ClarenceBOX 1 Espagne, FranzBOX 1 Evans, John M.BOX 1 Hammond, W. C.BOX 1 HuntingtonBOX 1 Kennedy, Dion W.BOX 1 Krehbiel, Henry E.BOX 1 MacFarlane, William C.BOX 1 Mason, WilliamBOX 1 Parker, Horatio W.BOX 1 Parsons, Albert RossBOX 1 Potter, Henry C. Rev.BOX 1 Ritter, LouisBOX 1 Schermerhorn, William C.BOX 1 Schirmer, GustaveBOX 1 Smith, GerritBOX 1 Stavers, G. E.BOX 1 Steinway, Fred T.BOX 1 Steinway, WilliamBOX 1 Widor, Charles-MarieBOX 1 Woodruff, A. D.BOX 1 Miscellaneous
BOX 2-43 ProgramsThese concert and recital programs are from New York's major concert halls of the period.
Noteworthy programs include those from: Carnegie Hall, featuring concerts of the BostonSymphony Orchestra, the Manuscript Society of New York, the Musical Art Society ofNew York, the Russian Symphony Society, and recitals by Paderewski; Chickering Hall,with programs featuring Hans von Bülow, Vladimir de Pachmann, the Mendelssohn GleeClub, and the New York Vocal Union; and the Metropolitan Opera House, withperformances by the Philharmonic Society of New York and the Damrosch Opera
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Company. Among the programs in the collection are a chronological series of churchservice bulletins that outline Warren's work at Holy Trinity Church and Grace Church inNew York and First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, dating from 1874until his death in 1914. Many of these items are annotated, and taken as a whole provide aglimpse of Warren's church music activities Sunday by Sunday for 40 years. Especiallyinteresting are the handwritten service notes containing hymn numbers for weekdayservices for which a printed program was not prepared.
Arrangement is by country, state, city, location, ensemble.
BOX 2-38BOX 40-42
United States
BOX 2 CaliforniaBOX 2 OaklandBOX 2 Methody Meetin House
BOX 2 Unitarian Church
BOX 2 San FranciscoBOX 2 First Congregational Church
BOX 2 Temple Emanu-el
BOX 2 ColoradoBOX 2 DenverBOX 2 Saint John's Cathedral
BOX 2 ConnecticutBOX 2 GreenwichBOX 2 Christ Church
BOX 2 HartfordBOX 2 Asylum Hill Congregational Church
BOX 2 Center Church
BOX 2 Fourth Church
BOX 2 Miss Haines's School, Woodside
BOX 2 Pearl Street Congregational Church
BOX 2 MeridenBOX 2 Methodist Episcopal Church
BOX 2 MiddletownBOX 2 Wesleyan University
BOX 2 New Britain
Programs
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BOX 2 South Church
BOX 2 New CanaanBOX 2 Saint Mark's Church
BOX 2 New HavenBOX 2 Center Church
BOX 2 Trinity Church
BOX 2 Willis C. Shelton Music Hall
BOX 2 Yale University, Marquand Chapel
BOX 2 New LondonBOX 2 First Baptist Church
BOX 2 NorfolkBOX 2 Congregational Church
BOX 2 NorwalkBOX 2 First Congregational Church
BOX 2 NorwichBOX 2 Trinity M. E. Church
BOX 2 StamfordBOX 2 Presbyterian Church
BOX 2 Stamford M. E. Church
BOX 2 WinstedBOX 2 Litchfield County Choral Union
BOX 2 District of ColumbiaBOX 2 WashingtonBOX 2 Congregational Church
BOX 2 IllinoisBOX 2 ChicagoBOX 2 Apollo Musical Club
BOX 2 Auditorium
BOX 2 Central Music Hall
BOX 2 First Congregational Church
Programs
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BOX 2 First Methodist Episcopal Church
BOX 2 First Presbyterian Church
BOX 2 Hershey Music Hall
BOX 2 McCormick's Hall
BOX 2 Orchestra Hall
BOX 2 Trinity Church
BOX 2 Unity Church
BOX 2 World's Columbian Exposition
BOX 2 IndianaBOX 2 BloomingtonBOX 2 Grace M. E. Church
BOX 2 IndianapolisBOX 2 Robert's Park Church
BOX 2 RichmondBOX 2 First Methodist Episcopal Church
BOX 2 South BendBOX 2 First Methodist Church
BOX 2 IowaBOX 2 DubuqueBOX 2 Congregational Church
BOX 2 MarylandBOX 2 BaltimoreBOX 2 Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
BOX 3 Fall RiverBOX 3 Central Congregational Church
BOX 3 Great BarringtonBOX 3 Congregational Church
BOX 3 Town Hall
BOX 3 HolyokeBOX 3 Second Congregational Church
BOX 4 LawrenceBOX 4 Eliot Congregational Church
BOX 4 First Free Baptist Church
BOX 4 LexingtonBOX 4 Town Hall
BOX 4 New BedfordBOX 4 North Congregational Church
BOX 4 NewtonBOX 4 Grace Church
BOX 4 North Adams
Programs
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BOX 4 Baptist Church
BOX 4 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church
BOX 4 North AmherstBOX 4 Congregational Church
BOX 4 NorthamptonBOX 4 First Church of Christ
BOX 4 Saint John's Church
BOX 4 Smith College
BOX 4 South HadleyBOX 4 Mount Holyoke College
BOX 4 SpringfieldBOX 4 City Hall
BOX 4 WellesleyBOX 4 Congregational Church
BOX 4 Wellesley College
BOX 4 West BrookfieldBOX 4 Congregational Church
BOX 4 WorcesterBOX 4 Mechanic's Hall
BOX 4 MichiganBOX 4 DetroitBOX 4 Detroit Conservatory of Music
BOX 4 Fort Street Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 Grand RapidsBOX 4 Johnson, Dr. G. R.
BOX 4 MinnesotaBOX 4 St. PaulBOX 4 House of Hope Church
BOX 4 MississippiBOX 4 CorinthBOX 4 Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 Missouri
Programs
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BOX 4 ColumbiaBOX 4 Stephens College
BOX 4 Kansas CityBOX 4 Calvary Baptist Church
BOX 4 Grand Avenue M. E. Church
BOX 4 St. LouisBOX 4 Second Baptist Church
BOX 4 Mercantile Library Hall
BOX 4 New JerseyBOX 4 Asbury ParkBOX 4 First Methodist Episcopal Church
BOX 4 Atlantic CityBOX 4 Church of the Ascension
BOX 4 ElizabethBOX 4 Third Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 Westminster Church
BOX 4 HightstownBOX 4 Baptist Church
BOX 4 Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 Jersey CityBOX 4 Claremont Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 First Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 Second Presbyterian Church
BOX 4 Tabernacle
BOX 4 MadisonBOX 4 Webb Memorial Church
BOX 4 MontclairBOX 4 Congregational Church
BOX 4 First Congregational Church
BOX 4 Presbyterian Chapel
Programs
Container Contents
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BOX 5 MorristownBOX 5 Humphrey's, Dr.
BOX 5 New BrunswickBOX 5 Conservatory of Music
BOX 5 Masonic Hall
BOX 5 Second Reformed Church
BOX 5 NewarkBOX 5 Church of the Redeemer
BOX 5 First Presbyterian Church
BOX 5 Miner's Theatre
BOX 5 Park Hall
BOX 5 OrangeBOX 5-11 First Presbyterian Church
Contents:• 1893 to 1897 (BOX: 5)• 1898 January to May (BOX: 5)• 1898 June to December (BOX: 6)• 1899 to 1900 (BOX: 6)• 1901 January to May (BOX: 6)• 1901 June to December (BOX: 7)• 1902 (BOX: 7)• 1903 January to April (BOX: 7)• 1903 May to December (BOX: 8)• 1904 to 1906 (BOX: 8)• 1907 January to April (BOX: 8)• 1907 May to December (BOX: 9)• 1908 (BOX: 9)• 1909 January to April (BOX: 9)• 1909 May to December (BOX: 10)• 1911 to 1912 (BOX: 10)• 1913 to 1914, Undated (BOX: 10)
BOX 11 Music Hall
BOX 11 Orange Valley Church
BOX 11 Shepard School of Music
BOX 11 West HobokenBOX 11 First Presbyterian Church
BOX 12 New YorkBOX 12 Albany
Programs
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BOX 12 Battershall, Rev. Walton W.
BOX 12 Fourth Presbyterian Church
BOX 12 Saint Peter's Church
BOX 12 BinghamtonBOX 12 Stone Opera House
BOX 12 BloomfieldBOX 12 First Presbyterian Church
BOX 12 Brighton BeachBOX 12 Brighton Beach Music Hall
BOX 12 BrooklynBOX 12 12th Street Reformed Church
BOX 12 Academy of Design
BOX 12 Art Association
BOX 12 Association Hall
BOX 12 Athenaeum
BOX 12 Baptist Temple
BOX 12 Brooklyn Academy of Music
BOX 12 Brooklyn Tabernacle
BOX 12 Church of the Holy Trinity
BOX 12 Clarendon Hotel
BOX 12 Clinton Avenue Reformed Church
BOX 12 Emmanuel Baptist Church
BOX 12 Emmanuel Church
BOX 12 Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church
BOX 12 German Evangelical Church
BOX 12 Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights
BOX 12 Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Programs
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BOX 12 Long Island Historical Society
BOX 12 New York Avenue M. E. Church
BOX 12 Phillips, Mr.
BOX 12 Plymouth Church
BOX 13 Reformed Church
BOX 13 Saint Ann's-on-the-Heights
BOX 13 Saint John's Church
BOX 13 Saint Luke's Church
BOX 13 Saint Mary's P. E. Church
BOX 13 Saint Michael's Church
BOX 13 Simpson M. E. Church
BOX 13 Strong Place Baptist Church
BOX 13 Van Dyke, Mrs. A. V. B.
BOX 13 Westminster Presbyterian Church
BOX 13 BuffaloBOX 13 Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
BOX 39 ScotlandBOX 39 EdinburghBOX 39 International Exhibit of 1890
BOX 43 Miscellaneous
Identified by name onlyBOX 43 Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.BOX 43 Brick Church, Rochester, N.Y.BOX 43 Cathedral of the Holy CrossBOX 43 Central ChurchBOX 43 Centre ChurchBOX 43 Church of Our Lady of Victory
Programs
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BOX 43 Church of St. John the EvangelistBOX 43 Church of the Holy CommunionBOX 43 Church of the NativityBOX 43 Church of the TransfigurationBOX 43 Collegiate ChurchBOX 43 Concordia Opera HouseBOX 43 First Baptist ChurchBOX 43 First ChurchBOX 43 First Congregational ChurchBOX 43 German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel ChurchBOX 43 Jordan HallBOX 43 Linden HallBOX 43 Martini Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBOX 43 Masonic Opera HouseBOX 43 Memorial HallBOX 43 Metropolitan ChurchBOX 43 New Brattle Church (Boston, Mass.)BOX 43 New M.E. ChurchBOX 43 New Second Congregational ChurchBOX 43 Norman, Mr. VanBOX 43 The "Old First" Presbyterian Church of New YorkBOX 43 Old Stone ChurchBOX 43 Peddie Memorial ChurchBOX 43 The People's ChurchBOX 43 Pilgrim Congregational ChurchBOX 43 Potter HallBOX 43 Roseville M. E. ChurchBOX 43 Seeley's HallBOX 43 St. James Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.)BOX 43 St. James Roman Catholic ChurchBOX 43 St. John's P.E. ChurchBOX 43 St. Michael's ChurchBOX 43 Tomlinson HallBOX 43 Tompkins Avenue Congregational ChurchBOX 43 Townsend, Mr. IsaacBOX 43 Trinitarian Congregational ChurchBOX 43 Trinity M.E. ChurchBOX 43 Universalist ChurchBOX 43 Wilson College ChapelBOX 43 Woolsey HallBOX 43 Zion P.E. Church
BOX 43 Clippings
BOX 43 German Langauge Programs
Programs
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BOX 43 Lecture Recital on Edward MacDowell
BOX 43 Other Performances identified by performer only (A-Z)
BOX 44-50 Scrapbooks, 1849 December 5 to 1876 DecemberScrapbooks of Samuel P. Warren.Arrangement is chronological.
BOX 44 Scrapbook 1 (December 5, 1849 to May 31, 1869)BOX 45 Scrapbook 2 (March 1869 to June 7, 1873)BOX 46 Scrapbook 3 (January 16, 1902 to September 27, 1903)BOX 47 Scrapbook 4 (1868 to June 10, 1870)BOX 48 Scrapbook 5 (December 31, 1868 to December 1876)BOX 49 Scrapbook 6 (January 8, 1870 to December 15, 1870)BOX 50 Scrapbook 7 (August 17, 1854 to March 4, 1863)
