Summary Information

Title: Barry Conners Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1913-1927, 2001

Creator:

• Conners, Barry, 1882-1933

Call Number: M2004-239

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 14 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Barry Conners (1882-1933), a playwright and vaudeville entertainer, documenting play openings, reviews, and interviews with Conners. The scrapbooks consist of photographs and news clippings about performers and performances of some of Conners' plays. Also included is documentation of Conners' involvement with the White Rats Actors' Union, and his personal writings about the union. The bulk of the collection consists of scripts from plays and radio broadcasts written by Conners, including early drafts and completed manuscripts. The photographs include images of Conners, billboards announcing his plays, assorted friends from the vaudeville community, and family members. Also included is a biography entitled “My Grandfather's Trunk,” by Conners' grandson, Barry Rohan.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2004239

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