Ruby Churchill Parmelee papers

Finding Aid

Prepared by James W. Geary, November 24, 1975; Revised by E. Merle Watkins, April 17, 2003; Last Updated: August 2020

Inclusive Dates: 1866-1931
Extent: .75 cubic foot (1 half-size record storage box, 2 oversize folders, 1 CD box)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Scope and Content: The items in this group consist primarily of theater playbills (mostly 1920s), newpaper clippings, and other miscellaneous items, such as post cards and scrap books.

Processing Information: Originally processed under the archives identification D.7.9.1.

Acquisition Information: Ruby Churchill Parmelee of Ravenna, Ohio, donated this collection in 1975.

Box 1
Folder--Contents

1. H.P. Crozier, The Death of President Lincoln, New York: John A. Gray & Green, printers, 1866, 32 pp.
2. Listing of grammar and primary school staff and inspectors for New York City: 1875; used also as a scrapbook of newspaper clippings: [1888?].
3. Leather notebook, possibly of A. Miller, containing a sketch, stamp collection and miscellaneous expenses: 1884-1887.
4. New York City Business Directory [no date]; used also as a scrapbook of theatre playbills: 1890-1895.
5. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, especially on European events: [1890s].
6. Too Much Johnson, Standard Theatre, New York, playbill: 1894-1895.
7. Cleveland Orchestra, programs: December 16 and 30, 1923.
8. Chicago Civic Opera Company, schedule: February 11-14, 1924; Lightnin', Metropolitan Theatre, Cleveland, playbill: 1924; and The Miracle, Public Auditorium, Cleveland, playbill: 1924-1925.
9. B.F. Keith's 105th Street Theatre, Cleveland, programs: October, 1925; January, 1926; and one with no date.
10. The Ohio Theatre, Cleveland, playbills: What Price Glory, June 13-19, 1926; The Jazz Singer, February 6-12, 1927; and The Jade God, December 15-21, 1929.
11. The Play House, Cleveland, playbills: The Concert, December, 1926 and The Skin Game, 1927-1928.
12. Colonial Theatre, Cleveland, playbills: The Great Gatsby, January, 1927 and Abie's Irish Rose, October, 1927.
13. The Hanna Theatre, Cleveland, playbills: Straight Thru The Door, November 21-27, 1927; December, 1927; Follow Thru, December 18-23, 1928; September 1930; December 1930; and April, 1931.
14. Alhambra Theatre, Cleveland, program: Aloma of the South Seas, February 19-26, 1928.
15. Instructions for upholstering chairs from the Ohio State University Extension Service: September, 1935.
16. Six miscellaneous items: Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia post card set, Buffalo, New York post card set, a leather post card, 1906.
17. Three early nineteenth century sermons entitled "Subject and mode of baptism"; "Glorious Things are spoken of thee oh City of God"; and "Know ye not that They run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize, so run ye that ye may obtain."
18. Lithographs depicting centennial naval and military parades which appeared as a supplement to Harper's Weekly: May 11, 1889 (shelved in 11th floor map case).
19. Miscellaneous newspapers and periodicals, including an issue of the New York Sun: September 3, 1833; the Gainesville, Florida Cotton States: September 20, 1862; the Portage County Democrat: December 8, 1875; and the Judge, XVI: April 27, 1889 (shelved in 11th floor map case).

Box 2
Folder -- Contents

1. Miscellaneous postcards from Ohio, Washington DC, other sites in North America and international scenes.