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The Complete Chautauquan Chautauqua Items Wanted By Jeffrey Scott Maxwell

Here is a partial listing of publications and other items that I would like to add to my collection of chautauqua-related materials.

Books

• Books about Chautauqua that are WANTED to add to the collection (average condition -- "withdrawn" or "discard" library copies are okay, as long as they are readable and complete)  
  • Case, Victoria and Robert Ormond Case.  We Called It Culture: The Story of Chautauqua.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1948.
  • Gould, Joseph E.  The Chautauqua Movement: An Episode in the Continuing American Revolution.  New York: State Univ. of New York, 1961.
  • Gould, Joseph.  The Chautauqua Movement. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1972.
  • Hurlbut, Jesse L.  The Story of Chautauqua.  New York: Putnam, 1921.
  • Irwin, Alfreda L.  Three Taps of the Gavel: Pledge to the Future.  3d ed.  Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Institution, 1987.
  • Orchard, Hugh A.  Fifty Years of Chautauqua: Its Beginnings, Its Development, Its Message and Its Life.  Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Torch Press, 1923.
  • Scott, Marian.  Chautauqua Caravan.  New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939.
  • Slout, William L.  Theatre in a Tent: The Development of a Provincial Entertainment.  Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1972.
  • Vincent, John Heyl.  The Chautauqua Movement.  Boston: Chautauqua, 1886.

Periodicals

• Issues of the following periodicals are wanted -- Please send your sell list to me at Alphabet26@aol.com.
  • The Chautauquan : organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (1880-1914) Published in Jamestown, N.Y.
    • Prelimenary Number (Sep 1880).
    • Vol 1, No 1(Oct 1880)-Vol 9, No 10(Jul 1889) published Monthly **except Aug and Sept**
    • Vol 10, No 1 (Oct 1889)-Vol 29 (Sep 1899) published Monthly (6 iss per vol, 2 vol per year)
      NOTE: Vol 10 through 29 were also called "New Series Vol 1-20."
    • Vol 30, No 1 (Oct 1899)-Vol 70, No 3 (May 1913) published Monthly.
    • Vol 71, No 1 (Jun 1913)-Vol 72, No 38 (May 23, 1914) published Weekly
    • Jun 1914 merged with The Independent.
  • The Chautauqua Quarterly.  Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Institute, c 1902.
    • Example: Vol 2, No 3 (May 1902).
  • The Chautauqua Quarterly.  Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Press, c 1934.
    • Ed. Arthur Eugene Bestor, Jr.
  • The Chautauqua Weekly.  Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Press, c 1907.
    • Published weekly
    • Suspended publication with Vol 33, No 19.
    • Example: Vol 1, No 19 (Jan 3, 1907)
  • Chautauqua Young Folks' Annual (1881-1890) Boston: D. Lothrop.
    • Published annually; a compilation of the "C. Y. F. R. U. Suppliment" from each monthly issue of Wide Awake.
  • Chautauqua Young Folk's Journal.  Boston: D. Lothrop, 1884-1890.
    • Published monthly Vol 1, No 1 (Oct 1884) - Vol 6 (1890).
    • Quote from cover, "For reading clubs, schools and homes."
  • The International Lyceum Association.  Chicago: International Lyceum Association, 1933-1947.
    • Published monthly Vol 1 (Jul 1933) - (Summer 1947)
    • Jul 1933-Jul/Aug 1935 published as The ILA News.
    • In Summer 1947 the International Lyceum Association became the International Platform Association."
  • The I.L.A. News (International Lyceum Association)
    • Published monthly Vol. 1, No 1 (Jul 1933) - (Jul/Aug 1935).
    • Became The International Lyceum Association.
  • The Lyceum.  Boston: Boston Lyceum, 1827.
    • Examples: Vol 2, No 9 (Sept 15, 1827), Vol 2, No 11 (Nov 15, 1827). 
  • The Lyceum.  Milwaukee, Wis: Summerfield Lyceum, 1884-?
    • Monthly publication Oct 1884-?
    • Quote from cover, "Intention is to issue the Summerfield Lyceum about the middle of every month."
  • The Lyceum.  Asheville, NC: T. R. Gaines, 1890.
    • Ed. Tilman R. Gaines.
    • Vol 1, No 1 (June 1890)
  • The Lyceum Magazine
  • The Lyceum News
  • The Lyceum World (c.1914)
  • The Lyceumite & Talent
  • The Platform
  • Wide Awake.  Boston: D. Lothrop, 1875-1893.
    • Published monthly Vol 1 (Jul 1875) to Vol 37, No 3 (Aug 1893).
    • Oct 1881-May 1890 each number includes the section "C. Y. F. R. U. Suppliment"  (CYFRU means Chautauqua Young Folks' Reading Union)
    • Vol 12-13 include the separately paged suppliment "Warlock o' Glenwarlock."
    • Books were published with stories from Wide Awake.  I have one which is "Vol Z" from 1888.  The books made from Volumes 1-13 have the title Wide Awake pleasures book.
• Articles A: I would like to acquire the following periodicals and journals, which contain chautauqua related articles.
  • Bello, Richard.  "The Contemporary Rise of Louisiana Voices and Other Neo-Chautauquas: A Return to Oral Performance."  Text & Performance Quarterly, 17 (1997): 182-196.
  • Gentile, John S.  "A TPQ Interview: John S. Gentile Talks with Lou Burton."  Text and Performance Quarterly 11 (1991): 141-152.
  • Gentile, John S.  "The Wyoming Chautauqua's Contesting the Constitution."  Literature and Performance, 8 (1988): 57-65.
  • Green, J. Earl.  "Successful Revival: The Nebraska Tent Chautauqua."  Adult Leadership (June, 1979).
  • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Herald.  (Special Issue)  The Eidson Institute, 1984.  (Note: I have a photocopy of this, but would like to get a copy of the original publication.)
  • Lanier, Doris.  "The Early Chautauqua in Georgia."  Journal of American Culture, Vol. 11 (Fall 1988).
  • The Michigan Connection.  (Special Issue)  Michigan Council for the Humanities.  Winter/Spring 1984.
  • Nelson, Julie R.  "A Subtle Revolution: The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in Rural Midwestern Towns, 1878-1900."  Agricultural History, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Fall 1996).
  • Schurr, Cathleen.  "Chautauqua: Yesterday and Today."  American History Illustrated, Vol. 27 (Jul/Aug. 1992).
  • Snyder, Eldon E.  "The Chautauqua Movement in Popular Culture: A Sociological Analysis"  Journal of American Culture, Vol. 8 (Fall 1985).
  • Tapia, John Edward.  "Circuit Chautauqua Program Brochures: A Study in Social and Intellectual History." Quarterly Journal of Speech, 67 (1981).
  • Tozier, Roy B.  "A Short Life-History of the Chautauqua."  American Journal of Sociology, 10 (1934).
• Articles B: This is the same list as "Articles A" above, only ordered alphabetically by publication title:
  • Adult Leadership (June, 1979). Green, J. Earl.  "Successful Revival: The Nebraska Tent Chautauqua."
  • Agricultural History, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Fall 1996).  Nelson, Julie R.  "A Subtle Revolution: The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in Rural Midwestern Towns, 1878-1900."
  • American History Illustrated, Vol. 27 (Jul/Aug. 1992).  Schurr, Cathleen.  "Chautauqua: Yesterday and Today."
  • American Journal of Sociology, 10 (1934).  Tozier, Roy B.  "A Short Life-History of the Chautauqua."  
  • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Herald.  (Special Issue)  The Eidson Institute, 1984.  (Note: I have a photocopy of this, but would like to get a copy of the original publication.)
  • Journal of American Culture, Vol. 8 (Fall 1985).  Snyder, Eldon E.  "The Chautauqua Movement in Popular Culture: A Sociological Analysis."  
  •  Journal of American Culture, Vol. 11 Lanier, Doris.  "The Early Chautauqua in Georgia." (Fall 1988).
  • Literature and Performance, 8 (1988).  Gentile, John S.  "The Wyoming Chautauqua's Contesting the Constitution."
  • The Michigan Connection.  (Special Issue)  Michigan Council for the Humanities.  Winter/Spring 1984.
  • Quarterly Journal of Speech, 67 (1981).  Tapia, John Edward.  "Circuit Chautauqua Program Brochures: A Study in Social and Intellectual History."
  • Text & Performance Quarterly, 17 (1997).  Bello, Richard.  "The Contemporary Rise of Louisiana Voices and Other Neo-Chautauquas: A Return to Oral Performance."
  • Text & Performance Quarterly 11 (1991).  Gentile, John S.  "A TPQ Interview: John S. Gentile Talks with Lou Burton."

Articles  (I would like to have original publications or photocopies of the following materials.)

• Independent Chautauqua List.  In the April 1917 edition of The Lyceum Magazine, there is an advertisement on page 38 that says, "INDEPENDENT CHAUTAU- / QUA LIST (New) / for $1.00 / Write The Lyceum Magazine / 1247 Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago."  I would, no doubt, pay more than $1.00 for this publication.  Does anyone have one that he or she might be willing to photocopy for me?  Any leads appreciated. 
• Any article with a list of independent chautauquas, with officers or dates listed.
• Any article with a list of chautauqua dates scheduled by chautauqua bureaus for any given year.
• Any article with a list of the members of The International Chautauqua Alliance.
• Any article with a list of Chautauqua Talent Bureaus, with addresses, personnel, etc., that supplied either circuit chautauquas or talent for independent chautauquas.

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Postcards

• Postcards Featuring Independent Chautauquas (I prefer postcards that have been mailed and have a legible postmark.)
  • Waxahachie, Texas, Chautauqua Assembly postcards produced prior to1930.
  • Winfield, Kansas, Chautauqua postcards.

Photos

Other Items

• Pins. I am always looking for pins, buttons, ribbons, and other items that might have been worn at Chautauqua, especially those related to chautauqua circuits.

This is a note to myself, for when I get around to it, on some dissertations I would like to acquire.

• Hedges, R. Alan.  Actors Under Canvas: A Study of the Theatre of the Circuit Chautauqua, 1910-1933.  (diss., Ohio State University, 1976)
• Smoot, James S.  Platform Theatre: Theatrical Elements of the Lyceum and Chautauqua.  (diss., University of Michigan, 1954.)

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