St. Felix Sisters' Scrapbook
name: label: Collector
content: St. Felix Sisters
label: Collector
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
label: Names
content: D'Oyly Carte (theater company)
label: Names
content: E.E. Rice's Opera Comique Company
label: Names
content: Tony Pastor's Vaudeville Theater
label: Names
content: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
label: Names
content: St. Felix, Charlotte
label: Names
content: St. Felix, Clementina
label: Names
content: St. Felix, Henrietta
label: Names
content: St. Felix, Leonore
topic: label: Topic
content: Women entertainers -- 1880-1910
label: Topic
content: Entertainers -- 1880-1910
label: Topic
content: Entertainment
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville -- 1880-1910
label: Topic
content: Burlesque (Theater) -- 1880-1910
label: Topic
content: Theater -- 1880-1910
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
creator: label: Collector
content: St. Felix Sisters
label: Collector
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The three Felix sisters, Henrietta, Clementina and Charlotte, performed in theatre companies, such as Tony Pastor's Vaudeville Theatre, and the D'Oyly Carte and E.E. Rice's Opera Comique Company.  A fourth sister, Leonora, died in 1880.  Their act consisted of original song and dance sketches which were described as "refined and elegant."  They had a great variety of costumes of "richness of fabric and elegance of design."

On their annual tours with the vaudeville companies they performed in cities across the United States and in Montreal, Canada.  Between 1887 and 1888 they toured Europe, playing for seven months in London; then in Paris, Vienna, Hanover, Dresden, Berlin and Rotterdam.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1904
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Warshaw Collection, February 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0294
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Theater programs
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Archives Center staff.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Theater programs -- 1880-1910
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1880-1910
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 1880-1910
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This scrapbook contains newspaper reviews & theatre programs in which the St. Felix Sisters are named, and which covers the period from April, 1880 to November, 1898.

The scrapbook also contains a newspaper article on the death of President Garfield, and article about Greenwood Cemetery where many "stage artists" were buried in the public lots, and an engraving titled "Puck and the Fairies" (Midsummer Night's Dream).