Slover Puppeteer Collection
name: label: Puppeteer
content: Slover, Alvin
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Culture and the Arts
label: Donor
content: Larson, Mary E.
topic: label: Topic
content: manuscripts
label: Topic
content: Puppeteers
label: Topic
content: Puppets
label: Topic
content: Traveling theater -- United States -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Traveling theater -- United States -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Mary E. Larson to the Division of Culture and the Arts, National Museum of American History, in 2004.
creator: label: Puppeteer
content: Slover, Alvin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Slover Puppeteer Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection relates to the Slover Family of puppeteers, and documents their lives and activities as they traveled the country with their show.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1990
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) 2018.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1464
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Guest lists
label: Type
content: Ledgers (account books)
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Notes
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Guest lists
label: Genre/Form
content: Ledgers (account books) -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection relates to the Slover Family of puppeteers, and documents their lives and activities as they traveled the country with their show.  The collection includes photographs, including photographs from their earliest days when they were traveling in wagons; guest books; a manuscript for a memoir from the matriarch of the family; a ledger, 1916-1932, listing what the box office take was in each location the show was performed; a notebook containing content of the shows, jokes, etc.; a scrapbook containing photographs and other things; letters; clippings and articles; and printed music.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: See Museum accession 2004.0005 for related artifacts (puppets) in the Division of CUlture and the Arts