Professional Materials
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Jessee, Mark
label: Collection Creator
content: Marks, Peter, 1843-1883
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content: Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1849-1915; undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1328, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials provide a glimpse into minstrelsy as a popular nineteeth century American form of entertainment. These promotional materials were created or used by Peter Marks over the course of his music career. The series is divided into three subseries. Subseries 2.1 is playbills, programs, posters, and advertisements dating from 1863-1879 with some undated material. Subseries 2.2 consists of sheet music dating primarily from 1843-1901. Subseries 2.3 contains publications dating from 1849-1915.