Boudini Brothers Vaudeville Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Boudini, Phil
label: Creator
content: Boudini Brothers
label: Creator
content: Boudini, Dan, 1891-
label: Names
content: Orpheum Circuit
label: Names
content: Bernard, Adele
topic: label: Occupation
content: Accordionists
label: Topic
content: Performing arts
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
label: Topic
content: Accordion
label: Topic
content: Accordion music
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Division of Culture and the Arts.
creator: label: Creator
content: Boudini, Phil
label: Creator
content: Boudini Brothers
label: Creator
content: Boudini, Dan, 1891-
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content: Boudini Brothers Vaudeville Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Phil and Dan Boudini (original names: Filippo and Domenico D'Agostino) were accordionists. Phil was born in Ireland, Dan in Italy. As children, they and their parents moved to Paris. After an apprenticeship, Dan worked in an accordion store. After immigrating to America, they appeared as a vaudeville act during the 1910s and 1920s, performing on the Orpheum Circuit. Initially, the act was called the Boudini Brothers. Their agent was also Harry Houdini's agent and suggested that they adopt the similar name. Phil left the act in 1917, and Dan Boudini's wife, Adele Bernard, joined the act. That act ended in 1928 and Dan and Adele lived the rest of their lives in Wallingford, Connecticut.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.25 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1928
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center in 2017 by the Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1426
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Periodicals
label: Type
content: Contracts
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Sheet music
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Scores
label: Type
content: Magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: Telegrams
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Scrip
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Periodicals
label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Magazines (periodicals)
label: Genre/Form
content: Telegrams
label: Genre/Form
content: Music -- Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrip
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers document the Boudini Brothers Vaudeville act. They include letters, postcards and telegrams, mostly of a business nature (such as relating to bookings); business papers including contracts and papers relating to expenses; photographs of the family and of the act; programs; scores and sheet music; music manuscripts; advertisements for appearances; magazines; periodicals; clippings and articles; calendars; scrip; and miscellaneous.