John J. Goodwin papers
Contributors: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1902
Language: eng
Subjects: Sources; Magicians; Archives; Magic tricks; Magic shows; History
Description: Contains directions and staging instructions for magic shows; records of performances by prominent magicians (Leon Herrmann, Herbert Albini, and Horace Marshall (Marshall the Mystic); a ms. book (apparently unpublished) "The art of magic" (45 p.); List of tricks, apparatus, secrets, and books on magic in his collection; the tricks themselves, giving staging instructions and explaining the secret of each trick; codes, both written and for confederates; lyrics and poems, written by Goodwin; and Plays, both printed and ms.
Notes: Bequest: Estate of Harry Houdini, April 1927.

John J. Goodwin was a magician, trick inventor, and a magic book and magazine collector from Brooklyn, New York, and an early member of the Society of American Magicians.