Arts. Arts

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Sigma Alpha Iota is an international professional music fraternity for women that was founded in 1903 at the University of Michigan. The Dayton Alumnae Chapter was officially chartered in 1959 with 19 members, and is still active today. This collection contains administrative documents, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the Dayton Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota from 1959 to 2020.

Scope and Contents This collection of aviation artwork consists of 10 artists’ proof prints of the original water color and Prismacolor pencil renderings. The collection includes works from her series “Metamorphosis” (7 pieces) as well as “Metaphors” (3 pieces), both of which depict aircraft with their namesake creatures or activities. Individual pieces are signed and numbered. In addition to the prints, there is a folder containing information about each of the 10 pieces and some biographical information...

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This collection documents the career of Dayton Daily News columnist and Kettering resident, D.L. Stewart. The collection is entirely made up of Stewart's column from 1975 to 2011. The column was nationally syndicated in 1980 and featured over fifty newspapers nationwide. In the column Stewart discusses popular culture, sports, and family in a humorous and sometimes sincere tone. Stewart has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize five times and is the author of four books.

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Sweeney is a writer of young adult fiction and a graduate of Wright State University. Her papers include typed manuscripts of several of her published works, journals, scrapbooks, college class papers, and correspondence.

Abstract The Victoria Theatre Collection includes an assortment of materials spanning the lifetime of the theatre. First built in 1866, the Victoria Theatre has provided the city of Dayton with the performing arts for 150 years. The collection contains both administrative and promotional materials for the theatre and its shows. The majority of the collection is made up of show files which contain documents on many of the performances held at the Victoria Theatre. It includes financial, advertising,...

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Playbill for "The Trial of Mary Dugan," at the Victory Theater, beginning circa January 6, 1920.

Content Description The collection consists of general (paper) files and audiovisual materials. The general files include articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, reports, membership lists, financial information, correspondence, newsletters, grant application files, workshops and programming files, group travel files, and files about a reunion of Living Arts Center participants. A listing of the electronic files present in the collection is also included in this section, both electronically and...

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Song sheet published by the Dayton Evening Herald for use during community events, includes words for 34 songs.

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Sheet music and RCA phonograph recording of "Who Knows".