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Collection Data
- Description
- Collection includes correspondence, ephemera, programs, police certificates, photographs, posters, and clippings related to the life and legacy of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926).
- Names
- Cohn, Daniel E., Dr. (Contributor)
- Ernst, Fox & Cane (Contributor)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1898 - 1989
- Library locations
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Shelf locator: *T-Mss 2016-010
- Topics
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- Peterkin, Walter
- Escape artists
- Magic
- Magic tricks
- Magicians
- Genres
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Posters
- Ephemera
- Programs
- Notes
- Content: Collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, programs, police certificates, photographs, and posters related to the life and legacy of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Of particular note are several manuscript letters by Houdini to various colleagues, documentation about Houdini's death, and also a large group of "police certificates" that describe and attest to Houdini's escapes in front of groups of police, civic leaders, and journalists across the United States and Western Europe.
- Physical Description
- Extent: 2 boxes, 3 oversize folders, and one framed item (1.25 linear feet)
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Identifiers
- Other local Identifier: *T-Mss 2016-010
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20947518
- MSS Unit ID: 30057
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 610cd190-fd9f-013b-53d1-0242ac110004
