LUCILE M. KANE AND JOHN ALLEY DOUGHERTY:

An Inventory of Their Motion Picture Research Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Kane, Lucile M.
Title:Lucile M. Kane and John Alley Dougherty motion picture research files.
Dates:1887-2005.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Research files compiled by Lucile M. Kane and John Alley Dougherty pertaining to the motion picture industry and theaters located primarily in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Quantity:17.8 cubic feet (18 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, biographical material and notes about theaters, actors and actresses, writers, businessmen, and others. All photographs in the collection are photocopied. Also of note are a number of files which give background information and addresses of theaters in St. Paul and Minneapolis.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Subject Files
Theater Files


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Lucile M. Kane and John Alley Dougherty Motion Picture Research Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,216; 16,514

Processing Information:

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 006777832


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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LocationBox
142.J.17.4F1Actors, actresses, and writers, 1906-1995. 4 folders.
Agriculture and settlement, 1914-1928.
Airdomes, 1891-1947.
Americanization, 1905-1927, 1993.
Amusement licenses: Minneapolis, 1904-1911.
Amusement parks:
Minneapolis and St Paul, 1904-1912.
Miscellaneous amusements, 1903-1995. 2 folders.
Anti-Semitism, 1930-1988.
Associations, 1904-1966. 5 folders.
Auditorium:
Minneapolis, 1908-1921.
St. Paul, 1907.
Benefits, 1900-1963.
Biographical Information:
A-B, 1891-1982. 3 folders.
Benz brothers, 1910-1950.
Berger, Ben 1925-1988.
C, 1887-1956.
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142.J.17.5B2D-E, 1900-1959.
Fa-Fre, 1918-1976.
Fris-Fu, 1919-1978.
Field, Harold, 1920-1964.
Finkelstein family and Herman Fields, 1900-1993.
Finkelstein, Lewis, 1880-1975.
G, 1900-1990.
Goins, Harold, 1910-1926.
H, 1900-1981.
Hamm, William, 1921-1970.
Hays, Theo, 1894-1993.
I-K , 1900-1966.
L, 1880-1992.
Laemmle, Carl, 1909-1989.
M-P, 1900-1989. 2 folders.
Includes Orpheum.
Q-R, 1900-1988.
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142.J.17.6F3Rothapfel, Samuel L., 1910-1986.
Ruben, Edmund, 1932-1991.
Ruben family, 1900-1970.
Sa-Se, 1911-1987.
Se-Sw, 1896-1992.
Steffes, William, 1880-1947.
T-V, 1878-1966.
W-Z, 1900-1995.
Birth of a Nation, 1915-1921.
Blue laws, 1919-1926.
Business and Industry:
General, 1910-1975.
Great Northern, 1911-1987.
Cartoons, 1905-1937.
Censorship:
General, 1916-1992. 5 folders.
Catholic Bulletin, 1913-1929. 2 folders.
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142.J.17.7B4Gilman Collection:
Alllied State Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors, 1922-1934.
Articles by Gilman, 1922-1931.
Citizen's League of Maryland, 1916-1934.
Correspondence, 1929. 3 folders.
Federal Motion Picture Council, 1897-1936. 2 folders.
Federal Trade Commission, 1923-1927.
General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1919-1932.
Harrison's reports, 1926-1929.
League of Nations, 1924-1928.
Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, 1913-1927.
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, 1922-1923.
National Committee for Better Films, 1923-1925.
National Committee for Study of Social Values in Motion Pictures, 1928-1932.
National Council of Women, 1927-1932.
Upshaw bill, 1924-1934.
Women's Cooperative Alliance, 1914-1931. 2 folders.
Central Film Company, 1913.
Chains, 1904-1982. 2 folders.
Civic promotion, 1909-1927.
Conventions, 1915-1927.
Corporations:
Twin City Scenic Company: Film renovation and film arts, 1913-1985.
Ray, Reid and Fox, Sly, undated.
Includes information on Charles Bell, Howard Cress, Wilbur Mills, and Edward Seavolt.
Bell, Charles, 1885-1976.
Cress, Howard, 1918-1985.
Mostly photocopied photographs.
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142.J.17.8F5Fox, Frank, 1920-1987.
Mills, Wilbur, 1914-1929.
Ray, Reid, 1910-1987. 2 folders.
Seavolt, Edward, 1907-1985.
Corporations and firms:
A-B, 1911-1948.
C-D, 1909-1983.
E-F, 1908-1970.
G-I, 1887- 1958.
K-M, 1895-1974.
N-P, 1904-1961.
R-S, 1885-1985.
T-Z, 1909-1987.
Dance halls, 1925.
Dime museums, 1885-1995.
Includes Palace Museum, Vaudeville.
Education, 1909-1929.
Equipment, 1908-1961. 2 folders.
Exchanges, 1904-1916.
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142.J.17.9B6Exchanges, 1917-1969. 4 folders.
Exchanges and distribution:
Data sheets, undated. 3 folders.
Exchanges and distribution firms:
Data sheets, 1909-1930. 8 folders.
Film companies, 1916-1917.
Film and filmmakers, 1916-1925.
Finkelstein and Ruben:
Chronology, 1910-1946. 2 folders.
Includes 1921 investigation.
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142.J.17.10F7Chronology, 1910-1946. 5 folders.
Includes 1921 investigation.
Employees, undated.
Miscellaneous, undated.
Immoral shows: Minneapolis undated.
Labor, 1901-1993. 7 folders.
Legislation:
House and Senate journals, 1905-1931.
Miscellaneous, 1908-1941.
Session laws, 1895-1929. 2 folders.
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143.F.1.1B8Managers and proprietors:
Minneapolis theaters, 1906-1930. 6 folders.
Twin Cities theaters, 1915-1938.
Mannheimer Realty Company, 1916-1919.
Minneapolis:
50th anniversary, undated.
Hennepin County Historical Society, undated.
Minneapolis journal movies, undated.
Movie operators, undated.
Movie series, undated.
Pickets, undated.
Stagehands, undated.
Minnesota films: General clippings, 1908-1985.
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143.F.2.1B18Minnesota-based films:
Free Air (1921) and other Sinclair Lewis silent movies (1922-1926), 1921-1977, 2005. 2 folders.
Hiawatha/Carl Laemmle, 1909-1974. 3 folders.
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143.F.1.1B8Miscellaneous:
Chronological miscellaneous, 1894-1987. 4 folders.
Early films and equipment, 1895-1993.
Early film exhibitions, 1894-2001. 2 folders.
Includes information on the animatograph, eidoloscope, kinetoscope, living pictures, magic lanterns, stereopticons, conlon, and the electric photograph machine.
Edison Trust, 1909-1990.
Fight films, 1894-1990.
Motion Picture Handbook, 1910.
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143.F.1.2F9Movies made in Minnesota, 1909-1991. 5 folders.
Sports and fights, 1909-1990.
Studies of motion pictures in other states and communities, 1914-1994.
Travelogues, 1906-1991.
Includes Hale's Tours.
Motion pictures:
Attitudes, undated.
Censorship, undated.
Church, undated.
Exhibitors League of Minnesota, undated.
General file, undated.
Movies:
Children, 1915-1924.
Divorce, undated.
Editorials, undated.
Education, undated.
Evolution, undated.
History, undated.
Motion picture conference of Minnesota, 1923.
Northwest, undated.
Silents, undated.
Movie going experience:
General, 1916-1997.
Kahlert, Edna movie records, 1889-1969.
List of all movies seen by Edna Kahlert in movie houses of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Moving picture industry, undated.
Moving pictures, undated.
Neighborhoods, 1913-1997.
Neighborhood action, 1904-1997.
Nickelodeon, undated.
Northwest Paramount, undated.
Northwest Theater Owners Association, undated.
Nostalgia, 1911-1999. 3 folders.
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143.F.1.3B10Photographs:
Minneapolis theaters, 1895-1995.
Out of state, 1893-1982.
St. Paul theaters, 1890-1927.
Program and events:
Copies of excerpts from books, 1987-1988.
Critics, 1909-1998.
Musician biographies, 1905-1982.
Music, 1897-1994. 3 folders.
Orpheum theater programs, 1906-1908.
Prohibition, 1908-1924.
Promotion:
General, 1906-1961. 2 folders.
Capitol Theater Magazine, 1922-1926.
Radio, 1924-1991.
Religion, 1908-1958.
Safety:
General, 1903-1935. 2 folders.
Reports on theater inspections in Minneapolis, 1911.
State Fire Marshal, 1911.
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143.F.1.4F11St. Paul moving pictures, undated.
State institutions, 1910-1933.
Sunday closings, 1887-1988. 2 folders.
Talkies, 1909-1995. 2 folders.
Taxation, 1917-1930.
Television, 1924-1969.
Terminology, 1909-1982.
Tourism, 1919-1923.
Trade publications, 1906-1996.
Woman suffrage, undated.
Women in motion picture industry, undated.
Women and clean movies, undated.
World War I, 1917-1920. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseTHEATER FILES:

Admission prices, undated.
Advertisements and program notes:
Minneapolis, 1895-1930. 3 folders.
St. Paul, 1895-1930. 4 folders.
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143.F.1.5B12Architects and decorators, 1926-1929. 2 folders.
Architecture and décor, 1909-1938.
Drive-ins, 1948-1986.
Film year books, 1926-1929. 4 folders.
License applications: Minneapolis, 1906-1930. 4 folders.
License authorizations: St. Paul, 1909-1930.
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143.F.1.5B12Minneapolis theaters:
Adkan-Crystal/New Crystal, undated. 34 folders.
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143.F.1.6F13Crystal-Lyra, undated. 69 folders.
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143.F.1.7B14Lyric-Penny Arcade, undated. 57 folders.
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143.F.1.8F15People's-New Zone, undated. 44 folders.
Open air, 1891-1928.
St. Paul theaters:
Acme-Comet, undated. 15 folders.
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143.F.1.9B16Como-Palace, undated. 63 folders.
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143.F.1.10F17Palace-Windsor, undated. 35 folders.
St. Paul theaters by street location, undated. 4 folders.
Strike, 1926-1927.
Summary sheets:
Minneapolis, 1891-1930.
St. Paul, 1890-1929. 2 folders.
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143.F.2.1B18Theater history and background, 1887-1958.
Theater lists, 1888-1925.
Minneapolis theatrical agencies, 1909-1927.
Minneapolis theatrical agencies: Supplies, 1907-1930.
Research: Minneapolis, 1887-1935.
Research: St. Paul, 1887-1966.
Vaudeville, 1904-1987. 2 folders.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Motion picture industry -- Minnesota -- History.
Motion pictures -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- History.
Motion picture theaters -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- History.
Persons:
Dougherty, John Alley

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