Summary Information

Title: Thomas S. Watson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1958

Creator:

• Watson, Thomas S., 1891-1977?

Call Number: Mss 820; PH 4609; NGA 058-060

Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 88 photographs, and 3 films

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Thomas S. Watson, the owner/manager of several motion picture theaters located in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Documentation primarily concerns the Superba and Stockton theaters, both of which were located in Freeport, Illinois, and it best covers the period 1917 to 1933. Included are box office records, check registers, contracts, advertising, extensive correspondence (mainly 1920-1925) with film distributors, and other records pertaining to the details and problems of theater operation. Relating to a later period in Watson's career when he resided in Blanchardville, Wisconsin, and operated a theater there is a small collection of film trailers and public relations films of the March of Dimes and the Red Cross. The photographs include images of Blanchardville, Wisconsin, theaters in Illinois, theater interiors and equipment, and unidentified towns and people. Miscellaneous material relates to organizations including the Ku Klux Klan.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00820

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