Summary Information

Title: Laura Case Sherry Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1947

Creator:

• Sherry, Laura Case, 1879-1947

Call Number: Wis Mss UQ

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes, 8 separate volumes)

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 Laura Case Sherry, an actress who was organizer, director, and chief financial backer of the Wisconsin Players of Milwaukee, an amateur theatrical group. Correspondence includes many letters written in France while Mrs. Sherry was entertainment director for the YMCA for soldiers serving overseas during World War I. There are also 14 scrapbooks containing clippings, playbills, publicity, and financial records for the Wisconsin Players, 1899-1940, and the Wisconsin Dramatic Society, 1911-1940, which Mrs. Sherry founded with Zona Gale and Thomas L. Dickinson. Several journals relate to her international travels.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000uq

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