- Collection:
- The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
- Title:
- Letter: Nashville, Tennessee to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, 1927 Nov. 9
- Creator:
- Starr, Milton
- Date of Original:
- 1927-11-09
- Subject:
- Theatre Owners Booking Association
Theaters--Georgia--Macon
Negotiation--Tennessee--Nashville
Entertainment events--Georgia--Macon
Commercial agents--Tennessee--Nashville
Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
Stein, Ben - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
text/html - Description:
- Letter from Milton Starr, president of Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a Tennessee-based booking agency from 1920 to the 1930s for African American vaudeville acts, to Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre, dated November 9, 1927, addressing a rumor that Stein has affiliated with or taken bookings from another agent, Mr. Bailey in Atlanta, presumably Bailey's Vaudeville Circuit (see also dbr099 and dbr100). Starr requests a letter from Stein concerning his relations with Bailey, asserting that Stein owes him a reply based on their past relations.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- dbr069
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr069
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dtrm_dbr069
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr069/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- [1] p.
Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 21A, folder 214, document 16. - Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[Note: This document contains typewritten, handwritten, and printed text.]
[printed text:
MILTON STARR, PRESIDENT [Note: Text is red, framed by a single black rectangular line]
T. O. B. A.
[THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION]] SAM E. REEVIN, TREAS. [TREASURER] & MGR. [MANAGER]
[Note: Text is red, underlined in black, and divided centrally by an African American caricature]
Theatre Owners Booking Association]
CHICAGO OFFICE
OVERTON BUILDING
3621 S. [SOUTH] STATE ST. [STREET]
MARTIN KLEIN, MGR. [MANAGER] CHATTANOOGA OFFICE
VOLUNTEER BUILDING
SAM E. REEVIN, MGR. [MANAGER] WASHINGTON OFFICE
1223 SEVENTH ST. [STREET] , N. W. [NORTHWEST]
S. H. DUDLEY, MGR. [MANAGER]
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BIJOU THEATRE BUILDING
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE]
[typewritten text: Nov. [November] 9, 1927.
Mr. Ben Stein
Douglass Theatre
Macon, Ga. [Georgia]
Dear Mr. Stein:
I have heard the rumor that you have formed some affiliation with Mr. Bailey of Atlanta for the booking of shows, or that you have taken bookings from him.
I would greatly appreciate it very much if you would drop me a line and advise me what your relations with Mr. Bailey are, if there are any.
In view of our past relations, I feel that you owe me the courtesy of a reply to this inquiry and would be grateful to you if you would reply by return mail.
With kind regards, I remain,
Yours very truly,]
[Signed] [written text: Milton Starr]