English's Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Scope and Contents This collection contains photostat copies of newspaper articles written in 1897 about the renovations and reopening of the English Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. The short editorial that praised improvements to the theater that would make it a safe and fire-proof building for its patrons was published July 26, 1897 in the Indianapolis News, not in 1896 as identified on the photostat.

Scope and Contents This collection includes autographed, signed letters; typed documents with autographed corrections; newspaper articles; and photostats of newspaper articles from William G. Sullivan in Indianapolis, Indiana; photographs and photostats of letters from Joseph Arthur ranging from 1886 to 1958, regarding the English Opera House, the English family, Annie Fox, John Flaxman, Joseph Arthur, John Wilkes Booth, and other theatrical and artistic persons and plays.