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Varieté Association. La

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Social club of New Orleans, founded in 1849.

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La Varieté Association records

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Identifier: SC-15-MS
Scope and Contents The Association built four important theatre buildings during its history, the last being the Grand Opera House (1871-1906). The records include one manuscript minute book of the Association, 1899-1905 (several meetings per month), which detail the operation of the building and the Association's dealings with the lessee, Henry Greenwall. Also included are various legal papers (stocks, typewritten correspondence, a summons from the Circuit Court of the United States) and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1889-1905