Call Number:

Ms. Coll. 1007

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Extent:

0.25 linear feet (1 box)

Preferred Citation:

Florence Bayard Kane collection of European travel and theater ephemera, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

Date:

1881-1929 (inclusive) and 1899-1900 (bulk)

Creator:

Kane, Florence Bayard

Form:

Theater programs and Printed ephemera

Abstract:

A collection of playbills and other ephemera of a young lady's travels in Europe, particularly Paris, collected by Florence Bayard Kane, daughter of the prominent Kane family of Philadelphia, primarily between 1899 and 1900.

Florence Bayard Kane (1868-1943) was born in New Castle to John Kintzing Kane and Mabel Bayard. A member of the prominent Kane family of Pennsylvania, she was a volunteer worker and much-traveled individual who briefly worked as a librarian and manuscript processor. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, collection 2055). Between 1899 and 1900, Kane traveled in Paris, presumably staying in Mrs. Edward Ferris' home for young ladies abroad. She collected playbills and other ephemera during her stay, and later during other trips to Europe in 1909 and 1914. She was a Quaker who attended the Germantown Friends Meeting. She never married.

Series one contains ephemera of a young lady's visits to Paris between 1899 and 1914, including calendars, a horse racing pamphlet, and information about housing and traveling throughout Europe. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series two demonstrates Miss Kane's love of theater, and contains playbills and libretti, largely collected during her 1899 to 1900 trip to Paris, although some were collected later. This series is arranged chronologically.