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O'Toole Family, 1894

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials include three photographs of the O'Toole Family from 1894, including photographs of Batholomew, Margaret Kelly, Tessabel, and Bartley Augusta O'Toole. One of the photographs was taken inside Washington Canyon.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

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Bluebell Girls: photographic print

Date

1939 to 1960

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Written on the back of the photo: "George [Zenga?] 3. Rue St. [Christofe?] [not legible] [seine?]. "100 [gianil?] 100 Hold 100 Roye.

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Catherine Dunne: photographic print

Date

1939 to 1940

Description

From Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls MS-00604. (sod2022-010-007 shows this photograph in a newspaper clipping.)

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Collaborators/Partners and Miscellaneous, 1950s-1990s

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

The collaborators/partners and miscellaneous subseries contains materials dating from the 1950s to the 1990s that document the lives of Donn's Arden's lifelong collaborator Margaret Kelly (Miss Bluebell) and that of Las Vegas producer Frank Sennes. Also contains general information on dance, production shows, and showgirls.

Archival Collection

Donn Arden Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00425
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photographs, 1940s-1980s

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The photographs series consists primarily of headshots of individuals and groups auditioning for roles in Donn Arden productions from the 1940s to the 1980s. This series also contains a photo album and loose photographs of Arden in Paris with Ron Fletcher, Margaret Kelly (Miss Bluebell), and others in the late 1940s to 1950s.

Archival Collection

Donn Arden Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00425
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

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Catherine Dunne: photographic print

Date

1939 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Portrait photograph of dancer Catherine Dunne. (sod2022-010-004 shows this photo in a newspaper clipping.)

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Dancer Catherine Dunne: photographic print

Date

1939 to 1960

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Written on the back of the photo: "Miss Catherine Dunne in another of her show pieces. (This photo was very small & had been cut by Miss Dunne. It has been copied as received)."

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Catherine Dunne in front of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy: photographic print

Date

1939 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)

Description

From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. Written on the back of the photo: "Miss Dunne feeding pigeons outside church of San Marco, Venice. [not legible] raw edge all in. W. News." (sod2022-010-009 shows this photograph in a newspaper clipping.)

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Personal and family photographs, approximately 1920-1989

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The personal and family photographs (approximately 1920-1989) contain photographic prints, negatives, and photographic slides that depict Donn Arden, his family, and his friends. The photographs include Arden's family gatherings; his colleagues Ron Fletcher, Pierre Lewis-Guerin, and Margaret Kelly (who was also known as Madame Bluebell); parties; award ceremonies; and portraits of Donn Arden.

Archival Collection

Donn Arden Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00328
Collection Name: Donn Arden Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

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