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
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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)."
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.)
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.