This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2018
Raymond, Maurice F (Morris Raymond Saunders). Group of The Great Raymond Co. Contracts and Property List. Seven pieces total, including a signed contract between The Great Raymond and Frank L. Talbot Hippodrome for a two-week engagement at theaters in St. Louis and Kansas City (1913); an annotated contract between Raymond and Carl Wilson, a stage assistant (1910); a blank contract for “lady” assistants to the show (1920s); a carbon print of a memo by Raymond, who “being thoroughly disgusted with the persistent stealing of large and small sums of money from my dressing room, and the petty pilfering of supplies,” notifies assistants “that they will be held personally responsible for any loss or breakage which they may carelessly or willfully cause” (1923); a scene plot and property list, partly in manuscript (1900s); and two sharing contracts (1900s), one with manuscript annotations.