Austin History Center
Paramount Collection at Austin History Center
www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00292/ahc-00292.html
Austin History Center
Mike Miller, Director
810 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Nicole Davis
Head Archivist
Susan Rittereiser
Curator of Archives and Manuscripts
Susan.Rittereiser@austintexas.gov
512-974-7482
Grace McEvoy
Archives Media Specialist
512-974-7396
Molly Hults
John Bernardoni Paramount Theatre Collection 1975-1985
DONATED IN MARCH, 2015 TO
AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER
Season ticket marketing brochures
Fund raising marketing brochures
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas world premiere – official program, tickets; ring binder of press clippings
Documentaries – HGTV’s “Restore America”; MEC’s doc; “Behind The Curtain”
Austin Monthly Magazine article
Magazine articles; miscellaneous
Audio file – inaugural Dave Brubeck concerts – 2/2/1975; this was the first test show before we took over the lease 4/15/1975;
Dave Brubeck 3 CD’s in Jewel Cases – inaugural show 2/1975. KUT broadcast these two concerts with Dave’s sons in the band.
Hand bills
Playbills – 1975 to 1985; about 80
Fund raising history – 1975 to 1985
Photos – interior; exterior from photo shoot 2014; miscellaneous photos
Show records – financial accounting in great detail i.e. gross, costs broken down, attendance, ticket prices and concession gross, etc.
7 very large ring binders with articles – 1975 to 1985; were not digitized; could be 100 to 200 articles.
Dracula national tour financials – 1984/1985 – 56 cities in the US and a month at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Movie festival poster
Star photos – maybe a dozen; Dolly Parton and others
Original prospectus for Paramount, Inc.- circa 1973
Restoration brochures – maybe 2-3
Event Booking Calendar – 1975-1985; covers all PT events, rentals, etc.
Note: Most items donated were originals. Additionally, a flash drive of scans of these documents was also part of the gift to AHC