Boston Lyceum Bureau
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Speakers bureau, entertainment |
| Founded | 1 January 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Founder | James Redpath, George L. Fall |
| Defunct | 1 January 1874 |
| Fate | Partnership dissolved; continued as Redpath Lyceum Bureau under James Redpath |
| Headquarters | Boston , United States |
Area served | United States |
Key people | James Redpath, George L. Fall |
The Boston Lyceum Bureau, established in 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts, was created by James Redpath and George L. Fall, operating from offices located at 36 Bromfield Street. This agency played a key role in bringing distinguished lecturers and writers such as Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain, and George MacDonald to audiences across the United States.
Around 1874, the original partnership dissolved. Subsequently, Redpath briefly managed the "Redpath Lyceum Bureau," which continued to feature many of the same notable speakers. In the years that followed, new owners expanded both the "Boston Lyceum Bureau" and the "Redpath Lyceum Bureau" extensively into the early 1900s, opening branches throughout the country.
Lecturers/Performers
- Susan B. Anthony
- Henry Ward Beecher
- Josh Billings
- Emma Hardinge Britten
- Moses T. Brown
- Isabella Dallas-Glynn
- Frederick Douglass
- Adrian J. Ebell
- Fanny R. Edmunds
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Thomas Fitch
- Edward Everett Hale
- B. Waterhouse Hawkins
- John Hay
- Isaac I. Hayes
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Lottie Hough
- Julia Ward Howe
- The Hyers Sisters
- Mary A. Livermore
- David Ross Locke
- Sam Lucas
- George MacDonald
- Mendelssohn Quintette Club
- Rev. W.H.H. Murray
- Mr. & Mrs. Madison Obrey
- Oliver Optic
- Wendell Phillips
- Kate Reignolds
- Erminia Rudersdorff
- Matthew Hale Smith
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Charles Sumner
- Virginia F. Townsend
- Mark Twain
- Edwin Percy Whipple
See also
Further reading
- Pond. "The Lyceum." The Cosmopolitan. April 1896.
- James "Redpath and the pioneer bureau he founded." Lyceum Magazine. Aug. 1922.