ANNIE ABBOTT: LITTLE GEORGIA MAGNET
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Bibliography

-----. "Unique Picture of Miss Abbott," unknown publication, nd [photo of Queen Victoria and Abbott]. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Portland Theater," unknown publication, nd. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

----- [the Orpheum], unknown publication, nd.

-----. "Annie Abbott's Trick is Solved by Students Who Make a Demonstration," State Journal, Madison, WI, nd. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. Annie Abbott at the Globe, unknown publication, nd [photo]. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. The Daily Mirror (?), May 17, 1891. Includes line illustrations of Annie Abbott's performance at The Alhambra in London, as well as comedy illustrations of the impact of her tests in ordinary life. Courtesy of the Christopher Collection.

-----. The Daily Telegraph, London, November 16, 1891 [per Dawes].

-----. "A Magnetic Lady," The Times, London, November 16,1891 [per Dawes].

-----. The Times, London, November 17, 20, 30 and December 1 and 9, 1891 [per Dawes].

-----. The Star, London, November 17, 18, 20, 21, 1891 [per Dawes].

-----. Evening News and Post, November 18 and 19, 1891 [per Dawes].

-----. Illustrated London News, November 21 and 28, December 26, 1891 [per Dawes].

-----. Tit-Bits, London, November 28, 1891[per Dawes].

-----. Pall Mall Gazette, London, [per Dawes].

-----. Music Hall, London [per Dawes].

-----. "Stories of the Street," Pittsburgh Post, March 2, 1903. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. 1904 (?) [typewritten page with notation "From Kingly Hands"]. From the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library Theater Collection clippings file for Annie Abbott]

-----. "Annie Abbott. Keith's," ----- 13, 1904. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Fair Rivals Wage A Merry War Over $12,000 Gems," unknown publication, February 1, 1904. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. July 30, 1904 [photo, publication unknown]. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "At the Arcade," unknown publication, October 15, 1904. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Magnet Does Not Draw," February 23, 1906. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Good Acts at Tony Pastor's," October 30, 1907. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. " "The Georgia Magnet" At Orpheum Next Week," Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 11, 1908.

-----. "Miss Abbott Draws Crowds - Georgia Magnet Gives Marvelous Performance at Lubin's," Baltimore Sun, January 30, 1909.

-----. "Blaney's--Vaudeville," unknown publication, March 2, 1909. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "National Theater," [Rochester], April 27, 1909. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. " "Georgia Magnet" Has Customs Men Guessing," [Philadelphia], July 15, 1909. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. Publication unknown, July 25, 1909 [photo]. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Annie Abbott. "The Georgia Magnet." Brighton Theater," Variety, July 31, 1909.

----. "Annie May Abbott. "The Georgia Magnet." 10 Mins.; One. Pastor's," Variety, November ?, 190? [2nd chk date on original] From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. ""The Georgia Magnet" Attracts," unknown publication, January 10, 1910. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Annie Abbott, "The Georgia Magnet," unknown publication, January 28, 1910 [photo]. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Annie Abbott Shows Mysterious Power," Hartford Courant, January 31, 1910.

-----. " "Georgia Magnet" Again," Philadelphia Record, April 15, 1910.

-----. "Annie Abbott," Louisville Times, February 18, 1911 [photo].

-----. " "Georgia Magnet" Has Many Souvenirs from Crowned Heads," Louisville Post, February 22, 1911. References the photo of Abbott sitting at the feet of Queen Victoria.

-----. "The Georgia Magnet," Louisville News, February 22, 1911.

-----. "The Bijou This Week," The State Journal, Lansing, MI, October 23, 1911.

-----. " "The Little Georgia Magnet," at the Temple Next Week," Fort Wayne Journal, March 1, 1912.

-----. "The Orpheum," Peoria Journal, March 11, 1912.

-----. "Georgia Magnet is Mystery Girl," Peoria Journal, March 12, 1912.

-----. "The Orpheum," Peoria Journal, March 13, 1912.

-----. "Orpheum Theater," Peoria Journal, March 15, 1912.

-----. "Annie Abbot, The Georgia Magnet, at The Varieties," unknown publication,Terra Haute, IN, May 5, 1912. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Miss Annie Abbott, The Georgia Magnet, at the Orpheum All This Week," South Bend Tribune, June 3, 1912 [photo].

-----. "Miss Anna Abbott Mystifies Audiences at Orpheum Theater," The South Bend Tribune, June 4, 1912.

-----. "A Genuine Scientific Puzzle-Georgia Magnet," Milwaukee News, January 17, 1913.

-----. "Girl is Real Mystery," Milwaukee News, January 21, 1913.

-----. "Annie Abbott's at Hammerstein's," unknown publication, April 29, 1913. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

-----. "Miles Hippodrome," Milwaukee News, November 13, 1913.

-----. " "Georgia Magnet" A Mystery," Milwaukee News, November 19, 1913.

-----. " "Little Georgia Magnet" to Head Pantages Bill," San Francisco Call, November 24, 1914.

-----. "Annie Abbott "The Georgia Magnet" 15 Mins., Full Stage. Broadway," Variety, February 4, 1921.

-----. "Annie Abbott as she appears in her Myste...," unknown publication, nd. From the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts' Theater collection, clipping file.

Annemann, Theo. "The secret of the Georgia Wonder," The Jinx #93, pp. 575-579.

Barnum and Bailey Circus 1899 [poster]. Shows "The Georgia Magnet" in a background marquis lifting three men in a chair. Appeared in the February 1998 issue of MUM. The Circus World Museum in Michigan was unable to find any reference to Annie Abbott or The Little Georgia Magnet in its records.

Bodie, W. The Bodie Book, Caxton Press: London, 1905 [per Dawes].

Bodie, W. Stage Stories, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.: London, 1908 [per Dawes].

British Medical Journal, November 21, 1891, p. 1109 [per Dawes].

Christopher, Milbourne. Panorama of Magic, Dover Pubs.: New York, 1962, p. 165. Depicts Annie Abbott with arms extended before her encircled by men in evening dress. The text reads, "Can You Lift Her? Twenty Men Try It Every Night - & Fail."

Dawes, Edwin A. "179. Annie Abbott - The Georgia Magnet: A Powerful London Attraction," The Magic Circular, 85, 244-246 (1991).

Dawes, Edwin A. "180. Annie Abbott - The Georgia Magnet: The Controversy Rages," The Magic Circular, 86, 8-10 (1992).

Dawes, Edwin A. "181. Annie Abbott - Explanations and an Unexpected Challenge," The Magic Circular, 86, 37-39 (1992).

Dawes, Edwin A. "182. 'Demagnetisation and Return Visits to Britain," The Magic Circular, 86, 61-63 (1992).

Fisher, J. Body Magic. Hodder & Stoughton: London, 1979 [per Dawes].

Harrington, Hugh and Susan. Sue is a professor at Georgia College & State University. She's in the Information Systems Department of the School of Business. Hugh Harrington is returned from the property/casualty insurance claims business and is now a full-time historian and researcher, specializing in the American Revolution.

Harrington, Hugh. Personal correspondence, October 15, 2001. [Performance photo of Dixie Haygood].

Hurst, Lulu. The Abbreviated Autobiography of Lulu Hurst, Lulu Hurst Book Co.: Rome, GA, 1897.

James, Jennifer. "Famous Milledgeville 'witch' finally receives her due," The Union Recorder, Milledgeville, GA, October 23, 2001, http://www.UnionRecorder.com.

James, Jennifer. "Dixie Haygood: the mother, the performer and the mystery," The Union Recorder, Milledgeville, GA, October 25, 2001, http://www.UnionRecorder.com.

Jay, Ricky. Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women [video],1988 (first air date 1990 CBS). Includes a contemporary Annie Abbott act.

Jones, Jan and friends. The Magician's Assistant. Magical Publications (641 Skyland Dr., Sierra Madre, CA 91024), 1980.

Lodge, O. Journal for the Society for Psychical Research, V. 168-169, 1891 and XI. 219-222, 1895 [per Dawes].

Maskelyne, J.N. And Lionel A. Weatherly, "A Human Magnet De-Magnetised," in The Supernatural, London, 1892, pp. 274-288. Second edition.

Perry, Nelson W. "Secrets of the Magnetic Girl Explained," Cassier's, January 1895. Reprinted by Jorgenson Ink.

Polakoff, Keith Ian et al. Generation of Americans: A History of the United States. St. Martin's Press: New York, 1976.

Price, David. Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater. Cornwall Books: New York, 1985, pp. 458-460. Includes a photo of a program from The Alhambra Theater, London, 1891, listing Annie Abbott on p. 460.

Schanche, Jr. Don. "The magical legacy of Milledgeville's 'witch'," The Telegraph, Macon, GA, October 28, 2001, http://www.macontelegraph.com.

Schanche, Jr. Don. "Haygood's 'magic' returns to life in demonstration, lecture," The Telegraph, Macon, GA, October 29, 2001, http://www.macontelegraph.com.

Waller, Charles. Magical Nights at the Theater. Gerald Taylor Productions: Melbourne, Australia, 1980.

Weatherly, Lionel A. And J. N. Maskelyne. The Supernatural? J.W. Arrowsmith: Bristol, England, 1891.

White, Larry. Letter to Ben Robinson. April 11, 1993. References Annie Abbott act on current comedy club circuit.

Wiley, Barry. "Lulu Hurst: the Georgia Magnet," Magick, No. 345, pp. 1725-26. [in his research on Lulu Hurst references Dixie Haygood per Dawes].

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