Booklet

The Story of The Maya in the Fisher Theatre

Booklet containing the essay, "The Story of the Maya: Greeks of the New World," written by Sylvanus Griswold Morley of the Carnegie Institution of Washington," detailing the culture whose art inspired the decor of the Fisher Theatre, as well as information on the specific Mayan pieces on which aspects of the decor were based, and a passage about the theater's organ. An illustration of the Mayan statue known as "A King In All His Glory," which was reproduced in the theater's smoking lounge is on the cover.