Paul McPharlin (1903–1948) was a puppeteer who created some twenty productions in Detroit between 1928 and 1937. He is remembered as a skillful performer and inventive puppet maker. He is a founding member of the Puppeteers of America. In 1929, McPharlin established the Marionette Fellowship of Detroit. In 1933, he organized an important puppetry exhibit for the Century of Progress in Chicago. He was the husband and close collaborator of the puppeteer Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin. (From Wikipedia)
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McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Paper Sculpture: Its Construction and Uses for Display and Decoration (New York: Marquardt and Co., c1944) (page images at HathiTrust)
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McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: An act of the Fourth Congress to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers (The Detroit public library, 1945), also by United States and Detroit Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Animal marionettes (McPharlin, 1936) (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: An exhibition of the books designed and written. ([Detroit], 1942), also by Detroit Public Library and American Institute of Graphic Arts (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Facetiae Frankliana (Peter Beilenson, 1937), also by Benjamin Franklin, Peter Beilenson, and Frankliniana Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Life and fashion in America, 1650-1900 (Hastings house, 1946) (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: A plan for a folding stage adaptable for puppets, marionettes and shadows ([Highland Park, Mich., 1934) (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Puppet hands and their making, with a note on feet; theorem and woodcuts (Detroit, 1938) (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Puppet heads and their making; a theorem. ([The Inland press], 1931) (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: A repertory of marionette plays (New York : The Viking Press, 1929., 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Roman numerals, typographic leaves and pointing hands; some notes on their origin, history and contemporary use. (The Typophiles, 1942), also by N.Y.) Typophiles (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
- McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948: Spectator papers : satirical & philosophical extracts from the Journal of that name written 1711-5 by Addison and Steele, etc. (Peter Pauper Press, 1940), also by Spectator, Richard Steele, and Joseph Addison (page images at HathiTrust)
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