# Armond Fields

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**Armond Fields** was an [American](/source/Americans) market research consultant, a painter, a graphic artist, and a prolific [social historian](/source/Social_history) who wrote art and theater biographies.[1]

## Early life and education

Fields was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis Max and Esther Fields. His primary education he received in schools in the Mid-West. He received his B.S. from the [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison) (1953), M.A. from the [University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign) (1955) and Ph.D. from the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) (1956).

## Work

Fields was active in several fields. As a writer he wrote several biographies, primarily on vaudeville performers. His oil paintings, drawings and prints were a part of exhibitions in the United States and Europe. He curated, wrote catalogues, and donated art for various exhibitions (most recently: Paris, Turn-of-the-Century, [Santa Barbara Museum of Art](/source/Santa_Barbara_Museum_of_Art), 2003; Vaudeville is Dead! Long Live Vaudeville!, Doheny Library, [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California), 2005). Fields also served as a consultant in the areas of market strategy and consumer behavior. Among his clients were Interpublic Co. (marketing and research vice president, 1960–69), for Audio-Video Entertainment, Inc. (corporate officer, 2000-?) and AltaVoice Communications (consumer behavior consultant, 2001?).[2]

## Bibliography

- *Henri Rivière* (1983) ISBN 0879051337, ISBN
- *George Auriol* (1985) ISBN 0879052007, ISBN
- *From the Bowery to Broadway: Lew Fields and the Roots of American Popular Theatre* (1993) ISBN 0195053818, ISBN
- *Le Chat Noir: A Montmartre Cabaret and Its Artists in Turn-Of-The Century Paris* (1994) ISBN 0899510876, ISBN
- *Eddie Foy: A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian* (1999) ISBN 0786443286, ISBN

- *James J. Corbett: A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner* (2001) ISBN 0786409096, ISBN
- *Fred Stone: Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star* (2002) ISBN 0786411619, ISBN
- *Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women's Rights* (2003) ISBN 0275980049, ISBN
- *Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business* (2003) ISBN 0786415770, ISBN
- *Maude Adams: Idol of American Theater, 1872-1953* (2004) ISBN 078641927X, ISBN
- *Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles* (2006) ISBN 0786425830, ISBN
- *Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville* (2007) ISBN 0786430540, ISBN
- *Lillian Russell: A Biography of "America's Beauty"* (2008) ISBN 0786405090, ISBN

## References

1. [Armond Fields, (1930 - 2008)](http://jasonpfields.com/armondfields/), jasonpfields.com

1. ["Finding Aid of the Armond Fields American Theatre collection 0337"](https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5489s1cj/). *oac.cdlib.org*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

## External links

- [Armond Fields Describes How WWI Hurt Vaudeville](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2e0g1z)

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