Harvard Theatre Collection of photographs, drawings, music, and letters related to theater, music, and film
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of Eddie Cantor, Nancy Storace, Elizabeth Craven, Jules Massenet, and Beaumarchais; drawings by Alan Barrett; music by Arthur Foote; and photographs of actors and dancers.
Dates
- Creation: unknown
Language of Materials
In English with some material in Russian and French.
Conditions Governing Access
Retrieval requires permission of curator.
Extent
.2 linear feet (1 box, 1 portfolio folder)Arrangement
Unprocessed.
Physical Location
B, PF
General note
See curatorial files for dealer's itemized list.
Processing Information
Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Melanie Wisner, 2020.
Genre / Form
Source
- Harvard Theatre Collection (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard Theatre Collection, collector. Harvard Theatre Collection of photographs, drawings, music, and letters related to theater, music, and film (2006MT-200): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 16, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou04269
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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