Biographical dictionary research materials collection
Overview
Biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1965-1973
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
101 linear feet (100 boxes)Collection consists of material created by Philip H. Highfill, Jr., Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans for their sixteen-volume publication, A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800, which was published by Southern Illinois University Press between 1973 and 1993. Also contains card files (by name of actor) and corresponding negatives/contact strips for picture research (4 boxes; beginning of alphabet [A-D] missing]).
Biographical / Historical
Philip H. Highfill, Jr. (1918-2014), Kalman A. Burnim (1928-2006), and Edward A. Langhans (1923-2012), co-authors of the multi-volume Biographical dictionary of actors, were American scholars, historians of theater and academics.
Arrangement
Materials arrranged as received.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2004MT-30. Gift of Philip H. Highfill, Jr., Kalman A. Burnim and Edward A. Langhans, no date
Processing Information
Created by Irina Klyagin from database file, 2023 July 28
- Title
- Biographical dictionary research materials collection, circa 1965-1973 (2004MT-30): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2023 July 20
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03585
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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