Marian Hannah Winter and Rose Winter memorial collection of prints
Overview
Prints of portraits, views and scenes of theatrical images.
Dates
- Creation: 1637-1975
Language of Materials
Collection materials are primarily in English, but a few are also in French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Danish, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, and other languages.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research use.
Extent
3.5 linear feet (21 drawers)Collection includes ca. 900 images depicting portraits, views, and scenes of entertainers, dance, ballet, acrobats, rope dancers, equestrians, animal acts, circus acts, fairgrounds, contortionists, and other general popular entertainments. Includes: broadsides, calendars, clippings, diplomas, engravings, Epinal prints, lithographs, menus, optical toys, photomechanical prints, photographs, playbills, posters, programs, sheet music, toy theater prints, watercolors, clippings, drawings, and other materials.
Biographical / Historical
Marian Hannah Winter (1910-1981) was an American dance historian and a collector of dance materials. She resided in Paris during her later years.
In the context of this collection, "primitive" includes techniques, motifs, and styles copied from the arts of Asian, African, and Australasian peoples perceived as primitive in relation to the urban civilization of western Europe.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Portraits (01.001 - 1.176)
- II. Acrobats and rope dancers (2.001 - 2.033)
- III. Equestrians (3.001 - 3.089)
- IV. Animal acts (4.001 - 4.040)
- V. Ballet and dance (6.001 - 6.127)
- VI. General popular entertainments (7.001 - 7.140)
- VII. Miscellany
- VIII. Views and scenes, circus (5.001 - 5.070)
- IX. Views and scenes, fairground (5.071 - 5.082)
- X. Views and scenes, general (5.083 - 5.149)
- XI. Additional material
- XII. Posters
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Bequest of Marian Hannah Winter; received: 1982 October. Some earlier deposited items were gifted with this bequest and incorporated into this finding aid.
There is a card file index that includes additional information organized by subject, that is available in the Theatre Collection.
Bibliography
- Wild = Le Cirque, iconographie. [Catalogue par Nicole Wild et Tristan Rémy.] HTC-LC N8217.C3 P3.
- Hall = Catalogue of dramatic portraits in the Theatre collection of the Harvard College Library by Lillian Arvilla Hall. PN2205.H35 and TS 10.34.
- Spettacolo = Enciclopedia dello spettacolo. Roma, Casa editrice Le Maschere, 1954-1962. PN1625.E7 1954F.
- Theatre of Marvels by Marian Hannah Winter, 1964. HTC-LC PN2634 .W513 and TS 560.24.5
- Theatre of Marvels : popular entertainments on boulevard and fairground: checklist of the exhibition. by Harvard Theatre Collection, 1985. TS555.7 and Houghton Reading Room
Processing Information
The data in this finding aid was cataloged into an "AskSam" database in the 1990s. In April of 2013, the data was converted into this finding aid by Susan Pyzynski and Bonnie B. Salt. Text editing and updating was done by Annette Fern.
Processing Information
This finding aid was revised in 2022 and reviewed in 2024 to address potentially harmful descriptive language. During that revision, description was changed in several items' titles. For more information on reparative archival description at Harvard, see Harvard Library’s Statement on Harmful Language in Archival Description.
- Title
- Winter, Marian Hannah, collector. Marian Hannah Winter and Rose Winter memorial collection of prints, 1637-1975: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou02414
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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