Harvard University theatrical and musical programs and related materials
Overview
Programs from theatrical and musical productions at venues around Harvard University and the New England area.
Dates
- 1865-2019
Language of Materials
Primarily in English. Some material in French, Greek, German, and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but 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
1.5 linear feet (5 boxes)Includes programs and other printed materials and ephemera from theatrical and musical productions in venues around Harvard University and the New England Area. All programs have a connection to Harvard University either through the organization responsible for the production or through the venue where the production took place. Additional printed materials and ephemera in the collection include, but are not limited to, posters, exhibition catalogs, newspapers, magazines, invitations, letters, notes, ticket stubs, songbooks, and sheet music.
Organizations include, but are not limited to: 47 Workshop, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Upsilon, Dunster House Drama Society, Harvard Dramatic Club, Harvard University Department of the Classics, Harvard University Department of Music, O.K. Club, Pi Eta Society, Hasty Pudding Club, Poets’ Theatre, and Radcliffe College. The venues include, but are not limited to: Agassiz Theatre, Brattle Theatre, Harvard Stadium, Jordan Hall, Loeb Drama Center, Lowell House, and Sanders Theatre.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I: Organizations and departments, 1866-1997
- II: Venues, 1874-2008
- III: Related materials, 1865-1972
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2010MT-11. Gift of Thomas Garrett ; received: 2010 October 9.
Forms part of Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Theater, Dance, and Music (Harvard Theatre Collection).
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Rebekah Scoggins
- Title
- Harvard University theatrical and musical programs and related materials, 1865-2019: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou02584
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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