Fredric Woodbridge Wilson collection of costume designs for theater, pantomime, musical comedy and opera
Overview
Collection of costume designs for musical theater and opera
Dates
- Creation: 1841-1909
Creator
- Wilson, Fredric Woodbridge, 1947-2010 (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English and French
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
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.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Extent
2 linear feet ( (2 boxes))Collection includes costume designs for British, American and French theatrical productions from mid-19th century to early 20th century. Among them costume designs by Robert L. Bööcke, Archibald Chasemore, Eugene Lacoste, Charles Karl, as well as designs by unidentified designers, for a variety of productions, including drama Fabio le novice, opera Aida, set design for operetta The Gondoliers, pantomimes A Christmas Carol, and Mother Goose, and other productions. Also includes design for sheet music cover for Franco Leoni's Follia waltz.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of designer
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2010MT-11. Gift of Thomas Garrett ; received: 2010 October 9.
Forms part of the Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Theater, Dance and Music.
Processing Information
Processed by Irina Klyagin
Creator
- Wilson, Fredric Woodbridge, 1947-2010 (Collector, Person)
- Title
- Wilson, Fredric Woodbridge, collector. Fredric Woodbridge Wilson collection of costume designs for theater, musical comedy, pantomime and opera, 1841-1909: Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2017 May 8
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02809
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.
Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu