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Collection on Max Reinhardt

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Identifier: 6245

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to the work of Austrian theater and film director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) including European set plans and a few papers, dating from circa 1910s-1930s, and a scrapbook of memorabilia from Reinhardt’s 1927-1928 New York repertory theater season.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1910s-approximately 1930s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Biographical / Historical

Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) was an Austrian theater and film director.

Extent

3.9 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

German

English

Abstract

This collection contains materials related to the work of Austrian theater and film director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) including European set design plans and some papers, dating from circa 1910s-1930s, and a scrapbook of memorabilia from Reinhardt’s 1927-1928 New York repertory theater season.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance unknown. The scrapbook has a University of Southern California bookplate: "From the library of Max Reinhardt."

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the collection on Max Reinhardt
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Diann Benti
Date
2021 October
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States