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Barbara Morgan dance photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1021
Scope and Contents The Barbara Morgan dance photographs comprise 36 photographs taken by Barbara Morgan (1900-1992), an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. The prints in the collection show well-known dancers and choreographers in various poses and performances, including Valerie Bettis, Si-Lan Chen, Merce Cunningham, Asadata Dafora, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Pearl Primus, and others. Morgan originally took these photographs between 1935 and...
Dates: 1935 - 1945; Printed late 1930s through 1980s

Fredric Myrow papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1006
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of American composer Fredric Myrow (1939-1999), along with some papers of his father, composer Josef Myrow (1910-1987). Materials includes manuscript scores, manuscript sheet music, recordings, and correspondence, as well as books, scores, sheet music, and recordings by others.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Maralin Niska papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1014
Abstract

Collection consists of various vocal scores, press clippings, photographs, programs, awards, correspondence, scrapbooks, and recordings belonging to American soprano Maralin Niska (1926-2016).

Dates: 1915 - 2014

Asbjorn P. Ousdal Vinland Saga scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6209
Abstract A scrapbook containing materials relating to Asbjorn P. Ousdal's historical drama, Vinland Saga, first performed at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California in 1937. The scrapbook includes an official program for the 1937 production issued by the Norroena Society of America and pages from the script alongside watercolor illustrations with relevant imagery. Pasted to the back cover of the book is an envelope containing photographs, news clippings, and...
Dates: 1938

Rudy Perez archive

 Collection
Identifier: 0309
Abstract

The Rudy Perez archive consists of the papers, clippings, programs, books, videos, costumes and photographs from the work of modern dance choreographer Rudy Perez (1929- ), currently based in Los Angeles.

Dates: 1965 - 2020

Phonograph cylinders collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1008
Abstract

The collection is comprised of seventy-five phonograph cylinders produced by several Edison companies as well as the Columbia Phonograph Company.

Dates: 1898-1929

Play-Rite Music Rolls collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1010
Abstract Piano rolls are spools of perforated paper (or thin film) programmed with music and designed to be played on a mechanically-operated piano, more commonly called a player piano. Player pianos as popular entertainment reached their heyday in the 1920s, although both player pianos and piano rolls can be found today-- and at least one company, QRS Music, continues to manufacture music rolls. The two music rolls in this small collection were both manufactured by Play-Rite Music Rolls, Inc. in...
Dates: 1979, 1982

Ray Herbeck Los Angeles Swing Band records

 Collection
Identifier: 1003
Abstract

The Ray Herbeck Los Angeles Swing Band Collection consists of original scores and various chart arrangements, band photographs, concert reviews, recording and performance contracts, advertisements, and more.

Dates: 1934 - 1958

Collection on Max Reinhardt

 Collection
Identifier: 6245
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.

Dates: approximately 1910s-approximately 1930s

Robert B. Richardson collection on Southern California Theater

 Collection
Identifier: 0242
Abstract

This collection consists of the research files on Los Angeles and Southern California theaters compiled by Robert Richardson. The focus of the files, which contain clippings, statistics, and ephemera, is the physical venues themselves (the theaters).

Dates: 1896 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1990

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Theater programs 7
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Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Archival resources 6
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Dancers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 5
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Costumes (character dress) 4
Dance -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Fliers (printed matter) 4
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 4
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Modern dance -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 4
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Federal Theatre Project (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
Limón, José (1908-01-12-1972-12-02) 2
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Schildkraut, Joseph 2
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 2
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Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Adams, Maude 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Aeaman, Charles W. 1
Albertine, Charles 1
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 1
Alice, (Fictitious character from Carroll) 1
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
American Guild of Organists 1
American Guild of Organists. Los Angeles Chapter 1
American Guild of Organists. Pasadena Chapter 1
American Guild of Organists. Southern California Chapter 1
Ampico Corporation 1
Anderson, Maxwell 1
Angel Records (Firm) 1
Arent, Arthur 1
Arkatov, Alexander 1
Armstrong, Lil Hardin 1
Ashkenazy, Vladimir 1
Autry, Gene 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1
Bailey Films (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Balasaraswati 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1
Bella Union Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Bellson Francine 1
Bellson, Louis 1
Bennett, Tony 1
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 1
Blom, Benjamin 1
Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919 1
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet 1
Bondi, Don 1
Brady, James Buchanan 1
Brahms, Johannes 1
Briscoe, Dolph 1
Bronson, Lillian 1
Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 1
Brown, Ross 1
Bruckner, Anton 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1
Burke, Billie, 1885-1970 1
California Civic Light Opera Association 1
Cansino, Eduardo, 1893-1968 1
Cansino, Elisa, 1894- 1
Cansino, Gabriel, 1913?-1963 1
Carousel Dance Theatre for Children 1
Carrick, Edward 1
Cecchetti, Enrico 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1
Christy Minstrels 1
Clayton, Buck 1
Clements, Colin 1
Clooney, Rosemary 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
Collett, Dorothy 1
Columbia Phonograph Company, inc. 1
Conkle, E. P. (Ellsworth Prouty) 1
Conniff, Ray 1
Corbett, James J. 1
Craig, Edward Gordon 1
Cunningham, Merce (1919-04-16-2009-07-26) 1
Currie, John (1934-08-02-2020-05-17) 1
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965 1
Debussy, Claude 1
Devenport, Frank 1
Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929 1
Diorio, Joe (Joseph Louis), 1936-2022 1
Duffy, Henry, 1890-1961 1
El Capitan Theatre (Organization : Hollywood, Calif.) 1
Engel, Carl, 1883-1944 1
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer) 1
Fallenius, Margaret 1
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) 1
Fields, Armond 1
Fields, Lew 1
Fondren Library. Music Library 1
Foy, Eddie 1
Gaines, Laurell, 1909-2004 1
Galsworthy, John 1
Gerrard, Saida 1
Gershon, Grant 1
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
Gole, Joseph 1
Goya, Carola 1
Graham, Martha (1894-05-11-1991) 1
Greenwood, Charlotte, 1890-1977 1
Grell, Dwight 1
Gro, Josephine 1
Handel, George Frideric 1
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 1
Hawkins, Erick (1909-04-23-1994-11-23) 1
Haydn, Joseph 1
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987 1
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