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Lillian Bronson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0126
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera, correspondence, and clippings documenting the career of stage and film actress Lillian Bronson (1902-1955). Bronson appeared in more than eighty films and was Fonzi’s grandmother on the television show Happy Days.

Dates: 1940 - 1950

Rayner Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1002
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American composer, organist, teacher, and USC alumnus Rayner Brown (1912-1999) include music scores, manuscripts and books.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Dancing Cansinos photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 8000
Abstract The Dancing Cansinos photograph album consists of photographs and ephemera relating to the Dancing Cansinos, a family of professional dancers who emigrated from Spain and eventually settled in Los Angeles. The troupe consisted of Antonio, Sr. and Carmen Cansino; their children Eduardo, Elisa, Paco, Jose, Antonio, Jr., Rafael, and Angel; Gabriel Cansino, a cousin; and, briefly in the 1930s, Margarita Carmen Cansino, who later became known as the actress Rita Hayworth. Rita Hayworth's parents...
Dates: 1920 - 1939

Armond Fields American Theatre collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0337
Abstract

This collection documents the history of the American stage before talking cinema, reflecting the birth and death of vaudeville and the advent of the modern Broadway musical. The collection includes books, posters, theater programs, sheet-music covers, souvenirs, rare film footage of vaudevillians, including Weber & Fields, and manuscripts and research notes for Armond Fields' own books.

Dates: 1856 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1925

German theater and movie programs

 Collection
Identifier: 0077
Abstract

The collection consists predominantly of theater, cabaret, opera, and movie programs from European German-speaking countries, 1929-1937.

Dates: 1929-1937

Saida Gerrard papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0341
Abstract

The collection consists of costumes, manuscripts, programs, photographs, and clippings pertaining to choreographer/dancer Saida Gerrard from the 1930s through the 1970s.

Dates: 1930 - 1980

Grell/Colefax Russian Ballet Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 0315
Abstract The collection consists of films, books, photographs, sound recordings, posters, costumes, and artwork related to Russian ballet, chiefly the Bolshoi Ballet Company. Collected by Los Angeles resident Dwight Grell from the early 1950s through the 2000s. Many of the materials are in Russian. This collection represents a broad range of subjects: Russian and Soviet Dance; choreography and costume design; and Russian and Soviet culture, including popular culture, as reflected in programs, print...
Dates: circa 1950s-2000s

Jerry Kvasnicka collection of dance ephemera and photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6143
Content Description

Photographs, slides, and programs primarily of ballet performances, many in the Los Angeles area, but also some modern and folk dance companies.

Dates: circa 1950-1980

Lewitzky Dance Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 0203
Abstract

Based in Los Angeles, California, the Lewitzky Dance Company was formed in 1966 by Bella Lewitzky and gave its last performance on May 18, 1997. The archive consists of papers, films, photographs, costumes, programs, posters, stage plots, and sound recordings. It covers the Company's archived and working papers from all offices, including the Manager, Booking and Production offices.

Dates: 1932 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1997

Los Angeles area theater programs collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6178
Abstract

Theater programs from events in the Los Angeles area circa 1990s to 2015. The bulk are from the LA Opera.

Dates: circa 1990-2015

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American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
Bailey Films (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
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Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet 1
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Briscoe, Dolph 1
Bronson, Lillian 1
Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1
Cansino, Eduardo, 1893-1968 1
Cansino, Elisa, 1894- 1
Cansino, Gabriel, 1913?-1963 1
Carousel Dance Theatre for Children 1
Carrick, Edward 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
Collett, Dorothy 1
Corbett, James J. 1
Craig, Edward Gordon 1
Currie, John (1934-08-02-2020-05-17) 1
Fields, Armond 1
Fields, Lew 1
Foy, Eddie 1
Gerrard, Saida 1
Gershon, Grant 1
Goya, Carola 1
Grell, Dwight 1
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 1
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987 1
Helfman, Max 1
Heritage Dance Company 1
Holder, Geoffrey 1
Holm, Hanya 1
Horton, Lester 1
Kvasnicka, Jerry 1
La Meri 1
Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova 1
Lewitzky Dance Company 1
Lewitzky, Bella 1
Limón, José (1908-01-12-1972-12-02) 1
Los Angeles Master Chorale 1
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
McCormick, Katharine Dexter 1
Miller, Charles James 1
Montgomery, David Craig 1
Mumaw, Barton 1
Museum of the City of New York 1
Music Center of Los Angeles County 1
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) 1
New York Public Library 1
Newcomer, Lilian Hughes 1
Pastor, Tony 1
Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡ 1
Reynolds, Newell Taylor 1
Richardson, Robert B. 1
Roger Wagner Chorale 1
Russell, Lillian 1
Salamunovich, Paul 1
Shawn, Ted 1
Southern California Choral Music Association 1
St. Denis, Ruth 1
Stone, Fred 1
Terry, Ellen, Dame 1
Terry, Walter 1
Tucker, Sophie 1
Tzerko, Aube 1
University of Judaism 1
University of Southern California 1
University of Texas at Austin 1
Vasilʹev, Vladimir Viktorovich 1
Wagner, Roger, 1914-1992 1
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
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Weber, Joe 1
Weidman, Charles 1
Wigman, Mary 1
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