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Adelina Carola Appleton Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 128
Abstract:

Music and other materials by Adelina Carola Appleton (1886-1958).

Dates: 1890-1921

Crawford Theater collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1387
Abstract:

The collection consists of playbills and programs, photographs in a variety of formats, engravings, posters, clippings, and other printed material which document the performing arts in the United States and throughout the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Material relating to dramatic performance forms the nucleus of the collection, but dance, opera, motion picture, circus, radio, and television performances are also represented.

Dates: 1663-1992

The Zo Elliott Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 18
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs; and miscellaneous items by and about the American composer Zo Elliott (1891-1964)

Dates: 1861-1977 (inclusive)

General Collection manuscript music miscellany

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS MUSIC MISC
Abstract:

Single manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts relating to music. Materials are grouped under name headings. Within each name heading, materials are organized in three subgroups: Music, Correspondence, and Other Papers.

Dates: [ca. 1600-ongoing]

The Henry Gilbert Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 35
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer Henry Gilbert (1868-1928)

Dates: 1821-1980 (inclusive)

Collection on Adelina Patti

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 102
Abstract: This collection documents the career of Adelina Patti, and many of the items in the collection are housed in a large scrapbook. Also included in the collection is a biography of Patti: Adelina Patti: Her Loves and Letters, by her goddaughter, Gladys Adelina Lewis. The collection also includes an autograph book presented to Selma Gruenberg, which includes an Adelina Patti autograph and inscription (1882), and correspondences from Patti to Giulia Valde and various other people. Objects in the...
Dates: 1854-1964

Hanover royal music archive

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 146
Abstract: The Hanover Royal Music Archive consists of printed and manuscript music, printed books about music, and related materials assembled by Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and his successors. A significant component originated in England and concerns musical activity of several children of George III, circa 1770-1837, particularly Ernest Augustus, then Duke of Cumberland, and Princess Augusta, as well as Prince George of Cumberland, son of Ernest Augustus and later Georg V, King of Hanover....
Dates: 1651-1951, bulk 1770-1870

Michael Kahn papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 789
Abstract:

The Michael Kahn papers contains correspondence, business and production files, scripts, notes, photographs, printed material, and audiovisual media documenting Michael Kahn's career as a theater and opera director, theater administrator, and teacher of theatrical arts. Kahn's administrative and directorial work at the American Shakespeare Theatre, the McCarter Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre, and the Juilliard School are particularly well documented.

Dates: 1927-2019, bulk 1960-2019

Frederick R. Koch collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 601
Abstract: The Frederick R. Koch Collection consists of musical, literary, and historical materials collected by Frederick R. Koch, principally through purchases at public auctions, 1979-1986. Including individual items, concentrations of related materials, and several extensive archives, the collection is a broad and deep resource for study of the lives and works of a range of composers, authors, and other historical figures.Most materials are music manuscripts, literary manuscripts, drawings,...
Dates: 1640-1983

Wayne Koestenbaum papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1568
Content Description: This collection consists of writings, notebooks, calendars, scrapbooks, research materials, correspondence, professional papers, teaching papers, personal memorabilia, juvenilia, family papers, photographs, printed materials, audiovisual materials, computer media, and other papers documenting the creative work and life of writer, artist, and performer Wayne Koestenbaum. Writings include drafts, proofs, and other papers documenting Koestenbaum's twenty books of fiction, poetry, criticism, and...
Dates: 1889-2018, bulk 1960-2018

The Libretto Collection

 Collection
Call Number: Misc. Ms. 302
Abstract:

Published opera librettos

Dates: 1850-1940

Walter McClintock Papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1175
Scope and Contents: The papers and photographs in this collection document the history and customs of the Piegan Indians (also known as the Blackfeet Indians) in Montana, and their contact with Europeans and Anglo Americans. The collection provides detailed information about McClintock's photographic practice, as well as his public presentations about the Piegan Indians. A significant part of the collection records the development and production of Poia, an opera based on...
Dates: 1874-1949, bulk 1888-1949

Donald Oenslager collection of Adolphe Appia

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 81
Abstract:

The papers contian correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and miscellaneous papers, documenting the life and career of Adolphe Appia. The papers were collected by Donald Oenslager, professor at the Yale School of Drama.

Dates: 1892-1971, bulk 1920-1926

The Horatio Parker Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 32
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs and additional materials by and about the American composer and educator Horatio Parker (1863-1919)

Dates: 1863-1972 (inclusive)

The Sidney Rose Collection of Gilbert and Sullivan

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 12
Abstract:

Scores, libretti, and songs by Gilbert and Sullivan; articles, programs posters, parodies, satires, and cartoons relating to Gilbert and Sullivan; and a model theater of the original production of The Mikado

Dates: 1880-1951 (inclusive)

The Gustav Jakob Stoeckel Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 27
Abstract:

Music, writings, and other materials by and about the German-American composer and teacher Gustav Jakob Stoeckel (1819-1907)

Dates: 1852-1939 (inclusive)

Louise Talma papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 811
Abstract: The Louise Talma Papers contain materials relating to composition and performance of Talma's opera The Alcestiad, and to Thornton Wilder, his friendship with Talma, and his collaboration with her as librettist for The Alcestiad. Contents relating to The Alcestiad, 1950s-1970s, include autograph letters, signed, to Talma from Thornton Wilder, 1952-1975 and undated, and from his sister Isabel Wilder, 1954-1972, with some letters annotated by Talma; autograph manuscript music drafts; diazo...
Dates: 1942-1985, bulk 1952-1963

The Virgil Thomson Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 29, MSS 29A
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer and critic Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)

Dates: 1804-1990 (inclusive)

Walther Volbach Collection on Adolphe Appia

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1014
Scope and Contents: The collection includes correspondence, writings, newspaper and journal articles, photographs, and publications relating to Walther Volbach's research and writings on Adolphe Appia. Included are over sixty typescript essays, articles, and scenarios by Adolphe Appia, many bearing the stamp of the Fondation Adolphe Appia, Geneve. A typescript of Volbach's translation of many of these writings which was published as Adolphe Appia: Essays, Articles, and Scenarios in...
Dates: 1890-1969

The Karl Weigl Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 73
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the Austrian-American composer Karl Weigl (1881-1949), as well as the papers of his wife, the composer Vally Weigl (1899-1982).

Dates: 1894-1986 (inclusive)