Actors -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy Cole Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 749
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of correspondence, including letters from Kay Boyle, Donald Gallup, Robert Haas, Marcel Marceau and the artist Henry Miller; photographs; clippings; printed material; sound recordings; and manuscripts relating to the production of Nancy Cole's one-woman show, Gertrude Stein's Gertrude Stein, and other projects, including One of Each.
Dates:
1947-1986
Michael Kahn papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 789
Overview:
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
Mary Kennedy papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 814
Overview:
The papers contain personal and business correspondence, writings, personal papers, and financial records documenting the life and work of the American actress and author Mary Kennedy. Correspondents include her husband American composer Deems Taylor, authors Laura Bene?t, Pearl S. Buck, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, composer Samuel Barber, fashion designer Valentina, and colleagues from the theater world including Katharine Cornell, Lynn Fontanne, Margalo Gillmore, Helen Hayes, Clare Kummer,...
Dates:
1894-1988
Isabel Leighton papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 766
Overview:
The Isabel Leighton Papers contain writings, correspondence, personal papers, audiovisual material, photographs, and printed material that document her career as an actress, playwright, journalist, screenwriter, and civic activist, promoting public measures to improve mental health. Writings include typescript drafts, many with minor revisions, for works including "The Sapphire Ring," "Katja," and "Mercenary Mary." Correspondence, while not extensive, includes files on theatrical projects such...
Dates:
1890-1984, bulk 1922-1984
Geraldine Page papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 774
Overview:
The papers include personal and professional correspondence, writings, scripts, photographs, legal and financial documents, production programs, personal memorabilia, artwork, audiovisual materials, press clippings, and other printed material documenting Geraldine Page's personal life and career as a stage, film, and television actress.
Dates:
1836-1999, undated
Mardette Perkins papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 782
Overview:
The papers provide insight into the personal and professional life of Mardette Perkins, American actress and poet, and consist of correspondence, drafts of writings, clippings, ephemera, computer media, and audiovisual material dating from 1942 to 1996. Perkins' acting career is represented in photographs, clippings, ephemera, and a film of her work for television commercials. The papers contain drafts of Perkins' poetry, including an unpublished manuscript for her "Collected Poems, I," and...
Dates:
1942-1996
Vincent Price papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1625
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, memorabilia, working scripts, writings, photographs, and published material relating to Vincent Price's acting career and activities as a supporter of the visual arts.
Dates:
1890-1990
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Vincent Price papers
Lloyd Richards papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 176
Overview:
The Lloyd Richards Papers document the life and work of the director, educator, and actor Lloyd Richards. The papers consist of production files, professional papers, photographs, correspondence, programs, audiovisual and printed material spanning the years 1944 to 2004.The papers primarily document the professional life of Lloyd Richards through his production files, professional papers, and Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center administrative files. Production files contain materials...
Dates:
1944-2004
Jason Robards papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1393
Overview:
This collection consists of papers documenting the life and work or American actor Jason Robards. Scripts, many of which are annotated, document many of Robard's roles on stage, film, and television. Playscripts contain several by Eugene O'Neill, including Hughie, Ah, Wilderness!, and A Moon for the Misbegotten. Correspondence consists of letters and other papers relating to a variety of...
Dates:
1856-2002, bulk 1908-2002
Frank L. Smith collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1123
Overview:
Collection consists of correspondence, typescripts, photographs, performance programs and other ephemera primarily relating to Frank L. Smith's career as a theatrical press and advance agent for burlesque shows produced by Max Spiegel on the burlesque theater circuit from circa 1916 to 1919. Correspondence chiefly consists of Smith's communications with theaters in which the shows were to perform, and with Max Spiegel regarding issues concerning the productions. Typescripts include press...
Dates:
1911-1936, bulk 1911-1919
Souvenir performance program collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 260
Overview:
The collection consists of souvenir performance programs, the majority of which document anniversary or other special performances of individual actors, theatrical productions, theatres, and theatrical production companies in the United States and Great Britain.
Dates:
1840-1950
Bert Stimmel papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 733
Overview:
The collection contains research material, writings, printed material, photographs and audiovisual material, including sound and video recordings, scrapbooks, and other personal papers documenting the life and professional career of American-born performer and artistic director Bert Stimmel. Stimmel spent the bulk of his professional life in the U.S., from the late 1950s to early 1970s, and in Lebanon, from 1972 onward, and the collection features material accumulated around his professional...
Dates:
1785-2005, bulk 1950-2005
Theatre Guild archive
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 436
Overview:
The Theatre Guild Archive consists of a variety of materials that document the history of the Theatre Guild from its earliest productions in 1919 through theatre and film projects in the 1980s and 1990s. Material includes correspondence and subject files relating to individuals, organizations, productions, and projects with which the company was involved; administrative and financial records; scripts and records of stage, radio, television, and film projects; scrapbooks, press books and...
Dates:
1896-1996, bulk 1930-1965
John C. Wilson Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1127
Overview:
The John C. Wilson papers consist of scrapbooks, photographs, and other material documenting the life and work of American producer and director John C. Wilson.
Dates:
1898-1978