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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Thr 847

Souvenir programs of ballet, dance, and theatrical productions

Overview

Collection of printed souvenir programs from ballet, dance, and theater productions.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1998

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.

Extent

4.2 linear feet (14 boxes)

Collection of 20th-century printed souvenir programs from ballet, dance, and theatrical productions, primarily from the United States. There are also a few magazines (periodicals), and a ticket stub.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. I. Ballet programs
  2. II. Dance programs
  3. III. Theatrical programs

Physical Location

Harvard Depository

Physical Location

b, pf

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2010MT-11. Gift of Thomas Garrett; received: 2010 October 9.

Forms part of the Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Theater, Dance and Music (Harvard Theatre Collection).

General note

This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.

Processing Information

Processed by: Alison Harris.

Title
Souvenir programs of ballet, dance, and theatrical productions, ca. 1924-1998: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou02311

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

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