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Reminiscences and memoirs, 1900-1980 6200 memoirs
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- Art -- United States
Folk art -- United States - Creator
- Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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Typescript carbons of the reminiscences and memoirs of men and women prominent in American life including agriculture, art, book publishing, business, diplomacy, education, journalism, jurists, literature, labor movement, medicine, military history, New York City politics, and special projects such as the Eisenhower Administration, the Marine Corps, popular arts, the radio industry, and social security recorded on tape by the person concerned.
Edward B. Wisely music tape recordings, 1875-1940 15 Reels
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- Performing arts -- United States
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- Wisely, Edward B
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Summary: Tape recordings of American, English, and Irish music hall and vaudeville stars from Wisely's collection of records of music hall and vaudeville productions, 1875-1940. The tapes, made at Brooklyn College ca.1965, divide the recordings into fifteen programs with such titles as Victorians, Edwardians, Comics, Impersonators. Performers including Lillian Russell, Gertrude Lawrence, Fanny Brice, Elsa Lanchester, and W.C. Fields are represented. Copies are also available at Brooklyn College.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : Taliesin Press, 1930s-1960s, bulk 1930-1960 7 linear feet
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- Graphic arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
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This collection of approx. 7 linear feet of papers documents the output of the independent printing press established at Taliesin in the 1930s. The collection consists of brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, Taliesin magazines, festival programs, invitations, and miscellaneous ephemera such as Christmas cards and stationery. The collection also includes every issue of the Taliesin Square Papers series dating from 1941 to 1953. All of the printed material in the collection features the distinctive graphic design associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. Much of the graphic design work can be attributed to Eugene Masselink (1910-1962).
André Racz papers, 1952-1970 1 box
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- Art -- United States
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- Racz, André, 1916-1994
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Correspondence and works of Andre Racz, including one letter from Gabriela Mistral, 1952, a portrait of her (etching-aquatint), Ricz's etching (metal plate) for Mistral's POEMAS DE LAS MADRES (Santiago, Chile, 1950), a Christmas card, 1970, illustrated and signed by Racz, and a holograph of Thomas Merton's poem AUBADE--HARLEM, Racz's facsimile of this poem etched on a zinc plate, and his artist's proof pulled from the plate. Also, signature practice page for scroll presented to President Sovern by the Executive Committee of the Faculty in appreciation of his work as chairman, 1968.
Robert Smithson drawings, 1969-1970 0.5 linear feet
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- Arts -- United States
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- Smithson, Robert
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Three groups of drawings, two in notebooks and the third torn from a notebook. 1). A 38 page spiral bound notebook containing 29 drawings, 9 pages of notes, and a concrete poem by Nancy Holt. Most of the drawings were done in preparation for his show at L'Attico Gallery in Rome, October 15 to November 7, 1969. The last two drawings refer to his travels in the Yucatan. 2). Three loose drawings torn from a larger spiral bound notebook. They are studies for L'Attico Gallery Exhibition. 3). A 12 page typewriter paper tablet containing 10 drawings (four are loose) and two pages of notes. The drawings were done from late 1969 through 1970 in Vancouver, the Anaconda Mines in British Columbia, and elsewhere.
Frederick P. Keppel papers, 1880-1943 71 boxes
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- Arts -- United States
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- Keppel, Frederick P (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943
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Correspondence, memoranda, and legal and financial documents of Keppel. The files deal largely with Keppel's personal and professional life during his tenure as President of the Carnegie Corporation, and also include some files from his years as Newton D. Baker's Third Assistant Secretary of War, and as Dean of Columbia College. There are extensive files of correspondence from and to Keppel's parents and children, as well as files concerning his activities in organizations such as the Century and Columbia University Clubs. The letters from friends and business associates concern American education, politics, business, and cultural life, particularly in the New York metropolitan area, from 1900 to 1943.
Business letters, 1973-1974, 1976-1980, 1982-2001, 2003, 2006-2007, 2009-2014 4 folders Box 42, Folder 1-4
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- ;/; National Museum of the Performing Arts; United States Institute for Theater Technology; University of
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Regarding Heeley's work for various opera, theater, and ballet companies, including: The Performing Arts Lodge Stratford; the Guthrie Theater; University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Centre de Danse International Rosella Hightower; Don Padgett Artists Management; Opera Theater San Antonio; STE Representation; Santa Fe Festival Theater; Austrialian Ballet; National Ballet of Canada; Brandeis University; Theater Memphis; United Scenic Artists Local 829; Northwestern University; English National Ballet; Milwaukee Ballet; Tulsa Ballet; Paradigm; York University; Foundation for the Joffrey Ballet; Metropolitan Toronto Library Board; the Juilliard School; University of Southern California; Playmakers Repertory Theater; Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art; Sadler's Wells Opera Company; State Theater Pretoria;/; Roadshow Distributors; Great Lakes Theater Festival; Agora Gallery; Hood; Florida State University; Hong Kong Ballet; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators; Appalachian State University; Royal Academy of Dancing; The Gallery, Stratford; Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto; University of Minnesota; Pennsylvania State University;/; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Houston Ballet; Theater Development Fund Costume Collective; Fort Worth Dallas Ballet; Prentice-Hall Publishers; Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Royal Opera House; Richmond Ballet; American Conservatory Theater; University of Ottawa; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation;/; National Museum of the Performing Arts; United States Institute for Theater Technology; University of Houston; University of Colorado at Boulder; Florida State University; University of Texas at Austin; Collector Communications Corporation; the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa; Subjects include: Heeley's teaching; royalties on revival productions, the reprinting of Heeley's designs; the sale of Heeley's designs; agency and union fees; and the terms of Heeley's design contracts. Includes many letters of appreciation for Heeley's design and teaching work.
Michael Howard papers, 1940 to 2019 40.5 Linear Feet
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- Performing arts -- United States
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- Howard, Michael, 1923-2019
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Mostly printed materials including printed ephemera, with tape recordings of interviews, classes and talks.
Research Center for Arts and Culture Oral History Collection, 1990-1993 4 linear feet
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- Decorative arts -- United States
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- Columbia University.. Research Center for Arts and Culture
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The interviews of the Artist Career and Training Project were conducted by the Research Center for Arts and Culture at Columbia University from 1990 to 1993. The project sought to systematically analyze the career paths, training, and job satisfaction of artists, craftspeople, painters, actors, and related professionals, such as museum curators, critics, dealers, managers, directors, producers, and union representatives. The interviews address education, training, preparation to career entry, peers and colleagues, marketplace judgments, critical evaluation and public response, and career satisfaction and maturity. The study strove to include diverse participants in terms of gender, ethnicity, age, and stage of career. Other themes frequently discussed include the use of other jobs to supplement a career in the arts, aging, Actors' Equity, materials used in crafts, and the very meaning of having a career in the arts.