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Performing arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Fritz Halbers papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-005
Abstract

This collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, various theater materials, and correspondence relating to the career of actor, director and stage designer Fritz Halbers (1894 - 1987).

Dates: 1894 - 1975

Berthold Held photographs

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2017-002
Overview

This collection consists of 12 studio portrait cabinet card photographs of actor and theater director Berthold Held in costume and 1 studio portrait of Held. All measure 6 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches. Studio information is printed on the backs of the cards. Three of the photographs are signed by Held on the reverse. The collection also includes an 1896 letter to Emil Rameau in German script on a single sheet of stationery.

Dates: 1880 - 1900

Tilly Losch papers and artworks

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2014-001
Overview Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (née Losch; 1903–1975), known professionally as Tilly Losch, was an Austrian dancer, choreographer, actress and painter. A graduate of the Vienna Opera Ballet School, Losch worked with Max Reinhardt for productions such as of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1927) and The Miracle (1932). The Tilly Losch collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence as well as legal documents, banking...
Dates: 1907 - 1991; Majority of material found in 1930-1975

John K. McLaughlin collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2011-001
Overview

The John K. McLaughlin collection contains materials relating to the history of film, television and radio. These materials include scripts, posters, lobby cards, photographs, star contracts, and correspondence. In addition, there is a small collection of materials relating to horror, science fiction, and crime fiction.

Dates: 1900 - 2000

The Max Reinhardt Archives

 Collection
Identifier: 5749
Overview The Max Reinhardt Library and Archives at Binghamton University is one of several notable collections worldwide of books and manuscripts dealing with the work of the Austro-German theatre director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943). It contains approximately 15,000 books from Reinhardt’s personal library and over 10,000 manuscripts, items of correspondence, photographs, programs, critical reviews, directorial promptbooks, writings, and related supporting materials totaling approximately 100 cubic...
Dates: 1880 - 1984; Majority of material found in 1894-1973

Theatre History collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2007-005
Overview

These items were primarily assembled between 1962 and 1995 by members of the Binghamton University Theatre Department. The main focus of this collection is theater but there are also materials relating to motion pictures, music and dance. Included are scrapbooks, programs, photographs, and ephemera such as tickets and broadsides.

Dates: 1860 - 2002

Peter Wexler papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2011-002
Overview Peter Wexler (1936 - 2022) worked for seven decades in performance art, as a designer of scenery, costumes, lighting, concerts, performance space, and outdoor concert facilities, as well as a producer and as a studio artist. He studied at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1958, and attended the Yale School of Drama. The Peter Wexler papers contain materials from his professional career from 1948 to 1969. This collection includes programs, reviews, correspondence,...
Dates: 1948 - 1969