Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from Performing arts manuscripts collection must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Performing arts manuscripts collection, C0215, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection materials were purchased from a variety of rare book and manuscript dealers from 2009 through the present.

Processing Information

Processed by Jordan Patty in 2012. EAD markup completed by Jordan Patty in 2013. Collection reprocessed and finding aid revised by Lana Mason in January 2019.

Historical Information

The Performing arts manuscripts collection consists of items selected by Steven Gerber, the Music, Theater, and Philosophy Librarian at George Mason University (GMU). In addition to his librarian duties, Gerber teaches courses on music research and bibliography at GMU. He developed this collection to serve as a resource for his courses and to provide research access for GMU performing arts faculty and students.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographic prints, lithographs, and drawings of significant musicians, composers, and dancers. The photographs depict portraits and images of professional performing artists at work. The drawings and lithographs are primarily portraits of notable performing arts professionals, or feature subject matter related to the performing arts, including costume design and scenes from various stage sets and performances. The collection also contains several manuscripts, including a folio of musical instruments, a stage guide and score for the musical "My Maryland," and hand-written sheet music.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series. Each series is arranged chronologically by order of acquisition.

Series 1: Graphic Materials, 1610-1940 (Boxes 1-4)

Series 2: Manuscripts, circa 1475-1929 (Boxes 1, 3)

Series 3: Photographs, 1900-1984 (Boxes 1-3)

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center holds published materials related to music and the performing arts which can be found through the George Mason University library catalog. Special Collections Research Center also holds many other performing arts collections.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Ailey, Alvin -- Photographs
• Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778 -- Pictorial works
• Balanchine, George -- Photographs
• Basili, Francesco, 1767-1850
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 -- Photographs
• Bolm, Adolf , 1884-1951 -- Photographs
• Cage, John -- Photographs
• Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842 -- Pictorial works
• Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
• Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008 -- Photographs
• Didelot, Rose Colinette -- Pictorial works
• Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 -- Photographs
• Eglevsky, Andre -- Photographs
• Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928 -- Photographs
• Germania Musical Society. -- Pictorial works
• Graham, Martha -- Photographs
• Griffith, Robert E. -- Photographs
• Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich, 1904-1987 -- Photographs
• Kodaly, Zoltan, 1882-1967 -- Photographs
• Laurents, Arthur -- Photographs
• Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986 -- Photographs
• Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945
• Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912
• Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- -- Photographs
• Mumma, Gordon, 1935- -- Photographs
• Novikoff, Laurent -- Photographs
• Partch, Harry, 1901-1974 -- Photographs
• Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 -- Pictorial works
• Prince, Harold, 1928- -- Photographs
• Ram Gopal, 1917- -- Photographs
• Robbins, Jerome -- Photographs
• Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951
• Rossini, Gioachino, 1792-1868
• Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 -- Photographs
• Sondheim, Stephen -- Photographs
• Tudor, David, 1926-1996 -- Photographs
• Viardot-Garcia, Pauline, 1821-1910

Corporate Names:

• Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.
• Ballets russes.

Subjects:

• Ballet--Pictorial works.
• Costume design.
• Dance
• Hitler Youth--Photographs.
• Minstrel shows
• Music.
• No
• Opera.
• Performing arts.
• Sheet music.
• Stage guides
• Theater.
• Tom and Jerry (Television program)

Document Types:

• Etchings.
• Lithographs.
• Photographic prints.