Guide to the Martin Cohen Theater collection, 1816; 1912-2017 C0335 Martin Cohen Theater collection C0335

Guide to the Martin Cohen Theater collection, 1816; 1912-2017 C0335

Martin Cohen Theater collection
C0335


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Kelsey Kim

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0335
Title
Martin Cohen theater collection 1816; 1907-2017
Quantity
15 Linear Feet, 18 boxes, 2 map cases, and 17 tubes of rolled posters
source
Cohen, Martin B.
Location
R 72, C 2, S 7 - C 3, S 4
Language
English
Abstract
The Martin Cohen theater collection contains material pertaining to musical theater, stage performances, and motion picture film. It primarily includes playbills, sheet music, and film posters, as well as as comic books, animation film cells, memorabilia, and toys.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

Copyright is not retained by George Mason University Special Collections Research Center. There are no restrictions on personal use. In other cases, users should seek out the copyright holder for permission to use.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Martin Cohen theater collection, C0335, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Randolph Lytton in 2019.

Processing Information

Processing completed by Kelsey Kim in March 2022. Arrangement decisions were made in conjunction with Elizabeth Beckman. The collection was surveyed and arranged by format, including alphabetizing of the playbills based upon their extent. EAD markup by Elizabeth Beckman in March 2022.

Additional processing and finding aid updates completed by Amanda Menjivar in May 2022. Inventory updated by Amanda Menjivar with assistance from Madeline Puppos in August 2023.


Biographical Note

Martin B. Cohen was born in Albany, New York, the son of David and Betty Cohen. He began his career as a teacher at Giffen Elementary School and Hackett Middle School in Albany, New York. He later obtained a master's degree from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from George Washington University. Following his graduate education, Cohen became a professor of American history at George Mason University. He taught at George Mason University for 35 years. Cohen enjoyed travel and theather and was engaged as a lecturer and collector of the arts. Cohen passed away at the age of 81 on March 24, 2019. He is interred in the Beth Emeth Cemetery in Loudonville, New York.

Scope and Content

This collection contains primarily collectible material from various stage performances and motion picture filmmaking. Stage performance includes playbills and programs from the performances Cohen attended, often including ticket stubs from the performance, and other programs related to different venues in the Washington, D.C. area. There are numerous film posters of various sizes used to advertise upcoming films, and pressbooks to accompany film marketing. There are pages and books of sheet music from a variety of films and musicals. There are some personal papers as well, including a term paper written by Cohen, theater magazines, comic books, photographs, and a record album scrapbook. Among the artifacts included in this collection are a number of projectors and cameras for film, animation films cells, and toys.

Arrangement

Arranged into five series based on format.

Series Series 1: Playbills, 1936-2017 (Boxes 1-12) Series 2: Sheet Music, 1912-1969 (Boxes 12-13) Series 3: Personal Papers, 1915-1996 (Boxes 13-14) Series 4: Posters, 1816-2013 (Map Case 32.5, Tubes 1-17, Box 16) Series 5: Artifacts, 1915-1955 (Boxes 15, 17-18, Map Case 32.4)

Related Material

The George Mason University Special Collections Research Center holdings include other collections pertaining to theatre and film, including the Motion picture press kit collection, the Robert Prosky papers, the Cynthia Garn film production collection, and the Charles Rodrigues playbill collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Cohen, Martin B.
  • Film posters
  • Musical Theater
  • Plays
  • Theater

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The large posters in tubes are currently undergoing conservation treatment to flatten them. Due to their physical condition, they are currently unavailable for use.


Bibliography

"Martin B. Cohen." Albany Times Union, March 28, 2019. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/martin-cohen-obituary?id=5036932.


Container List

Series 1: Playbills
1936 - 2017
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    The Abbey - The Andersonville Trial
    1960-2016
    Scope and Content

    The Abbey, October 1990; Abracadabra, 1960; Accent on Youth, May 2009; Adding Machine: A Musical, 2009; The Adding Machine, 1991; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, January 2016; Advise and Consent, 1961; Agatha Sings!, 2001; Ah, Wilderness!, September/October 2007; Jil Aigrot, March 2009; Alfie!, November 1964; Alice in Wonderland: An Adult Musical Comedy, 2004; All the King's Men, October 1987; Allegro, 2004; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, August 2001; Wolf Trap Tenth Anniversary Season, 1980 season; The Andersonville Trial, July/August 2001; The Andersonville Trial, 1959-1960.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Angels in America - Anyone Can Whistle
    1948-2009
    Scope and Content

    Angels in America, circa 1999-2000; Andrew Lloyd Webber, Music of the Night, 1993; Animal Crackers, 1999; Animal Crackers, circa 1981-1982; Annie, March 1977; Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, January 1990; Annie Get Your Gun, August 1966; Annie Get Your Gun, June 1948; Annie Get Your Gun, July 1960; Annie Get Your Gun (Rewrite), January 1999; The Second Annual Great American Musicals in Concert Benefit, 2008-2009.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Anything Goes - Assassins
    1958-2007
    Scope and Content

    Anything Goes, October 1988; Anything Goes, August 1958; Anything Goes, circa 1959; Applause, 1979; The Apple Tree, May-June 1994; Arcadia, April/May 1999; Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, circa 1974-1975; Louis Armstrong, August 1964; Around the World in 80 Days, 1965; ART, 1997; As You Like It, February-April 1997; As You Like It, 2007; As You Like It, June 2007; Aspects of Love, circa 1990s; Assassins, August-October 1992; Assassins, June 2004.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    August Wilson's 20th Century - The Ballad of the Sad Café
    1957-2008
    Scope and Content

    August Wilson's 20th Century, April 2008; Auntie Mame, November 1957; Auntie Mame; November 1957; Awake and Sing!, January-March 2006; Awake and Sing!, April-June 1971; The Andersonville Trial, May-June 1967; Back to Methuselah, February 1958; Proms 91, August 1991; Bad Seed, August 1957; The Ballad of the Sad Café, circa 1963-1965.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Barrymore - Bee-luther-hatchee
    1948-2015
    Scope and Content

    Barrymore, 1997; Barnum; June 1981; Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, 2014-2015; Baskerville, 2012; The Barretts of Wimpole Street, 1948-1949; Beau Jest, August 1993; The Beauty Queen of Leenane, June 1998; the Beaux' Stratagem, November-December 2006; Bedroom Farce, 1979; Bee-luther-hatchee, September 2001.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Belafonte - Big River
    1959-2003
    Scope and Content

    Belafonte in Person, August 1968; Bells are Ringing, n.d.; Bells are Ringing, July 1998; Bells are Ringing, August 1959; Benchley Despite Himself, February-March 2003; Benchley Despite Himself, February-March 2003; A Tale of the Christ, 1959; Ben-Hur, November 1959; Benefactors, December 1985; Berlin Cabaret, UFA Revue, May 1992; Bermuda Avenue Triangle, June 1997; The Best Man, January 1962; Betty Buckley, February 2000; Betty the Yeti, November 1996; Betty the Yeti, November 1996; Betty the Yeti, November 1996; Beyond the Fringe, February 1992; Beyond the Rising Moon, 1987; Beyond Therapy, May 1997; Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, circa 1995-1996.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
    Big Show of 1936 - Breakfast with Les and Bess
    1949-2015
    Scope and Content

    The Big Show of 1936, June 1972; Birthday Suite, May 1994; Black and Blue, May 1989; In Conversation, November 2009; Blithe Spirit, March 2015; Blithe Spirit, August 1962; Blithe Spirit, 1996; Blithe Spirit, May 2009; Blood Brothers, 1988; Blue Denim, 1958; Blue Denim, 1958; Blue Denim, 1959; Boccaccio, November-December 1974; Boomtown, November 1994; Edwin Booth, November 1958; Born Yesterday, circa 1948-1949; Bounce, October-November 2003; Breakfast with Les & Bess, 1981.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
    Breaking Legs - Bye Bye Birdie
    1957-2013
    Scope and Content

    Breaking Legs, November 1992; Brigadoon, 1980; Brigadoon, 1957; Brigadoon, 1963; Brighton Beach Memoirs, July 1985; Broadway Bound, November 1986; Broadway: Three Generations, October 2008; A Broadway Christmas, 2015; Broadway Up Close and Personal: A Tribute to Frank Loesser, 2010; Brother Russia, 2012; Bubbling Brown Sugar, circa 1976-1977; Down at the Old Bull & Bush, April-June 1997; Bus Stop, August 1958; Bus Stop, 1958; By George!, April 1990; By Jeeves, June-August 1997; Bye Bye Birdie, July 1962; Bye Bye Birdie, December 1991.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
    Cabaret - Candide
    1958-2004
    Scope and Content

    Cabaret, 1988; Cabaret, April 1968; Cabaret, 1995; Show of Shows: Sid Caesar, August 1984; Cafe Crown, March 1989; Call Me Ethel, circa 2009; Camelot, 1961; Camelot, circa November 2003-January 2004; Camelot, 1981; Camille, August-September 1998; John Campbell & Chris Whitley, October 1992; Camp Logan, n.d.; Camping with Henry & Tom, October-November 1997; Can-Can, August 1958; Can-Can, August 1958; Candide, March-May 1996; Candide, October 1971.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
    The Canterbury Tales - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    1957-2017
    Scope and Content

    The Canterbury Tales, April 2006; Cantorial: A Ghost Story, October-November 2012; Cantorial, March 1989; The Caretaker, June 1991; Carmelina, March 1979; Carnival, October 1962; Carnival!, February 2007; Carousel, Setepmber 1957; Carousel, 2016-2017; Carousel, 1957; Carousel, 1959; Carousel, September 1957; Carousel, 1959; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, August 1958.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
    Cats - City of Angels
    1936-1996
    Scope and Content

    Cats, September 1987; Catskills, 1993; Charley's Aunt, July 1959; Charlie and Algernon, July 1980; Chicago, January 1997; Chicago, October 1989; Children of the Shadows, circa early 1960s; Child's Play, May 1970; The Children's Hour, June /July 1936; The Children's Hour, September 1995; A Chorus of Disapproval, December 1988-February 1989; A Chorus Line, October 1977; A Christmas Carol, 1996; Radio City Christmas Spectacular, 1993; Cinerama Holiday, circa 1950s; City of Angels, August 1990.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
    Cleo Laine - Company
    1966-2006
    Scope and Content

    Cleo Laine, July 1983; The Cleveland Orchestra, February 1966; Cloud Nine, March 1997; Clown Around Town, 2000/2001; The Cocoanuts, 1988; The Cocoanuts, December 1996; The Comedie Francaise, March 1966; The Comedians, January 2005; The Comedians, February 2005; The Comedy of Errors, November 2005-January 2006; The Comedy of Errors, circa 1990; Communicating Doors, circa November 1999; Company, October 1995; Company, July 1970; Company, October-November 1993; Company, June 2002.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
    The Complete History of America - Crazy For You
    1984-2008
    Scope and Content

    The Complete History of America, June 1995; Barbara Cook, March 1985; Barbara Cook, September 2007; Barbara Cook: A Broadway Evening, 1984; An Evening of Song with Barbara Cook, December 1993; Copenhagen, 2000; Coriolanus, April 2007; The Count of Monte Cristo, May 1985; The Countess, July/August 2000; Country Current, October 1992; The Country Wife, March-May, 2000; Crazy for You, 1991.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
    Creation of the World and Other Business - Danzalta
    1972-2011
    Scope and Content

    The Creation of the World and Other Business, October 1972; Crimes of the Heart, March 1982; Crossing Delancey, circa 1997; Crossing Delancey, April-May 2009; The Crucible, 2007; The Crummles' Christmas Carol, December 2002; Crystal, November 1997; Curtains, July 2007; Cyrano, April-June 2011; Damn Yankees, July 1995; Damn Yankees, December 2005-February 2006; Dancing at Lughnasa, August 1991; Danny & Sylvia: A Musical Love Story, September-October 2001; Danny & Sylvia, A Musical Love Story, 2002; Danzalta, March-April 1994.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
    Dark at the Top of the Stairs - Disney Fantasia
    1949-2016
    Scope and Content

    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, June 1958; The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, June 1958; Dear Liar, circa 1959; Dear Liar, 1959; Dear World, July-August, 2003; Death of a Salesman, 1976; Deathtrap, July 1979; Desert Song, 1959; Desert Song, 1959; Design for Living, 2009; Detective Story, July, 1949; Diamond Orchid, January 1965; Diary of Anne Frank, June-July 1959; The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959; The Diary of Anne Frank, December 1997; Dick Hyman, June 1997; Die Walküre, October 2002; Dirty Blonde, May 2000, Dirty Blonde, August-October, 2009; Disney Fantasia, February 2016.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
    Do Re Mi - Dylan
    1957-2011
    Scope and Content

    Do Re Mi, March 1961; The Dock Brief, July 1962; Doctor Faustus, circa 1998-1999; Melvyn Douglas in Inherit the Wind, January 1957; Dr. Cook's Garden, September-October 2008; The Drowsy Chaperone, 2011; The Drowsy Chaperone, September 2006; Dracula, June 1978; Drat the Cat, September 1965; Dream of a Common Language, March-April 1994; Dream of a Common Language, circa 1990s; Drums in the Night, August 1961; Duel of Angels, May 1960; Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, April 1989; Dylan, February 1964.

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
    Eastern Standard - Evita
    1958-2009
    Scope and Content

    Eastern Standard, March 1989; The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, circa 1980s; Edwin Booth, November 1958; Either Or, September 2006; El Virgen, September 2005; The Elephant Man, February 1980; Eleanor: An American Love Story, March-June 1999; Elmer Gantry, 1995; The Enchanted, March 1973; Enter Laughing: The Musical, Spring/Summer 2009; Enter Laughing: The Musical, Winter 2009; Enter Laughing: The Musical, circa 1950s or 1960s; Enter Laughing: The Musical, circa 1950s or 1960s; Ethel, 1985; The Ethel Merman Show, circa 1960; The Ethel Merman Show, June 1963; An Evening to Remember, June 6, 1994; Evita, September/October 1981.

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
    The City of Fairfax Band - The Fix
    1956-2013
    Scope and Content

    The City of Fairfax Band, April 30, 1989; Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, October 1990; Fairy Tales of New York, July 1962; The Fall of the House of Usher, September-October 2007; Fallen Angels, June-July 1958; Fallen Angels, June-July 1958; Fallen Angels, June-July 1958; Falling Waters, September 2003; Fanny's First Play, March-April 2006; The Fantasticks, 1996; Faulkner's Bicycle, November 1995; Feis Eireann, January 1967; Fiddler on the Roof, 1989; Fiddler on the Roof, August 1968; Chico Marx, August 1956; Chico Marx, August 1956; Fiorello!, February 2013; The 5th Annual First Light Festival, March 2005; The 7th Annual First Light Festival, March 2007; First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb, September 2009; The Firstborn, May 1958; Eddie Fisher and Buddy Hackett, June 1967; The Fishkin Touch, June 1998; The Fix, March 1998.

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
    A Flag is Born - Forbidden Broadway
    1961-2016
    Scope and Content

    A Flag is Born, March-April 2004; A Flag is Born, March-April 2004; The Flick, 2016; Flight, June 1986; Flower Drum Song, July 1961; Flower Drum Song, July 1961; Floyd Collins, June 2016; The Flying Karamazov Brothers, November 1991; The Flying Karamazo Brothers' Room Service, August-October 1997; Dan Fogelberg with his band, May 2003; Follies, April-June 2003; Follies, December 1971; Follies, circa 1998-2000; Follies, June 2011; Forbidden Broadway, 1989; Forbidden Broadway, 2002; Forbidden Broadway, 2001: A Spoof Odyssey, July 2001; Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit, October 2008; Forbidden Broadway, October 2000.

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
    Forbidden Hollywood - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
    1962-2010
    Scope and Content

    Forbidden Hollywood, April 2004; Return to the Forbidden Planet, circa 1991; The Foreigner, September-October 2009; Forever Ivor, 1994; Fortune's Fool, 2002; Forty Carats, 1971; Four on a Garden, November 1970; The Four Seasons Dinner Theater, 1979/1980; A Fox on the Fairway, 2010; Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, September 1988; Frost Nixon, July 2007; Fosse, December 2000; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, October-November 2001; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, July 1996; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, crica 1960s; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, December 1962.

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
    Galileo - Goodnight, Desdemona
    1950-2012
    Scope and Content

    Galileo, August 1980; The Game's Afoot, circa 2010s; The Game of Love & Chance, 2009; The Gang's All Here, November 1959; The Gathering, July/August 1999; The Gazebo, 1960; The Gazebo, 1960; George Gershwin Alone, 2004; George and Ira Gershwin Celebrating the Inauguration..., May 1989; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, July 1950; George - Don't Do That!, September/October 1999; George M!, circa 1970s-1980s; The Ghost Sonata, 1964; Gideon, 1961; The Gin Game, May 1979; The Gin Game, George Mason University (n.d).; Girl Crazy, 1960; Girl Crazy, 1960; The Golden Land, 2012; The Golden Land, December 1985; Goodbye Charlie, 1960; Goodbye Charlie, 1960; Goodnight Desdemona, May 1998.

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
    Grand Hotel - Gypsy
    1960-2010
    Scope and Content

    Grand Hotel, December 1990; A Grand Night for Singing, October 1993; The Grand Tour, Spring 2009; Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, October 1995; The Grapes of Wrath, 1989; Grease, 1974; Great Expectations: The Musical, August-September 1998; Tammy Grimes, November 2010; Grimm Tales, March-April 1999; Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, April-May 2009; Guys and Dolls, May 1993; Guys and Dolls, December 1999 - February 2000; Guys and Dolls, 1960; Gypsy, 1961; Gypsy, June 2003; Gypsy, August 1974; Gypsy, August 1962; Gypsy, August 1962.

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
    Hadrian VII - Hedda Gabler
    1957-2015
    Scope and Content

    Hadrian VII, March 1970; Sheldon Harnick, April 20, 2009; Hair, May 1971; Halcyon Days, September-October 1992; Hamlet, 1967; Hamlet, 1964; Marvin Hamlisch, November 2009; Happy Hunting, August 1957; The Happy Time, April-June 2008; Harvey, November-December 2015; Hay Fever, 1985; Heartbreak House, November 2003; Heartbreak House, February-March 1999; Heartbreak House, September 2006; Hedda Gabler, 1971.

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
    The Heidi Chronicles - Jerome Hines
    1948-2007
    Scope and Content

    The Heidi Chronicles, May 1989; Hello, Dolly! August-September, 1994; Hello, Jerry!, May 2003; Hello, Muddah, Hello, Fadduh!, circa 1990s; Hello, Muddah, Hello, Faddah!, 1996; Hellzapoppin, July-August 2007; Henceforward, circa 1989; Jerry Herman, September 20, 2007; The Music of Jerry Herman, May 10, 1992; High Button Shoes, August 1948; High Spirits, 1984; The Highest Yellow, 2004; Jerome Hines, February 19, 1958.

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
    The History Boys - HurlyBurly
    1958-2012
    Scope and Content

    The History Boys, 2008; The History Boys, September 2006; The History of Invulnerability, June-July 2012; H.M.S. Pinafore, July-August 1995; H.M.S. Pinafore, January 1988; A Hole in the Head, July 1962; A Hole in the Head, July 1962; Holiday for Lovers, August 1958; Holiday for Lovers, August 1958; The Hollow, February 1999; Hollywood Pinafore, September-October 2000; Bob Hope Show, September 1958 (tickets); Hostile Witness, January 1966; House, 2002; How the Other Half Loves, March 1971; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying!, February 1995; How to Succeed in Business...Without Really Trying!, May 1992; The Huggett Family, August 1972; Hurly Burly, 1984.

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
    The Iceman Cometh - Inherit the Wind
    1957-2013
    Scope and Content

    The Iceman Cometh, October 1960; I Could Stop on a Dime and Get Ten Cents Change (A Ballroom Drama), March-April 1995; I Do! I Do!, October 1966; If/Then, November 2013; I Hate Hamlet, July-August 1992; Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri, Spring 2004; I'm Not Rappaport, April 1987; The Immigrant, October-November 1992; The Importance of Being Earnest, November-December 2004; Indian Ink, 1999; Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles), July 1995; Inherit the Wind, August 1957; Inherit the Wind, September-November 2000; Inherit the Wind, August 1957.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
    An Inspector Calls - Ivanov
    1958-2013
    Scope and Content

    An Inspector Calls, October 1994; An Inspector Calls, circa 1940s; Into the Woods, 1994; Into the Woods, July 2002; Into the Woods, October 1988; The Invention of Love, March 2001; Irene, February 1973; Irma La Douce, July 1963; Irma la Douce, July 1963; The Irving Berlin Centennial, 1987; Isle of Children, March 1962; Isn't It Romantic, 1985; Eugene Istomin, October 31, 1958; It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, March 2013; Ivanov, April 1966.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
    Jacques Brel - June Moon
    1957-2004
    Scope and Content

    Jacques Brel, circa 1983-1987; Janus, June 1957; Jazz Folk 1959; July 1959; J.B., November 16, 1959; Jeeves Takes Charge, 1982; Jerome Robbins Broadway, March 1989; Jesus Christ Superstar, August 1990; The Jockey Club Stakes, November 1972; Jolson the Musical, Autumn 1996; Jumpers, June 2004; June Moon, December 1983; June Moon newspaper article, 1983.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
    Kafka's Dick - Alison Krauss and Union Station
    1958-2014
    Scope and Content

    Kafka's Dick, December 2007; Kapelye, April 1994; Karen Akers, March 13, 1992; Danny Kaye with the Earl Brown Singers, July 1968; Danny Kaye, Guest Conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, July 13, 1961; An Evening with Danny Kaye, July-August 2014; An Evening with Danny Kaye, August 2014; The King and I, August 1958; The King and I, August 1958; King John, January-March 1999; King Lear, circa 1961-1962; The King Stag, December 2000; Kismet, July 1959; Kismet, September 1965; Kismet, October 1965; Kismet, September 1965; Kiss Me Kate, July 1958; Kiss Me, Kate, July 2001; Kiss of the Spider Woman, August 1993; Alexandria Kleztet: Klezmer Quarter, November 16, 2004; The Klezmer Conservatory Band, April 13, 1989; Alison Krauss and Union Station, June 1996.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
    La Bohème - Legens
    1961-2015
    Scope and Content

    La Bohème, November 27, 1961; La Cage aux folles, August 1984; Lady Be Good, circa 1950s (probably 1953); The Lady from the Sea, September-October 2000; Lady in the Dark, April-May 1998; Lady Windermere's Fan, June-July 2005; The Last Living Newspaper, January-February 1993; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, circa 1960s; The Late Edwina Black, October-December 1996; Laughing Matters, May 1989; Laughter on the 23rd Floor, May 1994; Laughing Stock, September 2015; Leading Ladies, October 2005; The Left Hand of Justice, September 4, 2004; Legends, August 1986 , November 27, 1961; La Cage aux folles, August 1984; Lady Be Good, circa 1950s (probably 1953); The Lady from the Sea, September-October 2000; Lady in the Dark, April-May 1998; Lady Windermere's Fan, June-July 2005; The Last Living Newspaper, January-February 1993; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, circa 1960s; The Late Edwina Black, October-December 1996; Laughing Matters, May 1989; Laughter on the 23rd Floor, May 1994; Laughing Stock, September 2015; Leading Ladies, October 2005; The Left Hand of Justice, September 4, 2004; Legends, August 1986.

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
    Les Misérables - A Little Hotel on the Side
    1947-2008
    Scope and Content

    Les Misérables, February 1987; Les Misérables, December 2008-February 2009; Let My People Come, 1974; Let Us Be Gay, October-November 1949; Lettice and Lovage, October 1987; Life with Father, May 1990; Life with Father, November 2008-January 2009; Life with Father, June 1947; Life with Father, June 1947; Light Up the Sky, December 1987-January 1988; Li'l Abner, circa 1950s-1960s; The Lion King, August 2000; A Little Hotel on the Side, January 1992; A Little Hotel on the Side, January 1992.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
    A Little Night Music - Lovers
    1958-2017
    Scope and Content

    A Little Night Music, April 1974; A Little Night Music, August 2002; A Little Night Music, August 1998; A Little Night Music, August-October 2017; A Little Night Music, circa 1974-1975; A Little Night Music, June 2010; A Little Night Music, March-April 2008; Live Wire, 1998; The Living, September-October 1994; The Loman Family Picnic, July-August 1996; Look Homeward, Angel, March 1958; London Assurance, November 1974; George London, December 1960; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, February-March 2010; Love's Labor's Lost, June-July 2006; Lovers, June 1969.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
    Macbeth - Man of La Mancha
    1959-2010
    Scope and Content

    Macbeth, circa 1961-1972; Macbeth, June-September 1961; Macbeth, September-November 1995; Machinal, June-July 2004; Mack & Mabel, September 1974; Madigan's Lock, June-July 1970; Mahalia: A Gospel Musical, January-March 2010; Major Barbara, July 2001; A Majority of One, circa November 1959; A Majority of One, November 1959; Mame, May-July 2006; Mame, July 1968; A Man for All Seasons, June 1962; Man of la Mancha, March 1967; Man of la Mancha, August-September 1996.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
    The Man Who Came to Dinner - Merry Wives of Windsor
    1958-2007
    Scope and Content

    The Man Who Came to Dinner, November-December 1989; Marching Down Broadway, October 19, 1991; The Marriage, May 1958; Marriage-Go-Round, July 1961; In-Person, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis with Polly Bergen at the Palace Theatre, n.d. (no program); Martine, August 1961; The Matchmaker, November-December 1995; The Madwoman of Chaillot, July 1958; The Matchmaker, 1962; The Matchmaker, 1962; Mating Cries, September 1998; An Evening with Donna McKechnie: My Musical Comedy Life, April 20, 2002; Me and My Girl, August 1988; Me, Third, May 28, 1986; Me, Third, May 28, 1986; The Memorandum, September 1999; Merrily We Roll Along, January-April 1990; Merrily We Roll Along, October circa 2010s; Merrily We Roll Along, September-October 2007; Merrily We Roll Along, July 2002; Merry Widow, August 1959; Merry Widow, August 1959; The Merry Wives of Windsor, March-May 1998.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
    Metropolis - Most Happy Fella
    1958-2011
    Scope and Content

    Metropolis, March 1989; Sam Levene, July 1958; Sam Levene, July 1958; James Mason, July-August 1958; James Mason, July-August 1958; Milk & Honey, 1968; Milk & Honey, circa 1994; Mildred Miller, March 6, 1962; The Miracle Worker, March 22, 1962; Misalliance, November 1994-January 1995; The Misanthrope, February 1975; The Miser, October-November 1996; Mississippi Pinocchio, March 2002; Miss Saigon, September 1989; A Month in the Country, April-June 1995; Moon Over Buffalo, January-February 2004; Moonlights & Magnolias, April-May 2011; Morning's at Seven, July 2002; Most Happy Fella, circa 1940s-1950s; Most Happy Fella, circa 1940s-1950s.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
    Mostly Sondheim - My Fair Lady
    1961-2004
    Scope and Content

    Mostly Sondheim, June 2002; Mourning Becomes Electra, April-June 1997; Agathie Christie's The Mousetrap, 2011; Mrs. Klein, October 1996; Mrs. Warren's Profession, July-August 1996; Much Ado About Nothing, July-August 1997; Much Ado About Nothing, February-April 1992; Music Is, November 1976; The Music Man, August-September 1978; The Music Man, October 10, 1961; The Music Man, October 10, 1961; The Musical of Musicals, May 2004; My Fair Lady, March 1962; My Fair Lady, March 1962; My Fair Lady, circa 1960s; My Fair Lady, August 1981.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
    My Name is Alice - Naughty Marietta
    1961-2009
    Scope and Content

    My Name is Alice, 1987; My One and Only, March 1985; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, December 23, 1985; Nancy Drew, Girl Detective, circa 1992; Napoleon, February 1982; Nathan the Wise, October 2001; National Repertory Theatre, December 1965; National Symphony Orchestra, July 19, 1970; Nights at the Movies: The Golden Age of Film Music, September 12, 2008; Marvin Hamlisch and the National Symphony Orchestra, October 2000-June 2001; National Symphony Orchestra, August 25, 1989; Naughty Marietta, August-September 1961; Naughty Marietta, December 31, 1979.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
    The Nerd - Nine
    1948-2013
    Scope and Content

    The Nerd, September-October 1996; Never the Sinner, August 1997; Never the Sinner, March-April 2013; Never Too Late, June 1969; New Girl in Town, March 13-14 circa 1958; New Girl in Town, March 13-14 circa 1958; The New Music Hall of Israel, January 1970; New York City Ballet, July 1991; The New York City Opera, June 1988; The New York Pops, March 1989; The Night Hank William Died, May 1989; The Night of January 16th, February-March 1949; The Night of the Iguana, June 1962; Nina, July 1959; Nina, July 1959; Nine, May 1983.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
    Nixon's Nixon - Of Thee I Sing
    1957-2010
    Scope and Content

    Nixon's Nixon, March-April 1999; Ninotchka, February 1982; No Time for Sergeants, December 13, 1957; No Time for Sergeants, December 13, 1957; No Way to Treat a Lady, January 1997; Noel and Gertie, November-December 2003; Noël and Gertie, October-November 1987; Noises Off, November 1983; Noises Off!, January 1990; Nude with Violin, circa 1957-1958; Nude with Violin, September 2010; The Odd Couple, March 1965; Odyssey: A Musical Play, January 1975; Of Thee I Sing, September-November 1992; Of Thee I Sing, June 1987.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
    Oh Calcutta - Once More With Feeling
    1958-1998
    Scope and Content

    Oh! Calcutta!, July 1970; Oh Captain!, April 1958; Oh Captain!, March 1958; Oh Captain!, 1958; Oh Captain!, February 1958; Oh Coward!, October 1998; The Old Neighborhood, December 1997; Old Times, March 1972; Romeo and Juliet, March 1962; Old Wicked Songs, November 1997; Oliver!, October-November 1997; Oliver!, June 1964; On the Town, April 1989; On the Twentieth Century, circa 1991; On Your Toes, December 1982; Once in a Lifetime, October 1983; Once More, With Feeling, September 1959.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
    One Night with Fanny Brice - Pangs of the Messiah
    1957-2012
    Scope and Content

    One Night with Fanny Brice, November 2010; One-Third of a Nation, May 1991; Onward Victoria, September 14, 1987; Opus, September 2007; Othello, July 1961; Othello, 1981; Othello, November 1957; Other Desert Cities, 2013; Our Town, August 1959; Over & Over, January-February 1999; Over My Dead Body, February 1989; Pacific Overtures, December 1975; Pacific Overtures, 2004; Page-to-Stage, September 2004; Page-to-Stage, September 2004; Page-to-Stage, September 2004; The Pajama Game, August 1958; The Pajama Game, March-April 1989; The Pajama Game, circa 1990s; The Pajama Game, August 1958; Pal Joey, July 1959; Pal Joey, July 1959; Pangs of the Messiah, June-July 2007.

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
    A Party - The Phantom of the Opera
    1969-2016
    Scope and Content

    A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, October 1992; A Party to Murder, October-November 2016; Passion, July 2002; Passion, May 1994; Passion, April 1996; Patience, May 1997; A Patriot for Me, September 1969; The Perfect Party, January 1987; Perfect Crime, circa 1990s; The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, circa 1998; Pericles, Prince of Tyre, March 1990; Perseus Bayou, circa 2000; Perseus Bayou, April 26, 2003; Perseus Bayou, March-April 2001; The Pirates of Penzance, July-September 2001; The Phantom of the Opera, 1989; The Phantom of the Opera, September 1991.

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
    Philadelphia Here I Come - The Play's The Thing
    1957-2006
    Scope and Content

    The Piano Lesson, April-May 2005; Philadelphia Here I Come!, December 1966; The Philadelphia Orchestra, circa 1971-1972; Philip Glass Ensemble, 1985; Photo Finish, April 1963; The Physicists, September 1964; Piaf, October 2004; Pickwick, September 1965; Pins and Needles, 1989; Pippin, October 1972; The Pirates of Penzance, November 1964; Plain and Fancy, March 15-16, 1957; Bad Seed, August 1957; The Play's the Thing, April-May 2006; The Play's the Thing, July 1995.

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
    The Pleasure of His Company - Pygmalion
    1948-2014
    Scope and Content

    The Pleasure of His Company, October 1959; 2008-2009 Pops Series, September 2008-May 2009; The Premier Performance, October 6, 1990; Present Laughter, January 1997; Preservation Hall Jazz Band, November 19, 2000; The Price, January-February 1994; The Price, March-April 2008; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 2006; Princess Ida, circa 2002; The Prisoner of Second Avenue, October 1971; Private Lives, July 2002; Private Lives, June 2014; Privates on Parade, September 2002; The Producers, July 2001; The Producers, August 2004; Promises, Promises, November 1968; Proof, July 2001; Proposals, October 1997; The Playhouse, January-February 1949; Pygmalion, February 1991.

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
    Radio Theatre Live - Rhinoceros
    1958-2009
    Scope and Content

    Radio Theatre Live! May 9-10, 2001; Radio Theatre Live!, June 13-14, 2001; Radio Theatre Live!, July 18-19, 2001; Radio Theatre Live!, May 8-9, 2002; Radio Theatre Live!, July 10-11, 2002; Rags, August 1986; Ragtime, May 2009; Ragtime: The Musical, June 1998; The Real Thing, May 2000; Red Buttons in the Teahouse of the August Moon, July 1960; Red Herring, April 2009; The Reduced Shakespeare Company, March 1996; The Rehearsal, circa November 1963; Relatively Speaking, circa 1993; Burgess Meredith, August 1958; Rent, 1996;The Revengers' Comedies, March-June 1994; Rhinoceros, July 1962.

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
    The Rhythm Club - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
    1957-2009
    Scope and Content

    The Rhythm Club, September-October 2000; Richard III, circa 1990; The Rink, August 1996; The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, April-May 2009; Risë Stevens, December 15, 1959; The Rivalry (no program), January 1958; The Rivals, August-October 2003; Robert Frost: Fire and Ice, circa 1990s; Rock'n'Roll, April 2009; Rocket to the Moon, September 2001; Romanoff and Juliet, November 1957; Romanoff and Juliet, 1957; Romeo & Juliet, April-May 1997; Room Service, June 1983; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, May 2007; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, September 1967.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 1
    The Rothschilds - Rushmore
    1975-1999
    Scope and Content

    The Rothschilds, August 1990; Rough Crossing, September 2003; The Rover, December 1981-February 1982; The Royal Family, October-November 1999; The Royal Family, December 1975-July 1976; The Royal Family, December 1975; The Washington Opera, December 1987; Ruddigore, May 1995; Rumors, November 1989; Rushmore, March-April 1993.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 2
    Sabrina Fair - The Secret of Sherlock Holmes
    1959-2014
    Scope and Content

    Sabrina Fair, August 1975; Salome, January-February 2015; Saltimbanco, 1993; Saturday Night, May 2004; Saturday, Sunday, Monday, November-January 1977; Say, Darling!, June 1959; Say, Darling!, June 1959; Scaramouche, September-October 2003; Scaramouche, September 1, 2003; The Scarlet Pimpernel, July 2000; The School for Scandal, May-June circa 2008; The School for Wives, February 1996; The School for Wives, February 1992; The Scottish Play, 2003; The Secret Garden, January 1993; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, September 1988.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 3
    Separate Tables - Sherlock's Last Case
    1957-2007
    Scope and Content

    Separate Tables, September 1957; Separate Tables, September 1957; A Servant to Two Masters, April 2001; The Shadow of a Gunman, November 1958; Shakespeare in Hollywood, 2012; Shakespeare in Hollywood, September-October 2003; Shakespeare in Hollywood, circa 2002; Shakespeare in Washington, January 6, 2007; She Loves Me, November-December 2006; She Loves Me, October 1993; She Stoops to Conquer, February-March 1988; Shear Madness, November 1990; Shear Madness, February 1993; Sherlock Holmes, October 1974; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience, July-August 1997; Sherlock's Last Case, July 1987.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 4
    Shirley Maclaine - Sleuth
    1959-2009
    Scope and Content

    Shirley MacLaine, August 1982; Shmulnik's Waltz, 1996; Shmulnik's Waltz, February-March 1994; Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears, December 2008-January 2009; Show Girl, August 1961; Showboat, circa 1950s-1960s; Showboat, October 1994; Herb Shriner Entertains in An Evening of Unforgettable Humor and Music, 1959; Sideman, July 1999; Side Show, May-June 2000; Silk Stockings, circa 1950s-1960s; Sing Down the Moon, March-April 2000; Signature Sings Broadway in Ballston, June 23-25 2005; Singin' in the Rain, July 1986; The Sins of Sor Juana, November 1999; The Sisters Rosensweig, October 1993; The Sleeping Beauty (The National Ballet of Canada, September 1972); Sleuth, circa 1950s.

  • Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 5
    Sly Fox - State of the Union
    1956-2007
    Scope and Content

    Sly Fox, June 2004; Social Security, July 1995; Solid Gold Cadillac, July 1956; Something's Afoot, November 8, 1973; A Sondheim Summer!, June 28-29 1994; The Sound of Music, 1964; South Pacific, August 1977; South Pacific, October 1958; South Pacific, August 1960; South Pacific, December 2002-February 2003; Souvenir, June 2007; Monty Python's Spamalot, June 2006; Spiele '36 or The Fourth Medal, September 1991; Stacy Keach: Solitary Confinement, February 1992; Standup Shakespeare, March-April 1994; State Fair, August-September 1995; State of the Union, October 2006.

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1
    Steel Magnolias - The Sunshine Boys
    1958-2008
    Scope and Content

    Steel Magnolias, March 1989; Steel Pier, May 2000; The Stephen Schwartz Project, April-May 2008; "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow": A Stephen Sondheim Evening, 1996; A Stoop on Orchard Street, circa 2000s; She Stoops to Conquer, March 2002; Stop the World--I Want to Get Off, 1964; Stop the World--I Want to Get Off, 1964; Stones in His Pockets, circa 2000s; Strange Interlude, April 1963; A Streetcar Named Desire, August-September 1960; The Student Prince, circa 1970s; The Subject Was Roses, March 1966; Sugar, January 1972; Sunday in the Park with George, October 20, 1989; Sunrise at Campobello, June 1958; Sunset, 1994; The Sunshine Boys, December 1997; The Sunshine Boys, November 1972.

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 2
    Swansong - Tea and Sympathy
    1956-2008
    Scope and Content

    Swansong, circa 2006; Sweet Bird of Youth, October 1959; Sweet Smell of Success, April-May 2008; Sweet Ike, September 1996; Sweeney Todd, March 9, 2004; Sweeney Todd, September-October 1999; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, August 1979; Sylvia, July 1995; Sylvia's Real Good Advice, June-July 1993; Talley's Folly, 1982; The Taming of the Shrew and The Cherry Orchard, 1959; The Cherry Orchard, November 1959; The Taming of the Shrew, September-November 2007; The Tap Dance, March 1986; Tartuffe, July 1972; Tea and Sympathy, May 2, 1956.

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 3
    The Tempest - The Time Of Your Life
    1958-2010
    Scope and Content

    The Tempest, September-October 1997; The Tenth Man, September-October 2010; The Tenth Man, December 1959; Terre des Femmes, n.d.; Tevya, July 1960; Tevya, 1960; A Texas Trilogy, May 1976; That Championship Season, circa 1950s; Theatre in the Dance, November 13, 1958; Things That Break, March 1997; Those Were The Days, December 1990; A Thousand Clowns, June 1996; The Three Musketeers, circa 2006-2007; Three Nights in Tehran, November 1996; The Three Sisters, 1963; Tigertigertiger, September 1997; Time for Elizabeth, July 1959; Groucho Marx, July 1959; The Time of Your Life, February 1972.

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 4
    Time Remembered - Twelve Angry Men
    1936-2017
    Scope and Content

    Time Remembered, October 1957; Time Remembered, circa 1957; The Titans, September 1, 2003; Tobacco Road, August 1959; Tobacco Road, June 1936; Too Jewish?, October 1995; Too True to Be Good, March 2000; A Touch of the Poet, October 1958; A Touch of the Poet, circa 1958; A Touch of the Poet, October-November 1997; Toys in the Attic, 1961; Toys in the Attic, August 1961; Travesties, 1996; Treasure Island, circa 2005-2006; Trevor, February 2017; A Tribute to Cy Coleman, October 7, 2008; The Triumph of Love, circa 1997; Tru, October 1991; A Tuna Christmas, December 1989; Twelve Angry Men, October 2006; Twentieth Century, August-October 2003; Theater J, May 1997; Two for the Seesaw, June 1958; Two Keys, February 1974; Twelve Angry Men, July 1960; Twelve Angry Men, July 1960.

  • Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 5
    Uncle Vanya - Waiting For Lefty
    1957-2011
    Scope and Content

    Uncle Vanya, August 2011; Under Milk Wood, October 8, 1962; Utopia Limited, circa 2000; Vaudeville: Humor on the 20th Century Stage, November-December 1999; Verdict, July 1985; A View from the Bridge, November 1-2, 1957; The Visit, October 1958; The Visit, May-June 2008; Visit to a Small Planet, June 1958; Visiting Mr. Green, June 1998; Voice of the Prairie, April-May 1993; Volpone, April-June 1996; Waiting for Lefty, July-August 1976.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 1
    Waiting in the Wings - What the Butler Saw
    1947-2011
    Scope and Content

    Waiting in the Wings, May 2000; Waiting in the Wings, 2010; The Wanhope Building, February 1947; War of the Worlds - The Radio Play, October 29, 2003; The Warm Peninsula, May 4, 1959; The Way of the World, October-November 1992; The Way of the World, September-November 2008; The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, December 1990; Welcome to my Rash/Psyche in Love/Third, August 31, 2003; West Side Story, January 1980; West Side Story, August 1995; The West Side Waltz, April 1982; What the Butler Saw, 2002; What the Butler Saw, April-May 1995.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 2
    When She Danced - Woman in Mind
    1957-2011
    Scope and Content

    When She Danced, August 1991; Whistle Down the Wind, December 1996; The White Devil, 1991; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, October 1996-March 1997' Widdershins, February-March 2011; The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue, January 1994; Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, July-August 1957; Windjammer, June 14,1958; Windom Plays Thurber, December 1944; Wish You Were Here, circa 1950s-1960s; Wish You Were Here, circa 1950s-1960s; The Witches of Eastwick, June-July 2007; Witness for the Prosecution, August 1957; The Woman in Black, October 1996; Woman in Mind, January 2001.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 3
    The Women - Zorba
    1957-2004
    Scope and Content

    The Women, January-February 1999; A Wonderful Life, Fall 1991, The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay, March-April 1996; Wonderful Town, March 2004; Wonderful Town, August 1957; Working, October 1997; The World According to Me!, June 1989; The World Goes 'Round: The Kander & Ebb Musical, June 1993; Write Me a Murder, November 1961; Write Me a Murder, August 1983; You Can't Take It With You, March 1983; You Can't Take It With You, April-June 1998; You Never Can Tell, June 1998; Zero Hour, August-September 2009; Ziegfield: Another Night at the Follies, circa 1990-1991; Zorba, October 1993.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 4
    110 In the Shade - 70 Girls 70
    1969-2010
    Scope and Content

    110 in the Shade, circa 2002-2003; 1776, March 1969; 1776, December 1997; 1776, April 1989; 1776, 2003; The 1940s Radio Hour, circa 2004-2006; The 1940s Radio Hour, November-December 1978; Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, March 2010; Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, May 2008; Forty-Second Street: A Musical Comedy, June 1980; 70, Girls, 70, June 1991.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 5
    Venue programs
    1957-2008
    Scope and Content

    Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus, 1995; The Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater Official Re-Opening, October 2008; Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, October 1958; Radio City Musical Hall, May 1978; Rockefeller Center, circa 1970s; Radio City Musical Hall, circa 1980s-1990s; Royal National Theatre: Making a Production at the National, circa 1990-1991; Saratoga Performing Arts Center, circa 1968; Steel Pier, 1957; Williamstown Sumer Theatre, 1962.

Series 2: Sheet Music
1912 - 1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 6
    Loose sheet music
    1912-1969
    Scope and Content

    Almost Like Being In Love, 1952; Moonlight Bay, 1912; The Desert Song, 1927; Man of la Mancha, 1965; All the Time from Oh Captain!, 1958; Michelle, 1965; Havah Nagilah, 1961; Oklahoma, 1943; Hello, Dolly!, 1963; A Man and a Woman, 1966; Sunrise, Sunset, 1964; I Will Wait for You, 1967; My Man, 1920-1921; Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, 1970; Somewhere, My Love; 1965-1966; Mame, 1966; Deep Purple, 1962; Mack the Knife, 1955; Surprise, 1958; You Don't Know Him, 1958; Clair de lune, 1927; The Carousel Waltz, 1945; More, 1963; Cabaret, 1966; Bali Ha'I, 1949; Some Enchanted Evening, 1949; Tonight, 1957; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me), 1964; As Long As He Needs Me, 1960; (I Wonder Why?) You're Just in Love, 1950; Star Dust, 1929; I Got Rhythm, 1930; I Got Rhythm, 1930; Of Thee I Sing, 1931; Someone to Watch Over Me, 1926; Someone to Watch Over Me, 1926; Bidin' My Time, 1930.

  • Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 7
    The Golden Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein
    1959
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 1
    Bound music books
    1943-1964
    Scope and Content

    Larry Adler Harmonica Favorites, 1943; Melodic Masterpieces for Hohner Harmonicas, 1962; The King and I (Vocal Selections), circa 1951; Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof (Vocal Selections), 1964; Gypsy (Book), 1960; Gypsy: A Musical Fable (Vocal Selections), circa 1959; Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, circa 1956.

Series 3: Personal Papers
Mixed Materials box: 13 - 14 1915 - 1996
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 2
    "Me, Third" script
    circa 1950-1970
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 3
    "A Wise Guy" script
    1931
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 4
    Theater magazines
    1939-1961
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 5
    The Shadow: Death in the Crystal book
    1944
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 6
    Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island comic book
    1947
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 7
    The Shadow comic book
    1973
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 8
    The Shadow comic book
    1937
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 9
    Joe Palooka comic book
    1948
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 10
    The Black Arrow comic book
    1945
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 11
    Dick Tracy tattoo transfers
    circa 1940-1950
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 12
    Radio Artists scrapbook and clippings
    circa 1931
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 13
    Sherlock Holmes postum ad
    1915
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 14
    Martin Cohen term paper, play material, Theatre World editions, autographed photo
    1944-1987
  • Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 15
    Photographs, postcards, tobacco card
    circa 1940-1996
  • Mixed Materials box: 14
    Press books
    1946-1959
Series 4: Posters
Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5, Tube 1 - 17 1816 - 2013
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Black and Blue" poster
    circa 1989
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "The Producers" poster
    circa 2005
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "My Fair Lady" poster
    1977
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Robert Frost: Fire and Ice" poster
    circa 1988
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "The Music Man" poster
    1977
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Mame" poster
    circa 1966
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "La Cage aux folles" poster
    1983
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "The Golden Land" poster
    circa 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Dancin'" poster
    1978
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Sunday in the Park with George" poster
    1984
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Les Miserables" poster
    circa 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "45 Seconds from Broadway" poster
    circa 2001
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Un Coup de Folie" poster
    circa 1930
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Anything Goes" poster
    circa 1987
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    Tarzan comic strip
    1939
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Oh! Calcutta!" poster
    circa 1969
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Annie Get Your Gun" poster
    circa 1998
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Chicago" poster
    circa 1975
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Cabaret" poster
    circa 1987
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 1
    "Fiddler on the Roof" poster
    circa 1964
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "Spartacus" poster
    circa 1960
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "Quo Vadis" poster
    1951
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "Charlie Chan: Magia Negra" poster
    1960
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "Charlie Chan: The Shanghai Chest" poster
    circa 1948
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "The Fall of the Roman Empire" poster
    circa 1964
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "Shadow of the Thin Man" poster
    circa 1941
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 2
    "Charlie Chan: Shanghai Cobra" poster
    circa 1945
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 3
    National Recovery Act Member poster
    circa 1933
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 3
    "The Adventures of Robin Hood" poster
    1976
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 3
    "The Pearl of Death" poster
    1944
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 3
    United States Food Administration poster
    circa 1917
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 3
    United States Food Administration poster
    circa 1917
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.5 folder: 3
    "The Audition: Nine Thespians Resting" print by JEDD
    circa 1968-2016
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 1
    "Charlie Chan: The Scarlet Clue" poster
    circa 1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 1
    "The Shadow in Behind the Mask" poster
    circa 1946
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Lady on a Train" poster
    1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Bar 20 Rides Again" poster
    circa 1935
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Triple Cross" poster
    circa 1966
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Quo Vadis" poster
    1964
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Young Bess" poster
    1953
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Knights of the Round Table" poster
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "The Adventures of Quentin Durward" poster
    1955
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "The Silver Chalice" poster
    1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Spartacus" poster
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Helen of Troy" poster
    1956
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Tarzan and the Huntress" poster
    1947
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Bomba the Jungle Boy" poster
    circa 1949
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Remains to Be Seen" poster
    1953
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Hit the Road" poster
    circa 1941
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "The Mating Game" poster
    1958
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Junior Miss" poster
    1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 2
    "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" poster
    1944
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "The Falcon's Alibi" poster
    1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "The Falcon in San Francisco" poster
    1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime" poster
    1941
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "Charlie Chan: The Chinese Ring" poster
    circa 1947
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "Charlie Chan: The Golden Eye" poster
    circa 1948
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "Dick Tracy vs. Phantom Empire" poster
    circa 1952
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "Murder Most Foul" poster
    1964
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 3
    "The Shadow Returns" poster
    circa 1946
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "King of Kings" poster
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "The Vikings" poster
    1958
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "The Robe" poster
    1936
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "David and Bathsheba" poster
    1951
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "The Prodigal" poster
    1955
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "El Cid" poster
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Ivanhoe" poster
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Land of the Pharaohs" poster
    1955
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Cleopatra" poster
    1964
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Alexander the Great" poster
    1956
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "The Golden Idol" poster
    circa 1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "The Dead Don't Dream" poster
    1947
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Charlie Chan: Dangerous Money" poster
    circa 1946
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "The Whistler" poster
    1944
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Deadline at Dawn" poster
    1946
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 4
    "Charlie Chan: The Chinese Cat" poster
    circa 1944
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 5
    "Charlie Chan: The Trap" poster
    circa 1946
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 6
    "The Diary of Anne Frank" poster
    circa 1959
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 6
    "La Parisienne" poster
    circa 1958
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 6
    "Napoleon" poster
    circa 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 6
    "Les Trois Caballeros" poster
    circa 1944
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    "Follies" poster
    1970
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    "The Cat and Mouse Act" poster
    circa 1913
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    "Horse Eats Hat" poster
    circa 1936
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    WPA Federal Theatre Project 50th Anniversary Poster
    circa 1985-1989
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    "The Life and Death of an American" poster
    1985
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    "Faustus" poster
    circa 1930
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    "Chuck Jones: The Art of Animation" poster
    1939
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 7
    Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee exhibit poster
    1985
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Spartacus" poster
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Cleopatra" poster
    1964
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Solomon and Sheba" poster
    1959
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Julius Caesar" poster
    1953
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "The Ten Commandments" poster
    circa 1966
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "The Fall of the Roman Empire" poster
    1964
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Prince Valiant" poster
    1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Ulysses" poster
    1955
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 8
    "Desiree" poster
    1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 9
    "Tarzan the Ape Man" poster
    1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 9
    "Charlie Chan: The Red Dragon poster
    circa 1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 9
    "Henry Aldrich--Boy Scout" poster
    1944
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 9
    "The Crime Doctor's Courage" poster
    1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 10
    Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows
    circa 1907-1917
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 10
    Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey "World's Biggest Menagerie" poster
    circa 1907-1917
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 10
    Barnum & Bailey--Greatest Show on Earth
    circa 1816
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 10
    "A Chorus of Approval" cartoon
    circa 1950-2000
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 11
    "The Egyptian" movie poster
    1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 11
    "Quo Vadis" poster
    1951
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 11
    "Charlie Chan: The Scarlet Clue" poster
    circa 1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 11
    "Ben-Hur" poster
    1960
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 12
    "Charlie Chan V. Londyne" poster
    circa 1934
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 12
    "King Richard and the Crusaders" poster
    1954
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 12
    "The Ten Commandments" poster
    1956
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 13
    "Charlie Chan: Le Dragon Rouge" poster
    circa 1945
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 14
    "The Shadow Returns" poster
    circa 1946
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 15
    "Charlie Chan at the Olympics" poster
    1937
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    J.N.G. Finley lecture series poster
    November 13, 2002
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "America in Crisis: Defining Freedoms at Home and Abroad" poster
    November 13, 2002
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    Women's Rights--2000 J.N.G. Finley lecture series
    November 16, 2002
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    Second Amendment--2001 J.N.G. Finley lecture series
    November 12, 2002
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "Natural Law and Natural Rights" poster
    March - April 2004
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "The Legacy of George Mason" poster
    March - April 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "The First Amendment" poster
    March - April 1983
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "The Legacy of George Mason" poster
    March - April 1985
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "The Legacy of George Mason" poster
    March - April 1987
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "The Legacy of George Mason" poster
    March - April 1989
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    "The Legacy of George Mason" poster
    March - April 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 16
    George Mason University Arts poster
    October 6, 2000
  • Mixed Materials box: Tube 17
    "It's a Bird…It's a Plan…It's Superman" poster
    2013
Series 5: Artifacts
Mixed Materials box: 16 - 18, MC 32.4, 34.5 1816 - 2013
  • Mixed Materials box: 16
    Film posters
    1937 - 1970
  • Mixed Materials box: 17
    Two Kodak Brownie Cameras with manual
    circa late 1940s
    Scope and Contents

    Brownie Target Six-20 and Brownie Target Six-16.

  • Mixed Materials box: 17
    View-Master Stereoscope
    circa 1950s
  • Mixed Materials box: 17
    Small antique magic lantern projector
    circa early 20th century
  • Mixed Materials box: 17
    Perfecscope stereoscope with a colorized photo of the Egyptian pyramids
    circa 1890s
    Scope and Contents

    Can be used with the glass lantern slides in Box 18.

  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    Auto-Magic Picture Gun projector
    circa 1950
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    "The Shadow's Revenge" LP record
    circa 1950
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    Mickey Mouse Library of Games
    circa 1950
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    Ovaltine Captain Midnight souvenir cup
    circa 1940s
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    Little Orphan Annie souvenir cup
    circa 1940s
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    Handheld viewer and eight miniature reels of films
    circa 1940s
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    "Beautiful Caverns of Luray" View-Master pictures
    circa 1950s
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    Two glass lantern/magic lantern slides
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed Materials box: 18
    HomeTown Movie Theatre toy. CW: Orientalist imagery
    circa 1940s
    Scope and Contents

    Slides feature Mickey Mouse and other early Disney characters, as well as images from fairy tales.

  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.4
    Pinocchio game
    1939
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 32.4
    Watercolor painting
    circa midcentury
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 34.5
    Animation cell of Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    circa 1937
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 34.5
    Animation cell of Bugs Bunny playing tennis by Friz Freleng
    August 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 34.5
    Animation cell of Porky Pig by Bob Clampett
    1986
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 34.5
    Animation cell of cartoon mouse
    circa 1930-1980
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 34.5
    Serigraph of Mickey Mouse and Pluto from "The Pointer"
    circa 1939
  • Mixed Materials box: MC 34.5
    Animation cell of Bugs Bunny eating a carrot by Chuck Jones
    August 1982