Theater and Film

Bernard F. Burgunder Collection of George Bernard Shaw, [ca. 1810]-1990.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4617
Manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, broadsides, microfilms, videocassettes, audio cassettes, posters, and other materials by and about Shaw, covering all aspects of his varied literary, critical, personal, and political activities.

Brothers, Dr. Joyce papers,1955-2006.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4254
Papers of Dr. Joyce Brothers include correspondence, subject files, letters received, scripts, clippings, contracts, awards, photographs, cartoons, slides, and articles and books by Dr. Brothers. Audiovisual Archives of Dr. Joyce Brothers include 463 motion picture films, ca. 796 video tapes, and 184 audio recordings.

Bryant, Laura papers, [ca. 1891]-1961.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2112
Papers include professional correspondence with colleagues, publishers, and others concerning textbooks; also, her teaching career in general.

Class Notes records, The   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-6-4269
Music, photos, CDs, videos, sheet music arrangements, membership lists, history and files relating to the administration and performances of the Class Notes.

Cornell artists and local video programs   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3867
A 3/4" video-cassette of the work of Cornell University artists. Included on the tape are Archie R. Ammons, John A. Hartell, Peter H. Kahn, Stephen F. Poleskie, and Jason L. Seley; interviews by Johnnie Parrish.

Cornell Cinema records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-7-4187
The Cornell Cinema video collection includes U.S. and international art film and art video works and documentary, as well as video distribution catalogs. As director of Cornell Cinema from 1982-1994, Richard Herskowitz began a program of purchasing and lending film and video artworks on videocassette. Subsequent Cinema director Mary Fessenden continued this program as long as demand persisted, then donated the video collection to the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art in 2014. The collection is an important part of the history of Cornell Cinema. The collection focuses on significant works of historical, international, independent art cinema and video art. It includes catalogs from two video art exhibitions and annual catalogs from video distributors of the 1980s and 1990s. It also has Cornell Cinema calendars and posters from 1971 to 1983.

Cornell University calendar collection,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 48-1-241
Illustrated annual calendars: some listing social, educational, athletic, and artistic events on campus, and dates of the university's operation and instruction. Some include appointment and schedule information from previous owners.

Cornell University concert and Sage Chapel programs, 1878-2017   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-20-417
Programs of concerts and recitals at Cornell University.

Cornell University Department of Psychology Candid Camera Collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-23-4224
Copies of films from the Candid Camera television series showing various practical jokes on the unsuspecting public. The films were used by the Psychology Department in class and for research to document human behavior. Included are a more than 200 episodes dated throughout 1961 and 1966. Professor James Maas used the films in his Psychology 101 class until his retirement in 2011.

Cornell University Department of Theatre Arts records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-24-2114
Records of the Department of Theatre Arts (fomerly the Department of Public Speaking and then the Department of Speech and Drama) as well as the Cornell Dramatic Club and the Cornell University Theatre.

Cornell University songs and sheet music, 1870-2000.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 47-6-2124
Cornell song books and sheet music.

Drummond, Alexander M. papers, 1917-1956   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-24-435
Correspondence, news clippings, scripts, programs, playbills, lecture notes, theater notes, photographs, recordings and other memorabilia relating to various aspects of the field of Speech and Drama.

Experimental Television Center records.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8229
Collection contains files related to programs and events sponsored or supported by ETC, grant proposals and reports, research files, publications from the ETC library, files on individual artists and institutions, taped interviews, and recorded conferences and workshops.

Herrey, Hermann papers,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3476
Drawings, paintings, plans and photographs (including glass plate negatives) of architectural work, planning projects, stage designs, industrial designs, furniture and inventions. Also includes correspondence, biographical material, lecture notes, talks and reports; writings in city and regional planning, economic development, architecture, theater and related fields. Also, manuscript of a novel written by Herrey in the 1930s; and a play written under the pseudonym of Gilbert Tanner, ca.1960.

Ithaca Video Festival media collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8235
Videotapes from the screening program of the annual touring video festival.

June, Ray papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2588
Photographs of movie scenes, crews, casts, and directors of the many motion pictures June filmed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other companies.

Loewy, Benno photographs, [ca. 1850-1870]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3013
Albums of photographs of famous personages in the arts. Some photographs are formal head and shoulder type, others are full length. Many are of actors portrayed in the roles they played in well known plays. One volume is an alphabetical index to the photograph albums.

Lyman, Elizabeth, collector, theater and concert programs, 1898-1954.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2239
Programs mainly for productions presented on the Cornell University campus and Ithaca Conservatory, Ithaca College, churches, public schools, movie theaters, and elsewhere in the city of Ithaca, N.Y.; also scattered items from New York City, Salt Lake City, Watkins Glen [N.Y.] Summer Theatre, and Hollywood.

McIntosh, David Patrick papers,1965-1989.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7562
Correspondence, journals, poetry, songs, fiction, and plays by David McIntosh. Includes audio tapes of his short opera, Can.

Nathan, George Jean collection, 1913-1958   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4615
Manuscripts, correspondence, printed newspaper articles, clippings, and photographs by, to, or about Nathan, documenting his career as theater critic, author, and editor of the literary newspaper The American Spectator. Includes manuscripts for books and articles by Nathan; extensive correspondence concerning dealings with publishers, authors, and producers; letters from readers and fellow writers commenting on Nathan's work, including letters on the American Mercury and the American Spectator; and manuscripts of plays by other writers, including 18 plays by William Saroyan and 10 by Sean O'Casey. Also included are manuscripts and galley proofs for Nathan's annual Theatre Book of the Year (9 vols., 1942-1951).

New York State Council on the Arts Electronic Media and Film Program records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8230
Records from the Electronic Media and Film Program (EMF) and the Individual Artists Program (IND) include media field reports and surveys, files on organizations and individual artists, support for production, distributions, and organization, special projects files, film festival catalogs, Set in Motion records, books, reports, and other publications. Also includes media materials such as video, film, tape recordings, photographs, as well as digital files.

Sarnoff, Dorothy Papers, 1920-1998   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3147
Material relating to Dorothy Sarnoff's personal life and careers as a Singer and Speech Consultant.

Stainton, Walter papers, 1914-1983   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-24-573
Professional papers, and records of the Cornell Dramatic Club; also student scrapbook.

Straight, Beatrice papers, [ca. 1925]-1990   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4496
Reviews, playbills, letters, scripts, press releases, various photographs, and scrapbooks relating to her life and her acting career.

Taormino, Tristan papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7819
Books, articles, and movies Taormino wrote and directed, along with drafts, correspondence about their creation, production books for the movies and couple plays she directed, promotional material, and reviews and media coverage. There are audio and visual recordings of her lectures and media appearances. From her undergraduate years at Wesleyan, there are papers written for classes and her senior thesis, plus ephemera from sexuality activism. Also included is Taormino's collection of ephemera, posters, booklets, zines, magazines, and books written, produced, and created by other people on the topics of sex, sex positivity, gender LGBT/queer issues, BDSM, kink, leather, polyamory and non-monogamy, erotica and erotic photography, and pornography and feminist porn.

Turner, Guinevere papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7826
Publicity, reviews, and fan responses to the movie "Go Fish", and Turner's sketchbook with art for the movie's credits. Includes press packets for its international releases.

Wharton Releasing Corporation records, ca. 1916-1923   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3924
Contains film scenarios and other records of the Wharton Releasing Corporation, an early motion picture company based in Ithaca, New York.

Witchcraft and possession-related movie posters, lobby cards, and other cinema memorabilia,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4781
Movie posters and other advertisements for films involving witches, witchcraft, possession, devil worship and similar subjects.

WVBR - live audio   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 35-9-3768
Collection includes 35 CDs of WVBR recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.

Young, John M. papers, 1937-1965.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2851
Mostly radio scripts for "The Right to Happiness." Also, radio and television scripts for "Doctor Eve," "Days of Our Lives," "Attorney at Law," "Road of Life," "From These Roots," "Date with Life," "The Verdict is Yours," "Golden Windows," "The Second Mrs. Burton," "Woman in White," "Zenith," "There Was a Woman," "The Wheels of Time," "The Rising Tides," "Return of Constance Curtis," "Four Corners, U.S.A.," and the "Doris Blake Show." Also correspondence, plot synopses, notes, research for some of the scripts, and some fan mail.


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