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Manchester, United Kingdom


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Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS

Chetham's School of Music  
 
Long Millgate
Manchester M3 1SB 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 834 9644
Telefax: +44 (161) 839 3609

Manchester Central Library
Arts Library
      Date founded: 1960 		 
 
St Peter's Square
Manchester M2 5PD 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 234 1974
Telefax: +44 (161) 234 1963
E-mail: arts@libraries.manchester.gov.uk
Homepage: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arts/

Databases with information on collections:
Backstage
Monday: 9:00-20:00
Tuesday: 9:00-20:00
Wednesday: 9:00-20:00
Thursday: 9:00-20:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00
Saturday: 9:00-17:00

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Other
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions.
Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Official documents. Paintings. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
Theatre (Manchester) (18th century-)

Gaiety Theatre (Manchester)
Library Theatre (Manchester)
Theatre Royal (Manchester)

Annie Horniman

Manchester Central Library
Henry Watson Music Library 		 
 
St Peter's Square
Manchester M2 5PD 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 234 1976
Telefax: +44 (161) 234 1961
E-mail: music@libraries.manchester.gov.uk
Homepage: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/mccdlt/libguide/hwml/

Subjects:
Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.

Manchester Metropolitan University
Capitol Library 		 
 
School Lane
Didsbury
Manchester M20 0HT 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 434 3331

Manchester Metropolitan University
North West Film Archive 		 
 
Minshull House
47-49 Chorlton Street
Manchester M1 3EU 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 247 3097
Telefax: +44 (161) 247 3098
E-mail: n.w.filmarchive@mmu.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/

Subjects:
Cinema.
Special Collections:
Film (North West England)

Manchester University
Department of Music 		 
 
Denmark Road
Manchester M15 6HY 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 275 4987
Telefax: +44 (161) 275 4994
Homepage: http://www.art.man.ac.uk/

North West Arts Board  
 
Manchester House
22 Bridge Street
Manchester M3 3AB 		 

Royal Northern College of Music
Library 		 
 
124 Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9RD 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 273 6283
Telefax: +44 (161) 273 7611
E-mail: geofft@rncm.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.rncm.ac.uk/
Monday: 9:00-17:00 (semester); 9:00-13:00, 14:00-16:30 (vacations)
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00 (semester); 9:00-13:00, 14:00-16:30 (vacations)
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00 (semester); 9:00-13:00, 14:00-16:30 (vacations)
Thursday: 9:00-17:00 (semester); 9:00-13:00, 14:00-16:30 (vacations)
Friday: 9:00-17:00 (semester); 9:00-13:00, 14:00-16:30 (vacations)
Saturday: 9:00-13:00 (semester)

Written application required.
Catalogs: Card
Reproductions: By user.

Subjects:
Opera. Variety/music hall. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music.
Special Collections:
Rubinevitch Collection

University of Manchester
Drama Department
Library 		 
 
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PP 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 275 3347
Telefax: +44 (161) 275 3349
Homepage: http://www.man.ac.uk/depts/drama/

Databases with information on collections:
Backstage

University of Manchester
John Rylands University Library
      Date founded: 1851 		 
 
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PP 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 275 3751
Telefax: +44 (161) 273 7488

Databases with information on collections:
Backstage
Monday: 9:00-21:30
Tuesday: 9:00-21:30
Wednesday: 9:00-21:30
Thursday: 9:00-21:30
Friday: 9:00-21:30
Saturday: 9:00-13:00

Catalogs: Card
Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions.
Special Collections:
Theatre (London) (1808-1872)

Associated Talking Pictures
Carcanet Press
Manchester Guardian
Sladen-Smith/Unnamed Society Archive

George Leslie Brook (1910-1987), English professor [drama collection]
Richard Cross
Deansgate-Manchester Collection
C.E. Montague, playwright [papers]
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), actress
William Siddons (1740?-), actor

University of Manchester
John Rylands University Library
Special Collections Division 		 
 
150 Deansgate
Manchester M3 3EH 		 

Telephone: +44 (161) 834 5343
Telefax: +44 (161) 834 5574
E-mail: spcoll72@fsl.li.man.ac.uk
Homepage: http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/spcoll/

Databases with information on collections:
Backstage
Monday: 10:00-17:15
Tuesday: 10:00-17:15
Wednesday: 10:00-17:15
Thursday: 10:00-17:15
Friday: 10:00-17:15
Saturday: 10:00-13:00

Catalogs: Card
Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions.
Special Collections:
North West Playwrights Archive

Pit Prop Theatre Company (Leigh, Lancashire) (1979-1994)
Theatre Royal (Manchester)

George Linnaeus (Mrs.) Banks (née Isabella Varley) (1821-1897), writer
George Leslie Brook (1910-1987), English professor [drama collection]
Edward Lester Burney [literature collection]
Basil Dean (1888-1978), actor, dramatist, impressario
Robert Donat (1905-1958), actor
Alexandre père Dumas (1802-1870), writer
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), writer
George Robert Gissing (1857-1903), novelist
Annie E.F. Horniman [papers]
Victor Hugo
Hugh Hunt, director [papers]
Stephen Joseph (1921-1967), producer, designer [papers, 1946-1967]
Allan N. Monkhouse, playwright [papers]
Allardyce Nicoll, theatre historian [play collection (19th century)]
Norman Nicolson, playwright
Henry Pettitt [papers]
Madeline Lucette Ryley (1859-1934), writer
Sharpe Collection [chapbooks (19th century)]
Peter Slade
Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), writer
Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [manuscripts]
Thomas J. Wise, forger

Index:

Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS

 

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