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United Kingdom
Reading, United Kingdom
Index:
Institution names followed by  are members of SIBMAS
Berkshire Record Office
Date founded: 1948
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9 Coley Avenue
Reading, Berkshire RG1 6AF
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Telephone: +44 (118) 901 5132
Telefax: +44 (118) 901 5131
E-mail: arch@reading.gov.uk
- Databases with information on collections:
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Backstage
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Tuesday:
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9:00-17:00
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Wednesday:
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9:00-17:00
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Thursday:
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9:00-21:00
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Friday:
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9:00-16:30
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Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card. Printed
On-site use only. Materials loan.
Reproductions: In house. By company.
Exhibitions.
- Subjects:
- Dramatic theatre. Ballet/dance. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Music/Music performance.
- Media:
- Photos. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Scores/libretti/music.
- Special Collections:
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Theatre (London) (17th-19th century)
Theatre (Windsor) (19th century)
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Mill Sonning
Progress Theatre (Reading) (1947-1994) [records]
Progress Theatre Youth Groups (1963-1984) [papers]
Watermill Theatre Newbury
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Thomas Noon Talfourd
British Broadcasting Corporation
Written Archives Centre
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Caversham Park
Reading, Berkshire RG4 9TZ
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Telephone: +44 (118) 946 9281, 946 9282
Telefax: +44 (118) 946 1145
E-mail: wac.enquiries@bbc.co.uk
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Monday:
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9:30-17:30
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Tuesday:
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9:30-17:30
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Wednesday:
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9:30-17:30
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Thursday:
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9:30-17:30
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Friday:
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9:30-17:30
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- Special Collections:
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BBC Drama Repertory Company [records -1990s]
Reading Central Library
Music and Drama Library
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Abbey Square
Reading, Berkshire RG1 3BQ
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Telephone: +44 (118) 901 5960
Telefax: +44 (118) 901 5954
Homepage: http://www.readinglibraries.org.uk/
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Monday:
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9:30-17:00
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Tuesday:
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9:30-19:00
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Wednesday:
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9:30-17:00
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Thursday:
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9:30-19:00
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Friday:
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9:30-19:00
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Saturday:
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9:30-16:00
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Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized
Interlibrary loan.
- Subjects:
- Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Variety/music hall.
- Media:
- Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Reading University
Department of Film and Drama
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Bulmershe Court
Woodlands Avenue
Earley
Reading, Berkshire RG6 1HY
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Telephone: +44 (1734) 318 878
Telefax: +44 (1734) 318 873
E-mail: c.a.silvester@reading.ac.uk
Reading University
Department of Music
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35 Upper Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5JE
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Telephone: +44 (118) 931 8411
Telefax: +44 (118) 931 8412
Reading University
Library
Department of Archives and Manuscripts
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Upper Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire
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Mail:
POB 223
Whiteknights
Reading, Berkshire RG6 2AE
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Telephone: +44 (118) 931 8776
Telefax: +44 (118) 931 6636
E-mail: specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.reading.ac.uk/
- Databases with information on collections:
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Backstage
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Monday:
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9:00-17:00
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Tuesday:
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9:00-17:00
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Wednesday:
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9:00-17:00
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Thursday:
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9:00-17:00
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Friday:
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9:00-17:00
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- Subjects:
- Dramatic theatre.
- Media:
- Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters.
- Special Collections:
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Newbury String Players
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Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), writer
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), composer, poet [music collection]
Joy Finzi (1907-1991), artist, sculptor, poet, musician
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), playwright
J.C. Trewin (1908-1989), theatre critic, writer [papers]
University of Reading
Centre for Ephemera Studies
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
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Mail:
2 Earley Gate
Whiteknights
PO Box 239
Reading, Berkshire RG8 6AU
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Telephone: +44 (118) 935 1680
- Media:
- Programmes. Posters. Official documents.
- Special Collections:
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Tickets (1656-)
University of Reading
Centre for Research in Music and Education (ICRME)
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Bulmershe Court
Earley
Reading RG6 1HY
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Telephone: +44 (118) 931 8821
Telefax: +44 (118) 935 2080
E-mail: g.s.a.cox@reading.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.reading.ac.uk/
Index:
Institution names followed by are members of SIBMAS
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- SIBMAS Home Page
- Directory Home Page (entry point)
- Institutions
- Alphabetical access by name of institution (both original and English versions of the name when available)
- Collections
- Alphabetical access by name of special collections within the institutions
- Location:
- Geographical access (country and then city)
Please send information regarding corrections, additions and omissions to
idpac@sibmas.org
Editor: Paul S. Ulrich
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