Richmond (Surrey), United Kingdom

Institution names followed by   are members of SIBMAS

• Public Record Office
• Richmond Local Studies Library
• Royal Ballet School
  Archive

Public Record Office       Date founded: 1838
Ruskin Avenue Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU

Telephone: +44 (181) 876 3444
Telefax: +44 (181) 878 8905
Homepage: http://www.pro.gov.uk/

Databases with information on collections:

Backstage

Subjects:

Dramatic theatre. Theatre architecture. Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations. Other.

Media:

Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Official documents.

Special Collections:

Ballet, touring circuits
Concerts, touring circuits
Government and the funding of the arts
Music, film (1958-1973)
Opera, touring circuits
Public entertainment safety precautions (1910-1921)
Radio (Monmouthshire) (1950-)
Radio (Wales) (1950-)
Television (Monmouthshire) (1950-)
Television (Wales) (1950-)
Theatre (Edwardian), public establishment and places of diversion inventory
Theatre (Victorian), public establishment and places of diversion inventory
Theatre, touring circuits

The Arts Council [records 1913-1919]
British Council Archive [records -1939]
British Council Film Series [records 1938-1947]
British Council Music Advisory Committee [minutes]
Broadcasting Committee (Beveridge Committee) [records 1949]
Committee on Broadcasting final report [records 1960-1962]
Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship (Williams Committee) [records 1977-1981]
Empire and GPO Film Library [records 1931-1951]
Future of Broadcasting Report (Annan Committee) [records 1974-1977]
King's Theatre (Haymarket) [records 1828-1829]
Law Officers' reports on theatre litigation [records 1816-1818]
Lord Chamberlain's Office [records 1660-1901]
National Savings Committee, Publicity Branch [records 1871-1951]
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Television Advisory Committee [records 1933-1967]

Richmond Local Studies Library
The Old Town Hall Whittaker Avenue Richmond, Surrey TW9 1PT

Telephone: +44 (20) 8332 6820
Telefax: +44 (20) 8940 6899
E-mail: localstudies@richmond.gov.uk

Databases with information on collections:

Backstage

Special Collections:

Theatre (Richmond)
Theatre postcards (Edwardian)

Barnes Theatre (Richmond)
Normansfield Theatre
Theatre Royal (Richmond)

Coward family
Sladen Collection

Royal Ballet School Archive
White Lodge Richmond Park Richmond, Surrey TW10 5HR

Telephone: +44 (208) 392 8035
Written application required.

Special Collections:

Academy of Choreographic Art
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Camargo Society
Diaghilev Ballet
Bronislava Nijinska Company [photographs]
Pavlova Company
Royal Ballet (London)
Royal Opera House (London)
Sadler's Wells Ballet
Vic-Wells Ballet

Sergei Pavlovic Diaghilev (1872-1929), choreographer
Tamara Karsavina, ballerina
Anna Pavlova (Pawlova) (1881-1931), ballerina
Harold Turner, ballet photographer
Vera Volkova, ballet photographer

Institution names followed by   are members of SIBMAS

• Public Record Office
• Richmond Local Studies Library
• Royal Ballet School
  Archive