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Archives of Ontario
Architectural Records Collection

      Date founded: 1955
 
 
77 Grenville Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2R9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 327 1552
Telefax: +1 (416) 327 1579


Archives of Ontario
Collections Management and Development Branch

      Date founded: 1903
 
 
77 Grenville Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2R9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 327 1600
Telefax: +1 (416) 327 1579

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Media:
Programmes.
Special Collections:
Theatre programmes (1880-)

Eaton Auditorium Archives (1908-1977)
Ontario Arts Council (1965-)
Shakespeare Society of Toronto (1940-1969)
Theatre Branch Records (1915-)
Theatre Ontario (1950-1978)

Michael V. Spence [papers, 1921-1922, 1961-1974]


Archives of Ontario
Photographic Records Collection

      Date founded: 1969
 
 
77 Grenville Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2R9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 327 1552
Telefax: +1 (416) 327 1579

Special Collections:
St. Catharines Amateur Theatre Collection (1891-1892)

Gilbert Milne (1946-1962)
Gordon A. Powley (1940-1962)


Archives of Ontario
Sound and Moving Image Portfolio

      Date founded: 1980
 
 
77 Grenville Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2R9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 327 1550, 327 1551
Telefax: +1 (416) 327 1579


Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
      Date founded: 1908
 
 
14 Elm Street
Toronto, ON M5G 1G7
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 597 0223


Bata Shoe Museum  
 
327 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W7
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 979 7799
Telefax: +1 (416) 979 0078
Homepage: http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/

Media:
Costumes. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
Footwear


George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology
Theatre School

      Date founded: 1976
 
  Mail:
      P.O. Box 1015, Station B
      Toronto, ON M5T 2T9

Telephone: +1 (416) 867 2167
Telefax: +1 (416) 867 2537


Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Reference Library

      Date founded: 1948
 
 
365 Church Street
POB 500
Terminal A
Toronto, ON M5S 2V9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 925 3311


Canadian Music Centre
      Date founded: 1959
 
 
20 St. Joseph Street
Toronto, ON M4Y 1J9
 
Monday: 9:00-17:00
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00
Thursday: 9:00-17:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00

Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: In house.

Subjects:
Opera. Operetta/Musical. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.


Canadian Opera Company
Joan Baillie Archives

      Date founded: 1974
 
 
227 Front Street East
Toronto, ON M5A 1E8
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 363 6671
Telefax: +1 (416) 363 5584
Homepage: http://www.coc.ca/archives.htm
Monday: 9:00-17:00
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00
Thursday: 9:00-17:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: In house.

Subjects:
Opera. Operetta/Musical. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Periodicals. Photos. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.


Centre for Experimental Art and Communication
      Date founded: 1973
 
 
15 Duncan Street
Toronto, ON M5H 3H1
 


Cinemateque Ontario
Documentation Centre
Library

      Date founded: 1968
 
 
70 Carlton Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1L7
 

Telefax: +1 (416) 967 0628


City of Toronto
Department of the City Clerk
Records and Archives Division

      Date founded: 1960
 
 
City Hall
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
 

Telephone: +1 (46) 392 7483

Special Collections:
Cinemas (Toronto) [floor plans, 1914-1915, 1965]
Theatres (Toronto) [floor plans, 1914-1915, 1965]
Mediacom Collection
Smile Theatre Company (Toronto) (1951-1952, 1972-)

Anthony F. Dumas, architect [papers, 1922-1930]
Alan Howard
James Collection (1906-1948)
Gilbert Milne (1946-1962)
E.R. White (1945-1987)


City of Toronto Archives  
 
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 392 7483
Telefax: +1 (416) 392 5558
Monday: 8:30-16:30
Tuesday: 8:30-16:30
Wednesday: 8:30-16:30
Thursday: 8:30-16:30
Friday: 8:30-16:30

Subjects:
Theatre architecture. Public celebrations.
Media:
Photos. Programmes. Posters. Official documents.


Dance Collection Danse  
 
145 George Street
Toronto M5A 2M6
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 365 3233
Telefax: +1 (416) 364 3169
E-mail: talk@dcd.ca
Homepage: http://www.dcd.ca/

Subjects:
Pantomime/mime.
Media:
Periodicals. Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Dance in Canada Association
Floyd Sherman Chalmers Foundation

Susan Aaron, dancer, choreographer
David Adams, dancer, choreographer
Elsie Agnew, dancer
Maud Alla, dancer, choreographer
Mauryne Allan, dancer, choreographer
Ellen Andrews, dance teacher
Irene Apinée, dancer
Kay Armstrong, dancer, choreographer
Jack Arthur, conductor, producer
John Ayre [material about Boris Volkoff]
Sara Baker (Adelman), dancer, choreographer
Janet Baldwin (Volkoff) (1912-1990), choreographer, dancer, teacher
Cynthia Barrett, choreographer
Ruth Bell (Davison), dancer
Elsie Bennie, dancer
Clara Bergart (Cole), dancer
Jack Bickle, dancer, choreographer
Fanny Birdsall (-1991), dancer, choreographer
Helen Birdsall (-1988), dancer
Anna Blewchamp, dancer, choreographer
Willy Blok Hanson, dancer, choreographer
Tobe Blumenstein (Herlick), dancer
Mary Bosley (Wilder), dancer
Bolsby, James (Stewart James), dancer
Jean Botkin (Miller) (1920-), dancer
Bowman, Elaine, dancer, choreographer
Rita Bowman, publicist
Kitty Bratson, dancer
Rachel Browne, dancer, choreographer
Natalia Butko, dancer
Bettina Byers, dancer, choreographer
Nancy Caldwell (Graham), dancer, choreographer
Joy Camden, choreographer
Bernadette Carpenter (Fisher), dancer, choreographer
Ruth Carse, dancer, choreographer
Carlu Carter, dancer
Casimir Carter, dancer
Marie Carter (Andrews), dancer
Carole Chadwick, dancer
Floyd Sherman Chalmers, publisher, philanthropist
Felix Cherniavsky, dance writer, collector [Maud Allan]
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, dancer, choreographer
Elizabeth Chitty, dancer, choreographer
Marcel Chojnacki, dancer, choreographer
Florence Clough, dancer, choreographer
Francis Coleman, writer, conductor, television producer
Clifford Collier, dancer
Barbara Cook, dancer
Doreen Crainford, dance teacher
Freda Crisp, dancer, choreographer
Adam Darius, choreographer
Hylda Davies (Nelson) (-1988), dancer, choreographer
Vera Davis, dancer, choreographer
Rosemary Deveson (Livingston), dancer
Rosiland Dilworth, dancer
Robert Doyle, dancer, choreographer
Paul Dwyer, dancer, choreographer
Marguerite Eagles, dancer, choreographer
David Earle, dancer, choreographer
Hilda Himmel Eckler, dancer
Murray Farr, producer
Betty Farrally (Hey) (-1989), ballet director
Jolyne Ferry
Ena Foley (Scott)
Gladys Forrester, dancer, choreographer
Walter Foster, dancer
Yentell Fred, dancer
Olga Fricker (1902-1997), dancer
Nora Garden, skater
Anne-Marie Gaston (Anjali), dancer
Audrey Gardner, dancer
Evelyn Moffat Geary, dancer, choreographer
Saida Gerrard, dancer, choreographer
Donald Gillies, dancer, choreographer
Guy Glover, writer, film producer
Eva Goldman, teacher
Lawrence Gradus, dancer, choreographer
Lilliane Graham [records of London Civic Ballet, Marion Stark and Richard Errington artistic dire]
Edit (Gail) Grant (Ryan)
David (Mrs.) Guest [Toronto Skating Club souvenir programmes]
Joyce Hague (Williams) (1909-), dancer
Jeanette Heller, dancer
Peter Hoff, producer
Basil Hunter, musician, composer
Joan Hutchinson (Morcom), dancer
Audree Istomina, dancer
Judy Jarvis (-1986), dancer, choreographer
Shirley Jones, dancer
Sheila Killough (McKay), dancer
Poline King, student
Marian Kinney (Rouse), dancer, choreographer
Daphne Korol, dancer, choreographer
Kay Kritzwiser, dancer
Lang, Catherine (Bunny), dancer
Pierre Laponite, ballet director
Elizabeth Leese, dancer, choreographer
Leon Leonidoff, dancer, choreographer
Sue Levy (Matenko), student
Nancy Lima Dent, dancer, choreographer
Myrns Liskear, dancer, choreographer
Gweneth Lloyd (1901-), choreographer
Margaret Spafford McBain, dance teacher
Peggy McCann, dancer, choreographer
Fraser Macdonald, writer, broadcaster
Mackay, Stuart, scenographer, costume designer
Jean Macpherson (-1989), dancer, choreographer
Kay Macpherson [dance programmes (1940s-1980s)]
Susan Macpherson, dancer
Fleurette McCuaig (i.e. Kramer), dancer, choreographer
Adele McGovern, dancer
Jean Mckenzie (i.e. McBain) (-1986), dancer
Edna Malone, dancer
Howard Meadows, dancer
Marilla Merritt (i.e. Speller), dancer
Carmen Morenoff, dancer
Maurice Morenoff, dancer, choreographer
Marial Mosher, dancer, choreographer
Duncan Noble, dancer
Andrew Oxenham, dance photographer
Sylvia Zeitler Palmer, dancer
James Pape, dancer, designer
Alex Pereima, dancer
Jean-Pierre Perreault, dancer, choreographer
Nadia Potts, dancer
Verity Purdy, dancer, choreographer
Frank Rasky, writer
Jeanne Renaud, dancer, choreographer
Frank Richards, photographer
Garbut Roberts, dancer, choreographer
Helen Rogers, dance teacher
Marilyn Rollo (i.e. Bower), dancer
June Roper, dancer, choreographer
Mildred (Millie) Ryerson (i.e. Helfand), dancer, choreographer
Nadine Saxton, dance researcher
Simpson (i.e. Brown), Catherine (Kitty) (-1966), dance teacher
Josephine Slater, dance teacher
Louis Smith, dancer, choreographer
Ruth Sorel (-1974), dancer, choreographer
Ev Stapels, dancer, designer
Amy Sternberg, dance teacher
François Sullivan, dancer, choreographer
Alison Sutcliffe (i.e. Brigdon), dancer, teacher
Iro Valaskakis Tembeck, dancer, choreographer
Samuel Titchener Smith, teacher
Dorothy Tresham, dance teacher
Norbert Vesak, dancer, choreographer
Boris Volkoff (-1974), dancer, choreographer
Gordon Wales, dancer
Elizabeth (Beth) Weyms, dance teacher
Shirley Westlake (i.e. Jones), dancer
Herbert Wittaker, dance critic
Dorothy Wilson (i.e. Forster), dancer, choreographer
Ione Zinck (1916?-), dance teacher


Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres
      Date founded: 1981
 
 
189 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1M4
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 363 5353
Telefax: +1 (416) 314 3583

Subjects:
Theatre architecture. Other.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto)


Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library
Canadian History Department
 
 
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 393 7158
Monday: 10:00-21:00
Tuesday: 10:00-21:00
Wednesday: 10:00-21:00
Thursday: 10:00-21:00
Friday: 10:00-21:00
Saturday: 10:00-18:00


National Ballet of Canada
Archives

      Date founded: 1951
 
 
470 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5C 1G9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 362 1041
Telefax: +1 (416) 368 7443
Monday: 9:00-17:00
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00
Thursday: 9:00-17:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00

Holdings added. Holdings closed.
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Ballet/dance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Properties. Sets. Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Masks. Paintings. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material.
Special Collections:
Erik Bruhn [i.e. Belton Evers] (1926?-1986), dancer [library]


Native Earth Performing Arts
      Date founded: 1982
 
 
720 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5S 2R4
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 531 1402
Telefax: +1 (416) 531 1402
Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
On-site use only. Materials loan.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Properties. Sets. Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Memorabilia. Production material.


O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts
      Date founded: 1960
 
 
1 Front Street East
Toronto, ON M5E 1B2
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 393 7474
Telefax: +1 (416) 393 7459
Fees for using facility.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Theatre architecture. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes.


Playwrights Union of Canada
      Date founded: 1971
 
 
54 Wolseley Street, 2nd floor
Toronto, ON M5T 1A5
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 103 0201
Telefax: +1 (416) 103 0059
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Other
On-site use only.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Children's theatre.
Media:
Playtexts. Manuscripts.


Royal Alexandra Theatre
Archives

      Date founded: 1907
 
 
260 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1H9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 593 0351


Royal Ontario Museum
      Date founded: 1962
 
 
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 586 5549
Telefax: +1 (416) 586 5863
E-mail: info@rom.on.ca
Homepage: http://www.rom.on.ca/
Sunday: 11:00-18:00
Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-21:30
Saturday: 10:00-18:00


Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Archives

      Date founded: 1971
 
 
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 979 5000 ext 7027
Telefax: +1 (416) 979 5155

Special Collections:
RIOT Collection (1950-)
Ryerson Theatre (Toronto) (1963-) [archives]
Theatre School (1951-) [archives]


Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Library

      Date founded: 1951
 
 
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 979 5141
Telefax: +1 (416) 979 5215
Homepage: http://hugo.lib.ryerson.ca
Sunday: 12:00-18:00
Monday: 8:30-22:30
Tuesday: 8:30-22:30
Wednesday: 8:30-22:30
Thursday: 8:30-22:30
Friday: 8:30-17:00
Saturday: 12:00-18:00

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Cinema. Radio/TV.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Costumes. Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Costumes
Fashion


Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Theatre School

      Date founded: 1951
 
 
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 979 5086
Telefax: +1 (416) 979 5341

Special Collections:
Ryerson Lighting Archives (1890-1990)


Solar Stage
      Date founded: 1976
 
 
P.O. Box 115
4950 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M2N 6K1
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 221 9855
Telefax: +1 (416) 272 2732
Monday: 10:00-17:00
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-20:00
Thursday: 10:00-20:00
Friday: 10:00-20:00

Written application required. Fees for using facility.
On-site use only. Materials loan.
Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Puppet theatre. Festivals.
Media:
Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Costumes. Properties. Official documents. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material.


Theatre Ontario
Resource Library

      Date founded: 1971
 
 
344 Bloor Street West, 6th floor
Toronto, ON M5S 3A7
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 964 6771
Telefax: +1 (416) 964 3938


Toronto International Film Festival Group
Film Reference Library

      Date founded: 1968
 
 
E. Mezzanine
2 Carlton Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1G3
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 967 1517
Telefax: +1 (416) 967 0628
E-mail: sylfrank@torfilmfest.ca

Subjects:
Cinema.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Posters. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
David Cronenberg (1943-), filmmaker [archive]


Toronto Reference Library
Performing Arts Centre

      Date founded: 1961
 
 
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 393 7131
Telefax: +1 (416) 393 7147
Homepage: http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/uni_per_index.jsp
Sunday: 13:30-17:00 (9 September-23 June)
Monday: 10:00-20:00
Tuesday: 10:00-20:00
Wednesday: 10:00-20:00
Thursday: 10:00-20:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Other
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Autographs
Film advertising cards and programs (1916-1975)
Film pressbooks (1940-1952)
Manuscripts (circa 1850)
Music hall personalities (British) (1880s-1920s)
Newspapers, theatre (New York) (1879-1907)
Theatre (Boston) (1868-1919)
Theatre (Montreal) (1899-1904)
Theatre (Ontario) (1966-1968)
Theatre (Ottawa) (1923-1982)
Theatre (Toronto) (1964-1969)

49th Parallel (1941), British film
Alexandra Theatre Company (Birmingham, England) (1947-1948)
Canada Playhouse
Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo (1967)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, television scripts, 1958-1967
Canadian Crest Players Foundation
Canadian Drama League (1919-1958)
Canadian Players (Toronto) (1954-1966)
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (1933-1945)
Canadian Repertory Theatre (Ottawa) (1949-1956)
Canadian Theatre Centre (1960-1970)
Crest Theatre (Toronto) (1954-1966)
Dominion Drama Festival (1948)
Dumbells [World War I Canadian soldier troupe, 1917-1976]
Mae Edwards Players (1922-1967)
Rica Farquharson Memorial Award (1955-1970)
Gaiety Girls (1893-1894) [musical comedy]
Guelph Theatre (1910-1931), Walter Tyson Scrapbook
Jupiter Theatre (Toronto) (1951-1953)
London Theatre Company (St. John's, Newfoundland) (1951-1957)
Cameron Matthews English Players (Toronto) (1923-1932)
Eugene A. McDowell Company (Toronto) (1875-1891)
Montreal Dance (1941-1971), programs and photographs donated by Alex Pereima
Montreal Repertory Theatre (1930-1961)
National Theatre School (1958-1959)
New Empire Players (Toronto) (1932-1933)
Red Barn Theatre (Toronto) (1962-1963)
Shaw Festival (Toronto) (1972-1973)
St. Stephen's Church (Toronto) [religious plays performed at the church, 1939-1955]
Straw Hat Players (Port Carling, Ontario) (1953, 1958, 1965-)
Studio Lab Theatre (Toronto) (1965-1978)
Taverner Company
Toronto Arts Foundation (Guild of the St. Lawrence Centre) (1971-1972)
Toronto Children's Players (1931-1959)
Touch of Greasepaint (Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Radio drama) [scripts, 1954-1968]
Walker Theatre (Winnipeg) (1907-1909)
Whispering City Film Stills (1947)
Wingham Opera House (1884, 1905-1909)

Margaret Anglin (1876-1958), actress [papers, 1903-1949]
Julia Arthur (1869-1950), actress [papers, 1899-1921]
Ivor E. (Jack) Ayre (1906-1975), entertainer
Janet Baldwin (Volkoff) (1912-1990), choreographer, dancer, teacher
Bass collection [photographs of theatrical personalities, 1870-1903]
Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917), actor manager [papers, 1890-1915]
Betty Boylen (1927-1943), actress
Anthony Buckley, theatre photographer [British and Canadian theatre entertainers, 1950s]
R.B. Butland (1830-1886), music store owner, amateur thespian [Toronto theatre, 1858-1871]
Bettina Byers (1909-), dance teacher [papers, 1922-1963, 1975-1984]
Barbara Chilcott (née Davis), actress [Chilcott-Davis collection]
Nathan Cohen (1923-1971), radio and newspaper theatre critic [papers 1948-1971]
Ida van Cortland (1854-1924), actress [papers 1882-1940]
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), scenographer [1868-1935]
Grace Cunard (1894-1967), silent film actress [papers 1914-1967, includes material on Francis Ford]
Walter Curtin (1911-), theatre photographer [photographs, 1953-1960]
Mrs. J. Cuyler, collector [autographs of British music hall personalities (1880s-1920s)]
Donald Davis, actor
Murray Davis, actor
Anthony F. Dumas, architect [papers, 1922-1930]
Harriet Ball Edey [collection]
Mae Edwards (1864-1894), actress [papers, 1923-1967]
Judith Evelyn (1913-1967)
E.W.M. Flock, lawyer [business correspondence relating to Ambrose Small, theatre owner]
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), actor-manager [papers, 1879-1915]
Francis Ford (1882-1953), actor, director
Bertram Forsyth (1887-1927), actor [papers, 1902-1927]
John Fraser, dance and drama critic [papers, 1967-1977]
Greta Garbo (1905-1990), actress [papers, 1924-1941]
Bill Glassco (1935-), theatre director, translator [papers, 1966-1988]
Goulding, Dorothy, theatre director
Amelia Hall (1916-1984), actress [papers, 1949-1982]
Guy Claude Hamel, playwright, director [papers, 1970s]
Barbara Hamilton (1926-1996), actress
Cara Hartwell (1914-1983), actress
Sir John Martin Harvey (1863-1944), actor-manager [papers, 1884-1944]
Ralph Hicklin, journalist, arts critic [papers, 1961-1970]
Winifred Hicks-Lyne [photograph collection of English stage personalities, late 19th-early 20th centu]
Thomas Hilton-Turvey, composer, songwriter
H.E. Hitchman, actor [papers, 1922-1931]
Pam Hyatt, actress, singer [papers, 1958-1985]
Henry Irving (1838-1905), actor, theatre director [papers, 1874-1905]
Judy Jarvis, dancer
Nella Jefferis (-1944), actress [papers, 1915-1936]
Sydney Johnson (-1988), theatre critic [papers, 1961-1968]
Jack Karr (1916-1979), film and drama critic [papers, 1938-1979]
Yousuf Karsh (1908-), photographer [photographs of Marian Anderson, Katherin Cornell, Paul Robeson, G.B. Shaw, 1940s]
Arden Fortner Keay (1904-), actress [papers, 1926-1951]
Melville Keay, theatre director, costume designer [papers, 1926-1951]
Geoffrey Keighley, props person, stage manager [papers, 1922-1930]
Mary Kerr, scenographer [papers, 1960-1991]
Charmion King (1925-), actress [papers, 1931-1983]
Lillie Langtry [i.e. Emilie Charlotte Le Breton; pseud: The Jersey Lily] (1853-1929), actress [papers, 1864-1918]
Cosette Lee (1910-1976), actress [papers, 1911, 1920-1976]
Michael Levine, scenographer [papers, 1982-1990]
Gweneth Lloyd (1901-), choreographer [papers, 1939-1977]
Jane Mallett (1899-1984), actress [papers, 1926-1984]
Charles Manny (1890-1962), vaudevillian [papers, 1905-1962]
Marks Brothers, touring performers [papers, 1870s-1920s]
Matthews
McAlpine Scrapbooks [cast lists and programs for productions in North America and Great Britain 1855-]
Ramona McBean (1905-1978), actress [paper,s 1931-1978]
John McCormack (1984-1945), singer [papers 1884-1986 compiled by Bertha Hallam White]
Eugene A. McDowell, actor manager [papers, 1875-1978]
Don McGill, radio broadcaster [papers, 1966-1976]
James Campbell McInnes (1873?-1945), singer, English professor [papers, 1900-1945]
Ralph Messinger, actor, stage manager [papers, 1946-1963]
Edward Miller (1846-1908), minstrel show interlocutor [papers, 1864-1894]
William S. Milne (1902-1979), playwright [papers, 1914-1979]
Samuel Morgan-Powell (1867-1962), journalist, literary and drama critic [papers 1913-1958]
Harold Nelson, actor [papers, 1902-1904]
Pat Patterson, playwright, broadcaster [papers, 1964-1986]
John Pennoyer, scenographer [papers, 1983-1984]
Alex Pereima, Montreal dance collection, 1941-1971
Nancy Pyper, theatre director, drama teacher [papers, 1919-1974]
W.L. Reed [operetta and opera productions in Toronto, 1921-1949]
Ted Reive, playwright, collector [papers, 1938-1989]
Leo Roy (1887-1974), composer [papers, 1916-1941]
Thomas Scott, lighting designer [papers, 1876-1900]
Ambrose Small (1866-1919), theatre owner
Nelson Smith [photographs, 1948?-1952]
Ned Sparks (1883-1957), actor [papers, 1917-1936]
Phyllis Malcolm Stewart (1916-1982), actress [papers, 1935-1980]
Eleanor Stuart (1901-1977), actress [papers, 1922-1963]
George Summers (1865-1941), actor [papers, 1889-1947]
Albert Taverner (1854-1929), actor [papers, 1882-1940]
Trevor Tremain(e) Garstang (1892-1972), actor, designer [papers, 1926-1957]
Thomas Turvey, organist, composer
Walter Tyson [Guelph theatre collection, 1910-1931]
Herman Voaden, playwright, educator [papers, 1929-1974]
Boris Volkoff, dancer, choreographer [papers, 1924-1974]
Dorothy Watkins (1896-1978), composer, performer [papers, 1940-1950]
Al Waxman (1935-2001), actor, director, producer [papers, 1951-1991]
Bertha Hallam White [John McCormack collection]
Herbert Whittaker, critic [Whittaker's Theatre, 1975-1986]
Mary Wigman (1886-1973), dancer [correspondence with Judy Jarvis]


Toronto Theatre Alliance
Resource Room and Library

      Date founded: 1972
 
 
720 Bathurst Street, suite 502
Toronto, ON M5S 2R4
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 536 6468


TV Ontario
Library

      Date founded: 1970
 
 
2180 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4T 2T1
Mail:
      2180 Yonge Street
     POB 200
     Sta Q
      Toronto, ON M4T 2T1

Telephone: +1 (416) 484 2651


University of Toronto
Faculty of Music Library

      Date founded: 1962
 
 
80 Queen's Park Crescent
Toronto, ON M55 1A1
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 978 3734
Telefax: +1 (416) 978 5771
E-mail: mcmorrow@library.utoronto.ca
Monday: 8:45-21:30
Tuesday: 8:45-21:30
Wednesday: 8:45-21:30
Thursday: 8:45-21:30
Friday: 8:45-17:45
Saturday: 10:00-16:45

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user.

Subjects:
Opera. Operetta/Musical. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Sniderman Recordings Archive


University of Toronto
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

      Date founded: 1955
 
 
120 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 978 5285
Telefax: +1 (416) 978 1667
E-mail: landon@library.utoronto.ca
Monday: 9:00-16:45
Tuesday: 9:00-16:45
Wednesday: 9:00-16:45
Thursday: 9:00-16:45
Friday: 9:00-16:45

Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. 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. Radio/TV. Festivals.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Models. Scores/libretti/music.
Special Collections:
Drama, juvenile
Libretti
Theatre Programmes Collection (Canadian) (1900-)

New Play Society (1946-1971)
Plays (Italian)

Margaret Atwood (1939-), writer [papers, 1950s-]
Earle Birney (1904-1995), writer
Barry Callaghan (1937-), writer [papers, 1972-1988]
Frances Dafoe, costume designer [papers, 1971-1987, costume sketches]
William Arthur Deacon (1920-1967), writer
Sidney T. Fisher [collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana]
Ronald Hambleton (1959-)
George Keppie (1886-1968)
Dennis Lee (1970s-)
Gwendolyn MacEwan (1955-1987)
J.A. McNeil (1897-1945)
Dora Mavor Moore (1888-1979)
Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961), writer [papers, 1916-1966]
Ernest Schwarz (1981-1986)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), playwright
Gordon Sparling (1900-1994), film scriptwriter, producer [papers, 1924-1989]


University of Toronto
Graduate Centre for Study of Drama

      Date founded: 1966
 
 
214 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 2Z9
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 978 7980
Telefax: +1 (416) 971 1378


University of Toronto
Massey College
Robertson Davies Library

      Date founded: 1963
 
 
4 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON M5S 2E1
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 978 2893
Telefax: +1 (416) 978 1759

Special Collections:
Raymond Massey (1920s-1970s)


University of Toronto
University Archives

      Date founded: 1965
 
 
120 St. George Street, 4th floor
Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 978 5344
Telefax: +1 (416) 978 1667

Special Collections:
Hart House Theatre (Toronto) (1894-1971)

Frederick Coates (1900-1976)
Robert Gill (1911-1974), actor, director [papers, 1920s-1967]


York University Libraries
Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections
 
 
4700 Keele Street
Toronoto, ON M3J 1P3
 

Telephone: +1 (416) 738 5150
Homepage: http://www.library.yorku.ca/
Monday: 10:00-16:30 (winter); 10:00-16:00 (summer)
Tuesday: 10:00-16:30 (winter); 10:00-16:00 (summer)
Wednesday: 10:00-16:30 (winter); 10:00-16:00 (summer)
Thursday: 10:00-16:30 (winter); 10:00-16:00 (summer)
Friday: 10:00-16:30 (winter); 10:00-16:00 (summer)


Index:

Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS


 

 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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