SIBMAS
International Directory of
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   United States of America

New York City, New York, United States of America


Index:

Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
Library
      Date founded: 1923 		 
 
633 West 155th Street
New York, NY 10032-7599 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 368 5900, 368 6361
Telefax: +1 (212) 491 4615
Monday: 9:30-17:00
Tuesday: 9:30-17:00
Wednesday: 9:30-17:00
Thursday: 9:30-17:00
Friday: 9:30-17:00

American Academy of Arts & Letters
Library 		 
 
633 W 155th Street
New York, NY 10032 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 368 6361
Telefax: +1 (212) 491 4615

Subjects:
Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books.

American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Library
      Date founded: 1978 		 
 
120 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 686 9244 ext 324
Telefax: +1 (212) 545 7934
Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday: 11:00-16:00

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. In house.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Variety/music hall. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Costumes. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Paintings. Sound recordings/CDs.

American Museum of Natural History
Osborn Library
      Date founded: 1869 		 
 
79th Street and Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 769 5400
Telefax: +1 (212) 769 5009
E-mail: libref@amnh.org
Homepage: http://www.annh.org/
Tuesday: 11:00-16:00
Wednesday: 11:00-16:00
Thursday: 11:00-16:00
Friday: 11:00-16:00

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed
On-site use only.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Ballet/dance. Puppet theatre. Other.
Media:
Books. Photos. Videos/films/DVDs.

Anthology Film Archives
      Date founded: 1970 		 
 
32 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 505 5181
Telefax: +1 (212) 477 2714
Homepage: http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Monday: 10:00-17:00
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00

Written application required. Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
On-site use only. Materials loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects:
Cinema. Radio/TV.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Film, avant-garde

Archive Photos  
 
530 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 675 0115
Telefax: +1 (212) 675 0379
E-mail: 71333.1025@compuserve.com
Homepage: http://www.history.com/
Monday: 9:00-17:30
Tuesday: 9:00-17:30
Wednesday: 9:00-17:30
Thursday: 9:00-17:30
Friday: 9:00-17:30
Saturday: 9:00-17:30

Written application required. Fees for using facility.
Catalogs: Computerized. Printed
Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Theatre architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Photos. Videos/films/DVDs. Graphics. Sound recordings/CDs.

Armstead-Johnson Foundation for Theatre Research
      Date founded: 1968 		 
 
Hotel Chelsea
222 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 929 0686

The Asia Society  
 
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 288 6400
Telefax: +1 (212) 517 8315

Leo Baeck Institute
Library
      Date founded: 1955 		 
 
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10021 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 744 6400
Telefax: +1 (212) 988 1305
E-mail: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Homepage: http://www.lbi.org/
Monday: 9:30-16:30
Tuesday: 9:30-16:30
Wednesday: 9:30-16:30
Thursday: 9:30-16:30

Special Collections:
Berthold Auerbach [i.e. Moyses Baruch] (1812-1882), writer
Julius Bab (1880-1995), theatre critic
David Baumgardt (1890-1963), literary historian
Amalie Beer (1767-1854), mother of Giacomo Meyerbeer
Michael Beer (1800-1833), dramatist
Richard Beer-Hoffmann (1866-1945), writer
Beer-Hoffmann (family)
Hermann Broch (1886-1951), writer
Max Brod (1884-1968), writer

Ballet Society  
 
5 West 73rd Street
New York, NY 10023 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 724 3560

Butterick Patterns Archives
Library
      Date founded: 1968 		 
 
161 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10013 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 620 2790
Telefax: +1 (212) 620 2754

Cantor's World  
  Mail:
      P.O. Box 349
     Planetarium Station
      New York, NY 10024

Telephone: +1 (718) 851 3226
Telefax: +1 (718) 851 3227
Homepage: http://www.cantorsworld.com/

Carnegie Hall Archives
      Date founded: 1986 		 
 
881 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 903 9629
Telefax: +1 (212) 581 6539
E-mail: g.francesconi@carnegiehall.org
Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-17:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30
Friday: 9:30-17:30

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. By company.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Ballet/dance. Variety/music hall. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Paintings. Statuary. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.

Chinatown History Museum
      Date founded: 1980 		 
 
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 619 4785
Telefax: +1 (212) 619 4720
Monday: 12:00-17:00 (library)
Tuesday: 12:00-17:00 (library)
Wednesday: 12:00-17:00 (library)
Thursday: 12:00-17:00 (library)
Friday: 12:00-17:00 (library)

Special Collections:
Costumes (Cantonese opera)
Music instruments

City College of the City University of New York
Morris Raphael Cohen Library
      Date founded: 1849 		 
 
North Academic Centre
138th Street & Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 650 7155
Telefax: +1 (212) 650 7618
E-mail: illcc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Homepage: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/home.html

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Costumes
Plays (18th & early 19th century)

Columbia University Teachers College  
 
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 678 4104
Telefax: +1 (212) 678 3092
Homepage: http://lweb.tc.columbia.edu/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Media:
Videos/films/DVDs.

Columbia University
Butler Library
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
      Date founded: 1754 		 
 
6th Floor (East Side)
New York, NY 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 854 2231
Telefax: +1 (212) 222 0331
E-mail: lonf@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
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

Special Collections:
Eric Barnouw (1909-2002), broadcasting scholar
Belmont Family
Eleanor Robson Belmont (1879-1979), actress
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), composer
David Flaherty
Constance Hope
Brander Matthews
Douglas Moor
George Odell
Katherine Parker
Louis N. Parker
Leah Salisbury
Anton Seidel
Randolph Somerville
Dirce St. Cyr
Austin Strong
Woodman Thompson
Saul Turtletaub, television producer, writer
Joseph Urban
Leonidas Westervelt
Roger Wheeler
Dorothy Willard
Robert Wilson
Ernest Wright
Norman J. Zierold

Columbia University
Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library
      Date founded: 1934 		 
 
2960 Broadway, 7th floor
New York, NY 10027 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 854 7604
Telefax: +1 (212) 854 4748
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/music
Sunday: 15:00-20:00
Monday: 9:00-21:00
Tuesday: 9:00-21:00
Wednesday: 9:00-21:00
Thursday: 9:00-21:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 12:00-17:00

Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions.

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

Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, Smithsonian Institution
      Date founded: 1897 		 
 
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128-9990 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 860 6868
Telefax: +1 (212) 860 6339
Sunday: 12:00-17:00
Tuesday: 10:00-21:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00

Costume Institute
Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library
      Date founded: 1937 		 
 
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 650 2723
Telefax: +1 (212) 570 3970
Monday: 10:00-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-16:00
Wednesday: 10:00-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-16:00
Friday: 10:00-16:00

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Ballet/dance. Cinema. Festivals. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Graphics.
Special Collections:
Harpers Bazaar [photo archives]

Bergdorf Goodman Fashion Illustration Archives
Mainbocher Archives
Woodman Thompson Collection of Fashion Plates

Merce Cunningham Dance  
 
463 West Street
New York, NY 10014 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 255 3130

Special Collections:
Dance

Dance Notation Bureau  
 
151 West 30th Street, Suite 202
New York, NY 10001 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 564 0985

Dance Theater Workshop  
 
218 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 691 6500

Dance Theatre of Harlem  
 
466 West 152nd Street
New York, NY 10031 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 690 2800

Fashion Institute of Technology
Gladys Marcus Library
      Date founded: 1944 		 
 
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
New York, NY 10001-5992 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 217 5884
Telefax: +1 (212) 217 5268
Homepage: http://www.fitnyc.suny.edu/library
Tuesday: 12:00-20:00
Wednesday: 12:00-20:00
Thursday: 12:00-20:00
Friday: 12:00-20:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00

Media:
Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
Costumes

Film Audio Services  
 
430 W. 14th Street
New York, NY 10014 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 645 2112

Film/Video Arts
      Date founded: 1968 		 
 
462 Broadway
New York, NY 10013 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 673 9361
Telefax: +1 (212) 324 3318
Homepage: http://www.fva.com/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Subjects:
Cinema.
Media:
Videos/films/DVDs.

Fine Arts Library
Theatre Collection 		SIBMAS Member
 
5th Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029 		 

James J. Fuld (Sr.)  
 
1175 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10128 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 969 3987
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.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Variety/music hall. Cinema. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Playtexts. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
      Date founded: 1937 		 
 
1071 Fifth Avenue at 88th Street
New York, NY 10128 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 423 3600
Telefax: +1 (212) 423 3650
Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-20:00
Saturday: 10:00-20:00

Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives  
 
250 West 57th Street, Suite 1218
New York, NY 10107 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 521 6230
E-mail: wgarchive@woodyguthrie.org
Homepage: http://www.woodyguthrie.org/

Special Collections:
Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie (1912-1967), folksinger, guitarist, composer

The Hampden-Booth Theatre Library
      Date founded: 1888 		 
 
The Players
16 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 228 7610
Telefax: +1 (212) 473 2701
Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Paintings. Statuary. Objects d'art. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
Off-Off Broadway Theatre (New York)
Playbills (English) (18th-19th century)
Theatrical Cabinet Photos

British Actors Orphanage Fund Collection [stage charities]
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
Union Square Theatre

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893), actor
Walter Hampden [i.e. Walter Hampden Dougherty] (1879-1955), actor
William Henderson [playbill collection]
Robert B. Mantell
The Players
Sothern & Marlowe
Chuck Callahan [burlesque collection]

Hatch-Billops Collection
      Date founded: 1974 		 
 
491 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012-4412 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 966 3231
Telefax: +1 (212) 966 3231
Monday: 10:00-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-16:00
Wednesday: 10:00-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-16:00
Friday: 10:00-16:00

Written application required. Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. By company.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Masks. Paintings. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Black American Cultural History

Edith Dodson [memorial collection]
Owen Vincent Dodson (1914-1983), writer, playwright [memorial collection]
Charles Griffin, composer
Theodore Ward

Hebrew Union College
Klau Library
      Date founded: 1922 		 
 
1 West 4th Street
New York, NY 10012-1186 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 674 5300
Telefax: +1 (212) 388- 1720
E-mail: miller@hcu.edu

The Hemispheric Institute
Performance Studies 		 
 
New York University
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 998 1631
Telefax: +1 (212) 995 4571
Homepage: http://hemi.nyu.edu/

Instituto Cervantes
Library
      Date founded: 1991 		 
 
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 807
New York, NY 10168 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 689 4232
Telefax: +1 (212) 545 8837
E-mail: cervanny@class.org
Monday: 10:30-17:30
Tuesday: 10:30-17:30
Wednesday: 10:30-17:30
Thursday: 10:30-17:30
Friday: 10:30-17:30

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Operetta/Musical. Children's theatre. Cinema.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.

Byrd Hoffman Foundation  
 
131 Varick Street #908
New York, NY 10013 		 

Telephone: #1 (212) 620 0220

Special Collections:
Dance

Institute of International Education
Arts International Program 		 
 
809 U.N. Plaza
New York, NY 10017 		 

International Theatre Institute of the United States
      Date founded: 1969 		 
 
355 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-0217 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 697 5230
Telefax: +1 (212) 983 4847
E-mail: info@iti-usa.org
Homepage: http://www.iti-usa.org/

Special Collections:
Theatre (USA)

Juilliard School
Lila Acheson Wallace Library
      Date founded: 1905 		 
 
60 Lincoln Centre Plaza
New York, NY 10023-6588 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 799 5000 ext 265
Telefax: +1 (212) 769 6421
E-mail: library@juilliard.edu

Subjects:
Opera. Ballet/dance. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Manuscripts. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Dance
Oboes
Opera libretti (19th century)
Opera
Piano-Vocal Scores
Trumpets

Franz Liszt (1811-1886), composer [piano works]
Igor Stravinsky (1843-1902), composer

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center  
 
Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023 		 
Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Monday: 14:00-18:00
Wednesday: 14:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-15:00

Catalogs: Card

Media:
Sound recordings.
Special Collections:
Music, classical (Israeli)

La Mama E.T.C.  
 
74 A East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 254 6468

Special Collections:
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club

Amiri (Imamu Amiri) Baraka [i.e. LeRoi Jones] (1934-), playwright

Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Inc.  
 
31 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 689 0740

Special Collections:
Dance

The Lambs  
 
3 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 586 0306
Homepage: http://www.the-lambs.org/

Media:
Paintings. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
The Lamb's Scripts (1932-)

José Limón Dance Foundation
Archive 		 
 
611 Broadway, Suite 905
New York, NY 10012 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 777 3353
Telefax: +1 (212) 777 4764
E-mail: info@limon.org
Homepage: http://www.limon.org/

Subjects:
Ballet/dance.
Media:
Photos. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
José Limón (1908-1972), choreographer

Lincoln Center Inc.
Archives
      Date founded: 1986 		 
 
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10024 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 875 5571
Telefax: +1 (212) 875 5265
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
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.

Subjects:
Operetta/Musical. Children's theatre. Theatre architecture. Radio/TV. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Other.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material.
Special Collections:
Jazz
Oral history
Theatre construction

Administration, performing arts
Performing Services for Disabled Persons

London Features International (U.S.A.) Ltd  
 
405 West 14th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10014 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 929 7007, 929 7135
Telefax: +1 (212) 929 3600
Monday: 9:00-18:00
Tuesday: 9:00-18:00
Wednesday: 9:00-18:00
Thursday: 9:00-18:00
Friday: 9:00-18:00

Catalogs: Computerized. Printed
Materials loan.

Subjects:
Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Photos.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum  
 
66 Allen Street, Third Floor
New York, NY 10002 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 431 0233
Homepage: http://www.tenement.org/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Media:
Videos/films/DVDs.

Manhattan School of Music
Frances Hall Ballard Library
      Date founded: 1925 		 
 
120 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 10027 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 749 2802 ext 511
Telefax: +1 (212) 749 5471
E-mail: pbristah@msmnyc.edu
Sunday: 14:00-20:00 (September-May)
Monday: 9:00-21:00 (September-May); 9:00-17:00 (June-August)
Tuesday: 9:00-21:00 (September-May); 9:00-17:00 (June-August)
Wednesday: 9:00-21:00 (September-May); 9:00-17:00 (June-August)
Thursday: 9:00-21:00 (September-May); 9:00-17:00 (June-August)
Friday: 9:00-18:00 (September-May)
Saturday: 9:00-17:00 (September-May)

Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.

Mannes College of Music
Harry Scherman Library
      Date founded: 1954 		 
 
150 West 85th Street
New York, NY 10024-4499 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 580 0210
Telefax: +1 (212) 580 1738
Homepage: http://www.newschool.edu/library/mannes.htm
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: 9:00-16:00

Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.

Subjects:
Opera. Operetta/Musical. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Leopold Mannes [compositions]
Carlos Salzedo [harp collection]

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library
      Date founded: 1951 		 
 
Fort Tryon Park
New York, NY 10040 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 879 5500 ext 3018
Telefax: +1 (212) 570 3970

Media:
Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
Mainbocher Archive
Norman Norell [collection]

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas J. Watson Library
      Date founded: 1870 		 
 
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 650 2225
Telefax: +1 (212) 570 3847
E-mail: metart4@metgate.metro.org
Sunday: 9:30-17:15
Monday: 9:30-17:15
Tuesday: 9:30-17:15
Wednesday: 9:30-17:15
Thursday: 9:30-17:15
Friday: 9:30-20:45
Saturday: 9:30-20:45

Special Collections:
Costumes
Music instruments

Metropolitan Opera Archives
      Date founded: 1957 		 
 
Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 799 3100 ext 2525
Telefax: +1 (212) 874 2659
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. Fees for using facility. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Opera.
Media:
Photos. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Models. Paintings. Statuary. Memorabilia.

Museum of Chinese in the Americas  
 
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013-4477 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 619 4785
Telefax: +1 (212) 619 5720
E-mail: info@moca-nyc.org
Homepage: http://www.moca-nyc.org/

Museum of Jewish Heritage
      Date founded: 1986 		 
 
342 Madison Avenue, Suite 706
New York, NY 10173 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 687 9141
Telefax: +1 (212) 573 9847

Subjects:
Cinema.
Special Collections:
Film (Jewish)

Museum of Modern Art
Department of Film
Celeste Bartos International Film Study Center
      Date founded: 1929 		 
 
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019-5498 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 708 9613 (museum), 708 9400 (library)
Telefax: +1 (212) 708 9889
Homepage: http://www.moma.org/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Monday: 11:00-17:00
Tuesday: 11:00-17:00
Wednesday: 11:00-17:00
Thursday: 11:00-17:00
Subjects:
Cinema.
Media:
Books. Photos. Manuscripts. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
Biograph Company
Edison Company

Thomas J. Brandon [collection]
Merritt Crawford (1880-1945), film historian [collection]
Robert Joseph Flaherty (1884-1951), documentary film maker, photographer
D.W. (David Wark) Griffith (1880-1948), film director, producer
Thomas Harper Ince (1882-1924), film producer, author
Carl Lerner [collection]
Harry McWilliams [collection]
G.W. Pabst
Paul Terry
Helen Van Dongen

Museum of Modern Art
Film Stills Archive 		 
 
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019-5498 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 708 9830
Telefax: +1 (212) 708 9531
Homepage: http://www.moma.org/
Monday: 13:30-17:00
Tuesday: 13:30-17:00
Wednesday: 13:30-17:00
Thursday: 13:30-17:00
Friday: 13:30-17:00

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
On-site use only. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Cinema.
Media:
Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
Richard Barthelmess (1895-1963), actor, producer
Billy (Johann Gottlob Wilhelm) Bitzer (1872-1944), cinematographer
Carol Dempster (1901-1991), actress
Niles Essanay [silent film collection]
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939), film actor
D.W. (David Wark) Griffith (1880-1948), film director, producer
Thomas Harper Ince (1882-1924), film producer, author [collection of rare stills books]
George Méliès

The Museum of Television and Radio
      Date founded: 1975 		 
 
25 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 621 6600
Telefax: +1 (212) 621 6700
Tuesday: 12:00-18:00
Wednesday: 12:00-18:00
Thursday: 12:00-20:00
Friday: 12:00-18:00
Saturday: 12:00-18:00

Subjects:
Cinema. Radio/TV.
Special Collections:
Dance
Radio
Television

Museum of the American Piano
      Date founded: 1981 		 
 
211 W 58th Street
New York, NY 10019 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 245- 2020
Telefax: +1 (212) 333- 7919
Homepage: http://www.pianomuseum.com/

Special Collections:
Pianos (American)

Museum of the City of New York
Theatre Collection
      Date founded: 1922 		 
 
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029-5221 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 534 1672 ext 210
Telefax: +1 (212) 534 5974
E-mail: mcny@mcny.org
Homepage: http://www.mcny.org/
Sunday: 7:00-13:00
Monday: 7:00-13:00
Tuesday: 7:00-13:00
Wednesday: 7:00-13:00
Thursday: 7:00-13:00
Friday: 7:00-13:00

Fees for using facility. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only. Materials loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Theatre architecture.
Media:
Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Properties. Sets. Models. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Statuary. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Production material.
Special Collections:
Dance (New York, NY)
Theatre (New York, NY)

Shirley Booth (1898-1992), actress
George Michael Cohan (1878-1942), playwright, actor, composer
Betty (Elizabeth) Comden (née Cohen) (1919-), playwright, lyricist, screenwriter
Katharine Cornell (1898-1974), actress
George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
Ira Gershwin (1896-1963), composer
Adolph Green (1915-2002), actor, lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II. (1895-1960), librettist
Helen Hayes (1900-1993), actress
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), opera singer
Julia Marlowe
Mary Martin
Ethel Merman (1909-), actress
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), playwright
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), composer
E.H. Sothern

National Council of Churches
Resources Center 		 
 
475 Riverrside Drive, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10115 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 870 2772

Special Collections:
Joe Nash Black [dance collection]

Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Irene Lewisohn Library
      Date founded: 1945 		 
 
340 East 54th Street
New York, NY 10022 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 688 3770
Telefax: +1 (212) 906 9051
Monday: 10:30-18:00
Tuesday: 10:30-18:00
Wednesday: 10:30-18:00
Thursday: 10:30-18:00
Friday: 10:30-18:00

Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Theatre architecture.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music.
Special Collections:
Neighborhood Playhouse (New York, NY)

New York City Municipal Archives
Department of Records and Information Services 		 
 
31 Chambers Street, Room 103
New York, NY 10007 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 788 8580
Telefax: +1 (212) 385 0984
Monday: 9:00-16:30
Tuesday: 9:00-16:30
Wednesday: 9:00-16:30
Thursday: 9:00-16:30
Friday: 9:00-13:00

Fees for using facility. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Other
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions.

Media:
Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
Court and District Attorney Records (New York) (ca 1800-1951)
Genealogy and Coroner Records (New York) (1795-1956)
Real Estate assessment (New York) (1789-1975)

WNYC Radio and Film Archives (1936-1981)
WPA Federal Writers Project (1936-1943) [manuscripts]

New York Dance Center  
 
158 W. 26th Street
New York, NY 10001 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 924 9003
E-mail: info@nydancecenter.com
Homepage: http://www.nydancecenter.com

Subjects:
Ballet/dance.

New York Historical Society
Library
      Date founded: 1804 		 
 
170 Central Park West
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10024 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 873 3400
Telefax: +1 (212) 875 1591
Homepage: http://www.nyhistory.org/
Tuesday: 12:00-17:00
Wednesday: 12:00-17:00
Thursday: 12:00-20:00
Friday: 12:00-17:00

Special Collections:
Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), showman

New York Public Library
Rare Books and Manuscripts Division 		 
 
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018 		 

Homepage: http://www.nypl.org/

Special Collections:
Drama (German)
German theatre papers
1853-1917

Victor Barnowsky (1876-1952), playwright, theatre director [papers, 1920-1949]
Eric Bentley Bentley (1916-), editor, translator
Elizabeth Bergner (1900-), actress
Otto Brahm (1856-1912), theatre director, critic
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Alexander Granach, actor
Henrik Ibsen, playwright
Istitoris (1825-1840), Hungarian stage designer [technical practices in Vienna, Baden/Vienna and Preßburg]
Max Reinhardt (1873-1943), director
Hans von Schiller (1891-1976)
Carl Schonfeld
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Frank Wedekind (1864-1918), playwright

The New York Public Library
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
      Date founded: 1925 		 
 
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 491 2200
Telefax: +1 (212) 491 6760
Homepage: http://www.nypl.org/
Monday: 12:00-20:00
Tuesday: 12:00-20:00
Wednesday: 12:00-20:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday: 10:00-18:00

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
      Date founded: 1931 		SIBMAS Member
 
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 870 1639
Telefax: +1 (212) 787 3852
E-mail: btaylor@nypl.org
Homepage: http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/the/the.html
Monday: 12:00-19:45
Tuesday: 12:00-17:45
Wednesday: 12:00-17:45
Thursday: 12:00-17:45
Friday: 12:00-17:45
Saturday: 12:00-17:45

Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Operetta/Musical. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Memorabilia. Production material.
Special Collections:
American Play Company
Burgtheater (Vienna), clippings, 1888-1896
Captain Kangaroo (television program), scripts, 1959-1964
Chamberlain and Lyman Brown (1910-1961), theatre agency
Chelsea Theatre Center
Federal Theatre Project (FTP) (1936-1939)
Lambs Club
Liebler and Company (1890-1930)
Living Theatre (New York, NY) (1945-1991)
Lucy Kroll Agency, Helen Hayes files
New Theatre League (1932-1942)
Radio Writers Guild
Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center
Richard Astor Agency (1952-1982), papers about Beatrice Lillie
San Francisco Actors' Workshop
Sardi's Restaurant (1913-1976), papers, caricatures
Second Mrs. Burton (1952-1960), radio scripts
Universal Pictures Still Books (1920s-), movie stills
USO Camp Shows (1941-1955)
Vandamm Studio (1920-1960), stage photographs
Warner Brothers, production slides, 1979-1991
White Studio (1910-1936), stage photographs

Reza Abdoh [papers, 1983-1995]
Jean Adair [papers, 1914-1929]
Maude Adams (1879-1956)
Edward Albee (1827-), playwright [scripts]
Ann Andrews [papers, 1918-1963]
A.J. Antoon, director
Ardeen-Peerles, papers, 1886-1919
Boris Aronson (1900-1980), scenographer
Richard Astor, theatre agent [papers about Beatrice Lillie, 1952-1982]
Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984), theatre critic [papers]
Julius Bab (1880-1995), theatre critic
John L. Balderston [papers 1915-1950]
Robert Baral [papers, 1876-1980]
Richard Barstow
Buddy Basch [joke files]
Howard Bay
George Becks [script and promptbook collection, 18th-19th centuries]
David Belasco (1853-1931), theatre producer, playwright
James Orson Belden [correspondence with Lilian Gish, 1936-1991]
Robert Benney [original drawings, 1926-1942, research material, 1926-1978]
Gerald Berkowitz [New Broadway interviews, 1995-1996]
Aline Bernstein (1882-1955), theatre designer
L.J. Binns [caricatures]
Roman Bohnen [papers, 1918-1976]
Eugen Boissevain [correspondence with Emla La Branche, 1926-1951]
Booth-Grossman family [papers, 1840-1953]
Betty Bowman [ephemera]
Romney Brent [papers, 1895-1952]
Frederick (Carl Einer Frederik) Brisson (1913-1984), theatre producer [papers, 1934-1984]
Chamberlain Brown
Lyman Brown
Nana Bryant [papers, 1917-1955]
Herman Buchman [papers, 1939-1990]
Billy Burke, actress [papers, 1907-1984]
R.H. Burnside
Elaine Carrington (née Sterne) (1891-1958), writer [papers, 1903-1959]
Bonnie Cashin (1908-2000), fashion designer
Suzanne Caubaye (Caubet) (-1981), actor, writer [papers, 1919-1979]
Helene Champlain, book dealer, collector [papers 1932-1969]
Susan Chute, stage lighting designer [papers 1985-1996]
Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), film actor [papers, 1933-1966]
Harold Clurman (1901-1982), director
Alexander H. Cohen
Betty (Elizabeth) Comden (née Cohen) (1919-), playwright, lyricist, screenwriter
Katharine Cornell (1898-1974), actress
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (née Richards) (1867-1906), novellist, playwright [papers, 1894-1909]
Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986), actress, theatre director, producer [papers, 1920-1986]
Vincent J. Donahue
Jean Elliott [correspondence with Joshua Logan]
James Elson (1925-1970), producer, director [papers, 1950-1970]
Maurice Evans (1901-1989), actor
Renee Jeanne (Marie) Falconetti (1892-1946), actress [collection, 1962]
Dorothy Fields (1905-1934), songwriter
Jules Fisher, writer, director, designer
Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), director
Elisabeth Fraser [i.e. Elisabeth Fraser Jonker] (1920-), actress [papers, 1920-1999]
Friedman-Abeles, photographer [photograph collection]
Robert A. Gibson [Lillian Russell material, 1894-1984]
John Gielgud (1904-2000), actor [correspondence]
Lillian Gish [i.e. Lillian de Guiche] (1896-1993), actress [correspondence with James Orson Belden, 1936-1991, Lillian Malpe, 1928-1977, pap]
Augustus Otto Goetz (1899-1957), playwright [papers, 1900-1996]
Ruth Goetz (née Goodman) (1912-), playwright [papers, 1900-1996]
Jean Stock Goldstone (1906?-), playwright [papers, 1937-1961]
Adolph Green (1915-2002), actor, lyricist
Dorothy Greener [papers, 1942-1966]
Philippe Halsman (1909-1979), photographer [theatrical photographs, 1947-1969]
Margaret Hamilton (Meserve) (1902-), actress [correspondence, 1944-1979]
Nancy Hamilton, playwright
Otto A. Harbach [originally: Hauerbach] (1873-1963), author, librettist, lyricist [papers, 1870-1990]
Edgar Yip (Yip) Harburg [i.e. Isidore Hochberg] (1898-1981), composer [papers, 1913-1997]
Ken (Kenneth G.) Harper (1939?-1988), film producer [papers, 1972-1988]
Edward Harrigan (1845-1911), playwright, actor, producer [papers, 1871-1984]
Helen Hayes (1900-1993), actress
Leland Hayward (1902-1971), producer
Anna Held (1873-1988), actress [papers, 1897-1987]
Ray (John Ray) Henderson (1889-1937), theatre press agent [papers, 1904-1937]
Henin [Parisian stage collection, 17th-19th centuries]
Katherine Hepburgn (1907-2003) [actress] [papers]
Higgins family, theatre critic, writer [papers, 1924-1971]
Hill [St. Joan research files, 1983-1987]
Joseph George Holman
Israel Horowitz
Kim Hunter [i.e. Janet Cole] (1922-2002), actress [scripts, rehearsal notes, 1957-1993]
Henry Irving [correspondence with Ellen Terry, 1884-1896]
Burl Ives, actor, singer
George Jenkins, art director
Mike Kellin
Dorothy Kilgallen [papers, 1930-1965]
Edward Kleban [papers, 1960-1986]
Lucy Kroll, theatre agent [correspondence from Lillian Gish]
Maurice Kurtz (papers, 1965-1999)
Emla La Branche [correspondence with Edna St. Vincent Millay and Eugen Boissevain, 1926-1951]
Bruce Laffey, stage manager, actor [Beatrice Lillie collection, 1919-1989]
Bert Lahr [i.e. Irving Lahrheim] (1895-1967), actor
W. Robert Laine
Lawrence Langner (1890-1962), playwright, producer [papers, 1915-1962]
Gertrude Lawrence [i.e. Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen] (1898-1952), actress, musical performer
Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004), playwright, director [papers, 1917-1970]
Gypsy Rose Lee [i.e. Rose Louise Horvick] (1914-1970), varieté dancer, stripper
Robert E. Lee (1918-1994), playwright [papers, 1917-1970]
Carolyn Leigh,
Max Liebman [papers, 1903-1981]
Beatrice Lillie (1919-1989)
Mark Linder [papers, 1933-1950]
Robinson Locke [scrapbooks of stage and film personalities, 1870-1920]
Joshua Logan [correspondence with Jean Elliot]
Robinson Locke
Paul Lovett [papers, 1943-1967]
Nila Mack [papers, 1910-1953]
Constance D'Arcy MacKay
Judith Malina (1926-), actress [diaries, 1947-1959]
Lillian Malpe [letters from Lillian Gish, 1928-1977]
Armando de Maria y Campos (1897-), journalist, theatre critic, writer
Edwin Justus Mayer
Joan McCracken [ephemera, 1930-1958]
Phyllis Merrill [papers, 1932-1956]
Jo Mielziner [papers 1903-1976, designs and techical drawings 1924-1976]
James Foster Milliken [paper,s 1887-1894]
Worthington Miner [Studio One production files, 1948-1955]
Tom Moore [papers, 1950-1996]
Ward Morehouse [papers, 1877-1966]
Jennie Moscowitz [papers, 1907-1943]
Kate Mostel [papers, 1915-1986]
Zero Mostel, actor [papers, 1915-1985]
Aloysius Mudd [collection, 1800-1919]
C.A. Muller [actors portraits, 1870?-1897]
Paul Muni [papers, 1920?-1967]
Adelaide Neilson
Anne Nichols [papers, 1873-1965]
Elliot Nugent
Clifford Odets (1906-1963), playwright [papers, 1926-1963]
Donald Oenslager, scenographer
Dailey Paskman [papers, 1904-1939]
Mary Pickford [correspondence with Buddy Rogers]
Molly Picon
Charles Pierce [papers, 1954-1998]
Herbert M. Prentice [papers, 1925-1960]
Harold Prince, performer
Olive Reeves-Smith (1894-1972), actress [papers, 1879-1964]
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), composer
Buddy Rogers [correspondence with Mary Pickford]
Billy Rose
Frederick G. Ross [scrapbooks, 1876-1930]
Arthur William Row [papers, 1902-1961]
Lillian Russell [i.e. Helen Louise Leonard] (1861-1922), actress, singer [material, 1894-1984]
Morrie (Morris) Ryskind (1895-1979), composer [papers, 1911-1985]
Julia Sanderson [papers, 1913-1936]
Wladimir Selinsky [scripts, 1941-1975]
Walter Slezak [papers, 1905?-1983]
Bernard Sobel
Raymond Sovey
Edna St. Vincent Millay, writer [correspondence with Emla La Branche, 1926-1951]
Hiram Stead [British theatre collection, 17th-20th century]
Michael Stewart, writer [papers, 1948-1987]
Eunice Stoddard [papers 1913-1938]
Michael Strange [papers, 1917-1925]
Samuel Taylor
Terry, Ellen [correspondence with Henry Irving, 1884-1896]
John Van Druten, writer [papers, 1901-1957]
Carl Van Vechten
Bambi Vawn [papers, 1967-1991]
Townsend Walsh [circus and vaudeville, 19th-20th century]
Dale Wasserman [papers, 1959-1996]
Francis Wilson [papers, 1875-1958]
R.A. Wilson [slides, 1956-1969]
Walter Winchell [papers, 1920-1967]
Flo (Florenz) Ziegfeld (1869-1932), theatre producer [papers, 1907-1984]

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Jerome Robbins Dance Division 		 
 
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 870 1657
Telefax: +1 (212) 787 3852
Homepage: http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.majcoll.h
Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Printed
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Puppet theatre. Variety/music hall. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
American Ballet Theatre (1936-)
Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Dance Theater of Harlem
Joffrey Ballet
New York City Ballet

Gabriel Astruc (1865-1934), impressario [Sergej Diaghilev collection]
Tatiana Chamie
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), scenographer
Merce Cunningham, choreographer
Alexandra Danilova
Irving Deakin
Agnes George De Mille (1905-1993), dancer, choreograph
Serge Denham (1896-1970), ballet impressario
Denishawn [collection]
Sergei Pavlovic Diaghilev (1872-1929), choreographer
Roger Pryor Dodge, dancer, musician, dance critic [Nijinsky photograph collection]
Irma Duncan (1896-1977), dancer [Isador Duncan collection]
Isadora Duncan (1878-1927), dancer
Angna Enters (1907-1989), mime, dancer, author, composer, choreographer
Cia Fornaroli (1888-1954), ballerina, choreographer [Italian dance material collection]
Loie Fuller (1862-1928), dancer
José Luis Greco (1918-2000), dancer, composer
Hanya Holm [i.e. Johanna Eckert] (1893-1994), choreographer
Claire Holt
Doris Batcheller Humphrey (1895-1958), dancer, correographer [Humphrey-Weidman collection]
Sol (Solomon) Hurok (1884-1974), impresario
Lincoln Kirstein [collectons]
José Limón (1908-1972), choreographer
Pauline Lawrence Limon
Eugene Loring
George Platt Lynes
Fania Marinoff
Lillian Moore [ballet collection, 19th century]
Vaslav Fomitch Nijinski (Nijinsky) (1889-1950), dancer, choreograph
Rudolph Nureyev, dancer
Ruth Page [collection, 1915-1954]
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998), choreographer, dancer [recorded moving image archive]
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
Helen Tamiris
Rouben Ter-Arutunian, scenographer
Walter Terry
Carl Van Vechten
Charles Weidman, choreographer [Humphrey-Weidman collection]

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Music Division
      Date founded: 1911 		 
 
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 870 1650
Telefax: +1 (212) 787 3852
E-mail: musicdiv@nypl.org
Homepage: http://www.nypl.org/
Monday: 12:00-20:00
Tuesday: 12:00-18:00
Wednesday: 12:00-18:00
Thursday: 12:00-20:00
Friday: 12:00-18:00
Saturday: 10:00-18:00

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Printed
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Opera. Operetta/Musical. Variety/music hall. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Memorabilia.
Special Collections:
Music (American)
Opera, costumes
Opera, sets
Sheet music (American) (1769-)
Songsters

Composers Forum (1935-1995)
Heritage of the March, marching bands
International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
League of Composers
Metropolitan Opera (New York, NY) (1930s-), radio broadcasts
Neapolitan Libretti (1705-1865)
New Music Society
Society for Asian Music
WNEW (1930s-1960s), popular music

Arthur M. Abell [papers]
George Antheil [manuscripts]
Rose Bampton
Pierre Bernac
George Bristow, composer [manuscripts]
Burnside Collection
John Cage, composer [music manuscript collection]
Carlos Chávez [collection]
Henry Cowell [collection]
Drexel Collection
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), pianist composer [manuscripts]
Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920), composer [collection]
Harrach Family [collection]
Christian Herter [collection]
Irene Heskes (musicologist) [collection of Jewish songsters, 1915-1990]
Otto Hess [photographs of Jazz musicians]
Libby Holman (-1971), singer, actress
Paul Jacobs, composer
Arthur Lourié, composer
Otto Luening, composer
Marian McPortland, jazz musician
Fanny Mendelssohn [letters]
Felix Mendelssohn, composer [letters]
Joseph Muller [portraits of musicians, 17th-19th century]
Sy Oliver, composer
Ernst Oster [Heinrich Schenker Collection]
Vincent Persichetti, composer
Rosa Ponselle, opera singer
Ruth Rabin, Yiddish singer
Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961), composer
George Rochberg (1918-2005), composer [papers]
Lanny Ross, singer
Heinrich Schenker, musicologist
Thomas Scherman, conductor
Joseph Schillinger, composer
William Schuman, composer [papers]
Harry Schumer [Italian opera, 19th century]
Marcella Sembrich, opera singer
Benedict Stambler [Jewish music and theatre]
Deems Taylor, composer
Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957), conductor
Rosalyn Tureck (1914-2003), pianist, conductor
Bruno Walter (1876-1962), conductor
John Watts, composer
Paul Wittgenstein, pianist

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
      Date founded: 1965 		 
 
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 870 1663
Telefax: +1 (212) 787 3852
Homepage: http://www.nypl.org/
Monday: 12:00-19:45
Tuesday: 12:00-17:45
Wednesday: 12:00-17:45
Thursday: 12:00-19:45
Friday: 12:00-17:45
Saturday: 12:00-17:45

Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed. Other
On-site use only.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Clippings. Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), librettist
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), composer

New York Society
Library
      Date founded: 1754 		 
 
53 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 288 6900
Telefax: +1 (212) 744 5832
E-mail: nysl2@banct.net

New York University
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
      Date founded: 1831 		 
 
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10011 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 998 2505
Telefax: +1 (212) 995 4070
Homepage: http://www.nyu.edu/library

Media:
Books. Periodicals. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Actors' Equity Theatre

Tamiment Collection [workers' and labor union archive]

New York University
Music Library 		 
 
70 Washington Square S.
New York, NY 10012 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 998 2500
Telefax: +1 (212) 995 4070
Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.

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. Other.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Posters. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
American Institute for Verdi Studies

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), composer

Pace University
Theatre and Fine Arts Department 		 
 
Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 346 1352
E-mail: theatre@pace.edu

Pierpont Morgan Library
      Date founded: 1924 		 
 
29 East 36th Street
New York, NY 10016 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 685 0008
Telefax: +1 (212) 685 4740
E-mail: media@morganlibrary.org
Homepage: http://www.morganlibrary.org/
Sunday: 12:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:30-17:00
Wednesday: 10:30-17:00
Thursday: 10:30-17:00
Friday: 10:30-17:00
Saturday: 10:30-18:00

Special Collections:
William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), librettist
Donald Oenslager
Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), composer

Preserve, Inc.  
  Mail:
      P.O. Box 28
     Old Chelsea Station
      New York, NY 10011-0028

Homepage: http://www.preserve-inc.org/

Special Collections:
Dance

Radio City Music Hall
Corporate Library
      Date founded: 1932 		 
 
1260 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 632 3566

Rose Museum at Carnegie Hall
      Date founded: 1990 		 
 
154 W. 57th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 903 9629
Telefax: +1 (212) 581 6539
Sunday: 11:00-16:30
Monday: 11:00-16:30
Tuesday: 11:00-16:30
Thursday: 11:00-16:30
Friday: 11:00-16:30
Saturday: 11:00-16:30

Shubert Archive
      Date founded: 1978 		 
 
Lyceum Theatre
149 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 944 3895
Telefax: +1 (212) 944 4139
Monday: 10:00-17:00
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By company.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Variety/music hall. Theatre architecture.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Paintings. Graphics. Statuary. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material.
Special Collections:
Theatre (America)

Harry Smith Archives  
  Mail:
      PO Box 1269
     Stuyvesant Station
      New York, NY 10009

Telephone: +1 (310) 440 7625
Telefax: +1 (310) 440 7782
Homepage: http://www.harrysmitharchives.com/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Subjects:
Cinema.
Media:
Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections:
Harry Smith, filmmaker, painter, musicologist

Ernie Smith Collection  
 
601 West End Avenue, Suite 6A
New York, NY 10024 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 724 9196

Special Collections:
Dance

Tamiment Playhouse Archive  
 
Tamiment Institute
1431 Broadway
New York, NY 10018 		 

Paul Taylor Dance Company  
 
552 Broadway
New York, NY 10012 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 431 5562

Theatre Library Association
      Date founded: 1937 		SIBMAS Member
 
c/o The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023 		 

Homepage: http://tla.library.unt.edu/

Third World Newsreel
      Date founded: 1967 		 
 
545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 947 9277
Telefax: +1 (212) 594 6417
Homepage: http://www.twn.org/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Media:
Videos/films/DVDs.

Time-Life Syndication  
 
Time-Life Building
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 522 4800
Telefax: +1 (212) 522 0150
Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00

Written application required. Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card
Materials loan.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.

Whitney Museum of American Art  
 
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021 		 

Homepage: http://www.whitney.org/

Databases with information on collections:
Community of Film Archive
Media:
Videos/films/DVDs.

Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Library and Archives
      Date founded: 1925 		 
 
555 West 57th Street, Suite 1100
New York, NY 10019 		Mail:
      555 West 57th Steet, 11th floor
      New York, NY 10019

Telephone: +1 (212) 246 6080
Telefax: +1 (212) 292 1892
E-mail: yivo1@metgate.metro.org
Homepage: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/yivo/
Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-17:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30

Written application required. Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Operetta/Musical. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Amateur theatre. Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations. Other.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Masks. Graphics. Statuary. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs. Other.
Special Collections:
Music (Jewish)
Theatre (Yiddish)

People of a Thousand Towns (1880-1940)
Union of Jewish Actors in Poland

Mendl Elkin (1874-1962), playwright
Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908), actor, dramaturge, theatre director
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin (1853-1909), playwright
E.R. Kaminska [Yiddish Theatre Archive]
Sholom Perlmutter [Yiddish Theatre Collection]
Maurice Schwartz [Yiddish Theatre Collection]
Mark Schweid

Weill-Lenya Research Center
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
      Date founded: 1983 		 
 
7 East 20th Street
New York, NY 10003-1106 		 

Telephone: +1 (212) 505 5240
Telefax: +1 (212) 353 9663
E-mail: farneth@panix.com
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.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed
On-site use only. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Cabaret/Kabaret. Amateur theatre. Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Paintings. Graphics. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material.
Special Collections:
Music

Index:

Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS