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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America



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Afro-American Historical Cultural Association
      Date founded: 1976
 
 
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1557
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 574 0380
Telefax: +1 (215) 574 3110
Sunday: 12:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00


American Swedish Historical Museum
Library

      Date founded: 1926
 
 
1900 Pattison Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19145
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 389 1776
Telefax: +1 (215) 389 7701
E-mail: ashm@libertynet.org
Homepage: http://www.libertynet.org/ash

Special Collections:
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), opera singer


Atwater Kent Museum/The History Museum of Philadelphia
      Date founded: 1939
 
 
15 South 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 685 4837
Telefax: +1 (215) 685 4837
E-mail: info@philadelphiahistory.org
Homepage: http://www.philadelphiahistory.org/
Sunday: 13:00-17:00
Wednesday: 13:00-17:00
Thursday: 13:00-17:00
Friday: 13:00-17:00
Saturday: 13:00-17:00


Curtis Institute of Music
Library

      Date founded: 1926
 
 
Milton L. Rock Resource Center
Philadelphia, PA
Mail:
      1726 Locust Street
      Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: +1 (215) 893 5252
Telefax: +1 (215) 893 9065
E-mail: elizabeth.walker@curtis.edu
Sunday: 13:00-18:00 (September-April)
Monday: 9:00-19:45 (September-April); 9:00-16:00 (May-August)
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00 (September-April); 9:00-16:00 (May-August)
Wednesday: 9:00-19:45 (September-April); 9:00-16:00 (May-August)
Thursday: 9:00-17:00 (September-April); 9:00-16:00 (May-August)
Friday: 9:00-19:45 (September-April); 9:00-16:00 (May-August)

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

Subjects:
Opera. Festivals. Music/Music performance.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Objects d'art. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Leopold Stokowski


Charlotte Cushman Club
      Date founded: 1907
 
 
239 South Camac Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 735 4676
Monday: 10:00-16:00


The Fabric Workshop/Museum
      Date founded: 1977
 
 
1315 Cherry Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 568 1111
Telefax: +1 (215) 568 8211
E-mail: ellen@fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
Homepage: http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/
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: 12:00-16:00

Special Collections:
Costumes, performance


Free Library of Philadelphia
      Date founded: 1891
 
 
Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 686 5322
Telefax: +1 (215) 563 3628
Homepage: http://www.library.phila.gov/
Sunday: 13:00-17:00
Monday: 9:00-21:00
Tuesday: 9:00-21:00
Wednesday: 9:00-21:00
Thursday: 9:00-18:00
Friday: 9:00-18:00
Saturday: 9:00-17:00

Special Collections:
Engravings of old Philadelphia theatres

Chestnut Street Theatre (1830-1910), Programmes

Paul E. Glaser
John Frederick Lewis [portrait collection]
J. Parker Norris
William Schrader
Mark W. Wilson


Free Library of Philadelphia
Drinker Library of Choral Music

      Date founded: 1938
 
 
Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mail:
      1901 Vine Street
      Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: +1 (215) 686 5364
Telefax: +1 (215) 563 3628
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 added.
Catalogs: Card. Printed
Materials loan.

Subjects:
Opera. Operetta/Musical. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Scores/libretti/music.


Friends Free Library of Germantown
      Date founded: 1845
 
 
5418 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 951 2355
Telefax: +1 (215) 951 2697

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Media:
Books.
Special Collections:
Irvin C. Poley (1900-1975) [theater collection]


Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Library

      Date founded: 1824
 
 
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 732 6200
Telefax: +1 (215) 732 2680
E-mail: hsppr@hsp.org
Homepage: http://www.hsp.org/
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 13:00-21:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00

Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card. Printed. Other
Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: In house. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Circus. Music/Music performance. Other.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Posters. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics. Statuary. Memorabilia. Other.
Special Collections:
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography


La Salle University
Connelly Library

      Date founded: 1863
 
 
1900 W. Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 951 1287
Telefax: +1 (215) 951 1595
E-mail: baky@Lasalle.edu
Homepage: http://www.Lasalle.edu/

Special Collections:
Klarmann German Literature Collection


Mario Lanza Institute and Museum  
 
712 Montrose Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 238 9691
Telefax: +1 (215) 238 9694
E-mail: MarioLanzaMuseum@aol.com
Monday: 10:00-15:30
Tuesday: 10:00-15:30
Wednesday: 10:00-15:30
Thursday: 10:00-15:30
Friday: 10:00-15:30
Saturday: 10:00-15:30

Subjects:
Music/Music performance.
Media:
Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Memorabilia. Production material.
Special Collections:
Mario Lanza (1921-1959), opera singer


Library Company of Philadelphia
      Date founded: 1731
 
 
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5698
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 546 3181
Telefax: +1 (215) 546 5167
E-mail: refdept@libertynet.org
Homepage: http://www.librarycompany.org/
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: Card. Printed
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By company.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre. Circus. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Scores/libretti/music. Graphics.


Mummers Museum  
 
2nd Street & Washington Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 336 3050
Sunday: 12:00-17:00 (September-June)
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
Saturday: 9:30-17:00


National Museum of American Jewish History
      Date founded: 1974
 
 
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 923 3812
Telefax: +1 (215) 923 0763
Monday: 10:00-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-16:00
Wednesday: 10:00-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-16:00
Friday: 10:00-15:00


Philadelphia and Elkins Park Suburban Center Library
      Date founded: 1802
 
 
615 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 627 6747
Telefax: +1 (215) 627 1313
E-mail: rhshalom@libertynet.org

Special Collections:
Roberta Lee Magaziner [Jewish music]


Philadelphia Mummers Museum
      Date founded: 1976
 
 
1100 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 9:30 -17: 00
Sunday: 12:00-17:00 (September-June)


Temple University
Paley Library
Philadelphia Dance Collection
 
 
Paley Library 017-00
1210 West Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6088
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 204 8235
Telefax: +1 (215) 204 5201
E-mail: medsall@temple.edu
Homepage: http://www.library.temple.edu/speccoll/

Subjects:
Ballet/dance.
Special Collections:
Dance Advance
Group Motion Dance Company
Pensylvania Ballet
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Philadanco


University of Pennsylvania
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

      Date founded: 1749
 
 
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 898 7091
Telefax: +1 (215) 898 0559
Homepage: http://www.library.upenn.edu/
Sunday: 9:00-24:00
Monday: 9:00-24:00
Tuesday: 9:00-24:00
Wednesday: 9:00-24:00
Thursday: 9:00-24:00
Friday: 9:00-24:00
Saturday: 9:00-24:00

Special Collections:
Plays (French) (18th century)
Plays (German) (19th century)

Edwin Forrest
Horace Howard Furness (1833-1912), Shakespeare scholar [Shakespeare library]
Ada Rehan (1857-1916), actress [papers]
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), dramatist


The University of the Arts
University Libraries
 
 
Philadelphia, PA 19102
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 717 6282
Telefax: +1 (215) 717 6287
E-mail: cgraney@uarts.edu
Homepage: http://library.uarts.edu/


University of Pennsylvania
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library

      Date founded: 1749
 
 
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 898 7091
Telefax: +1 (215) 898 0559
Homepage: http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/
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
Saturday: 12:00-16:00

Media:
Photos.
Special Collections:
Claudio Abbado (1933-), conductor [photographs]
Maude Adams (1872-1953) [photographs]
Viola Allen (1887-1948) [photographs]
Marian Anderson (1897-1993), singer [photographs]
Mary Anderson (1859-1940) [photographs]
Maurice André [photographs]
Julia Arthur (1869-1950) [photographs]
Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937-), pianist [photographs]
Emanuel Ax [photographs]
Daniel Barenboim (1942-), pianist, conductor [photographs]
Lawrence Barrett (1830-1891) [photographs]
Wilson Barrett (1848-1904) [photographs]
Thomas, Mrs. Barry [photographs]
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), actress [photographs]
Maurice Barrymore (1846-1905), actress [photographs]
Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-), dancer [photographs]
Kathleen Battle (1948-), opera singer [photographs]
Lillie Beasley [photographs]
Edward Bell [photographs]
Bellew, Kyrie (1855-1911) [photographs]
Edgar Bergen (1903-1978) [photographs]
Sarah Bernhardt [i.e. Rosine Bernard] (1844-1923), actress [photographs]
Leonard Bernstein [pseud.: Lenny Amber] (1918-1990), conductor, compoer, writer [photographs]
Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893), actor [photographs]
Victor Borge [i.e. Børge Rosenbaum] (1909-2000), comic pianist [photographs]
Dion Boucicault [i.e. Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot] (1820-1890), actor [photographs]
D.P., Mrs. Bowers [photographs]
Alfred Brendel (1931-), pianist [photographs]
John Browning (1933-) [photographs]
Dave Brubeck [photographs]
Buffalo Bill [i.e. William Frederick Cody] (1846-1917), buffalo hunter, impresario, showman [photographs]
Alice Butler [photographs]
Charles W. Butler, actor [photographs]
Semyon Bychkov (1952-), conductor [photographs]
Emma Calvé (1858-1942), opera singer [photographs]
Mrs. Patrick Campbell [i.e. Beatrice Stella Tanner] (1865-1940), actress [photographs]
Leslie Mrs. Carter (1862-1937) [photographs]
Michael Chekhov (1891-1955), actor [photographs]
Van Cliburn (1934-), pianist [photographs]
Rose Coghlan (1851-1932), actress [photographs]
Frank A. Connor [photographs]
Aaron Copland [i.e. Aaron Caplan] (1900-1990), composer [photographs]
Constant Coquelin (1841-1909) [photographs]
William H. Crane (1845-), actor [photographs]
Gilda Cruz-Romo (1940-), opera singer [photographs]
Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950), conductor [photographs]
John Dankworth (1927-), saxophonist [photographs]
Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport (1850-1898), actress [photographs]
Frederic De Belleville [photographs]
Elsie (Elisabeth, Bessie) De Wolfe (Marbury) (1865-1950), actress, decorator, literary agent [photographs]
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932) [photographs]
Misha Dichter (1945-), pianist [photographs]
John Drew (1853-1927), actor [photographs]
Louisa Lane Drew (1820-1897), actress [photographs]
Mignon Dunn, opera singer [photographs]
Charles Dutoit (1936-), conductor [photographs]
Emma Eames (1865-1952), opera singer [photographs]
Maxine Eliot (1871-1940), actress [photographs]
Owen Fawcett (1838-1904), actor [photographs]
William Ferguson [photographs]
William Mrs. Ferguson [photographs]
Arthur Fiedler (1894-1979), conductor [photographs]
Rudolf Firkusny (1912-1994), pianist [photographs]
Cissy Fitzgerald (1884-1941), actress [photographs]
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), singer [photographs]
Eugene Fodor (1950-), violinist [photographs]
Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) [photographs]
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933-), conductor [photographs]
Judith Fugate (1956-), dancer [photographs]
Mayumi Fujikawa (1946-), violinist [photographs]
James Galway (1939-), flute [photographs]
G.H., Mrs. Gilbert [photographs]
William Gillette (1853-1937), actor, dramatist [photographs]
Goodwin, Nat C. (Nathaniel Carl) (1857-1919) [photographs]
Morton Gould (1913-) [photographs]
Horacio Gutiérrez (1948-), pianist [photographs]
James Keteltas Hackett (1869-1926), actor [photographs]
Virginia Harned (1872-1946), actress [photographs]
Lynn Harrell (1944-), cellist, conductor [photographs]
Maud (Mrs. Edward M. Bell) Harrison (1854-1907), actress [photographs]
Percy Haswell (Fawcett) (1871-1945), actress [photographs]
Josephine Heall [photographs]
Anna Held (1873-1988), actress [photographs]
Günther Herbig, conductor [photographs]
Emil Holland [photographs]
Joseph Holland [photographs]
Mildred E. Holland [photographs]
Henry J. Holliday [photographs]
Henry Irving (1838-1905) [photographs]
May Irwin (1862-1938) [photographs]
Francesca Romana Magdalena Janauschek (1830-1904) [photographs]
Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) [photographs]
Jennie Johnson [photographs]
Tedd Joselson [photographs]
Madge Kendal (1849-1935) [photographs]
William Hunter Kendal (1843-1917) [photographs]
Young Uck Kim [photographs]
Edith M. Kingdon Gould (-1921), actress [photographs]
Gelsey Kirkland [photographs]
Walter Klien [photographs]
Andre Kostelanetz (1901-) [photographs]
Gidon Kremer (1947-) [photographs]
Cleo Lane [i.e. Clementine Dinah Campbell] (1927-), singer, actress [photographs]
Lillie Langtry [i.e. Emilie Charlotte Le Breton; pseud: The Jersey Lily] (1853-1929), actress [photographs]
Lilli Lehmann (married: Kalisch) (1848-1929), opera singer [photographs]
Erich Leinsdorf (1912-) [photographs]
James Levine (1943-), conductor [photographs]
James Lewis [photographs]
Cho-Liang Lin (1960-) [photographs]
Jenny Lind (1820-1887) [photographs]
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-) [photographs]
Lorin Maazel (1930-), conductor [photographs]
Natalia Makarova (1940-) [photographs]
Henry Mancini, composer, conductor [photographs]
Frederic R. Mann [photographs]
Mary Mannering [photographs]
Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) [photographs]
Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) [photographs]
Neville Marriner [photographs]
Wynton Marsalis (1961-), trumpeter [photographs]
Peter Martins [photographs]
Kurt Mazur (1927-), conductor [photographs]
Zubin Mehta (1936-), conductor [photographs]
Dame Nellie Melba [originally: Helen Porter Mitchell] (1861-1931), opera singer [photographs]
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-), composer [photographs]
Robert Merrill (1919-), opera singer [photographs]
Henry Miller [photographs]
Sherrill Milnes [photographs]
Nathan Milstein (1903-) [photographs]
Shlomo Mintz (1956-) [photographs]
Maggie Mitchell [photographs]
Helena Modrzejewska [pseud.: Modjeska] (1840-1909), actress [photographs]
Clara Morris (1848-1925) [photographs]
Riccardo Muti, conductor [photographs]
Olga Nethersole (1870-1951) [photographs]
Birgit Nilsson, opera singer [photographs]
Christine Nilsson (1843-1921) [photographs]
Lillian Nordica (1857-1914) [photographs]
Chauncey Olcott (1858-1932) [photographs]
Raphaël Oleg (1959-) [photographs]
Julie Opp [photographs]
Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), conductor [photographs]
Seiji Ozawa (1935-) [photographs]
Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) [photographs]
Albert Marshman Palmer (1838-1905) [photographs]
Galina Ragozina Panov [photographs]
Valery Panov (1938-) [photographs]
Christopher Parkening [photographs]
Adelina Patti (1843-1919) [photographs]
Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer [photographs]
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-), composer [photographs]
Itzhak Perlman (1945-), violinist [photographs]
Roberta Peters [photographs]
Pol Plançon (1854-1914) [photographs]
Paul Plishka (1940-) [photographs]
André Previn (1929-), composer, conductor [photographs]
Leontyne Price, opera singer [photographs]
Jean Pierre Rampal (1922-2000), flutist [photographs]
Roland Reed [photographs]
Ada Rehan (1857-1916), actress [photographs]
Jean de Reszke (1850-1925) [photographs]
Fanny Rice [photographs]
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-) [photographs]
Artur Rubinstein (1886-1982), composer [photographs]
Annie Russell [photographs]
Lillian Russell [i.e. Helen Louise Leonard] (1861-1922), actress, singer [photographs]
Tommaso Salvini (1829-1916) [photographs]
Alexander Schneider (1908-) [photographs]
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) [photographs]
Anton Seidl (1850-1898) [photographs]
Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) [photographs]
Rudolf Serkin (1903-) [photographs]
William Edward Sheridan (1840-1887) [photographs]
W.H. Shirley [photographs]
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1923-) [photographs]
Leonard Slatkin [photographs]
F.G. Smith [photographs]
Malcolm Smith (1933-) [photographs]
William Smith (1924-) [photographs]
Edward Askew Sothern (1826-1881) [photographs]
Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) [photographs]
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), conductor, composer [photographs]
Anna Stannard [photographs]
Susan Starr [photographs]
Isaac Stern (1920-) [photographs]
Henryk Szeryng [photographs]
Robert Taber [photographs]
Yuri Temirkanov [photographs]
Marie Tempest (1866-1942) [photographs]
Klaus Tennstedt (1926-) [photographs]
William Terriss (-1897) [photographs]
Ellen Terry (1847-1928), actress [photographs]
Michael Tilson Thomas (1944-) [photographs]
Denman Thompson (1833-1911) [photographs]
Alexander Toradze [photographs]
Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) [photographs]
Tatiana Troyanos [photographs]
Barry Tuckwell (1931-), hornist [photographs]
Len H. Tyler [photographs]
Benita Valente (1938?-), opera singer [photographs]
Sarah Vaughan (1924-), singer [photographs]
Ida Vernon [photographs]
Shirley Verrett [photographs]
Jon Vickers [photographs]
Frederica Von Stade [photographs]
James William Wallack (1791?-1864?) [photographs]
Philip H. Ward [collection of theatrical images, 1856-1910]
Andres Watts [photographs]
Alexis Weissenberg [photographs]
Effie Ellsler Weston (1858-1942) [photographs]
E.S. Willard [photographs]
Francis Wilson (1854-1935) [photographs]
Allen J. Winigrad, photographer [photographs of performing artists, 1973-1989]
Hugh Wolff (1953) [photographs]
Cheryl Yeager, dancer [photographs]
Nacko Yoshino [photographs]
Pinchas Zukerman (1948-), violinist, conductor [photographs]


University of the Arts
University Libraries

      Date founded: 1876
 
 
320 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
 

Telephone: +1 (215) 875 1111
Telefax: +1 (215) 717 6287
E-mail: graney@uarts.edu
Homepage: http://www.uarts.edu/
Monday: 8:30-21:00
Tuesday: 8:30-21:00
Wednesday: 8:30-21:00
Thursday: 8:30-21:00
Friday: 8:30-17:00
Saturday: 12:00-17:00

Holdings added. Holdings closed.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
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. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.


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