Museum of the City of New York Archival Collections

A catablog for sharing archival finding aids.

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Browse Collections

Tag Archives: Broadway Theater

Collection on Theatrical Productions, ca. 1790-2006

January 30, 2018by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: Approximately 575 linear feet The Collection holds approximately 40,000 files documenting theatrical productions in New York City since the late 18th century.  Material within the files varies widely but […]

Read Article →
Subject based collections, Theater Collection

Rachel Crothers papers, 1898-1957 (bulk dates 1920-1950)

October 28, 2016by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 1 Comment

Extent: 1.75 cubic feet Rachel Crothers was born on December 12, 1878 in Bloomington, Illinois. She graduated from the Illinois State Normal School. When she was 19, Crothers moved to […]

Read Article →
Family and Corporate Papers, Theater Collection

Collection on Theaters, 1804-2005

September 26, 2016by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 2 Comments

Extent: 13 cubic feet. The Museum of the City of New York’s Collection on Theaters contains materials documenting theatrical playhouses in New York City. Administrative Note The Museum of the […]

Read Article →
Subject based collections, Theater Collection

William Auerbach-Levy drawings, 1925-1964

April 24, 2014by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 2 Comments

Extent: 3,326 drawings William Auerbach-Levy (1889-1964) was born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia.  His family added the surname Levy when they moved to the United States around 1894.  Auerbach-Levy grew up in […]

Read Article →
Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Phil Friedman papers, 1936-1987 (bulk 1962-1987)

August 23, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 1 Comment

Extent: 4.5 linear feet Philburn Friedman (1921-1988) was the stage manager for more than 85 shows during a 40 year career that included Broadway productions such as Kismet (1953), How […]

Read Article →
Family and Corporate Papers, Theater Collection

Collection on Yiddish theater, 1883-2005 (bulk dates 1910-1965)

March 20, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 25.5 linear feet The current Collection on Yiddish theater began in the mid 1960s through the collecting efforts of a volunteer at the Museum. The Collection on Yiddish theater […]

Read Article →
Theater Collection

Collection of Anthony F. Dumas Theatre Drawings, ca. 1916 – 1942

February 13, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 2 Comments

Extent: 228 items Not much information is available about the life and training of Anthony F. Dumas. His death certificate records his birth on August 30, 1882 in Saint-Anne, France. […]

Read Article →
Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Fred A. Mayer Silhouette Collection, ca. 1923 – ca. 1946

February 13, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 84 items Artist Friedrike Mayer was born in Germany on April 4, 1904. At the age of nineteen, he emigrated to New York, arriving on April 22, 1923.  While […]

Read Article →
Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Martha Sawyers drawings, ca. 1930-1935

February 11, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 28 objects Artist Martha Sawyers (1902-1988) was born in Cuero, Texas. She moved to New York City after high school and took classes at New York Art Students League. […]

Read Article →
Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Edward B. Marks Music Co. Collection on George M. Cohan, 1901-1968, bulk dates ca. 1915-1935

February 7, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 65.25 cubic feet The combination of three gifts from the Edward B. Marks Music Co., the collection contains original manuscripts, annotated typescripts, orchestrations, contracts, sheet music, and ephemera related […]

Read Article →
Family and Corporate Papers, Theater Collection

Post navigation

Search Collections

Browse by Collection Categories

  • Institutional Archives
  • Manuscript Collections
    • Documents & loose manuscripts
    • Ephemera
    • Family and Corporate Papers
  • Photography Collection
  • South Street Seaport Museum
    • Ephemera
  • Theater Collection
    • Family and Corporate Papers
    • Subject based collections
    • Works-on-paper

Subject Tags

18th century 19th century 20th century 1914-1918 Actors Advertising Advertising cards AIDS (disease) Albany (N.Y.) American Red Cross Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) Broadway Theater Brooklyn (New York Clubs Correspondence Currier & Ives Dinners and dining Drawings Education Entertainers Entertainment Ephemera Flushing Meadows Grace M. Mayer (1901-1996) Harry Twyford Peters (1881-1948) Hospitals Inc. Infrastructure Livingston Family Lower East Side Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan (New York Madison Square Garden (New York Manhattan Manhattan (New York Margaret Lewis Livingston (1783-1860) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York Military Museum exhibts Museum of the City of New York Musicals N.Y.) National Endowment for the Humanities New Orleans (La.) New York New York (City) New York (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.)—History New York (State) New York City (N.Y.) Parties Pen-and-ink drawings Photographs Plays Politicans Politics Presidential campaigns Public health Queens Real property Robert Fulton (1765-1815) San Francisco (Calif.) Scores Scripts Sheet music Sports Theater Theatres Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Tiffany and Company Transportation United States--History Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York Women World War

Museum of the City of New York

1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
917-492-3399
research@mcny.org
Blog at WordPress.com.