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Tag Archives: Theatres

Collection on Theatrical Broadsides

June 4, 2021by Lauren Robinson

Extent:  6 drawers of flat file storage, 3 oversize print boxes totaling 954 objects. The Collection on Theatrical Broadsides is an artificial collection physically united by Morgen Stevens-Garmon, Associate Curator for […]

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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 […]

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Subject based collections, 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 […]

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Theater Collection

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

February 13, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 3 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. […]

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Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

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