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Russian Opera and Ballet Synopses, 1950s

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116-page document, apparently compiled by the US Embassy in Moscow for the benefit of its personnel who might be attending performances of the Bol'shoi Theater as official guests. It gives a synopsis of all the performances, most of which are Russian works.

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Ulysses Kay papers, 1894-2017, bulk 1938-1995

55.25 linear feet
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) was a noted twentieth-century American composer. The collection includes audio reels, biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, phonograph records, photographs, programs, and scores.
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Joan Laskoff Papers, 1840-1923 1983, bulk 1864-1911

17 linear feet
The collection consists entirely of material related to the 1996 documentary written and directed by Joan Laskoff about the life and times of Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, Pulitzer and What He Prized. Photographic copies of images used in the film, many of which originally appeared in print publications during mid-19th to early 20th centuries, comprise most of the collection. Color slides of the images are also included. Record books, in which Laskoff indexes the images, make up the remainder of the collection.
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Columbia University Archives

Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection, 1947-2016

138.80 linear feet
This collection is a combination of several different accessions of prints, negatives, contact sheets, color slides and digital files that were created by the University Photographer and others in the Columbia University Office of Public Affairs. The collection documents many events held on campus (e.g., commencement, homecoming, 1968 protests), the Morningside campus, individuals (faculty, student athletes), and sporting events.
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Douglas Moore papers, 1883-2018, bulk 1907-1969

45 linear feet
Douglas Stuart Moore (1893-1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. His best known works include the operas The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937-1939), The Ballad of Baby Doe (1953-1956), and Giants in the Earth (1949-1950), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951. The papers include clippings, correspondence, course and lecture materials, librettos, photographs, programs, publicity materials, recordings, and scores.
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Scrapbook-Opera Scrapbook Pages, 1909-1911 Box 67, Folder 18

Scrapbook-Opera Scrapbook Pages, 1909-1911
Includes pages related to performances by Metropolitan Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, etc

Includes pages related to performances by Metropolitan Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, etc. These includes photographs and pages from programs.

  1. Series IX. Personal and Biographical Materials, 1909-1997, undated
  2. Subseries IX.1: Alphabetical, 1909-1997
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Amos Vogel papers, 1896-2001, bulk 1960-1990

68 linear feet
This collection documents the professional work of film critic, professor, and author, Amos Vogel. The bulk of the records are concerned with numerous films that Vogel has screened for Cinema 16, the independent film society that he founded and directed for sixteen years, as well as administrative records, correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
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Taliesin Associated Architects architectural drawings and records, 1959-1991

400 linear feet
The collection includes the project files and architectural drawings of the Taliesin Associated Architects, the firm that was established after the death of Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959. Projects include commissions that were left on Wright's desk at the time of his death as well as independent commissions and renovation work. Over 1,000 architectural projects are represented either in the paper records, the architectural drawings, or both.
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Daniel Talbot Papers, 1923-2010, bulk 1960-2008

495 linear feet
The Dan Talbot Papers document the business operation of the New Yorker Films, an independent film acquisition and distribution company, dating from 1960s to 2008, as well as movie theaters in the Upper West Side Manhattan which he operated, dating from 1960 to 2007. It is of particular relevance to New Yorkers as the Talbots operated the New Yorker Theater, Cinema Studio, Metro, and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, on the Upper West Side, as popular venues to view independent and foreign films.
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Serge Prokofiev Archive, 1917-2012

294 linear feet
Serge Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, and seminal figure in the history of twentieth-century music. The Serge Prokofiev Archive (SPA) contains 58 original music manuscripts and over 10,000 letters and documents primarily from 1918-1936, the years Prokofiev spent in the West. The SPA also includes an expansive collection of music manuscript copies, published scores, concert programs, scholarly books and articles, photographs, and audio and video material, making it the premier research collection for studying Prokofiev's life, work and legacy.
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Hector Berlioz papers, 1825-1994

27 linear feet

Correspondence, manuscripts, papers, essays, etc. relating to Berlioz, and 19th century arts and literature. The correspondence includes original Berlioz letters and over 200 copies of letters relating to Berlioz and the romantic era, written by musicians, critics, historians, and literateurs of the past century. There are many photostats of letters and manuscripts obtained from the principal libraries of the world which hold original Berlioz material. The collection includes much printed material in the form of music scores, published letters, essays, clippings, biographies, music and book catalogues, program notes, and playbills.

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