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Performing Arts Collection:
Manuscript Collections
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List of Collections by Subject
- Music Collections
- Theater Collections
- Circus and Magic Collections
- Film and Television Collections
- Historical Sound Recordings
- Small Collections
Alphabetical List of Collections
- Adams (Carlisle) Collection. (PA Mss 23)
- Approximately 5,000 vocal 78rpm sound recordings.
- Anderson (Dame Judith) Papers.
(PA Mss 6)
- Personal papers of Austrialian born actress famous for her interpretations of roles in Hamlet and Medea.
- Arabic wax cylinders, ca. 1900.
(PA Mss 42)
- Twenty-one commercial brown wax cylinder recordings, made in Damascus, Syria.
- Archive of Recorded Vocal Music.
(PA Mss 19)
- Approximately 18,000 vocal recordings from the first half of the 20th century.
- Baker (Darrell) Harry Lauder Collection. (PA Mss 63)
- Collection of recordings, books, photographs and emphemera related to Scottish performer Sir Harry Lauder.
- Boucher
(Anthony). Golden Voices (Radio program) (PA Mss 29)
- Master tapes of Boucher's Pacifica radio program on opera.
- Brahms (Johannes) Sieben Lieder, Op 62, no 1-4, Autograph Ms. (PA Mss 33)
- British manuals and guides to magic tricks, conjuring, illusions, and prestidigitation. (PA Mss 66)
- Early 20th century British pamphlets and ephemeral guides to magic of a practical nature.
- Brown (Betsy) Puppetry Collection (PA Mss 38)
- Collection of programs, newletters, clippings and other material related to puppetry, clowns and the circus, including the puppet theater of Europe and Asia.
- California circus photographs, 1950s (PA Mss 67)
- Photographs of California circuses in the early 1950s, including Clyde Beatty Circus.
- Clovis (Hall) Papers. (PA Mss
30)
- Archives of singer Hall Clovis, including manuscripts of commissioned works by Milhaud, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and others.
- Couper (Mildred) Papers. (PA
Mss 45)
- Papers and musical manuscripts of composer Mildred Couper including her quarter tone piano compositions.
- Diemer (Emma Lou) Papers. (PA
Mss 41)
- Papers of composer and UCSB faculty member Emma Lou Diemer. The collection includes her manuscript scores, business correspondence and royalty statements, programs, review and clippings.
- Dramatic Arts Collection. (PA Mss 7)
- Programs, playbills and clippings from the stage and the early days of film. 0.4 linear ft.
- Eichheim (Henry) Papers (PA
Mss 52)
- Papers of composer and organologist.
- Ensemble Theatre Company of
Santa Barbara Records. (PA Mss 47)
- Records of local theater company.
- Faulkner
(Maurice) Papers (Fac Pap 35)
- Papers of professor of trumpet at UCSB.
- Fikkert (Rita) Collection. (PA Mss 8)
- Books and periodicals on costume and costume design.
- Film
Press kit collection. (PA Mss 39)
- Press kits for motion pictures, mostly independent releases, including promotional material, clippings and advertising materials.
- Film Scripts Collection (PA Mss 60)
- Collection of screenplays from major and independent films, 1959-2003 (bulk 1989-2003).
- Florey (Robert) Sound Recording Collection. (PA 2001-001)
- Collection of early popular French 78 rpm recordings.
- Freeman (Robert) Papers. (Fac Pap 36)
- Papers of UCSB Musicology faculty member.
- Fricker (Peter Racine) Papers,
1940s-1990. (PA Mss 17)
- Manuscripts and personal papers of British born composer and UCSB faculty member.
- Geiringer (Bernice) Papers.
(PA Mss 40)
- Personal papers of pianist and philanthropist Bernice Geiringer, second wife of musicologist Karl Geiringer.
- Geiringer (Karl) Oral History. (PA Mss 18)
- Oral history interview with the renowned musicologist.
- Geiringer (Karl) Papers. (Fac Pap 46)
- Papers of Austrian musicologist and UCSB faculty member Karl Geiringer.
- Gillespie (John and Anna) research files for Notable twentieth-century pianists, 1900-1995 (PA Mss 68)
- Authors' research files for biographical sourcebook on pianists.
- Goldshlak (Leon A.) Gilbert & Sullivan Collection (PA Mss 51)
- Extensive collection of books, recordings and memorabilia related to Gilbert & Sullivan.
- Harmer (Douglas) Papers. (PA
Mss 36)
- Papers of Santa Barbara theater director, author and playwrite affiliated with the Alhecama Theater.
- Herrmann (Bernard) Papers,
1927-1977. (PA Mss 3)
- Manuscripts and personal papers of film composer noted for his scores to Hitchcock and Orson Welles films.
- Hilly (John) Collection. (PA 2000-017)
- Recordings of several radio shows guest starring John Hilly, including one episode of Hi Jinx and seven of the show Gangbusters.
- James (Harry and Grace) Collection. (PA Mss 5)
- Donated by Harry and Grace James to UC-Riverside and subsequently transferred to UCSB, the James collection contains approximately 15,000 recordings, including long runs of Victor and Columbia 78 rpm album sets.
- Kingsbaker/Moeller/Bang Collection. (PA 2000-003)
- Jazz and dance orchestra 78s and LPs and a large number of trade catalogs relating to Jazz and popular music.
- Lehmann (Lotte) Biography, typescript. (PA Mss 48)
- Lehmann (Lotte) Collection.
(PA Mss 2)
- Personal papers of Austrian born soprano noted for her interpretations of German Lieder and her roles in Strauss' operas.
- Lehmann (Lotte) Photograph Collection, 1926-1960s.
(PA Mss 34)
- Copies of photographs of soprano Lotte Lehmann during her performances at the Salzburg Festivals from 1926-1937, during her return to Austria in the 1960s, and other photos from the Bildarchiv und Porträtsammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien and the Max Reinhardt-Forschsungs und Gedenkstätte, Salzburg.
- Lemack (Brad) Collection (PA Mss 58)
- Collection of publicity materials from shows produced by Embassy Television and Tandem/T.A.T.
- Little Performers Collection (PA Mss 61)
- Collection of photographs, cartes-de-visite, and souvenir circus programs relating to little people performers in late 19th and early 20th century circus and vaudeville.
- Live Oak Festival Recordings (PA Mss 62)
- Aircheck recordings of aKORN radio from the 2002 and 2003 Live Oak Festivals.
- Lobero Theatre Records, ca.
1920s-1997. (PA Mss 4)
- Archives of Santa Barbara theater, including files on all shows held at the Lobero since 1924.
- Lucas (Johnny) Sound Recording Collection. (PA 2001-007)
- Collection of jazz 78s of dixieland trumpeter Johnny Lucas (Firehouse Five), including unreleased acetate recordings.
- McDonell Playbill Collection. (PA Mss 9)
- Theater programs. 1.2 linear ft.
- Michaelis (Ruth) Collection. (PA Mss 15)
- Moran (William R.) Collection
(PA Mss 57)
- Papers and collection of author and discogrpher William R. Moran.
- Music Academy of the West Recordings (PA Mss 65)
- Recordings of Music Academy of the West concerts, 1960-2001.
- Naylor (Cal) Production Files,
1981-1982. (PA Mss 16)
- Production files for early episodes of Hill Street Blues.
- O'Brien (Neil) Papers, 1900-1940. (PA Mss 70)
- Papers of blackfaced entertainer Neil O'Brien and his Great American Minstrels.
- Pedroza
(Alma and Alfonse) Recordings. (PA Mss 50)
- Acetate recordings of opera singers Alma and Alfonse Pedroza.
- Playman (Gordon) Papers (PA Mss 59)
- Papers of composer Gordon Playman, including manuscript scores and recordings.
- Potter (Robert) Papers. (PA
Mss 10)
- Typescript copies of plays written by Potter.
- Rae (Dorothy) Collection. (PA
Mss 49)
- Photos of vaudeville performer Dorothy Rae.
- Rich (Blanche Browning) Collection. (PA 2002-005,
PA 2002-006)
- 1,400 Edison Blue Amberol cylinder recordings and 6,400 Edison Diamond Discs, all unplayed dealer stock.
- Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera
Records (PA Mss 56)
- Records of Santa Barbara musical theater company.
- Saxon
(Arthur Hartley) Collection. (PA Mss 11)
- Typescript of The Life and Art of Andrew Ducrow and the Romantic Age of the English Circus, and accompanying essay. .4 linear ft.
- Screen
Guild Players Recordings, 1942-1948. (PA Mss 28)
- Recordings of 32 Screen Guild Players radio programs used as a fundraising effort for the Motion Picture Relief Fund featuring many contemporary stars.
- Sinclair
(Robert) Collection. (PA Mss 12)
- Annotated teleplays for 1950s and 60s television program directed by Sinclair.
- Singher (Martial) Recordings,
1943-1980. (PA Mss 25)
- Recordings made by French baritone Singher who was on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West.
- Sober (Kurt) Papers, 1913-1920.
(PA Mss 21)
- Papers of German-American conductor, pianist, accompanist and voice coach.
- Sound Recording Catalog Collection.
(PA Mss 26)
- Extensive collection of manufacturers' catalogs, primarily from the 78 rpm era.
- Specht (Margaret) Correspondence (PA Mss 44)
- Correspondence between Specht and Lotte Lehmann
- Stanford Playbill Collection. (PA Mss 13)
- Stokowski
(Leopold) Recordings, 1934-1940. (PA Mss 27)
- Stokowski's personal collection of test pressings.
- Toole-Stott (Raymond) Circus
Collection. (PA Mss 14)
- Monographs on the circus and research material for Toole-Stott's Circus and Allied Arts: A World Bibliography.
- Todd (Verne) Collection. (PA
Mss 1)
- Extensive collection of popular, classical, jazz and other sound recordings and related ephemera.
- Van der Voort (Antoni) Papers,
1930s-1952. (PA Mss 22)
- Manuscripts and personal papers of Santa Barbara composer and educator.
- Wallsten (Robert) Papers. (PA
Mss 43).
- Papers of New York actor and writer including correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and literary manuscripts. Wallsten co-wrote the autobiography of Dame Judith Anderson.
- Warren (Leonard) Collection (PA Mss 64)
- Papers and recordings of noted operatic baritone Leonard Warren.

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