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Theater

New York Public Library, Library for the Performing Arts

Joan Marcus photographs, 1980-2019 (340 boxes, 29.68 TB of digital files)
Carol Rosegg photographs, 1978-2018 (481 boxes)
G. Maillard Kesslere photographs, 1925-1953 (approx. 41 boxes)
Avery Willard photographs, 1919-1993 [bulk 1940-1970] (approx. 73 boxes)
Robert Benney research materials, 1927-1978 (11 boxes)
Friedman-Abeles photographs, 1934-1991 [bulk 1954-1970]

New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Negro Actors Guild of America photograph collection, [190-]-[198-] (16 boxes)

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Theater Biography Collection, ca. 1750-2021 (867 boxes, mixed material)
Production Photographs Collection, ca. 1860-1998 [bulk 1990-1965] (82 boxes)

Houghton Library, Harvard University

Harvard Theatre Collection cabinet photographs of scenes, ca. 1866-1929 (22 boxes)
Harvard Theatre Collection of theatrical cabinet photographs of women, ca. 1866-1929 (310 boxes)
Harvard Theatre Collection of theatrical cabinet photographs of men, ca. 1866-1929 (155 boxes)
Harvard Theatre Collection of theatrical scene photographs, 1860-2010 (86 boxes and 109 oversize folders)
Harvard Theatre Collection of theatrical portrait photographs, ca. 1860-2010 [bulk 1880-1930] (474 boxes and 796 oversize folders)
Harvard Theatre Collection Photographs of Broadway productions, ca. 1895-1940 (18 boxes)
Photographs of theatrical performers, 1952-1974 (12 boxes)
Alix Jeffry photographs, 1952-1974 (12 boxes)
Alix Jeffry additional papers, 1935-1994 (approx. 16 boxes and 1 folder)

Haas Arts Library, Yale University

Yale Rockefeller theatrical prints collection, 1934-1976 (103 boxes)

Victoria & Albert Museum

Guy Little Collection, ca. 1860s-1900s (52 boxes)
Ivan Kyncl Photographic Archive, 1984-2004 (90 boxes)

University of Bristol Theatre Collection

Mander & Mitchenson Collection
John Vickers Archive, 1845-1976 (ca. 8,000 photographic prints, 40,000 negatives, and 1,800 slides)

Dance

New York Public Library, Library for the Performing Arts

Photographic negatives of dancers and dance companies, 1941-1961 (29 boxes and 43,975 negatives)
Kenn Duncan photograph archive, ca. 1960-1986 (approx. 390 boxes)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Jack Mitchell photographs, ca. 1961-1992 (3 boxes)
Alfred Valente negatives, 1934-1958 (17 boxes)
Joanne Savio photographs, 1981-2006 (15 boxes)

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Fred Fehl Dance Collection, 194-1985 (approx. 130 boxes)

Houghton Library, Harvard University

Harvard Theatre Collection of dance organization photographs, ca. 1860-2010 (9 boxes)
Harvard Theatre Collection of dance portrait photographs, ca. 1903-1990 (12 boxes)
Harvard Theatre Collection of dance scene photographs, ca. 1924-1989 (3 boxes and 31 oversize folders)
John Lindquist Collection, 1910-1985 (approx. 35 boxes and 31 albums)
Arks Smith papers, 1924-2022 (25 boxes)

Library of Congress

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Collection, 1910-1924 [bulk 1950-2005] (55 boxes of photographs)
American Ballet Theater Archive, 1940-2014 [bulk 1940-1992] (29 boxes of photographs)
Larry Cowell dance photographs, 1944-1966 (8 boxes)
David A. Fullard dance photographs, 1977-2012 (20 boxes, 632.55 GB of digital files)

Victoria & Albert Museum

Duncan Melvin photograph collection, ca. 1940s (23 boxes)
Edward Mandinian photograph collection, ca. 1940s (1000 items)

Opera

New York Public Library, Library for the Performing Arts

Images of the New York City Opera, ca. 1940-1980 (3314 photographic prints, 3000 film negatives, etc.)

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Opera Collection, ca. 1800s-1990 [bulk 1880-1950] [no published finding aid; extent of photographic holdings unknown]
Girvice Archer Jr. Opera Collection, late 18th-mid 20th centuries (104 boxes) [no published finding aid; primarily photographs, negatives, and prints]

Houghton Library, Harvard University

Harvard Theatre Collection of cartes-de-visite portrait photographs of female opera musicians, ca. 1854-1979 (6 boxes)
Harvard Theatre Collection of cartes-de-visite portrait photographs of male opera musicians, ca. 1854-1879 (2 boxes)

Victoria & Albert Museum

Collection of Andrew Phillips Photographs, ca. 2000-2005 (ca. 12,000 digital photographs)

Performance Art & Experimental Theater

New York Public Library, Library for the Performing Arts

Nathaniel Tiletson photographs, 1964-2019 (36 boxes)
John Edward Heys papers, 1962-2001 [bulk 1969-2000] (visual material scattered across 8 boxes)
Max Waldman photographs, 1959-2014 [bulk 1965-1981] (55 boxes of photographic materials; includes other subjects)