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archival photograph of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City) in 1966

SCRIPTS

Theater

New York Public Library, Library for the Performing Arts

Roger Belrind Productions collection of scripts, 1983-2013 (26 boxes and 2 volumes)

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection, 1795-1978 [bulk 1870-1915] (17 boxes)

Houghton Library, Harvard University

British promtbook and manuscript collection, ca. 1680-2000 (12 boxes)

Library of Congress

Manuscript Plays Collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits, 1863-1973 [bulk 1890-1940] (190 containers)

British Library

Lord Chamberlain's Plays [linked resource unavailable due to reconstruction of BL website]

University of Bristol Theatre Collection

Mander & Mitchenson Collection (165 boxes)

Dance

Houghton Library, Harvard University

Nikolai Sergeev dance notations and music scores for ballets, 1888-1944 [bulk 1902-1931] (approx. 30 boxes)

Library of Congress

Dance Notation Collection, 1893-1983 [bulk 1946-1992] (6 containers)
American Ballet Theater archive, 1940-2014 [bulk 1940-1992] (25 boxes of dance notation from 1955-1980s)

Opera

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Hans Peter Kraus Collection of Libretti, 1600-early 20th century (approx. 3,800 items) [no published finding aid]

Houghton Library, Harvard University

19th and 20th-century printed opera librettos, 1838-2003 (14 boxes)