Special Collections in Performing Arts
Performer & Scholar Collections
These collections consist of the papers of performers and scholars in music, theatre, and dance and may include manuscripts, criticism, scores, photographs, recordings and other archival materials.
- Gillian B. Anderson Papers and Film Music Scores and Parts
42.5 linear feet
Professional files and scores of a contemporary conductor of silent film music. - Daniel Bonade Papers
6 linear feet
Written, photographic, recorded materials, reeds and reed cases, and personal items created or collected by Daniel Bonade. Brochures, programs and photographs of Maud Bonade La Charme, wife of Daniel. Programs, photographs and memorabilia of Louis and Esther Bonade, parents of Daniel, are also included. - George Bryan Papers
6 linear feet
Professional files of a late professor of theatre at the University of Vermont. - Minas Christian Papers
1 linear foot
A small collection documenting the career of a conductor of the Evansville, Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Manuscript highlights of the collection are three signed, typed letters from Aaron Copland and two manuscript scores by Thurlow Lieurance. - Jacob Coopersmith Collection of Handeliana
13 linear feet
A personal research collection on the life and works of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). The collection comprises books about Handel; 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century published scores; manuscripts; librettos; photocopies of Handel documents; and hundreds of articles related to Handel and his music. - James Felton Collection
5.5 linear feet
Notes and research results from work on a biography of Leopold Stokowski. - Charles Fowler Papers
153 linear feet
Papers of the late innovator in arts and music education and internationally recognized author. - Robert Gerle Collection
6 linear feet
Papers and scores of concert violinist, conductor, and teacher. Gerle graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and studied at the National Conservatory of Music. Taught at Peabody Institute in Baltimore and the Mannes College of Music in New York. Founder of the orchestra program at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). Also taught at The Catholic University of America, conducted the Friday Morning Music Club, and served as musical director of the Washington Sinfonia. - The Jim Henson Works
75 videos
This collection makes available to UM's community of students, scholars, and visitors 75 digital videos spanning 35 years of Henson's groundbreaking work in television and film. - Marcia Herndon Papers
20.5 linear feet
Papers of the late notable UM ethnomusicologist. - Howe Collection of Musical Instrument Literature
A collection of papers and memorabilia pertaining to the history of mechanical musical instruments. - Keesing Collection on Popular Music and Culture
3000+ cataloged books; 175 linear feet of papers and serials concerning popular music and popular culture; 50 linear feet of uncataloged recordings and sheet music. - Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Archives
The collection consists of the administrative materials of correspondence, reports, meeting materials, pamphlets, notes, publications, and statistics; the production materials of photographs, playbills, flyers, press kits, and contextual information; memorabilia; and video and audio cassettes, all of which relate to the activities and functions of the company. - Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Collection
105 linear feet.
Contains the papers of Irving Lowens, music critic for the Washington Star and American musicologist. Included are correspondence, article and clipping files, subject files, and research notes for Mr. Lowens's publications. - Alice Parker Papers
36 linear feet
Ongoing receipt of scores, recordings, and professional papers of prominent composer and choral conductor Alice Parker. - Jerry Pierce Papers
5 linear feet
Scores, recordings, education materials, and professional papers for professional clarinetist and co-founder of the International Clarinet Association. - Clara Rockmore Collection
9.5 linear feet
Correspondence, concert programs, reviews and articles, scrapbooks, scores, documents related to a documentary film, and other materials pertaining to Rockmore's life and work as the leading Thereminist of the Twentieth Century. - Howard Serwer Papers
In process
Papers of the late UM School of Music musicologist and Handel scholar. - Madeleine Bartfeld Sigel Collection of Performing Arts Autographs and Memorabilia
8 linear feet
Historic Viennese theatre programs, memorabilia, and autographs, spanning 1900-1930s, and theatre programs mainly from from the DC area from the 1950s forward, chronicling performances attended by the donor. - Lynn Steele Papers
6 linear feet
Collection includes the compositions, recordings, concert programs and correspondence of the late respected composer. - John Owen Ward Papers
58 linear feet
Papers of a prominent music editor. - Asher Zlotnik Papers
29 linear feet
Papers of the late Baltimore private teacher of music theory and composition.
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