Performance and Entertainment
Digital collections that fall within the John Hay Library’s Performance and Entertainment STRATEGIC COLLECTING DIRECTION. Here you will find digitized materials that document the history and creative process of performing arts and provides a window into public life and popular entertainment in the Americas through plays, dance, film, music, photography, and pornography.
Subcollections (13)
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Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s)
...This collection is a grouping of over 1,400 items dating from the 1830s to the 1920s. The contents of the collection depict representations of Black diasporic people and cultures through close to a century of illustrations and musical and lyrical …
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Harris Broadsides
Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of …... -
Lincoln Sheet Music
This database comprises sheet music from the McLellan Lincoln Collection at the Hay Library written between 1859 and 1923. Music about Lincoln ranges from popular song to compositions for orchestral performance. Popular music about Abraham Lincoln proliferated between 1859 and …... -
World War I Sheet Music
The World War I digital sheet music collection is drawn from the Sheet Music Collection at the John Hay Library. It is composed of over 1,800 titles that relate in some way to the events of World War I, and …... -
Yiddish Sheet Music
The Yiddish language sheet music in this digital collection is part of the large Sheet Music Collection at the John Hay Library. The digital collection is composed of public domain (pre-1923) titles.... -
Ciné-Tracts
Digitized issues of Ciné-Tracts: A Journal of Film, Communication, Culture and Politics. Ciné-Tracts was founded in 1977 and edited by Ron Burnett until it ceased publication in late 1982. During that time, the journal published seventeen issues (1,247 pages). Ciné-Tracts …... -
Rites and Reason Theatre
Rites and Reason was founded in September 1970 by Professor George Houston Bass and became a formal component of the then Program in Afro-American Studies in 1975. It was born out of the Black Arts Movement and student protests at …... -
Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos
This collection of materials from the Fernardo Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts contains drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, poetry, essays, and screenplays created and collected by Argentinian filmmaker and artist, Fernando Birri. Several of Birri’s diaries are collected here …... -
H. Adrian Smith Magic Objects Collection
The Smith Magic Objects Collection consists of a number of objects pertaining to magic, collected by Smith over the course of his life. It includes memorabilia from other magicians, various awards and trophies, games, cards, magic tricks, and props for …... -
Songsters and Hymnals from the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
The Harris Collection has one of the largest holdings of songsters in any American library, and a significant collection of hymnals encompassing various styles and forms of American worship music. The majority of songsters and hymnals in this digitized collection …... -
Blondie Robinson collection of African-American Minstrel and Vaudeville photographs
A collection of 77 vintage photographs, primarily from the early 20th century, the bulk of which is dated between the years 1915 and 1925, formerly owned by Blondie Robinson, an accomplished African-American vaudeville performer of that era. The heart of …... -
Julie Adams Strandberg Collection: 50 Years of Dance at Brown University
Julie Adams Strandberg began the Dance Program at Brown University in 1969 with a small group of enthusiastic students and a steadfast commitment to providing professional experiences in the liberal arts environment. This collection contains the programs and posters for …... -
Dupee Fireworks Collection
Digitized items from the premier collection of books and manuscripts devoted to the history of recreational fireworks. The collection was acquired through the generosity of Paul R. Dupee, Jr. '65 and was assembled by Chris A. Philip, one of Great …...
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