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The following collections are open for research, but electronic finding aids are only available for some collections. Preliminary inventories are available in the Harry Ransom Center's Reading and Viewing Rooms or by request from performing arts staff.

Some of these collections are located in the Manuscripts Collection or the Art Collection. To access these materials, please contact the Head of Reference Services or Art staff.

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A

• Abeles, Joseph (ca. 1908-1991). Studio Collection, 1935-1975
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• Performing Arts
• Adler, Stella (1902-1992). Audio and Video Recordings, 1958-1992 (bulk 1979-1983)
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• Performing Arts
• Adler, Stella (1902-1992), and Harold Clurman (1901-1980). Papers, 1898-2003
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• Performing Arts
• Albery, Donald (1914-1998). Theater Records, 1941-1978
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• Performing Arts
• Anderson, Maxwell (1888-1959). Collection
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• Manuscripts
• Aronson, Boris (1900-1980). Scenic Design Papers, 1939-1977
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• Performing Arts

B

• B. J. Simmons & Co. (1857-1964). Costume Design Records, 1878-1969
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• Performing Arts
• Banbury, Frederick Harold Frith (1912- ). Papers, 1926-1996
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• Manuscripts
• Barker, Michael. Collection of Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop, ca. 1937-1975
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• Manuscripts
• Barrett, Wilson (1846-1904). Collection, 1865-1934
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• Perf. Arts/Manuscripts
• Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989). Collection, 1930-1990
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• Manuscripts
• Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923). Collection, ca. 1860-1977
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• Performing Arts
• Betti, Adolfo (1875-1950). Papers, 1907-1940
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• Manuscripts
• The Black Crook Collection, 1853-1929
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• Performing Arts
• Blessing, Lee (1949- ). Papers, 1960s-1999
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• Manuscripts
• Bowden, Charles. Collection of Tennessee Williams, 1954-2004
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• Manuscripts
• Brown, John Russell (1923- ). Papers, 1948-2008
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• Performing Arts

C

• Card Photograph Collection, 1860-1920
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• Performing Arts
• Castor, Chris (1895/6-?). Papers, 1876-2004
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• Performing Arts
• Chodorov, Edward (1904-1988). Papers, 1936-1997
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• Manuscripts
• Circus Collection, ca. 1775-1988 (bulk ca. 1850-1940)
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• Performing Arts
• Clift, Montgomery (1920-1966). Costumes and Personal Effects, ca. 1900 [?]-ca. 1966 (bulk 1940s-1960s)
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• Performing Arts
• Clurman, Harold (1901-1980)
            See Adler, Stella
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• Conway, Gordon (1894-1956). Costume Design Collection, 1916-1936
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• Performing Arts
• Conway, Gordon (1894-1956). Costumes and Personal Effects, ca. 1980 (based on designs from the 1920s and 1930s)
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• Performing Arts
• Costume and Scenic Design Collection, 1800-1970
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• Performing Arts
• Craig, Edward Gordon (1872-1966). Collection, 1901-1943
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• Manuscripts
• Crain, W. H. (1917-1998). Barnum & Bailey Circus Collection, 1805-1937
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• Performing Arts
• Crain, W. H. (1917-1998). Costume and Scenic Design Collection, ca. 1650-1993
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• Performing Arts

D

• Daly, Augustin (1838-1899)
            See Rehan, Ada
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• Dance Collection, 1790s-1983
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• Performing Arts
• The Deep Blue Sea Collection, 1949-1955
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• Performing Arts
• De Niro, Robert (1943- ). Costumes and Props, 1970-2005 (bulk 1990-2005)
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• Performing Arts
• De Niro, Robert (1943- ). Personal Effects, 1967-2005
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• Performing Arts
• Dickerson, Gordon. Collection of Modern British Playwrights
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• Manuscripts

E

• English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. Correspondence, 1955-1959, nd
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• Manuscripts
• Evans, Edith (1888-1976). Papers, 1893-1976
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• Performing Arts

F

• Fehl, Fred (1906-1995). Dance Collection, 1940-1985
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• Performing Arts
• Fehl, Fred (1906-1995). Theater Collection, 1935-1983
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• Performing Arts
• Film Costumes, 1940s-1960s
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• Performing Arts
• Ford, Ruth (1911-2009). Collection, 1944-1991
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• Manuscripts
• Fostell, Al Emmett (1856-1920). Papers, 1879-1920
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• Performing Arts

G

• Gardner, Erle Stanley (1902-1992). Study, ca. 1795-1970 (bulk 1930-1967)
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• Performing Arts
• Geddes, Norman Bel (1893-1958). Theater and Industrial Design Papers, 1873-1964
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• Performing Arts
• German Plays Collection, ca. 1870-ca. 1910 (bulk 1875-1900)
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• Performing Arts
• Glenville, Peter (1913-1996). Papers, 1914-2001
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• Manuscripts
• Golby, Bob (b. 1901). Collection, 1931-1977, nd
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• Performing Arts
• Gray, Spalding (1941-2004). Papers, 1959-2005
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• Manuscripts
• The Great White Hope
            See Sackler, Howard
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• Gregory, Lady (1852-1932). Collection, 1904-1944
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• Manuscripts
• Gussow, Mel (1933-2005). Collection, circa 1920s-2008
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• Manuscripts

H

• Hare, David (1947- ). Papers, 1968-1996, nd
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• Manuscripts
• Hellman, Lillian (1905-1984). Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984)
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• Manuscripts
• Hirschfeld, Al (1903-2003). Collection, 1951-1965, undated
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• Performing Arts
• Houdini, Harry (1874-1926). Collection, 1750-1972
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• Performing Arts
• Housman, Laurence (1865-1959). Collection, 1898-1959
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• Manuscripts
• Howard, George C. (1815-1887), and Family. Collection, 1833-1963 (bulk 1840-1935)
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• Performing Arts

I

• Ives, Burl (1909-1995). Papers, 1944-1963
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• Performing Arts

J

• Jones, Joseph (1908-1999). Caribbean Plays Collection, ca. 1950s-1960s
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• Performing Arts

K

• Kennedy, Adrienne (1931- ). Papers, ca. 1954-1992
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• Manuscripts
• Klein, Charles (1867-1915). Plays, 1900-1921
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• Manuscripts
• Kops, Bernard (1926- ). Addition to his Papers, 1954-2000
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• Manuscripts
• Kops, Bernard (1926- ). Addition to his Papers, 1959-2003
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• Manuscripts
• Kraus Libretti. Collection, 1600-1900s
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• Books and Periodicals

L

• Littlewood, Joan (1914-2002)
            See Barker, Michael
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• Long, John Luther (1861-1927). Papers, 1870-1958
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• Manuscripts

M

• Magicians Collection, 1750-1920
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• Performing Arts
• Mamet, David (1947- ). Papers, 1918-2007
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• Manuscripts
• Martin, Steve (1945- ). Papers, 1980-1990
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• Manuscripts
• Marcus, Stanley (1905-2002). Collection of Sicilian Marionettes, ca. 1850, ca. 1960
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• Performing Arts
• Matson, Miles (c. 1912- ). Joke Collection, circa 1950s-1990s
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• Performing Arts
• Mayes, John (1921- ). Family Papers, 1879-2004
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• Performing Arts
• McNally, Terrence (1938- ). Papers, 1950s-2002
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• Manuscripts
• Miller, Arthur (1915-2005). Papers, 1935-1953
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• Manuscripts
• Minstrel Show Collection, 1821-1959
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• Performing Arts
• Musicians Collection, 1727-1981
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• Performing Arts

N

• New Faces Records, 1950s-1980s
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• Manuscripts
• Northcott, Richard A. (1871-1931). Musicians and Composers Collection, circa 1737-1892
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• Performing Arts

O

• O'Casey, Sean (1880-1964). Collection, 1911-1964
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• Manuscripts
• O'Donnell, May (1909-2004). Collection, 1930s-1996
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• Performing Arts
• O'Neill, Eugene (1888-1953). Collection, 1918-1960
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• Manuscripts
• Opera Collection, 1800s-1990
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• Performing Arts
• Osborne, John (1929-1994). Papers, 1954-1994
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• Manuscripts
• Osborne, John and Helen Dawson. Papers, 1929-2003
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• Manuscripts

P

• Pantomime Collection, 1793-1977
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• Performing Arts
• Pastor, Tony (1837-1908). Collection, 1861-1908
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• Performing Arts
• Pearson, Hesketh (1887-1964). Papers, 1789-2001 (bulk 1921-1964)
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• Manuscripts
• Pillot, Eugene (1886-1966). Collection, 1917-1955
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• Performing Arts
• Pinter, Harold (1930- ). Collection, 1960-1980
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• Manuscripts
• Playbills and Programs Collections
            London and Other United Kingdom Theaters, 1696 - present
            New York City Theaters, 1750 - present
            Souvenir Programs and Silk Souvenir Playbills, 1829-ca. 1990
            United States Theaters, 1778-present
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• Performing Arts
• Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection, 1795-1978
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• Performing Arts
• Poster Collection, 1880-1980
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• Performing Arts
• Prints Collection, 1669-1906
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• Performing Arts
• Production Photographs Collection, 1860-1970 (bulk 1900-1965)
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• Performing Arts

R

• Rattigan, Terence (1911-1977). Collection, 1960-1963
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• Manuscripts
• Rehan, Ada (1857-1916), and Augustin Daly (1838-1899). Collection, 1884-1898
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• Performing Arts
• Renfro, Nancy (1937-1993). Puppets, 1984, undated
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• Performing Arts
• Rice, Elmer (1892-1967). Papers, 1909-1967
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• Manuscripts
• Rollitts, Sarah. Papers, 1939-1982
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• Performing Arts
• Roose-Evans, James (1927- ). Papers, ca. 1961-1977
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• Manuscripts
• Rosi, Giovanni Vittorio (born 1867). Quo Vadis Ballet Collection, circa 1904-1949
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• Performing Arts
• Royal Court Theatre
            See English Stage Company
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S

• Sackler, Howard (1929-1982). Manuscripts for The Great White Hope, 1967-1969
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• Manuscripts
• Samuel French, Inc. (1830- ). Correspondence, 1949
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• Performing Arts
• Saunders, James (1925-2004). Papers, 1959-1992
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• Manuscripts
• Savage, Ann (1921-2008). Costumes for My Winnipeg, ca. 1940s-ca. 1980s
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• Performing Arts
• Searle, Ronald (1920- ). Collection, 1949-1961
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• Art
• Seidemann, Conrad. Collection of German Plays, ca. 1890-ca. 1920
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• Performing Arts
• Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950). Collection, 1757-1963 (bulk 1875-1950)
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• Manuscripts
• Sheet Music Collection, 1728-1964 (bulk 1900-1950)
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• Performing Arts
• Shepard, Sam (1943- ). Papers, 1965-2009 (bulk 2001-2009)
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• Manuscripts
• Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936). Papers, 1773-1935
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• Manuscripts
• Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932). Collection, 1880-1969
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• Performing Arts
• Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946). Personal Effects, ca. 1900s-ca. 1960s
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• Performing Arts
• Stoppard, Tom (1937- ). Papers, 1939-2000 (bulk 1970-2000)
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• Manuscripts
• Strindberg, August (1849-1912). Papers, 1899-1968
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• Manuscripts

T

• Taylor, Laurette (1884-1946). Papers, 1907-1959
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• Manuscripts
• Texas Theater Collection, ca. 1900-present (bulk 1962-1980)
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• Performing Arts
• Theater Biography Collection, 1750-1970
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• Performing Arts
• Theatre Guild Records, 1919-1980 (bulk 1940s-1960s)
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• Performing Arts
• Todd, Arthur (d. 1978). Papers, ca. 1946-1978
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• Performing Arts
• Trewin, J. C. (1908-1990). Papers
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• Manuscripts
• The Two Orphans Collection, 1874-1926
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• Performing Arts

U

• Uncle Tom's Cabin Collection, 1852-1945
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• Performing Arts

W

• Walston, Ray (1914-2001). Papers, 1938-1995
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• Manuscripts
• Ward, Joe E. (b. 1894 or 1895, d. 1971). Circus Collection, ca. 1811-1970
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• Performing Arts
• Ward, Richard Heron (1910-1969). Collection, 1930s-1960s
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• Manuscripts
• Watson, "Sliding" Billy (1876-1939). Collection, 1900-1988
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• Performing Arts
• Wesker, Arnold (1932- ). Papers, 1925-2000
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• Manuscripts
• Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Collection, 1880-1993 (bulk 1930s-1970s)
            See also Charles Bowden Collection of Tennessee Williams
            See also Tennessee Williams Art Collection
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• Manuscripts
• Willoughby-Blake Collection of Silver and Decorative Arts, 1711/1712-ca. 1940s (bulk 1776-1790)
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• Performing Arts
• Wilson, Sandy (1924- ). Papers, 1936-1996
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• Manuscripts
• Winter, William (1836-1917). Papers, 1857-1920
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• Performing Arts
• Wolfit, Sir Donald (1902-1968). Papers, 1803-1984
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• Performing Arts
• Wood, Audrey (1905-1985). Papers, 1863, 1900-1984, n.d.
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• Manuscripts

Z

• Ziegfeld, Florenz (1867-1932). Collection, 1893-1979
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• Performing Arts
• Ziegfeld, Florenz (1867-1932). Photograph Collection, 1888-1975 (bulk 1907-1936)
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• Performing Arts