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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Preliminary Inventory of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Records, 1963-1995
                    <num>SPEC.TRI.0024</num>
                </titleproper>
                <author>Finding aid prepared by Belle Teesdale</author>
            </titlestmt>
            <publicationstmt>
                <publisher>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>1858 Neil Avenue</addressline>
                    <addressline>Columbus, OH, 43210</addressline>
                </address>
                <date>2017 November</date>
            </publicationstmt>
            <seriesstmt>
                <p>Cat recorded needed.</p>
            </seriesstmt>
        </filedesc>
        <profiledesc>
            <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2020-10-01T15:35-0400</date>
            </creation>
            <langusage>English</langusage>
            <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules>
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        <did>
            <unittitle>United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Records</unittitle>
            <unitid>SPEC.TRI.0024</unitid>
            <repository>
                <corpname>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</corpname>
            </repository>
            <langmaterial>
                <language langcode="eng"/>
            </langmaterial>
            <physdesc>
                <extent>1.26 Cubic feet</extent>
            </physdesc>
            <unitdate>1963-1995</unitdate>
            <abstract id="ref43" label="Abstract">The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) was founded in 1960, and is a membership organization based around the discussion and advancement of design, production, and technology related to the performing arts and their theatres. The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Records contains slides (35mm film and glass), color correcting lighting books, 16mm films, and other ephemera belonging to Edward F. Kook, a past president, vice president, chair, and fellow of USITT.</abstract>
            <physdesc id="ref40" label="Physical Description">(2) microfiche boxes; (1) 5'' legal document box; (1) 2.5" letter document box; (1) card box</physdesc>
            <langmaterial id="ref44" label="Language of Materials">English</langmaterial>
            <origination label="creator">
                <corpname rules="rda" source="naf">United States Institute for Theatre Technology.</corpname>
            </origination>
        </did>
        <arrangement id="ref45">
            <head>Arrangement of Materials</head>
            <p>This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.</p>
        </arrangement>
        <acqinfo id="ref46">
            <head>Acquisitions Information</head>
            <p>Accession No. TRI.2017.0072: USITT, 2017 September</p>
        </acqinfo>
        <prefercite id="ref48">
            <head>Preferred Citation</head>
            <p>[identification of item], United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Records, SPEC.TRI.0024, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University</p>
        </prefercite>
        <phystech id="ref49">
            <head>Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements</head>
            <p>Contains microforms and 16mm films.</p>
        </phystech>
        <accessrestrict id="ref55">
            <head>Access to Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only. Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed.</p>
        </accessrestrict>
        <userestrict id="ref51">
            <head>Use of Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.</p>
        </userestrict>
        <processinfo id="ref52">
            <head>Processing Information</head>
            <p>This collection is unprocessed.</p>
        </processinfo>
        <bioghist id="ref53">
            <head>Biographical Note</head>
            <p>The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) was founded in 1960, and is a membership organization based around the discussion and advancement of design, production, and technology related to the performing arts and their theatres. USITT holds annual conferences throughout North America, as well as traveling symposiums, training sessions, and expos for their members.</p>
        </bioghist>
        <scopecontent id="ref42">
            <head>Scope and Contents</head>
            <p>The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Records contains slides (35mm film and glass), color correcting lighting books, 16mm films, and other ephemera belonging to Edward F. Kook, a fellow of USITT.</p>
        </scopecontent>
        <separatedmaterial id="ref54">
            <head>Separated Materials</head>
            <p>These materials are available through the OSU Library Catalog: The Museum of Modern Art, New York "Technics and Creativity II Gemini Gel" 1971</p>
        </separatedmaterial>
        <controlaccess>
            <persname rules="rda" source="naf">Kook, Edward F.</persname>
            <corpname rules="rda" source="naf">United States Institute for Theatre Technology.</corpname>
            <genreform source="aat">Color slides</genreform>
            <genreform source="aat">Lantern slides</genreform>
            <genreform source="aat">Slides (photographs)</genreform>
            <subject source="lcsh">Stage lighting designers--United States--20th century</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh">Stage lighting--Design--20th century</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh">Theater--Design and construction</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh">Theater--Production and direction</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh">Theaters--Lighting</subject>
        </controlaccess>
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            <c01 id="ref2" level="series">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Accession No. TRI.2017.0072</unittitle>
                    <physdesc>
                        <extent>1.26 Cubic feet</extent>
                    </physdesc>
                    <unitdate>1963-1995</unitdate>
                </did>
                <scopecontent id="ref41">
                    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
                    <p>Slides, glass slides, 16mm film, color correcting lighting books, and other ephemera belonging to Edward F. Kook, a fellow of USITT.</p>
                </scopecontent>
                <c02 id="ref3" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Denver Center for the Performing Arts correspondence and slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1984 July 12</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref4" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>James (Robert Edmond) "Towards a New Theatre" Lecture No. 1</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487002" type="Box" label="Audio">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                    <phystech id="ref5">
                        <head>Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements</head>
                        <p>Magnetic tape: approximate runtime: unknown</p>
                    </phystech>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref6" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>"Justine" Roll No. 1, Act Two</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487003" type="Box" label="Audio">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1970 October 21</unitdate>
                    </did>
                    <phystech id="ref7">
                        <head>Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements</head>
                        <p>Magnetic tape: approximate runtime: unknown</p>
                    </phystech>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref8" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>The Museum of Modern Art, New York "Technics and Creativity II Gemini Gel"</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487004" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1971</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref9" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>"Colored Gelatine for the Theatre School and Community Playhouse" booklet</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487005" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref10" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Rosco color correcting lighting book</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487006" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1987 August</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref11" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Rank Cinemar Colour Filters color correction lighting book</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487007" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref12" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Rosco Designer Color Selector color correcting lighting book</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487008" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1978 September</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref13" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Miscellaneous slides from interiors</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487009" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref14" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Miscellaneous slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487010" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1984 June</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref15" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Die Cast borderlites slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6487011" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref17" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>"Einstein on the Beach" lighting design by Brucrly Emons</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520002" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1976 December 7</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref18" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Various slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520003" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1986-1995</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref20" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Macbeth designs slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520005" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref21" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Howard, K. slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520006" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref23" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Century Catalogs slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520008" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>circa 1970s</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref24" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Various slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520009" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref25" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Various R.E. Jones slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520010" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref26" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Jules Fisher "Rock" slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520011" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>circa 1970s</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref27" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified slides 1through 15</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520012" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref28" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Slides miscellaneous "Interior"</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520013" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref29" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>"Main" glass slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520014" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref31" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>USA Designs slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520016" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref32" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified 16mm film</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520017" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref33" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Blank 16mm film</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520018" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref34" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified 16mm film</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520019" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1963 October</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref35" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Stage Lighting Part I</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520020" type="Box" label="Microform">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref36" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Stage Lighting Part II</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520021" type="Box" label="Microform">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref37" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Basic Stage Lighting Part 3</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520022" type="Box" label="Microform">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.001</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref19" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentifed Kodak glass slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520004" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.002</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref16" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>B-Aronson slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520001" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.003</container>
                        <unitdate>circa 1970s</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref30" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified Ed Kook slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520015" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.003</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref22" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified Kook slides</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6520007" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.003</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref38" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Street Car Lark glass slides (set of 7)</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6616001" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.004</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref39" level="item">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified glass slides (set of 8)</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid6616002" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.004</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref56" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Unidentified glass slides (set of 10)</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid10735002" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.004</container>
                        <container id="cid10735001" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">Accession No. TRI.2017.0072.005</container>
                        <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
            </c01>
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