2017-11-2 Preliminary Inventory of the Theatre Promotions Collection, 1856-2015, bulk 1971-2015 SPEC.TRI.TPR Finding aid prepared by Mackenzie Sommers; Courtney Bishop Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210

2017 September; 2022 February This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2024-09-30T15:09-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Theatre Promotions Collection SPEC.TRI.TPR Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 4.7 Cubic feet Bulk, 1971-2015 1856-2015 Theatre promotions are any materials that advertise and educate potential audience members on the plot, cost, location, and time of a theatrical production. The Theatre Promotions Collection contains mostly posters for theatrical productions. Also included are newspapers clippings, legal files, publications, prints, fliers, and photographs that publicize theatrical shows. Materials are dated 1856-2015, with the bulk of the material from 1971-2015. (23) oversize folders; (5) oversize flat boxes; (3) letter file folders; (1) 2.5" letter document box English, Polish, Italian, unknown Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. TRI.2015.0032: Purchased, 2015 May; Accession No. TRI.2015.0058: Ralph MacPhail, Jr., 2015 August; Accession No. TRI.2016.0117: Ralph MacPhail Jr., 2016, November; Accession No. TRI.2017.0059, Ralph MacPhail Jr., 2017, July; Accession No. TRI.2017.0075: James Olinkiewicz, 2017 July; Accession No. TRI.2019.0005: Transfer, 2018 July; some accessions unknown

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Theatre Promotions Collection, SPEC.TRI.TPR, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains compact discs and a DVD.

Access to Materials

Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. The remainder of this collection is available for patron research, but may be used only in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room.

Use of Materials

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.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed; Finding Aid written by: Mackenzie Sommers, 2017 September; Courtney Bishop, 2022 January

Historical Note

Theatre promotions are any materials that advertise and educate potential audience members on the plot, cost, location, and time of a theatrical production. Promotional materials can range anywhere from small flyers passed out on the street corner to large posters or billboard ads.

Scope and Contents

The Theatre Promotions Collection contains mostly posters for theatrical productions. Also included are newspapers clippings, legal files, publications, prints, fliers, a calendar, photographs, a set design, a theatrical package, and drawings that promote theatrical shows. Materials related to young Shakespeare and Elizabeth I are copies from Jackdaws: Collections of Contemporary Historical Documents; this book contains 24 portfolios of information about people and events in the past. Materials are dated 1856-2015, with the bulk of the material from 1971-2015.

Advertising--Performing arts--20th century Advertising--Performing arts--21st century Arts publicity--19th century Arts publicity--20th century Arts publicity--21st century Entertainment events--19th century Entertainment events--20th century Entertainment events--21st century Fliers (printed matter) Legal files Newspaper clippings Posters Prints (visual works) Promotional materials Publications (documents) Theater--History--19th century Theater--History--20th century Theater--History--21st century As Bees in Honey Drown (Lucille Lortel Theatre) poster 1 1 circa 1997-1998 A Change in the Heir (Edison Theatre) poster 1 2 circa 1990 April-May Cats (Winter Garden Theatre) poster 1 3 circa 1982-2000 Wonderhouse (Broadhurst Theatre) poster 1 4 circa 1991 A Soldier and a Man (David Allen and Sons Ltd.) poster 1 5 undated Hello, Dolly! (Ohio Theatre) poster 1 6 1995 January 31-February 5 Breaking Legs (Ohio Theatre) poster 1 7 1993 March 16-21 Blood Brothers (Ohio Theatre) poster 1 8 1994 October 18-23 Love Letters (Ohio Theatre) poster 1 9 1993 February 9-14 The Greeks (Perseverance Theatre) poster 1 10 circa 1983-1984 The Orchid (Theatre Royal) poster 1 11 after 1903 A Gaiety Girl (Grand Theatre) poster 1 12 circa 1894 October The Best Man (Colonial Theatre) poster 1 13 after 1960 Great Ladies of the Theatre calendar 1 14 1967 Playbill Centennial issue 1 15 1984 Gloriana 1 16 after 1953 Napoleon Bonaparte print 1 17 undated The Death of Marat print 1 18 undated One for the Dame (Colonial Theatre) poster 1 19 undated Marcia Siegel on Twyla Tharp '63 (Barnard Hall) poster 2 1 2014-2015 The Fula from America (Roy Bowen Theatre) poster 2 2 circa 1981 February The Fula from America (Carlyle Brown and Company) poster 2 3 circa 1981 Vision and Reality (Federal Theatre) poster 2 4 1976 October 4 A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White (Frederick Loewe Theatre) poster 2 5 undated The Ensign poster 2 6 undated Lenox Quartet (Thurber Theatre) poster 2 7 1975 February 5 The Ragtime Years: Max Morath (Ohio Theatre) poster 2 8 1975 April 4 The Israel Chamber Orchestra (Mershon Auditorium) poster 2 9 1975 January 30 The Danube; The Conduct of Life (Organic Theater Company) poster 2 10 circa 1988 Texas (Palo Duro Canyon State Park) poster 2 11 1987 June 10-August 22 Maro's Great Saxophone Quartette poster 2 12 circa 1900s To Die at Dawn poster 2 13-14 undated Brockway Jubilee Singers poster 2 15 circa 1902-1909 Maro: Incubation a la Magique poster 2 16 circa 1900s Maro Prince of Magic: The Cabinet of Balsamo poster 2 17 circa 1900s Shakespeare character costume photographs 2 18 undated Draft in the Queen's hand for a speech to parliament on the succession, 1567 2 19 undated Letter written on her way to the tower by Elizabeth to Queen Mary 2 20 undated Elizabeth I - I Childhood 2 21 undated Shakespeare (Ashland, Oregon) poster 3 1 after 1935 Sophisticated Ladies (Palace Theatre) poster 3 2 circa 1981 August Grease (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 3 after 1971 February Lorelei (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 4 after 1973 No, No, Nanette (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 5 1971 December 4-9 Tecumseh! (Chillicothe) poster 3 6 after 1973 Ambakaila (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) poster 3 7 circa 1975 February An Evening with Miss Peggy Lee with her 25 Piece Symphonic Orchestra with John Byner (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 8 1974 March 4-9 Fred Waring and his All New Young Pennsylvanians (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 9 1974 March 29 The Fantasticks (Palace Theatre) poster 3 10 1990 September 11-16 A Chorus Line (Palace Theatre) poster 3 11 after 1975 Segovia (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 12 undated Driving Miss Daisy (Ohio Theatre) poster 3 13 after 1988 The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God (Hillsborough Community College-YBOR City) poster 3 14 after 2003 The Little Foxes (Martin Beck Theatre) poster 3 15 circa 1981 Broadway Bound (Mershon Auditorium) poster 3 16 1989 January 18-19 Pump Boys and Dinettes (Seretean Center Concert Hall) poster 3 17 1988 February 22 A Lie of the Mind (Promenade Theatre) poster 3 18 circa 1985 William Inge Festival VII Salutes Sidney Kingsley (Independence Community College) poster 4 1 1988 April 9-12 William Inge Festival VI Salutes Garson Kanin (Independence Community College) poster 4 2 1987 April 4-7 Gypsy (Broadway Theatre) poster 4 3 1959-1961 Part of the funeral roll showing Elizabeth's coffin in procession 4 4 undated 'Giardini Reali de' Tarquinj nel Gianicolo' set design on photostat 4 5 circa 1930-1950 Italian "The Magic Lake" scene from the musical comedy "The Black Crook" print 4 6 1856-1907 Elizabeth I - II Girlhood 5 1 undated Elizabeth I - III Elizabeth the Queen 5 2 undated Pen and ink drawing of Elizabeth's coronation 5 3 undated Young Shakespeare I - Home 5 4 undated Young Shakespeare II - School 5 5 undated Young Shakespeare IX 5 6 undated A letter in Queen Elizabeth's hand to parliament 5 7 undated Pittsburgh Performing Artists Foundation press release 6 1984-1988 Portland Civic Theatre Call Board 6 undated Broadway Presents publication 6 1993-1994 Winnipeg Jewish Theatre flyer 6 1996-1997 Rent: Palace Theatre (Columbus) pin, fliers, bag 6 after 2000 Tyrone Guthrie Theatre flyer 6 1968 "To This Day: A Journey from Doubt to Belief" theatrical package 6 2005-2006 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Box 6 (4) compact discs Box 6 DVD; approximate run time: unknown The Green Table (Mershon Auditorium) poster 1 1988 March 3-5 Lar Lubovitch Dance (City Center) poster (signed) 2 1990 February 27-March 4 Oliver! (London Pallidum) poster 3 1994 Madama Butterfly poster 4 circa 1904 La troupe des Comediens Italiens print 5 undated The Living Theatre (Bovard Auditorium) poster 6 undated The Barber of Seville; Aida; The Three Sisters; The Man of La Mancha (Palace Theatre) poster 7 1985 October-1986 April Adolphe Appia poster 8 undated 16th Annual Champlain Shakespeare Festival (Royall Tyler Theatre) poster 9 circa 1974 July 24-September 14 Collection of the Russian Ballets of Serge Diaghilev formed by Howard D. Rothschild (Harvard Theatre Collection) poster 10 2009 Great Southern Theatre poster 11 undated Mary Anderson (Brooklyn Park Theatre) poster 13 circa 1860s-1900s Toneel Museum (Herengracht 168 Amsterdam) poster 14 undated Theatre Museum: At the Victoria and Albert Musem and at Leighton House until the move to the Flower Market (Covent Garden) poster 15 circa 1970s Austrian Theater Museum, 1776-1976 poster 16 circa 1976 Studio Internazionale dello Spettacolo "Progetto Dioniso" posters 17 1986 July 12-26 Kit, the Arkansas Traveller with Mr. Chanfrau poster 18 1870s Accession No. TRI.2015.0058 0.1 Cubic feet 1982 (1) oversize folder Poster of "Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Begins Oct. 22, Barksdale Theatre" (Color separations: Dominion Graphics; Printing: Spencer Printing Co.; Illustration: Bill Nelson; Typography: Riddick Advertising Art; Caligraphy: Ann Northington) Accession No. TRI.2015.0058.001 1982 Accession No. TRI.2016.0117 0.01 Cubic feet 1980 Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings and Cole Company files on establishing a limited partnership agreement.

Newspaper clippings, Cole Company files 2016 TRI Accessions Box 3 1980 Accession No. TRI.2017.0059 0.04 Cubic feet 1979, undated Scope and Contents

4 Polish theatre posters

"Alban Berg Wozzeck" poster Accession No. TRI.2017.0059.002 undated "Faust" Accession No. TRI.2017.0059.004 undated Accession No. TRI.2017.0075 0.2 Cubic feet 1900 Scope and Contents

12 promotional posters for the 1901 play "The New Baby" by David DeWolf

"The New Baby" promotional posters Accession No. TRI.2017.0075.001 1900 "The New Baby" promotional posters Accession No. TRI.2017.0075.002 1900 Accession No. TRI.2017.0098 0.1 Cubic feet 2013-2014 Marie Wainwright illustration poster Accession No. TRI.2017.0098.0001 undated Santiago Garcia Maestro del Teatro Colombiana poster Accession No. TRI.2017.0098.0001 undated Teatro La Candelaria posters and flyers (5) Accession No. TRI.2017.0098.0001 2013-2014 Accession No. TRI.2019.0005 0.1 Cubic feet 1985 October 31 Dario Fo and Franca Rame "Arlecchino" poster Accession No. TRI.2019.0005 1985 October 31