24 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Ephemera.

  1. Janus Press archive

    164 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 75 . Approximate number of items: 57,400. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present.

  2. Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo papers, circa 1865-1990

    approximately 8,000 items. 83 containers. 70 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo (1905-1992) was a Brazilian musicologist, folklorist, educator, and music critic. His papers document his life and career through correspondence, writings, teaching materials, notebooks, research and subject files, photographs, and awards. Correspondence, as well as holograph, facsimile, and inscribed scores, illustrate Azevedo's relationships with twentieth-century composers from South America, North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. His own holograph sketches and scores chronicle his early years as a composer and arranger.

  3. Al Wester collection, 1948-2007

    approximately 20,664 items. 62 containers. 24.8 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Media guides and press kits documenting professional and university sports from the 1950s to the early 2000s.

  4. Walter Hamady and The Perishable Press collection, 1895-2019

    ca. 20,040 items. 129 containers. 161 linear feet. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Walter Hamady was an artist, professor, poet and printer, who ran the Perishable Press, Limited for over forty years. The collection includes correspondence, planning documents, original art, photographs, printing plates, Hamady’s personal library, reference materials, ephemera and realia.

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  5. American Conservatory at Fontainebleau records, 1922-2022

    approximately 23,500 items. 71 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The American Conservatory at Fontainebleau was originally established in 1919 to improve the quality of United States military bands mobilized in France at the end of World War I. In 1921, the school opened to American civilians, welcoming music students for summer classes in the Louis XV wing of the Château de Fontainebleau. The School of Fine Arts was established in 1923, and architecture has become the focus of its instruction. Still active today, the Conservatory's faculty has featured prominent musicians such as Maurice Ravel, Nadia Boulanger, and Francis Poulenc, and notable alumni include Philip Glass, Donald Grantham, Adolphus Hailstork, and Louise Talma. Though student applications comprise the bulk of the records, there are also publicity materials, other administrative records, and publications documenting the activities of the Fontainebleau Alumni Association.

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  6. Herbert H. Coburn dance program collection, 1934-1988

    416 items . 6 containers . 3 linear feet . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Herbert H. Coburn Dance Program Collection consists of approximately 375 dance programs from 1934 to 1988. Most of the programs document performances in New York City, but performances in Seattle, Detroit, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., other American locations, and several sites abroad are also represented. Ticket stubs, cast change slips, newspaper clippings, and promotional flyers also number among the items.

  7. Muriel Manings and William Korff papers, 1914-2007

    1,088 items . 6 containers. 2.5 linear feet. 50 digital files (71.19 MB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Performer and teacher Muriel Manings and her husband William Korff, a performer, dance historian, and writer, compiled a substantial collection of materials that highlight activities of the New Dance Group, with particular emphasis on the dance trio of members William Bales, Jane Dudley, and Sophie Maslow. Manings's acumen as a teacher of modern dance earned her two engagements to teach in Cuba, both of which are documented in personal journals. Her leadership with the American Dance Guild and the ADG-sponsored gala celebrating the New Dance Group is also well documented in this collection.

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  8. Benjamin Garber papers, 1916-2009

    835 items . 8 containers. 4.3 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Benjamin Garber (1927-2001) was a distinguished interior designer who had a brief career as a dancer and enjoyed a close personal relationship with modern dance icon Martha Graham until the mid-1970s. The materials in the collection focus primarily on Garber's relationship with Martha Graham. Graham-related materials include correspondence, photographs, Graham dance company papers, programs, clippings and articles, and oral histories. Graham's convalescence at Garber's home Cross River is documented among these materials, as is Garber’s career as an interior designer and art collector.

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  9. Hazel Scott papers, 1924-1986

    approximately 3,720 items. 15 containers. 9 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Hazel Scott was a jazz and classical pianist, singer, and actor. Materials in the collection include correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, business papers, datebooks, and other items that document her career in entertainment and history of political activism.

  10. Alfred Bendiner memorial collection (Library of Congress)

    1,901 items. Includes 1,372 drawings, 455 prints, 39 periodicals, and ten or fewer items in each of the following categories: albums, calendars, invitations, manuscripts, maps, menus, pamphlets, posters, programs, and postcards.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Drawings and prints created by Alfred Bendiner, chiefly sketches made during his travels in England, Egypt, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Middle East, Morocco, Paris, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the West Indies, and the United States, between 1920 and 1964. Also represented are Bendiner's interest in the circus, caricature, sports, his family, musicians, and dancers. A series of grotesques he designed as a student at the University of Pennsylvania are examples of his early work. Over 200 drawings, mainly very rough sketches, show activities on the home front in World War II. Two advertising campaigns showing many stages of the design process are examples of his work in advertising and a series of caricatures are a sample of work he did as a theatrical columnist for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Drawings, prints, and ephemera collected by Bendiner focus on Mid-Atlantic artists and satire, especially 19th century French caricature. Also included are British satire, Asian drawings and prints, cartoons about World War I and international relations, historical prints, illustrations, and posters.

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