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BGH1. Ben Graf Henneke Collection of the Performing Arts

 Record Group
Identifier: BGH1
This is an artificial umbrella classification originally devised by Ben Graf Henneke, University President, and Guy Logsdon, Library Director, for the performing arts related collections.

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Lynette Bennett theatrical costumes, 1951-1998

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-054
Scope and Contents

Theatre and dance costumes, shoes and accessories.

Dates: 1951 - 1998

Motion picture archive

 Collection
Identifier: 1500-030
Scope and Contents

Advertising and promotional material for a variety of film genres including western and musicals; MGM & Universal Studios Story Department memos and synopses; production archive for "Ocean's Eleven"; performer promotional head shots.

Dates: 20th century

Phonodisc collection, 1924-1978

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-013
Scope and Contents

An artificial collection containing 45 rpm discs, 78 rpm discs, 10 inch discs, 12 inch discs, thirty-four 33 1/3 rpm discs, and one 10.5" reel mono recording.

Dates: 1921 - 1978

Scripts and Screenplays Library

 Collection
Identifier: 1500-036
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection intended to make it easier for the research to find all of our film scripts and screenplays.

Please use the link in External Documents to search the Bibliographic catalog.

Dates: 1929 - 2008

Sheet music collection, 1890-1950

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-028
Scope and Contents

200 pieces of vintage sheet music dating from the late 19th century to about 1920, includes early Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin, and E. T. Paul numbers, African-American historical and caricature numbers, early telephone and airplane songs and illustrations, and photographs depicting dress and activities of the period performers of the day and scenes of the era.

Dates: 1840s-1980s

Theater Department Archives, 1927-2008

 Collection
Identifier: 1894-098
Content Description

Materials gathered through the 20th century relating to the Theater Department. This collection includes theatrical production slides, set sketches, announcements, programs.

Dates: 1927 - 2008

Victoria Wicks Collection of Howard Barker

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-023
Content Description

A collection of stage playscripts collected by Victoria Wicks

Dates: 2021-06-21