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Music & Performing Arts Primary Sources

ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Contains ten newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002), Washington Post (1877-1997), New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010), The Korea Times (1956-2016), The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2020). Coverage: 1849-three years ago. articles newspapers magazines news current events primary sources

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Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection
The only collection of curated primary and secondary full-text materials to support informed performance, pedagogy, and scholarship in dance. Presents the historical context of 20th and 21st century dance through 150,000 pages of exclusive photographs, correspondence, magazines, dance notation, and reference material. primary sources

Eighteenth Century Drama
Explore the Larpent Collection from the Huntington Library – a unique archive of almost every play submitted for licence between 1737 and 1824. Larpent preserved the original submissions, over 2,500 of which are presented here. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts

Performance Design Archive
Performance Design Archive Online is the first comprehensive, international collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including, scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more. It includes 100,000 pages of primary and secondary resources, including sketches, photographs, technical drawings, monographs, articles, and dissertations. primary sources
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Contains ten newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002), Washington Post (1877-1997), New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010), The Korea Times (1956-2016), The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2020). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago. articles newspapers magazines news current events primary sources

RIPM
This database includes RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals, RIPM e-Library of Music Periodicals, and RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1760-1966). primary sources

Shakespeare in Performance
This resource features the world-famous prompt book collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts