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J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated

Title: J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated

J. B. Matthews (1894-1966) was a Methodist missionary, college professor, author, lecturer, and prominent conservative spokesman. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, statements, speeches, reprints, clippings, broadsides, newsletters, press releases, petitions, and other printed material, chiefly 1930-1969. The principal focus of the collection relates to the work and research of Matthews and his associates in the area of anti-communism, particularly in connection with Matthews' role as Director of Research for the Special Committee on Un-American Activities of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-1945), Executive Director of the Permanent Subcommittee on Government Operations of the U.S. Senate (1953), and a consultant for John A. Clements Associates. Many of the organizations, newspapers, periodicals, and persons represented in the collection have various leftist, socialist, communist, radical, or pacifist (especially anti-Vietnam War) connections.Individuals represented in the files include Ralph Abernathy, Bella Abzug, Roy Cohn, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Michael Harrington, Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Jesse Jackson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Joseph Lash, Joseph McCarthy, Carl McIntire, Benjamin Mandel, Richard Nixon, Aristotle Onassis, Lee Harvey Oswald, Linus Pauling, Drew Pearson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Untermeyer.

ArchivalResource: 479 Linear Feet; 307,000 Items

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/matthews/ View

Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-1969. Jean Rosenthal papers, 1941-1972.

Title: Jean Rosenthal papers, 1941-1972.

Papers of a lighting and scenic director including lighting plots, charts and notes, and set designs for numerous Broadway productions, performances of the New York City Opera, and various community and school productions for which she served as consultant. The processed portion is summarized above, dates 1941-1966 and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1941-1972 and are described below.

ArchivalResource: 16.8 c.f. (41 archives boxes, 1 package, 2 oversize folders); plusadditions of 30.8 c.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692771 View

American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967

Title: American Ballet Theatre records 1936-ca. 1967

American Ballet Theatre was founded in 1939 with the intention of creating an American company of international stature, a museum of the dance, “which would preserve the best of the classic tradition of Europe and at the same time lay the foundation for a new tradition, American in concept and spirit.” Its guiding principle was to encourage collaboration between artists with no single choreographer taking precedence. The records of the company attest to the pursuit of these goals.

ArchivalResource: 220 lin. ft.

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19700 View

Barzel, Ann. American Ballet Theatre, 1958-1977. Volume #2 [videorecording].

Title: American Ballet Theatre, 1958-1977. Volume #2 [videorecording]. 1958-1977.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (37 min., 20 sec.) : si., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53356392 View

Graham, Martha. Martha Graham collection, 1896-2003 (bulk 1926-1991).

Title: Martha Graham collection, 1896-2003 (bulk 1926-1991).

The Martha Graham Collection is comprised of materials that document Graham's career and trace the history of the development of her company, Martha Graham Dance Company, which became the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, and school, Martha Graham School, later to be called the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. The materials include holograph scores, orchestral parts, and piano rehearsal scores by composers such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Alan Hovhaness, Louis Horst, Halim Ed-Dabh, Eugene Lester, Norman Dello Joio, Paul Hindemith, Gian Carlo Menotti, Robert Starer, William Schuman and Wallingford Riegger; scrapbooks and clippings; photographs of Graham, her family and her dances, including informal shots by former Graham board chair Arnold Weissberger; choreographic notebooks containing ideas, sketches and steps sequences; correspondence; articles, speeches and interviews by and about Graham; programs; and Graham's awards, honorary degrees and artwork. In addition, the collection contains material relating to fundraising, such as sponsor and donor lists and grant proposals, and flyers and posters for special events, galas and benefits. In addition to business papers relating to Graham's dance company and school, there are company cast lists, budgets, touring itineraries; lighting, set, and costume designs by Jean Rosenthal, Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Isamu Noguchi, Donna Karan, Beverly Emmons, Jennifer Tipton, and Thomas Skelton; and notes, budgets and itineraries relating to special projects.

ArchivalResource: 350,100 items (398 boxes, 590 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610027870 View