Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .63 lin. ft. (2 boxes)

Summary

1. The slides span the years 1956 to 1969 and include many notable Broadway and Off-Broadway shows of that era.

Subject

1. Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019 > Mame
2. Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 > Night of the iguana
3. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > South Pacific
4. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 > Show boat
5. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Gypsy
6. Theater > New York (State) > New York
7. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 > Porgy and Bess
8. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 > Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder English
9. Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 > Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10. Phoenix Bookshop (New York, N.Y.)
11. Slides

Genre/Form

1. Slides.

Call number

1. *T-Vim 1985-004

Source (note)

1. Robert A. Wilson

Biography (note)

1. Robert A. Wilson was the third proprietor of the Phoenix Bookshop in New York City from 1962 to 1988.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016.

Title

1. Robert A. Wilson slides, 1956-1969.

Biography

1. Robert A. Wilson was the third proprietor of the Phoenix Bookshop in New York City from 1962 to 1988. A great lover of literature, he not only sponsored new writers, but collected rare books and manuscripts and published the work of many writers of his day.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections
3. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. *T-Vim 1985-004