Research Catalog

Title

Emeline Clark Roche collection, 1815-1988.

Author

Roche, Emeline Clark, 1902-1995.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Description

33 lf. (52 boxes)

Subjects

• Actresses
• Set designers
• Costume designers
• Women in the theater
• Theater > Production and direction
• Cowl, Jane, 1884-1950
• Roche, Emeline Clark, 1902-1995

Note

• The Emeline Clark Roche collection is held by the Billy Rose Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The collection is divided into 2 sub-groups consisting of the Emeline Roche Papers and the Jane Cowl Papers. Each portion of the collection is described at length in separate records: (NYPW98-A1 & NYPW98-A2).

Biography (note)

• Emeline Clark Roche was a set and costume designer who at various stages in her career was involved in other aspects of theatrical production including lighting design and stock company management.
• Jane Cowl, actress and author, made her professional debut in David Belasco's Company in 1903 and quickly rose to become a star of the American theater.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Collection guide available in the repository and on the Internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 1996-016

OCLC

NYPW98-A0

Author

Roche, Emeline Clark, 1902-1995.

Title

Emeline Clark Roche collection, 1815-1988.

Biography

Emeline Clark Roche was a set and costume designer who at various stages in her career was involved in other aspects of theatrical production including lighting design and stock company management. Ms. Roche also worked as a technical designer for New York City stage, television and stock productions as well as a designer of commercial productions.

Jane Cowl, actress and author, made her professional debut in David Belasco's Company in 1903 and quickly rose to become a star of the American theater. She also wrote her own plays, formed her own production company, was active in war relief, had her own radio show and, at the end of her 47 year theatrical career, moved to Hollywood and appeared in two films.

Indexes

Collection guide available in the repository and on the Internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Costume designers.

Set designers.

Actresses.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1996-016