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Donald Oenslager papers and designs
- Title
- Donald Oenslager papers and designs, 1922-1982.
- Author
- Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 5 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 6 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 7 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 8 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 9 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 10 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 11 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 11 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 12 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 12 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 13 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 13 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 14 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 14 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 15 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 15 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 16 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 16 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 17 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 17 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 18 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 18 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 19 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 19 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 20 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1996-015 Box 20 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Oenslager, Donald, Mrs.
- Description
- 71 linear feet (103 boxes)
- Summary
- The Donald Oenslager Papers and Designs span the years 1922-1982 and reflect his long and varied career as a stage designer, professor, consultant, writer, and lecturer.
- Subjects
- Scrapbooks
- Set design drawings
- Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975
- Renderings
- Aronson, Boris, 1900-1980 > Correspondence
- Elevations
- Technical drawings
- Clippings
- Costume design drawings
- Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 > Correspondence
- Preliminary sketches (sketches)
- Photographs
- Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
- Appia, Edmond, 1894-1961 > Correspondence
- Swatches
- Correspondence
- Set designers > United States
- Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954 > Correspondence
- Financial records
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Correspondence.
- Costume design drawings.
- Elevations.
- Financial records.
- Photographs.
- Preliminary sketches (sketches)
- Renderings.
- Scrapbooks.
- Set design drawings.
- Swatches.
- Technical drawings.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography (note)
- Donald Mitchell Oenslager, an American stage designer and professor was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 Martch 1902.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1996-015
- OCLC
- NYPG06-A115
- Author
- Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975.
- Title
- Donald Oenslager papers and designs, 1922-1982.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Donald Mitchell Oenslager, an American stage designer and professor was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 Martch 1902. Oenslager began his career in the theater as an actor, working at the Greenwich Village Theatre and the Provincetown Playhouse during the early 1920s. He became interested in theater design after studying in Europe and his first project as a designer was in 1925 for a ballet, Sooner or Later. Oenslager was active as a designer from the 1930s to the 1960s, working on many notable Broadway productions, including Of Mice and Men (1937) and A Majority of One (1959), for which he received a Tony Award. He also served as a faculty member of the Yale School of Drama, teaching design from 1925 until his death in 1975. Oenslager published many works, including Scenery Then and Now (1936) and Notes on Scene Painting (1952). Profoundly influenced by the European stage designers, Edward Gordon Craig and Adolphe Appia, Oenslager brought a new emphasis on symbolism over realism to American theater design. Throughout his life, Oenslager built up an extensive collection of materials on both Craig and Appia. Following his death on 11 June 1975, Oenslager's widow, Mary, gave portions of the Craig material to the New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division, while other parts of the collection went to Yale University.
- Indexes
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Set designers.
- Added Author
- Oenslager, Donald, Mrs.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1996-015