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HB Playwrights Foundation, Inc. records

Title
  1. HB Playwrights Foundation, Inc. records, 1909-2001 (bulk 1940-1988).
Author
  1. HB Playwrights Foundation and Theatre.

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Description
  1. 42.91 linear feet (108 boxes)
Summary
  1. This collection contains the records of HB Playwrights Foundation and the personal and professional papers of its founders, actors Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen. The Foundation was formed in New York City in 1964 to allow a space for playwrights, actors, directors, and designers to develop their plays in an experimental environment free from commercial limitations. Material relating to the HB Playwrights Foundation includes extensive production material and a small amount of administrative files. Files relating to Berghof and Hagen consist of correspondence, appointment books, diaries, photographs and photo albums, production files, scrapbooks, and a small amount of personal material.
Subject
  1. Acting > Social aspects
  2. Diaries
  3. Sound recordings
  4. Video recordings
  5. Theater > United States
  6. Negatives
  7. Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004
  8. Acting > Study and teaching
  9. Experimental theater
  10. Slides (photographs)
  11. Theater > Production and direction
  12. Scrapbooks
  13. Artifacts
  14. HB Studio
  15. Photographs
  16. West Village (New York, N.Y.)
  17. Scripts
  18. Berghof, Herbert
  19. Appointment books
Genre/Form
  1. Appointment books.
  2. Artifacts.
  3. Diaries.
  4. Negatives.
  5. Photographs.
  6. Scrapbooks.
  7. Scripts.
  8. Slides (photographs)
  9. Sound recordings.
  10. Video recordings.
Call number
  1. *T-Mss 2010-106
Access (note)
  1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the series may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatre@nypl.org). Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access. Letters from Shannon John, a former student of Berghof and Hagen's, have been restricted until 2021.
Location of other archival materials (note)
  1. Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Author
  1. HB Playwrights Foundation and Theatre.
Title
  1. HB Playwrights Foundation, Inc. records, 1909-2001 (bulk 1940-1988).
Restricted access
  1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the series may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatre@nypl.org). Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access. Letters from Shannon John, a former student of Berghof and Hagen's, have been restricted until 2021.
Location of other archival materials
  1. HB Studio records, 1939-2009; Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  2. Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof papers, 1889-2004; Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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  2. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
Research call number
  1. *T-Mss 2010-106
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