Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bennet, Michael.
2. Bock, Jerry.
3. Ebb, Fred.
4. Grossman, Larry.
5. Harnick, Sheldon.
6. Kander, John.
7. Klotz, Florence.
8. Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
9. Logan, Joshua.
10. Prince, Harold, 1928-2019.
11. Sondheim, Stephen.

Description

1. 15.84 linear feet (40 boxes, 1 oversized folder, 1 tube)

Summary

1. Ruth Mitchell was a stage manager, director, producer and the assistant to the acclaimed director and producer Harold Prince, working on Broadway from the late 1940s through the late 1990s. This collection consists mainly of production files, most notably scripts with extensive technical cues, for the 50-odd shows that Mitchell stage managed, assistant directed or produced. Some personal files are also included.

Subject

1. Video recordings
2. Theatrical producers and directors > United States > 20th Century
3. Musical theater > United States > 20th century
4. Theater > Production and direction > United States > 20th century
5. Programs
6. Theater > Stage management > United States > 20th century
7. Theatrical stage managers > United States > 20th Century
8. Photographs
9. Scripts
10. Sound recordings
11. Mitchell, Ruth, 1919-2000
12. Scrapbooks

Genre/Form

1. Photographs.
2. Programs.
3. Scrapbooks.
4. Scripts.
5. Sound recordings.
6. Video recordings.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2001-023

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use (note)

1. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Author

1. Mitchell, Ruth, 1919-2000.

Title

1. Ruth Mitchell papers, 1887-1999 (bulk 1946-1999).

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use

1. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Location of other archival materials

1. Harold Prince papers; Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Connect to:

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

Occupation

1. Theatrical producers and directors United States 20th Century.
2. Theatrical stage managers United States 20th Century.

Added author

1. Bennet, Michael.
2. Bock, Jerry.
3. Ebb, Fred.
4. Grossman, Larry.
5. Harnick, Sheldon.
6. Kander, John.
7. Klotz, Florence.
8. Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
9. Logan, Joshua.
10. Prince, Harold, 1928-2019.
11. Sondheim, Stephen.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2001-023