Theater collection
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the work of women in the performing arts, especially American actresses, women playwrights, and dancers. There are biographical files on individuals such as Maude Adams, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich, Isadora Duncan, Cloris Leachman, Ida Lupino, Tatum O'Neal, Mary Pickford, Lillian Russell, Marlo Thomas, and Cicely Tyson, among others. Articles and dissertations include topics related to women in theater and dance, including biographical writings on Hallie Flanagan, Lillian Helman, Katherine Cornell, Eva LeGallienne, Olive Logan, Alla Nazimova, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Ruth St. Denis. Also included are several contemporary plays by women, and printed material on women filmmakers and feminist theater.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1843 - 1985
Creator
- Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection may be governed by copyright. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. Researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Extent
6.584 linear feet (15 containers)
Abstract
The collection documents the work of women in the performing arts, especially American actresses, women playwrights, and dancers. There are biographical files on individuals; articles and dissertations; several contemporary plays by women; and printed material on women filmmakers and feminist theater.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this subject collection were either purchased or given to the Sophia Smith Collection by various donors.
Subject
- Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969. (Person)
- St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Person)
- Hellman, Lillian, 1906- (Person)
- Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 (Person)
- Le Gallienne, Eva (Person)
- Nazimova, 1879-1945 (Person)
- Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901- (Person)
Genre / Form
- Books
- Fliers
- Newsletters
- Plays
- Reviews
- Scripts
- Theses
- articles
- Bibliographies
- clippings
- correspondence
- memorabilia
- photographs
- scrapbooks
Topical
- Actors
- Actors
- Actresses
- Audiotapes
- Catalogs
- Dancers
- Dancers -- United States
- Feminism and theater
- Filmmakers
- Microforms
- Playbills
- Playwrights
- Postcards
- Posters
- Theater -- United States
- Theater companies
- Women dramatists, American
- Women in motion pictures
- Women in the performing arts
- Women in the theater
- Women motion picture producers and directors -- Fiction
- Title
- Theater collection
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2017-07-26T17:48:13-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2020-12-07: Updated 2 flat file folders
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
